Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-04

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% livr their religion and TO keep the
| commandments OF the Lord, TO purge
| iniQulty from II cir midst, and also folly
| and sin and the transgression Of the
| commandments OF the laws Of God unto
them. may add 10 this that perhaps
there never was a time when the work
Of the Lord In the earth was In greater
evidence or reality than It Is today. As
proJf Of this, We need only 70 open
| our eyes and see the energy and actlv-
| lty Of tic enemies Of this people at the
! present tine. When the wicked rage
| and the ltathen imagine a vain thing
! relative 10 this people, we may set Il
| down as a fact that the devil is not
| dead and ttat the work Of the Lord Is
| not dead either.
I'VE ore lucky in much that is good
| and necessary. One of the things that
! think Is very necessary Is that we
should teach our boys mechanism
teach them the arts of industry and
not allow oUr sons TO grow up vita
the idea that there Is nothing honorable
in labor except it be in the profession
Of law, or in some other line practical
ly unproduotiVe. l was also about TO
say unremuneratiye but | know Of
scarcely any employment more remun-
erative than is the practise of law, 10
those. at least, who are proficient But
what do they do to build up the coun-
tryY What do they produce to bene-
fit the world? There may be few Of
them who have farms there may be q
few OF them who have manufactures;
there may be q few Of them who may
be interested and engaged in other pro-
ductive labor, something that viii
build up the country and the people and
establish permanence, stability and
prosperity In the land but the vast
majority of them are leeches upon the
body polite and are worthless as to the
building up OF any community. There
are good many of our boys who feel
that they could not be farmers, and
that the pursuit of farming and stock
raising Is beneath their dignity There
are some who think Il Is mental and
low for them to engage in building en-
terprlses as masons carpenters or build
ers in general. There are but few of
our boys who take TO the hammer and
the anvil and to those pursuits OF la
Dor that are essential to the perma-
hence OF any community In the world
and that are necessary to build up the
country.
II say that we are remiss and slack
in relation TO these things, that we are
not instllling them sufficiently In the
minds OF our children, and that we are
not giving them the opportunity that
they should enjoy Of learning how to
produce from the earth and the things
that are on the face of It that which Is
necessary for the advancement and
prosperity Of mankind. Some OF us
have the Idea that II is degrading for
our daughters TO learn how to cook,
how TO keep house. or to make a dress,
apron or bonnet II necessary. No.
Daughters in families that are blessed
with plenty of means are taught 10
go out In society and spend their time
In Idle. useless pleasure, instead OF be-
ing taught how TO be economical In
dustrious and frugal and how 10 be-
come good housewives. That is de-
grading! ! would like to say TO this
congregation, and 10 the world that II
/ possessed millions Of dollars I would
not be satisfied or content I'm my mind
unless my boys knew how to do some-
thing that would bring them in a liv-
Ing how TO handle pltchfork. or 10
run a moving machine or reaner. or
how to pillow the ground and SOW the
seed nor would / be satisfied II nv
daughters did not know how to keep a
house ] would be ashamed OF my
children II thew did not know some
thing OF these things.
I'VE need manual training schools IN
stead Of so much book learning and TIE
stufiing Of fairy tales and fables. which
are contained IN many Of our sch OF
books OF TODAY. II we would devote
more money and time, more energv and
attention 10 teaching our children man
ual l0bor In our schools than we 10. Il
would be better thing for the ri.i-g
generation.
There are manv subjects NJ this
character In addition to the PRINCIPLES
Of the Gospel OF eternal truth and the
plan Of life and salvation than can he
dwelt upon with profit by those VIII.
NAV speak TO ms.
Now. | do not desire 10 nrolorg my
remarks this morning. I nray Cod 10
bless those who may sneak 10 us and
inspire them to say those things tibet
will be Instructive and heneaciql and
that we NAV all eniov the, measure Of
the spirit Of intelligence thai we NAV
divine rightly the word OF truth o~d
that we nll NAV receive meat N due
season. That God NAV grant ms there
privileges and blessings Is nv PRAYER.
In the name Of Jesus Amen"
ELDER SEYMOUR b. YOUNG.
OF the First Seven Presidents OF Seven.
ties, was the next speaker. He was
grateful TO the Lord for the prosperity |
that attends the Saints everywhere. He |
had testimony 90 bear-the same testi- |
mon that he had alwas borne. He re- |
joiced In the fact that our young people
had so many opportunities OF advance I
ment and culture. Yet he regretted |
that there was so little manual train |
ing In our system Of education Presi- |
dent Brigham Young used to teach this |
idea as a necessary part Of every edu- |
cational system. In speaking thus, |
Elder Young explained that he was not |
inclined 10 find fault with what the
earnest and devoted men and women
were doing for our young people. both
In our Church schools and In the aux
iliary organizations Of the Church. But
he felt nevertheless that we ought TO
do more IN the way OF teaching man
ual training than We do Our schools
win always remain incomplete until
they have departments where the
mechanical arts are taught.
throughout our communities the
Saints are In comparative comfort. In
our outlying settlements It is a very
rare thing 10 find an INDECENT person.
There are exceptions 90 this In this
city, for which there are sufficient rea-
sons. But on the whole our people are
very prosperous. And there are many
evidences that there II improvement.
We can see, In every stake. that the
words OF our leaders have been Needed
Especlally is this the case with respect
10 the principle Of tithing The bless
Inss OF the Lord have been poured out
upon the people very markedly.
Along with this prosperity, however,
there may be noted an increase OF OPP