If one of our Elders is capable of giving us a lecture upon any of the sciences, let it be delivered in the spirit of meekness--in the spirit of the holy Gospel.  If, on the Sabbath day, when we are assembled here to worship the Lord, one of the Elders should be prompted to give us a lecture on any branch of education with which he is acquainted, is it outside the pale of our religion?  I think not...Or if an Elder shall give us a lecture upon astronomy, chemistry, or geology, our religion embraces it all.  It matters not what hte subject be, if it tends to improve the mind, exalt the feelings, and enlarge the capacity.  The truth that is in all the arts and sciences forms a part of our religion.

-Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses (1:334)