Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-30

~ ' .,,.,d.,, If ,he .talr ana from
,..t.r of ho heads of Che Na'''u.
syvuiar, departments ol The s.A'' .'
,sesc reports were Indeed n''.
..,5 r,,y Gratifying go all those VIII" a .5
t,tefastcd in tho uIhuioins 'N
Kingdom of God e..t,,r.s
ffo,,ev,r There were some h'.-
-,,o,ted which give evidence lnH, V'
gttii room for Improvement he'S
49, ,.,a made To- tho action on
f.S-c III thc Juvenile court ol ln'T ~
~.rrlntinr certain Officers 49,.
b, tho Religion classcs oi iho ,,
.t4i.e ms probation "iU,ei- -i,.s.
tbot.itv and the rceponslnll'S -. tbt
ina a. tho attention oil lnt i,,,.,,,..,
80 that there ID % curic" "' l..l'i.-.rsl
ma. INV and 90 assist the 'hlN
a., Inc enforcement of that oio' LII
p" 80 ,htr afternoon that NJ ''u,N
,,td IKE To- aid this gouu 't"-
-,,,c ,pny. have ln mlhH il"" 49,.
~ thc rulnors that have ne'h il ~ go,
.iov and which have been cum. .',.,
no press lu regard 90 coiu'..i'''lt.i,.,, ava.
t.,,t IN this city. These c"uel', a, ~.
,iood seplorabie. ~ true. lhrie n ~.
5,,,t .or,e ruth I'm the reports Nl
NJ, - hoard OF boys and girls iuu
M,t tatro .,ipou the streets lh W.
rnino and in iho nisht-tm.'' i.,,t
.C,c discoveries OF immor"i 80
~ the part Of SOME Of ouI w. thc
rbis brings 10 my nlllu ~,
blils. go, ,chich Elder Mokenzit has
Just been dis'oul suns
Environment
PROPER HOME ENViFoNNi-'' -
r., &c NJ the utmost importance ina l',,.
make the environment 49, "a
h,rnns such as VIII produce IN, nS-,,
result upon the minds gl 1V, NJ. now
trste Tor example, the niue uan ,,ua
fo,n Tho mother takes tnAt sl'l'N
80 ,r,ns and looks Into ms pa,
~ a. i "a male child she may W".'uS
trbat ia the future destiny on ll9s t,,
sbr knows well that ~ mat chllu ~ u
are The possibilities or ms .1,.,,.
.tle God-fearing. laithtul liaii,
49,, rs there is upon his our fatnei !
To,tatooi She also Arrows thet 'h '' -
tnrsrt child are the possibilities OF u ~
bocon,inu AS vile. ana coIlup1'
wicked. and irreligious as the llu5S
rupt and wicked that TINS MoiiN 90,
eoras Hero are those two pictures 80
sronfirg hen. ana the father win heI'
sor thev are one. ore in interest as ~
49, ,,-etfare- of that child. What ~ go
tmg 10 maxi the child the noble llAi
those parents WOULD Ike him 20 pv, Vs
tbc reverse, a Vciy demon M aIi'.le.
~, ,,,hat ie il that will place nm some
- stonq one or the other of these
tuo roads ending GA one conditioh u'
tha other as I have stated EhNlon'
,,,ant is the ansWcr-aud cuucatlo"' ~ y
40 be- that We cannot Include eauSa 1lui
under the title Of environment ns9
gre IN things which are to mako ina
hud gtbot h. is 10 be- when be Us ma
tnrea man Who has the providing @
thA environment for that cnilo, ana IN
education that he ucedst none 20 nu1
as have tho parents OF tnet Slu". ~, e
there are IL b. true olnet w "
brought 10 bear upon the mimi OF "
child for which the parents are not q
Vvavs fasponsible but the parents nav
Tho first charge The parents have thi
child under their immediate care UNI
he Is old enough 60 leave their roof AZ
socisto with other people and come an
der other influences. The greatest i'
snonsibnity. therefore, rasts uponf tn
parents
TRAIN Up A CHILD.
have in mind now some instruc
lions given by Lehl. who left Jerusalem
some 600 years before the birth OF GU
savior. and who with his family, unde
the direction Of the Lord, Travelled u
the wilderness. and finally built snip
and came to this American continent
which was a land of promise unit
them. or Iehrs sons the older ones
Lamar ana LcmueL were most dis
win not pretend here 10 account 10
their condition, but l wish 10 read {
,,u "A few Instructions which Len
gave unto the children Of Lamar, hi
oldest and disobedient SON which an
found IN Second Nephi fourth chap
ter l will read beginning with IN
third verse
Wherefore after my father ma
made an end OF speaking coucerhln
thc prophecies Of Joseph he called IN
children Of I.aman. his sons ana h
daughters, and said unto them B'
hold my sons and my daughters, WI
are the SONS and the daughters or u
first born. j would that We should civ
ear unto my words; FOR ,he Lord GO
hath said that inasmuch as ye sha
Keen nv commandments. ye shall pro
nor in The land: and iuasmuch as
win not keep my commandments
shall be cut OF from my presence. b
behold my sons and my daugntefs
cannot go down 20 my grave, save
should leave "a blessing upon YOU; q
behold I know that n ye are hroug
up in the way We should 70. yo "
not depart from IT,
RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTS
That b. the point I wish 10 enph
size These children. the sons a
daughters OF Lamar. were instruct
Of their grandfather and patriarch Ga
II they were brought up in the way
which they should go they would .
depart from a. ! have tn mind nj
the saying of solomon ln some of
proverbs. In his day solomon "
counted the Wisest man DO the wor
Kings ANA queens came from on
countries 20 learn wisdom ~ So
mon. He said. Train up "a child ir
way that be- should go and when De-
old he viii not depart from lt' II G
is true. ana we have uo occasion
doubt "a. then Or tho child is hroui
up Boz the way that De- ought not to
D. VIII DE most difficult thing Wl
h. Be- grown zap, to convince him
the error Of bis ways and % iuph
in his heart nnd mind iDith sufucH
10 enable him to overcome aud conQI
Tho evils Of his nature ANA to put
trust Don the living God. There De- III.
ger on the one side. of his grttlnH
Improper education --1t neither 10 Doc
surrounding him with unwhoicsume
nuoucos and environment or whet
u be by allowing MIN to go where
WIN be taught those things which
fn conflict with the truth thus b
ng tO him "a false education TO- Ell
o. case / fly Che responsibility o..
nrst with tho parents. tud then
along the lmo ol ih' culld'a 100