Thursday 8th filled at 9 oclok Meeting opened by Prayer
by Wilford Woodruff who also addressed the Assembly spoke in
sum measure upon the subjet of Education He said we are comm-
issioned to preach the gospel to all the world & stand before kings &
rulers it is our duty to store our minds with knowledge learning
& wisdom that we may be qualifyed to stand before all men the Lord
has called upon this people & ordained them to preach the gospel & make war
upon the powers of darkness & continue that warfare untill the Earth is
redeemed & the name of God honored am[on]g men who should spend all
of his life in preaching the gospel & should ownly bring in one man into the kingdo
of God who should be saved with an Everlasting salvation that man would have
cause to rejoice through all Eternity over the redemption of that one
Soul & if He brings ^m^any souls into the kingdom of God His Joy will be still
greater. The warfare of the saints is great in the Earth in this dispensa
tion & we should all take hold of it with a determination to conquer
& never scease untill our warfare is accomplished and evry man
will be satisfyed with his reward in the End. many other remarks
were made by the speaker who soon gave way for
the chancellor of the Deseret University who delivered an address upon
Education
Orson Spencer Delivered an address upon the subject
of Education which he read from his manuscript which I suppos
will be published in the Deseret News so I did not report it
Judge made a few remarks & said if a woman was an Educated
& Exalted minded persons she would teach good principles to her
children A person without any Education would be as ignorant as
the unborn child for whatever knowledge a person did possess he got
it by some kind of Education. Some think that Education consists
soleley in teaching Elementary Braches it may consist in farming or
any persuit of life. We have got to create all we have out of the
Elemets aroud us & we want to learn how to do it we
must manufactur all we use for if we get any thing from
the States we will have to pay High for it. if not bring us into
Slavery by it therefore we must lay a plan to beat our Enemies
or they will beat us
followed with some remarks
President next followed & said the subject I aim
at is to Enlighten the mind it is expected we have to learn
letters with regard to the principle of Education it commen
ces with the mothers I do not like to see Mothers attend to every
thing Els but their children they should teach their childr[en]
all they can for Early impressionn will last persons throgh
life whether they be good or bad I will tel you the truth as it
is in Eternity if the child does not have good instruction
in Early life it will be required at the Hand of the Mother
& not at the hand of the Mother ^Father^
