Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
BISHOP o. F. WHITNEY.

Observation-Disclosures
that the body must also be developed.
Many Il bright mind has been lost to
the world has passed away Drema-
turely. because the body could not sus-
tain It, physical education having been
neglected. That great Statesman, Alex
ander stephens of Georgia, what might
he not have achieved. had his body
been equal to his mind. Having u
mighty intellect. he was physically
weak ana frai. an invalid, and had to
be wheeled about in n chair. ! have
often cited the example of the English
poet. Henry Kirk White, who de-
stroyed himself by excessive mental
toll, to the neglect of physical training.
or him Lord Byron said
Unhappy White While life was in its
spring.
And thy young muse Just waved her
joyous wing,
The Spoilcr swept that soaring Tyre
away,
Which else had sounded an immortal
lay.
Oh. what noble heart was here un-
done.
When Science. self destroyed her ia
voritc son.
Yes, she too much INDUCED thy fond
pursuit;
She sowed the seed. but Death has
reapcd the fruit,
80 the struck eagle, stretched upon
the plain.
No more through rolling clouds to soar
again,
Viewed his own feather on the fatal
dart,
And winged the shaft That quivered in
his heart
Keen We're his pangs, but kecher far
to feel.
He nursed the pinon which impelled
the steel,
While the same plumagc that had
warmed his nest
Drank the last ifc-drop from his bleed.
ing breast"
But need not enter upon an extend
ed argument in support of physical
education, in these days of athletics,
manual training. and domestic science
The world has awakened to the fact
that a strong mind needs a strong
body: that physical culture. as well as
mental culture Is important and that
we neglect either TO our sorrow
THE MORAL AND SPIRITUAL.
Many also recognize that moral
training is an essential part of educa
ton, and that God and the Bible should
not be entirely excluded from the school
room The fact Is continually forcing
itself upon our attention, that a man
or woman. educated mentally and
physically. but without morality Is
just that much nearer devil, ~ giant.
filled with power, but lacking moral
principle. is like n locomotive founder
Ing In the ditch--capable of great
things when upon the track, but off
the track, quite as potential for evil.
Educated intelligence can conceive and
accomplish wickedncss that ignorance
cannot even imagine.
We are told that the moral includes
the sprtual! Such a proposition Of
tends my soul. It is not true. The
spiritual IS the greater. It includes the
moral. Do not, | pray YOU tack the
spiritual upon the moral rs n mere
appendage: for, when properly under
stood, II spiritual education includes
not only the moral. but the mental and
the physical as well.
INGERSOLL THE AGNOSTIC.
Morality is not all sufficient. It Ia
not enough that u man behave him
self properly in this world. Tho cduca-
ton that prepares man for complete
living Will put him In possession OF
principles that lead to life eternal we
have shining example III American
history. of man educated mentally,
physically and | think l may say.
morally, but who was utterly devoid OF
spirituality. a giant in intellect; stron.;
In physique: Il good husband and faith
er, faithful friend, Il peaceful neigh
bor--no fault could be found with Col.
tohart g lNpprSnl1 no b.z
qualities went But what did he know
of God? What did lie know of the
hereafter or the heretofore? Nothiug
He went about casting dlscredt and
ridicule upon sacred things. Life
said he, rs II narrow vale between tn
barren peaks OF two ctcrnltles" Beau
tiful, but 4 wlll-o'- the-wisp Such
words fash and glitter but thcy do
not burn Let ,is take him ut his
word Ascend with me- To yondcr
mountain top. and what will you be-
hold? VIII YOU find Salt Lake valley
nesting alone at the foot Of these
rocky ramparts? True, 1t lies between
two ranges, the Wasatch and the
Ouuirrh mountnins--nnc valley: bu,
what of the valleys TO the east, ana to
the north. and to the south. extending
in MI dircctions-if only we climb to
II point where they arc visible? There
ed To where he could SEQ Clearly, had
hc assembled To spiritual heights, he
would have viewed life not as one mar
row vale, but as IN endless succession
Of vnlcs--lif ctcrnal-past, present and
future, He would have found, too as
tho traveller among in"u:ltGins finds,
that alps on Alps arise" and that
the summit OF one attainment proves
only the point lookout to heights still
unsurmountcd. 1ngcrsuli says again,
in virtual denial of these truths:
Life Is n narrow bridge spanning tho
river of time, one emo resting on mists,
the other on eternal shadows" Who
told him 50? He claimed to be an
ngnostc. An agnnstic Is "ono who
does not know" You would think that
one VIII, did not know. did not even
claim TO know. would have been less
positive with his negative,
THE MORMON VIEW.
Education. from the Mormon point
OF Wow must be mental, Physical,
moral and spiritual There Is II knowl-
edge that pertains to time, which
malca men wise and capable here;
and there is n knowledge that per-
talns to eternity. which makes mon
wise and powerful there. Between
them Is this great difference: The