Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-05

roots, flowers, ana weeds. beasts ana
fowls. fish and insects, also germs.
thus requiring careful consideration
To perfect them for the prudent wise
use of progressing man. which involves
constant study, experimentation and
invention, With an ever increasing
knowledge and skill In the use or
materials, tools. and principles or
construction. One can therefore cas-
ily see the necessity of much study.
careful research. manual art and skill.
and diligent labor of all kinds IN
building up modern Zion: and that
there IS no place Tor waste. dromes
ills. pride, dudes. aristocrats. strikes
angry controversies, party strifes and
combats in the great modern hive
of Deseret. Each organization with
It's duties prescribed and each man
working faithfully in his sphere OF
greatest interest and usefulness in
obedience to the law will bring hap
pincss and peace on earth. and sue
cess, good will, ana eternal progress
to all men.
Let every man learn his duty and TO
act in the office or calling 10 which
every blessing is obtained only by
obedience to the law upon which It
is predicated. therefore this great
modern commandments: Let every
man 20 to with his might. with the.
labor on his hands, to prepare ana &C
manded. And let their preaching be
the warning voice, every man to his
ncighbor, in mildness mud III meek
ness And so 'ye out from among
the wicked. BE We clean that bear
the vessels of the Lord. Save yorr-
selves. Even so. Amen
There is. then, only one subject of
study in all the universe. and that is
substantial spheres acting in organ
isms OF Kingdoms all embraced In the
great science of theology and existing
for the study, use, and happiness Of
man.
But this is not primarily a world OF
study only but n world of work. and
out of intelligent work comes eternal
and infinite Joy.
The methods of the past have been.
study to learn. But economy says:
work to learn. and be free and happy
at 1t. If you wish 10 be q black
smith and learn hlacksmithing, do
the work and get the facts from the
forge, the ircn, and the hammer IN
stead OF from a, book or for the facts
sake. If you wish to learn real geornf-
try get your ideas and definitions from
making your own useful lines. triangles,
| squares, SpentaeonS, heXagons, octagons
and circles; also pyramids, prisnnS,
cubes. octalledrons, dodeca.hedrons, hex
octahedrons and spheres, instead of
from universities, ready made, artificial.
useless; models.
The laboratory is the birthplace and
the cradle of modern civilization We
now learn physics and chemistry rom
the actions and combinations of real,
substantial things, and no more bother
our minds with textbook theories be-
fore beginning real work, But the
methods are still too artificial, much OF
the work being done with models FOR
the sake of the facts School work
should be real life and not SO much an
artificial preparation for life. The facts
OF physical science should come from
the materials and principles of con-
struction employed in the preparation
of things for the use of growing, eco
nomic man. Arithmetic should be
learned from things, not figures, nor
from a book. nor for its own sake, But
mathematics should be an unconscious
means OF discovery and enrichment of
the work in hand. Thus, IL we are dig
cling coal. or potatoes or harvesting
wheat or corn, or travelling in japan sor
Australia, for products or as agents or
missionaries, arithmetic and geometry
should be the principal means of CIV
ing more exact and definite ideas in
time. quantity. distance, size. shape,
direction. value, etc, which is the only
purpose of their existence. Mathematics
should be only an unconscious tool used
in the discovery of truths which5we find
in our daily work of, preparing useful
things for the kingdom OF God. 50
with the facts of spelling, writing,
reading, and grammar, and al! other
modes of expression and subjects Of
study, for these facts are only means TO
an end. and should be learned not for
themselves alone, nor for per cents, Ger
tifiicates, diplomas and degrees, but un-
consciously as tools in the doing of real.
Interesting, useful happy, voluntary
work We get the facts of mineralogy
in the making of bricks, dishes, tiles,
pipes, statuary, iewelry. etc, and in the
preparation of suitable foods. whole
some herbs, proper clothing and shelter,
and modes of transportation we have
ample opportunity to learn facts Of
physics. chemistry, physiology, anato-
my, botany, and zoology, in short, all
the facts we need, for the preparation
of these things is what our duties are.
All the data of biology should be learn
ed from the fields and gardens. noun
tains and valleys, in the selecting,
planting, raising. improving, prepara
ton and control of grains, roots, fruits,
herbs, flowers and weeds; and beasts.
fowls, fish, insects and germs. etc, FOR
the intelligent. wise and prudent use
and happiness of Gbedient man.
Now, therefore, with these pedagps-