Les paroles du président Grant nous incitent à l'action

Je désire that during the few minutes I stand before you, the words I speak may be prompted by the inspiration of our heavenly Father. ¶

Two Types of Great Speakers

There have been two types of great speakers ; shall I say two types of great orators? One type reached its highest form in Cicero. The other type reached its perfection in Demosthenes. It is said that when Cicero stood before the peuple they all listened with great interest, and as they were leaving the assembly they said to one another: "How well Cicero speaks." They had praise for his voice, praise for his words, praise for his rhetoric, praise for his eloquence. ¶

Mais when le multitudes listened à que master speaker, Demosthenes, they never thought de son language, son rhetoric, or son words, mais rushed de le building exclaiming: "Come, let us go up against Philip!" ¶

Les paroles du président Grant nous incitent à l'action

Dans le remarks de President Heber J. Grant, we heard words like le words de Demosthenes. This good shepherd told us à get out de debt et remain out de debt. As soon as possible I propose à get out de debt. ¶

On the Word of Wisdom

He asked us also to remember the Parole de Sagesse. President Grant has himself been a model in the matter of keeping the Parole de Sagesse. I doubt if any other man has appealed to the peuple more earnestly or effectively to induce them to live in accordance with these inspired health teachings than il a. ¶

It has been variously estimated that ten per cent or twenty per cent, or forty per cent of the peuple in the Church use tea and coffee. 1 propose that when we leave this conference we do so accepting the message of the prophet of Dieu, that is, that we leave the building determined to live in strict accordance with the Parole de Sagesse. ¶

On Home Industry

Le President, le man whom we sustain as notre Prophet, also appealed à us yesterday à support home industry. I propose pas à talk about son eloquence, mais à leave le building determined à reform dans this respect. Will you do le same thing? ¶

I wish I could say, as he did, that he was standing in shoes made at Z. C. M. I., and that il a worn Z. C. M. I made shoes for thirty years. J'ai made a resolution that at the next conference I will stand, on one condition, in Z. C. M. I shoes — Will you do the same thing? That condition is that they can find a piece of leather big enough to make them. (Laughter) ¶

The President said that while the Knight Woolen Mills of Provo were manufacturing cloth for making clothing, he wore home-made goods. He did not say here what he said to me before the meeting, namely: "It was my intention to have a suit of clothes made from cloth from the Knight Woolen Mills before this conference, but J'ai been away from the city and from the State so much of late that I did not get it done." ¶

When in Provo the other day I went to the Woolen Mills and purchased an overcoat, made of Utah wool by Utah workmen, and it is the best bargain in every sense I ever had in an overcoat. The reason Je suis not wearing it is because the weather, or this building is so hot. I promise to leave here with a resolution to the effect that if Brother Golden Kimball will sign a note with me, to get the money, I shall have a suit made of goods from the Knight Woolen Mills before the next Conférence générale. ¶

Long years ago when the peuple of America were about to declare their independence and that great American, Benjamin Franklin, was before the House of Lords being examined, he was asked the question: "But how can you live in America without the products of England?" ¶

Benjamin Franklin replied about as follows : "The goods that we receive from England may be divided into three classes : First, the necessities ; next, the mere conveniences ; and third, the luxuries." You have all seen that picture Je suis sure, of a sheep with a little wagon behind carrying its great big tail. That was devised as a result of the remarks of Benjamin Franklin. ¶

He said : "In America the peuple are loyal, ils ont quit eating lamb, so they will have more wool, and it is only a question of a little time until nous pouvons produce all of the necessities. It will be but a little longer when nous pouvons also produce the mere conveniences ; and the luxuries," he said, "because of the patriotism of our peuple, are cut off already." ¶

Si I appeal à you Americans à listen à le voice de le man who stands at le head de le Church, et support home industry. ¶

I was at le Fair yesterday. It was gratifying à see there le ¶

products de le institutions et organizations de notre own State. I propose à listen à le words de le man who stands at le head de le Church, et leave this conference saying: "Come, let us go forth et use first le products de notre own State." ¶

Formation religieuse et industrielle des enfants

.' Mais que is pas what I want à talk about. Dans le 22nd chapter de Proverbs, et le 6th verse, appear these words: ¶

"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when il est old he will not depart from it." The 29th and last verse in that same 22nd chapter says : ¶

"Seest thou un man diligent dans son business? He shall stand before kings, he shall pas stand before mean men." ¶

So Je désire to urge the proper training of our children, the bringing up of the child in the way he should go. I urge faithful devotion to business. I ask you this question. If you have a son, in how many ways is he trained to make a living? J'ai the reputation, especially among the engineering students of the University of Utah, of helping them to find employment. J'ai helped a good many others, and J'ai been surprised when some young men have come to ask for employment to find before me a human being with untrained hands, and untrained eyes, and untrained ears, and an untrained esprit. Honor be to the man who took his boy to an expert workman and said: "I want my boy to learn to œuvre. I would like to have you give him some employment." ¶

"I don't have very much business," replied the man, "J'ai no œuvre for him to do. If I had the œuvre, I haven't the means with which to pay for his services." ¶

"Well," said le father, pas dans le presence de le boy, however, "I will let le boy board at home. You go à him, tell him you will pay him pour son services $15 un month, et each month I will give you un check pour $15." ¶

Honor to the man who teaches his boy to œuvre, and is more concerned in having him learn to do things than in securing financial compensation. ¶

Honor also to the man who' took nis boy to a ranchman, a man who was a financial success, who had flocks and herds and fields, fields of grain and fields of hay, and said: "I would like to have you take my boy and train him to do things. Je suis not concerned whether you pay him anything or not, but I want you to teach him to œuvre." ¶

I had un little pamphlet put dans mon hands le other day, et dans c'est un story something like this: ("C'est up à You," by Parlette) Un newspaper man dans un paper mill was watching le operations de un machine avec interest, when along came un man avec un oil can, squirting oil into le squirt holes dans le side de le machine. He asked que man un few questions que he answered fairly well. Then he ¶

asked something about the process going on in the next room, and the man replied : "J don't know nothing about it, boss, I haven't worked there." So he said he asked him another process and the answer came the same : "I don't know nothing about it, boss, I haven't worked there." He asked him a question about the pulp mill: "I don't know nothing about it, boss, J'ai never worked there." He asked him a question about the office, the number of peuple employed in the plant : "I don't know nothing about it, boss, I haven't worked there." And so the newspaper man, to himself, said: "Nobody home." ¶

The newspaper man asked : "I presume, my friend, that you are new in this plant?" "No, no," came the reply, "J'ai been squirting oil into this machine now for twelve years." Twelve years and "don't know nothing" about any other part of the institution. He said: "I took off my hat in the presence of the dead." (Laughter) ¶

As he was leaving he asked le foreman: "You see que man standing over there avec un can dans son hand ? Is he un human being, or do you just wind him up?" ¶

Une tâche prodigieuse devant les Saints

The appeal I make to you is for the training of the hands, the training of the eyes, the training of the ears, the training of the esprits of the young peuple in the Church. We have before us to be done the most stupendous piece of œuvre that has been given to any peuple, that is the preaching of the Évangile of Jésus-Christ to every nation, kindred, tongue and peuple. This cannot be done by our boys alone. It will take men, strong men, men of training, men of experience, men of education, men of brains. The Church can have in it a great army of such strong characters only by training our children in the way they should go. The Seigneur bless us all, Amen. ¶