let a man take a good telescope at 4 oclock in a clear
morning & look at the sword in the belt of orion
And He can see unorganized matter enough to make
a Million of Million of Million of worlds each as large
as the sun. A man of wisdon & Judgment can
demonstrate truth for himself independant of all
Authors And when He finds a thing is true believe
it though all the world disbelieve it besides & when
He finds a thing fals disbelieve it & renounce it thogh
it be sustained by all Christondon & phylosiphers
and Asstronimers of the age. we should esstablish
schools for our children to teach them principle &
truth learning is a good thing A blessing from God &
will prove so to us if we make a right use of [it] but a
bad use would prove a curse. but because some have
made A bad use of learning or even of the Holy Ghost
& power of God as Lucipher in the rebellion of
Heaven does that argue that we should not get
learning or seak for the Holy Ghost certainly not.
there are many hours that both parents & children
squander away that might be spent in learning, but
if our children grow up in ignoranc they with
there posterity would degenerat untill they would be
as ignorant as the savagas that surround us. The Lord
will not do a miracle to give us learning when we can
get it ourselves. Some have an idea that is no matter
about getting knowledge here thinking that by & by
that they will enter heaven & that God will fill there
minds with all the knowledge of the eternal worlds
but they will be mistaken in this for they will have
to learn it little by little as here.

Elder Kimball arose & said it was necessary for this
People to be subject to council, like clay in the hands
of the Potter [Jeremiah 18:1-6]. As to learning there is difference in men
in this thing I spent one winter in learning grammer
and all I did learn about it was the difference betwee
singular & plural Number what knowledge I ever did
get God helped me to I desire to love that which is

let a man take a good telescope at 4 oclock in a clear morning & look at the sword in the belt of orion and he can see unorganized matter enough to make a Million of Million of Million of worlds each as large as the sun. A man of wisdon & Judgment can demonstrate truth for himself independant of all authors and when he finds a thing is true believe it though all the world disbelieve it besides & when he finds a thing fals disbelieve it & renounce it thogh it be sustained by all Christondon & phylosiphers and asstronimers of the age. we should esstablish schools for our children to teach them principle & truth learning is a good thing a blessing from God & will prove so to us if we make a right use of it but a bad use would prove a curse. but because some have made a bad use of learning or even of the Holy Ghost & power of God as Lucipher in the rebellion of Heaven does that argue that we should not get learning or seak for the Holy Ghost certainly not. there are many hours that both parents & children squander away that might be spent in learning, but if our children grow up in ignoranc they with there posterity would degenerat untill they would be as ignorant as the savagas that surround us. The Lord will not do a miracle to give us learning when we can get it ourselves. Some have an idea that is no matter about getting knowledge here thinking that by & by that they will enter heaven & that God will fill there minds with all the knowledge of the eternal worlds but they will be mistaken in this for they will have to learn it little by little as here.

Elder Kimball arose & said it was necessary for this People to be subject to council. like clay in the hands of the Potter as to learning there is difference in men in this thing I spent one winter in learning grammer and all I did learn about it was the difference betwee singular & plural number what knowledge I ever did get God helped me to I desire to love that which is