Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-06
PROSPERITY,
UNITY AND LOVE
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IN these organizations and who have
graduated from them, so TO speak II
Is true we have q missionary class IN
each OF our Church schools, where the
young Elders, young men who haYe
rot paid very much attention To relIg-
tous matters, who are not wei read IN
the Scriptures and who have given put
little thought TO their religion, may
go for a short season and receive m
struction. But this work " only COM
Daratyely temporary work, as com.
pared with the work OF the Mutual
Improvement associations. II Is TOO
brief altogether, and those who AZ.
tend these classes are generally pushed
for time. In q hurry, want TO get home
and go 10 work again, and can scarce
~ spare the time sufficient TO finish
their course In this class. Therefore,
] repeat that our best Elders, our
most effective workers IN the mission
field, are those that have given most
attention 10 the Mutual Improvement
work at home. So that It Is doing
good.
THE Young Ladies' Mutual In
provement associations are also pros
porous and are doing glorious and
good work. Yet for both OF these or
garizatlons the field Is broad, and In
deed the laborers are few; but they
are doing the best they can, believe,
under the circumstances, and / have
only words of commendation to speak
for them or In their behalf.
PRIMARY ASSOCIATIONS.
Our Primary associations also are
efficient and are doing very much good
among the children. the little children
and ! commend their labor and organl-
atiOn, and exhort them to diligence IN
the performance Of their duty and econ
uniy In their iabors and in the use OF
the means that comese into their hand.
the same as 7 DO the Relief societies
who use means also for the benefit OF
the poor IN Zion; and | say to all these
organizations that II Is expected OF
them that IN all their dealings they
VII deal On business principles, strict
ly upon honor, so that Il may never DO
necessary 10 shade or to cover a single
truck that they make, but that every
step that they lake may be open and
above board to the scrutiny Of all or
any who may feel It TO their interest
or their duty To look into these things
and II IL expected that all these organi-
cations viii make their reports rs has
been required OF them from time to
time. both OF their financial and OF their
ecclesiastical work.
THE CHURCH SCHOOLS.
II would like to say O. word with
reference 10 our Church schools, We
have number OF them established In
zion, | have not taken the pains to
post myself as to the exact mum her, but
believe that we have something like
u Church schools; and the Brigham
Young university and the Latter day
saints university, in this city. and the
Brigham Young college, In Logan, are
institutions OF which the whole Church
has great reason 10 be proud. The
stee-ln-trust, by and with the adj
vice of the First Presidency and the
colncil OF ApastltNhas given as liber.
aily az he possibly could consistent
with the obligations resting upon him
10Y the maintenance OF our Church
schools and We have sought to encour- (
age the establishment In our Church
schools OF manual labor OF mechanical
arts, and so far as | know everything
IS being done, at least in the principal
schools, for our youth, not only In
raining them In the mechanical arts
and industries, but also the art of
agriculture,
FARMING INSTRUCTION.
This has also been established in enc
or our schools; and one OF our most pro-
fcient scientists has been called TO take
charge OF that class, and am delighted
70 say that some OF our oldest farmers
are delighted with the information that
they have obtained by attending this
school. heard an old brother who had
peen farming Tor Years and years, |
hg.tt
years more or less, and he gave IL out
that he had always been under the i'm.
preston that when a man couldn't do
anything else, when he wasn't nc for
anything else, all he had TO do was TO
turn his attention to the pillow and cult
yate the soil, and any novice any fool,
ANYBODY could make q farmer. And
that Is the reason that so many of our
farmers have failed. and have not made
a success of their labors.
In connection with this, | may state
a circumstance that came under my
own observation a few years ago.
"A certain brother had lived upon his
farm Tor some II or Is years. He had
plowed IL every year, and cultivated It
the best he could, but y had become so
Impoverished that he couldn't make O
living off It any longer. aud he became
| especially with his farm. and concluded
that IL he could only sell II off for a
team and wagon that would take him
out of the country he would be glad To
go. BY and by ;his man came along,
ard took It, and he moved of TO some
other country. The man took posses
sion OF this worn out farm. and
! within three years after he possessed IT,
| by intelligent operation upon II he was
able to gather from that farm 10 bush
els OF wheat TO the acre, and other
things IN proportion. The nutriment OF
! the soil had been wasted. had been
| exhausted, and It needed resuscItaton;
! and he went to work, gave the nourish-
| ment thar I, needed, and reaped d.
| hOuntiful harvest as a result OF his wis
dom, So It is with a great many Of
| our farmers. they think that ii don't
| need any skill to be farmer But
| this good old brother that heard speak
| in Provo, said that he had
found out that it required intel.
llgence, intelligent application, to be a
| good farmer as well as TO be good
mechanic OF artisan. And so we are
teaching agriculture in our schools. and
| gan building wherein the mechanical
schools. We are building today In Lo-
gan building where In the mechanical
arts are to be taught, all sorts OF indus
tries for our youth, where they can
learn carpenter work blacksmithing
work where they can learn
also Of domestic arts and every
thing else that viii be useful to them;
| and yet We Ind that II Is drag TO IN
duce anybody that Is possessed OF
means to contribute very largely for t..
Some OF our well to do men felt that Il
was doing their utmost when they
| contributed $iO0 towards erecting a
building that will cost some $4,000 or
so 600 or more. | mention this for the
reason that ] believe that the Church
schools are laying the foundation Tor
great usefulness among the people of
God. and they should be sustained by
the people, and they should I've sustain
ed by the Church, and they are sus-
[ falnel BY tho Church, and as We 90