Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-11
THE GREAT CURE.

I ANA Ahh HsNHANfNNfN
disturbanccs--in the form Of strikes,
lock outs, buycolla and their violent
concomi tamts--and II We do, what our
idea Of the remedy 10.
We believe there is an effective cure
for every human wrong, bu that the
condition Of the race bars IT, application.
The essence Of the remedy Is gonsine
Christianity. What there Is OF that In
the world l. mostly spurious, being
maje up Of pretensiOn, unsupported by
practice, and even the profession of
religion l. on the wane. History
teachc. this Lessor, II II teachts my
thing. That In the absence OF religion
morality rapidly disappears, and with
out morality justice takes back scat.
In the absence Of justice peace is i'm.
possible.
Speaking as whole, the world pre-
sents the aspect Of reign of selfish.
ness. This Ia exhibited In every walk
Of life, each individual and aggrega.
ton Of people, from the smallest com.
binAiion 10 the structure Of a nation,
IL striving, struggling and fighting
for advancement over all olhcr. The
fact is that the world..speaking special.
~ Of themore civilized portions Of It,
l. unchristian and rapidly growing
more No. Hence cure Of the COM
motions that are affecting tho race is
impossible until that aituation IL
changed.
The essence Of genuine Christianity
IA seli.donial. Glove thy nclghbot rs
thys,lf,D aud "Esteom thy biother
above myself" The opposite Of this
is embodied Ia su expression once
used by gentleman whom testiiying
rs witness In one OF the courts OF
Utnh-"of all my motbet's sons love
myself the best" II needs no argu.
mrnt To show that II the rule among
mon was 10 seek the welfare
Of others rather than their own,
or to labor for tho general
veal, conflicts would be impossible
Those whose interest Ia belng en-.
HANGED by the acuins Oh their
neighbor have NJ cause u quarrel
with the latter for thus contributing 20
their well.being. Aud until this dis.
position exists In mon millennium
or era Of peace Is impossible.
As n matter Of course, u pacific dis.
petition Is not all that Ia required, IA
ignorance a. we'll As seliifhneFs leads
10 conflict, because blundurs gov out
OF misunderstanding. Light anu
sympathy combined will accomplish
wonders In correcting the OWLS nillict.
ing humanity "A nd these are embraced
In genuine religion, which not only
includes the love OF God-which EN-.
bodies the love Of humanity-but also
true education.
We recognize the fact that sentiment.
al religion alone will not effect cure
Of human ills. There must be regua-
tlOns adjusting the relationships Of the
people. But intelligence and the love
Of God cannot be separated from the
conditions and regulations necessary
for the preservation Of the social equil-
ibrium Of tho world.
The Lord, In the early rise Of the
Church, revealed, in part, a system by
which the Saints could work harmon
iously Ia their temporal or business
affairs. II Involved the principle Of
cooperation, 10 systenatized that all
could labor for the benefit Of the whole.
A beginning was made, but the out
iEation, the cause OF tubs result being
that those associated with II were not
sufficiently advanced In the under.
standlng and practice Of self-deniAl.
Without this constituent its operation
Ia impractical IL might be asked
why the Lord began to reveal The sys-
TEN under what appeared to be in
Oppor,une conditions. The answer Il
plain: Had Ito not done 30 the atten-
ton VI the Saints would not have been
fOTcibly directed toward the subject In
practical way. IL WAS noces.
sAry as an educational effort,
to prepare the people to accept
and live according to the system when
they shall be- morally ready fof II. They
must ut some time set before the world
the means Of solving the difficulties that
allie, tho race, but the operation can.
not DO OF sudden growth. Intelligence,
justice, selEsacrifice and bfotherly love
will constitute tho essence OF the system.
These cannot be- established by rules
anu regulations, but they supefinduce
conformity to thclr righteous r,qli.
menls.
II may be said that many Of tho
Saints are pulling away from tue
genius OF unity under the Inducements
now offered for individual aggnndise.
ment, which inseusibly cultivated the
rel Ash or unohFisIlan spirit This may
be the case-it doubtless In In many
ins'auces-but We are Of the opinion
that there are, on the other hand,
many who are longing for IA new and
better condition, when Individual in.
terests will be swallowed up In the
central effort TO conserve the welfare OF
the whole. This latter situation will
| DO tho. universal condition In the