Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-07-20
PROF. STEWARDS LECTURE.
Largo Audience Listens 10 His Adj
drs,s on Conduct-Rlght and Wrong.

A large and apprecistive sudlebos
sssembled last evening 10 the art room
o,thg Universlty to lsteu to an address
nv Pr,L w. NJ. Stewart, on the subject.
nConduct-Right md Wrong"
The speaker said In substance. There
ara two theories VI education, the
theory Of concentration AMI sKcentra-
lion. The world has largely followed
Inc latter theory. Name intercats have
been co sidefed o. unrelated TO his TEL
lows. Religious conduct has been con.
adhered n distinct form Of human con.
dnet, moral conduct another form,
intellectual another, ami 10 forth, when
ip fact there IL phase Of all these
.lemrnta OF nuuct In tncu
There can he no afbitrary divisions.
This holds true M well IN all sutjects
Of study. lhs disregard Of this uuiiy
If truth 10 responsible for much OF the
evil In this world. THOUGH H. msp
have learned 10 bate their icllow.men.
and seek th2ir own Interests al the ex-
tense Of their nUighbOrp. The theory
Of concentration recognizes this ptin'
ciple of universal relation In education
n well a. III tluAhNAs ANNNHuAihAihh
~ apDlied 10 education would pluCe
the ohiid rs the center u tue eiuca.
uonsl universe, to be developed ~ a
upitthrough hi environment. The uni.
verse u matter acts upon him through
phy,lcal ami chemical fcrces. Tho
suii.cts Of study Of the tifst eight
grades are to 10 taught In correlated
manner, aud tho child led 10 oxptese
himsnlf through the forms Of gesture,
music, making, painting, m0deliuRi
drawing, speech and writing, ~ means
NJ development.
The unfolding Of mind follows % n
unit every phase NJ mental activity
manifested In each specific mental act.
AZ the beginning IL consciousness OK
banding into perception, then memory,
Imagination aud thinking.
The same theory Of relation holde
true In all conduct. God is the ombodi-
ment ot all truth. His truth II maui
tested by law through matter, and law
n made known 10 us In Consciousness,
through tue universe Of matter Sell
IL the Individual consciousness, the In.
divldual truth, the individual intelli.
renos and the individual personality.
God il the univefsai embodiment Of all
a. seneunus, intellectual, aesthetic,
moral AMI feli gioup. In each 10 a COM
mon relation; that II, In intellectual
conduct, Il every other form Of Cou.
duct. The conformity 10 law makes
right conduct and secured TO the self,
happiness. Wrong coniu't lisa viola
lion o. law, aud i,s ultimate result Is
unhnppinrss.
L.. A.. l. that a.WW.uNa
self with ruth, anu results In his
highest realization. Antipnthy IL the
law OF the decay or generalization o.
teli.
Deduced from the discussion OF the
theory of concentration Ia conduct are
the following truths.
!. There II unity aud harmony In all
truth.
.. The world IL universe Of order.
3. All iacle are related Ia knowledge.
I. Mind acts as unit.
.. Conduct IN unit, and all facts are
related.
o. Moral conduct is differentiated
from other conduct because Of IT. i'm.
poriance 10 the welfare Of Others anu
Of self.
7. The realization Of self by conform.
ity 10 law, IN truth, constitutes right
conduct.
&. Toe non.confofmiiy 20 law In re-
AllzltiUn OF self IN truth IL wrong con.
duct.
v. The knowledge Of law fotms the
basis OF conduct; In other words. II
furnishes the meAns Of right living.
10. Heredity and environment fur.
nish all the conditions " conduct.
IL. Right conduct gpta inEuifnLiDu
from all sources ~ knowledge, anu
builds upon the rock sympalhy.
u. Wrong conduct IL a process Of
self dsstruc Iona pr0ctss Of decay,
and It's product IL antipathy, or hate.
ID. Truth unifies every act, IL Affect
ed by every other act, good done Ia
never Lost; the happiness OF one IL
wrapped up In the happiness Of all.