Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-28
ORGANIZATION AND LAW.

Organization relates 10 all things
from the creation OF worlds TO the
minutest creature that inhabils them;
from the association Of worlds 10 that
Of the intclllgoncios which have
dominion over them. II 10 the soul OF
thugs, animating that which il imam.
innate, bringing form out Of chaos,
light out Of darkness, and life from
death. II takes the many mharmoni.
Gus parts and with than produces the
one grand harmonious whole. 1t
places the many members that con-tl-
tute tho body In that intelligent and
systematic relation by which each con.
tributes to the power aud happiness Of
tho olhefs.
Without organization there WINS not
anything made that was made by the
word Of His power who created all
things. For tho purpose Of this COM
munica,ion the terms create and make
may DO used with like application as
that OF organization.
rhepurposcs OF Organization, whether
they relate To matter or spirit, social or
spiritual beings, all tend In one dIrec.
ton, one great object In view
and that Is TO increase, TO enlarge, TO
improve, TO preserve, to elevate, to
make more useful In contributing 10
the wants and improving the condition
oi intelligent beings who are or should
lie progressive beings, ever upward In
their tendencies AMI aspirations,
whether In material aims or IN intel.
| lectual desirca.
But little study, with some thought,
will soou convince an intelligent mind
II the impo,sib.lity OF tho human or
ilnite 10 solv. the problem Of world.
making. IL n work that belongs 10
the Gods; not TO man. Man NAY only
he filled with wonder AMI amnzrin. MT
that any being should be ahle 20 com.
pfchend the sclence- involved Ia the
organization Of the uutold variety u
material aud elements which cumpor.
n world capable OF contributing ~ all
the wants and qualification Of the
senses OF Intelligent Inhabitants; aud
Iefaiventurc less the sciepce- Involved
In determining the form, bulk nnd
weight necessary to create and preserve
the powers Of attraction aud gravita.
tlon required 10 sustain Its relation TO
other worlds with which Il was Ia run
It, eventual faer In the revolutions "
time assigned TO II, A. ouly part, n
sinSl, atom ~ It were, Ia tho vast OF.
ganiIatlons Of worlds that flll the In.
m.nslty Of space.
Yet We are told that He, the great
Dedgner, cOmprchcndcd all, even the
end from the beginning, that He
measured the waters; that lie com.
pretended the dust OF the earth, aud
weighed the hills aud the mountains
OF which II IL cOmposcd-all Of which
are suggestive of that Infinite capacity
~ designer aud organizer that
prompted the prophet 10 inquire
who had taught Him, OF whom
III. had taken counsel, or who had
been His instructor. sharing In the
wonder Of the prophets, we may
not further attempt 10 fathom tho
mystery Of world organizations, but
more directly speak OF it, application 10
intelligent beings In their social con.
dltiOn ~ humanity finds them.
Individual man as n member OF
society In his physical organism Is u
most beautiful Illustration OF the virtue
and power of organization. When
under tho Influence Of llfc's Gu.
d0wments, his power Ia marvellous;
more w than that Of any other known
70 man. II Is an organism most
intricate In Its construction, most won.
deriul In Its powers u endurance, the
grandest lllus,ration OF taste and skill Of
all created things. His comparatively
tender aud feeble structure composed
OF nbfous Tissues hns power Of endur-
anee beyond all comprehension. IL may
he Tor generation, aye, more, for u
thousand years, pcradvcnture, all but
one day, and then can only terminate
it, action by being deprived OF its life.
giving force, the spirit by which II Ia
controlled.
In the exercise Of his powers oper.
ating Though his organism, man may
assume the powers OF the Creator, as
man has done. He may shut the
mouths OF Hons; he may quer oh the
violence OF fire, he may turn the
fountains OF waters Into blood, or the
dust OF the earth into living plague,
or cause death 10 lind Nictim In the
ilrst born Ofovery house. lie may by
the force OF eloquonce and truth, avn,
presidents, dethrono kings, over.
turn empires and TevoiutlonIxe
u world by tho potency Of his
combined powers; aud when the
field u cart his not sufficient for hia as-
pirations, he may, like one OF old, com.
mand the sun aud moon 10 stand still.
and days and nights TO succeed each
other without darkness, and beyond The
limits OF time explore the regions or
eternal duration among the gIorifei
throng.
Man, IN his organized condition.
may indeed speak, tho very demons
obey his voice aud every adversary of
mans happiness be subject 10 his man.
dates; but lot that organization be d..
solved-that physical structure return
70 lis mother dust, deprived OF is rela.
Ton to the spiritual, and II il as naugbt.
as tho dust To which II has returned n
may DO .,Itrodden under the foot n,
man." The spirit within the
marvolously organized frame oI
slnewy texture, capable OF her.
cnlean endurance aud Of battling
with LIES yicissitudes through Mi liz
unnamed period OF time aIlottai Ia n
may bea God II by law preserved in
lts might; may he demon II the laws !
Of that organized life 10 violatedk