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

that said, there should have been
oloNon commandments, Instead Of ten,
the eleventh one 10 read, Fret not
Thy glglard'' IN other words, bo con.
tent with things az they are 10 long
ns You cannot change Thorn for the
better At the same time, progress
whenever ana wherever possible,
Come M higher" " Just M much "A
divine injunction mn "Acknowlodgo tho
hand Of the Lord In all things"
Christ, who advised the Roman soldiers
10 be content with Their WOgce, was IN
accord with solomon, who had said,
Whatsoever thy hand indolh TO do,
DO II with thy might That always
means progress, Faithful, consclcn.
llous toll II the royal road, and the
only road, to soul.doVelopmont Con-
lenimont with ones lot, ana perfection
IN onO's sphere represent the sum
of human usefulness and human hap.
plnoss,
am reminded Of an Incident rclat.
ed To me by u friend, who, when
youth Just starting out IN llfc asked
hls father what he would advise him To
DO IN order 10 succeed His father
replied, ~ doesn't matter what YOU
do that II good 20 long az you become
perfect IN H. n you are u shoemaker,
be the best one In town" My friend
remarked that this was the choicest
piece Of advice his father ever gave
him. and the one he most distinctly ~.
momborod, II was President brigham
Young who said tina, man ", or may
be- nv perfect IN his sphere, Ms God
Nnd augols arc IN theirs
WHAT ~ pERrECTloN7
Let M now ask tho question, VIVA,
N meant by perfection, Wha, does II
mean 10 be u perfect mann | THINK you
win ull ngice that the perfect man ~ the
fully developed man, The educated man,
educated In every soneO OF theNord, Edus
cation | need scarcely say, IL not linl.
tied lo the discipline and experiences of
the gcboolrOom Ebert Hubbard, mat
eccentric genius, says the educated man
IN the one who knows how" II matters
not where he got his knowledge, This
IL O great practical truth, but ~ tho
definition ~ u perfect man, II docs
not ~ quite far enough Many u man
knows how, who docs not do and
~ ought 90 do and can do, ho show,
himself imperfect, not fully developed
not entirely educated, A man should
not only know how he should do ps
well NJ he knows, II that be
possible, Men sometimes do bet
ter than they know, but not
deelgnodly, conceive the perfect
man 10 be one who has the power %
do best and greatest things, ana does
them To live up to the light and knowl-
edge that we possess N 10 be perfect
IN our sphere, ana IN doing that we do
our whole duty, TO God, TO ourselves.
and 90 our fellow man, This h cola.
ploto lIylng," though only IN u rolatve
sense for stlll the ALPS on Alps arise
UNIVERSAL EDUCATION
We come now TO the consideration ~
est, the profoundost and most far.roach.
Ing that the llnilo mind can grasp, l9du.
cation, In the highest and broadost
sense N synonymous with progroH,
and IN the fruit of experience, IN az
vho departments Of human activity
Nay, more, IN not every form OF life,
animate or inanImato, IN process "
education, Of preparation for SOM,
thing hlghor nohlor and better TO comor
The insect ON the WING, the flower thlt
blooms IN beauty ON tho mountain Side
the cultured tree Of the garden man Va
all his varied relations and pursuits
earth IN her dlurna revolutions, the
suns and stars Of all the nyalcms seen
and unseen-.nll these are Dl school arc
pupils Of the innnllo Intelligence which
called ihom into boIng that II might
brlng them 10 perfection
Tho Schooroom N but the ycstlbulo NJ
a great tomplc ~ learning, which may
be termed the college of HE, tho uni.
Noraily Of human experience, Ana
II we reason spiritually Mhnt
Nv this mortal Ne but the Pr,
face 20 u book, the prelude 10 u
poem, The prologue TO II pay1 prefer
interluie "a prelude however since \
mans spirit DO otornal-lf II lived be-
fore pnd VIII I've after. thon N lhla
NE an intermediate rather than u nrl.
mary department. Of oiornity'H school
the preparatory. grndos being a thng ~
the pat, ANA The college or university
sim n thing of tho future,
WHAT EDUCATION MEANS,
Education human education, IN tho
leading out ana llftIng w 70 the soul
into the RHO fun enjoyment of all its
powers potential, To educate men anu
women N 10 put thom IN full commend
OF themselves, 20 completely possess
them Of their faculties, which are only
half possessed untll ihQy are oducatol
Education lmparls nothing but dsc-
pine and development II does not In
crease the number ~ mans original
talents II adds nothing 10 tho
sum Of bis inherent capabilities
but n improves those talents, I,
develops and strengthens thono
capabilities, Frightening what ~ dull.
making the crude fine, the clumsy skill,
full the small great, ana tho great SIN
creator, Education supplements ere.
alton, and moves next 70 u IN the or.
der OF INFINITE progression, Education
completes what nature has begun, or
Il begins whore creation leaves OF aud
yet, II creation he but organization out
OF existent materials and ! cannot
conceive the opposite thon ore creation
and education interchangeable terms.
This bong true Of education, what Of
the educator The educator stands
next 10 the creator and In tho highest
Instance Of illustration possible, They
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