Along with Conversion

Along our path of conversion
We receive knowledge through immersion
Then richly supplied with light and truth to discern
We can apply it to what's secular, ponder, and learn...

The pioneer saints along the Mississippi
Established and chartered a university
To teach of the many learned professions
Including the arts and themes of expression

For they knew education is power
As with God new thoughts then shower
To help us think clearly and act ever well
Midst appreciation for life that springs up to swell

Not out of selfishness, greed, or pride
But of bright blessings as the spirit guides
For with our natures changed through our faith
Our minds are quickened as with a flame

Our secular learning, though, should not come first
But rise of what's commissioned and for which we thirst
There to be a blessing to our Father's children
As we serve through our talents specifically given

Thus, our first priority should be spiritual learning
For that is how we are driven in our secular yearning
May insatiable curiosity become our honored hallmark
As we work harder to recharge what inside us does spark

Fasting and praying, we believe in opportunity
As we are being prepared...yet not of fortuity
But of a plan greater than we can see all at once
Where much is added unto us as our faith we confront

The real test will come then on the Lord's Sabbath
Whether we will serve and rest as He ever asks
That much will be added newly upon our heads
Enough and to spare... spiritually lead

Know Our Lord is truly the Master Teacher over all
And He will extend blessings... even miracles
See, feel, and write that the Holy Ghost might assist
While expressing gratitude for strength... and persist

Real-Life Education
President Henry B. Eyring
NewEra, April 2009, 2