Gospel Doctrine: Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Joseph F. Smith

CHAPTER XIX

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Education and Industrial Pursuits

We Are Ever Learning--Address on Ignorance--The Value of Practical Education--Practical Education Advocated--Boys Should Be Taught the Arts of Industry--Manual Training and Agriculture--Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in Church Schools--We Should Study Agriculture--Dignity of Agriculture--Encourage Forestry--Young Women Should Have Practical Preparation for Life--Object of Church Schools--Value of Church Schools--Purpose of Church Schools--The Church Ample for All Necessary Organizations--Develop Faculties in Church Organizations--The Foundation of Prosperity--The Object of Cooperation