Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-05

| one, The greatest ~ all educators, the
wlsest OF all Teachers, said, "llo that
hath seen Me hath soon the Father"
II has been affirmed that Whoever
causes two blades Of grass TO grow
whore but one grew before IN n bono-
factor lilo " moro'-he " n creator, an
educator q developer Of latent powers
The highest idea OF education IL
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, The I'M.
suUctor docs for his pupils what the
husbandman does for his plants ana
troos -oultivaloH, nourlshos, tarps for
ana protects them, places them In those
conditions whore they can best expand
according 10 the laws of their own be.
lng II the tree have no life IN II, II II
cannot grow, what Avnils all the toll of
the husbandmAn II the pupil win not
study VIII not try 10 learn makes no
effort 10 help himself how can anyone
assist hmP Education ~ creation but
the educator does not create the faoul-
Ties Of the pupil any moro than the
gardener creates the constituents of the
tree lie cannot compel tho mind, no
can only lnclo aud encourage II, odus
cling or lending ont ts faculties, thus
converting the potential into the actual
This II the highest glory Of the odu.
cator II s the acme of his achieve
mont All development In the result Of
cooperation between the cultiyulor
and the thing cultivated
Since only the educated faculties arc
capable OF complete living" II follows
that the faculties not educated are
partly dead, Al all events, they are
asleep, and sleep IL O symbol of death.
THIS helps us 20 understand the slguiil.
canco ~ the spiritual death--bHnish.
nent from the presence OF God, 10 re-.
store man TO that glorious presence, 10
redeem him from ignorance and sin, TO
develop tho soul IN all ITS parts tho
human tree In all its branches, awake
cnlng what M asleep, making tho bars
rem fruitful and giving life In lieu Of
death, IL indeed the function Of oduca.
tlou
THE SECRET or GROWTH,
| believe faith TO be tho cause Of all
growth, as II Is the handspring Of all
action, without It, there would be no
education, progress would DO impossI-
bic, We do nothing without FIRST be-.
Loving II can be done The infant
crceps, the man walks by faith, Even
those who scoif mt faith, must exercise
II IN order 60 live, move and have u
being, God works with all men &C.
N"lNlllE w NN'll lWlill NnNl " u
should be found that Ho works with
all His creations upon the same prns
ciple2 Faith aa grain OF mustard
seed viii move mountains" Have
you seen the root Of q tree, or the
bursting bulb Of plant, breaking rs
way through u pavement of concrete
or stone, rendIng the very rocks IN or
der to fulnll its destIny'-io respond To
the call Of the Creator and come up
hlghorV' IT man were ma perfect, 90
oOedlent 10 law I'm his sphere, ~ the
trees and plants are IN theirs where
would be the limit Of His powcr2 Earth
Itself keeps the law ~ ilR Maker, bet.
ter than mankind az n whole, There.
fore shall II DE suncllned and eventual.
" made celestial ~ that beings OF u,
celestial order may inhabit H..
There Is u spiritually scientific and
phllosOphlc reason nj the bottom OF the
demand for fnith ~ the first condl-
ton Of salvation Unless we believe IN
God, lie cannot do for ~ all that lln
desires 10 do He cannot give what
we are not able or not willing lo re-.
ceiYo, Therefore lie says, Draw near
unto Me, and ! VIII draw near unto
}on" We drnW near unto God by
believing IN lllm, ana If we truly be-.
loyo IN HIM we WIN obey HIM, thereby
building upon tho rock ana not upoh
the sand,
Man n "A many.adod being, Ills odu.
cation, In order TO bo complete must bo
fouMUld moniuh physical, moral and
spiritual Somo think that the moral
Includes the spiritual | do not hold
That the spiritual includes the moral
ana not only The moral but the mental
and physical na we'll Educate n person
spiritually, and you educate him on-
llrcly.yol prepare him Tor Complete
living liul this cannot truly Do said
Of any other Kind of education,
TWO KINDS on EDUCATION,
broadly speaking, there are but two
Kinds Of oducniOn--thc one dealing
with temporal thugs, or the things of
dime, ana the other with spiritual
things, or the things OF eternity, But
the spiritual includes the temporal.
Therefore, IN the last analysis education
ls one, and signifies the growth or oyo.
luton Of the onlIro heinz
ChrlstR education was spiritual, II
Wne all the odncl ton llo had, that wa
know Of but II was sufficient, II made
Him the Master that lilo was, 10 lhnt
nll men might elt az His feet aud learn
wisdom No man was able 10 confound
Him, Tho most learned NbbIs, doctors,
lawyers were Az mere children In INA