Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-06-21
THOUGHTS on THE DIVINE
ECONOMY.

! THOUGHTS on THE DIVINE
ECONOMY.
SOME people have a habit OF re-
f-rring 10 what they term the
, economy Of God. The full purport
OF the phrase is so comprehensive
, that when the finite mind seeks To
grasp it the investigator IS lost in
wOu5erment. The principle it in
wolves applies 10 all existing things;
hence its operations are as wide as
eternity, being without limit. It
implies the legitimate activity Of
everything, this being the basis Of
/ production and development, or
Z progressive change. This is, as we
understand it, the object OF genuine
re.igion-to place everything in
/ that sphere Of activity to which it
belongs. that it may fulfil the object
for which it was created. The de-
nauis Of this law Of progressive
motion cannot be violated without
loss, which frequently includes
disaster.
The demand made Of man by this
UuaIterable condition is that he
shall Use his mental aud physical
capabilities for the purposes for I
which they were evidently intend (
eL. This does not only inhibit mis- /
Use, but likewise dormancy. there /
being no economic feature in the
latterst.te, except for the accumula-
ton Of necessary power. and even
then activity to attain that end Is
increased in some other direction.
humankind were in accord with
this law violations Of chastity
would be extinct, and enc OF the
most potent and natural arguments
ia support Of an institution almost
universally repuiia'ei would be
recognized. Mentally or spiritually |
mankind would be in active
accord with the Divine or
genuinely Christian economy, in
coutra4is.inctiOn TO that which Is
worldly, which means a centraliza.
ton Of benefits whose possession is
prescribed within a brief space ef
time. The use Of the mental and
physical eutowments TO grasp after
wealth because Of the transitory
comforts it imparts 10 the accumu-
lator Is one Of the leading courses
Of pursuit. Absorption in the ct
tainment Of such an object is against
the divine economy ON several
srCunds-it shows 4 groveling con-
,er,iOn Of the object Of life. throws
he individual out Of balance by ex- q,
'essive cultivation IN one direction Z
.ldromiarative Gormancyin otheIs.
luI it aims a. Capitalization Of 7
whereas the system Of a
when Christ J. the great example G.
demands expansion. In
Ii Is often the ctse that people Of +
It's worthy turn are regarded rs Z.
lot being il accord with the princi- il
Re Of economy, which necessarily +,
mbgHceS the condition ofaccumula- =
ion. IftEeir course Of life indicates :,
hat they are laboriny with refer :,
nee TO eternity, taking the immor- a
Atty Of the soul Is a fact, they will
c found. in the ages to come, 10 Y
e tue only true economists among al
lcu, the nature Of their accumula- L
ions being eternal. Devotion to ii
ne pursuit Of knowledge aud the Z
reduction Of good among mankind. Il
, the widest practical area, is the $
ro,ess Of heaping eternal wealth, a
.hich cannot perish.
Il is dsemed remarkable that n al
lnsideraule proportion OF the young -
sopIe Of tine community are either "
different to what is called :'Alor- II
which teaches the q,
Ue principles Of individual and W
Dmmuaal gOverument-or oppose n,
This Is not surprising when it Is al
ken into account that that class Of h
.e younG have, as rule, never of
their powers t, compre- IN
sud the principles Of the system by
.inging them into activity. Some ia
mes circumstances occur which in
eak the spell Of this spiritual M
sgnation, the individual becomes 9.
new being, and sees things in 4 nj
carer aud BROADER light. "
This truth has been cxemplified NJ
the cases Of young men MI
He'd u go on missions. VINO
We had barely sufficient in
rest or faith 10 respond. That re-
ouse, even when languiIIy given. "a
5 lei to further activity until the pa
lividuai has, step 10y step. become u"
inverted 10 the glorious truths OF
t. Gospel. IaGeed, this result Is IN
sviiahle II personal purity ami uO
ritual activity are maintained. o''
.e powers in that direction being hu
,nomized byuse, they are enlarged III
accumulation. me
Intelligence cleaves TO in ms
iigcnce" aud truth TO truth. th'
e laws which n just God on Oh
; placed for the government N.
the universe are in con-
Mt operation, and their conditions 7
uuerring and inevitable. livery Oh
ut made in the line Of true r.,
.gress Is seconded by an admin ext
'ative assislauce given 10y the est
int Of Truth. Receptivity and nro
are parallel congi- sun
rs in the divine economy, the prn
.er responding TO the degree Of an,
ivity existing in the fDrmer. for
nee, the legitimate condition Of VIII
intelligent things is that Of work. sue
ich implies motion, which neces- mo
ties the existence of faith. with ier-
which there Is no existence. the
dis,
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INFANT MORTALITY.
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