The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-08-17
What Is Education
BY ELDER oRSoM y. WHrrMEv.

Can extract from a lecture taken
from the Contributor, Vol. 6. y. S47J
Man is, ca may be said to be. a
many sided being. All sides OF him
ought to be educated. He Possesses. "A
embryo, every faculty ard attribute of
his Creator, Whit man now is. God
Gree was; what Gcd ow is, man may
he The difference between him and
of education. re Prophet Jos eph
Smith the enunc.G;or cs this great
truth. doubtless had It in mind when
he declared th1t whatever principles
OF intelligence mon attains to in this
life, they will rise with him in $40
resurrection and If any soul by lbs
diligence and falthfulness, acquires
more knowledge than another, IL will
have just so much advantage In the
world to come. 1T is impossible" said
he, 'for man to be saved in ignor.
ance. "A man Is saved no faster than
he gets knowledge, he will be brought
into captivity by some evil power in
the other world, as evil spirits will
have more knowledge and consequent
ly more power than many men who
are on the earth Strange, is II not,
in the face of such declarations as
these. that men will assert that the
Mormon religion is opposed to edu-
cation?
The glory of God is intelligence"
says "Mormonism." 1t is his superior
intelligence which makes him the Su.
preme Being that he Is. He acquired
the transcendent height whereon he
stands by education, through study.
labor and experience. the godlike
powers inherited within him; by bat
Ting with evil and overcoming 1t, and
rising superior from every contest
herewith. Such is the course, also,
for man to pursue. for he is the child
OF God, created in his image and en-
dowed with his attributes, possessing
all the powers, in latent or partly de.
veloped state, which have, by expan.
sion and development, exalted our
eternal parents from manhood and
womanhood to Godhood, and are cap.
able in similar manner upon the same
conditions, of raising their offspring
TO "A like lofty level.
Would it be going too far in ~yfis |
direction. to believe that all Gods |
children possess the same talents in
common, though in various degrees of |
development? Would it be too much
to say that. If all souls were equally
and uniformly educated, the words
gifted. talented, etc, as implying
distinctions of ability would fan in
TO disgse, or have universal, as they
now have relative application? From |
an earthly point of view, with ones |
vision barred by the horizon of time. |
such a proposition would seem alto. !
Sether improbable. The talents which |
men and women exhibit in this life
are SO various, both as to number and |
quality, and in some instances are so
conspicuous by their apparent alb.
sence; that 1t is hard TO believe some
souls do not possess talents which in
Others are absolutely wanting. The
musician, for instance, has gift
which differs from that of the poet, |
the painter, the sculptor, the orator, !
the warrior, the statesman, the finan. |
cier, etc, or he may unite in himself |
two on more of these talents, while
Others appear to lack them entirely. |
All this is from an earthly stand |
point. But when we take higher
ground; when earthly distinctions are
swept away, and We stand face to face |