Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-14

FORGETrULNESS OF MAN.


ftiul AMI spnsmoiic Ia nc.
ton and Ia the rurull OF an
end. Today some topic, Or call,
or duty, Is uppermUiG Ia fact
ct Ia the one ihing;n tomorrow
this seal c5ols Oh, the thought IL SUI
PLANTED by something else, valuable or
otherwise ~ the impulse u the use
may dolermloe. There may be no
harm In the new thirgi the weakness
consists In dlscardlug the old, In for
getting II, irrespective OF IT, necessity
or value. 80, manga Lesson has been
lost, many n project been abandoned,
anu many principle saoriilced' In.
splrationsl Ideas In this cummunity
have been numctous, clear cut, seen
through, anu Deemed OF vast advan.
tsgo by the givcr. They have fallen
upon and tickled the ears Of many
In the beginning; duty has urged
acceptance aud active effort has
bOuu made, bat thotc was a lack
Of heart and soul, the fame
minded was utnsisHi; II ilickered
awhile anu dice; there was no sublime
faith, no warm love, no determined
porslstencc; mechanical In tue bcgin.
ming, soullcss Ia the pursuit, then un.
rtgfetable failure aud ioTgetiulness Ia
the end.
There are many pages Of Mormon
history Hltd with the Alpha and
Omega Of pr.mise aud enterprise.
Machinery enough has been created
TO manipulate al our interests. imam.
cal anu Industrial; Organization has
succeeded Organization, our lumber
rooms contain those dust covered ap.
planes for far too many known OF
seeming want.
Because Of this some have concluded
that nothing could succeed, save that
which was largely compulsory, like
the exodus from Nauvoo aud the settle
munt OF U,ah, to which We came
willingly, as Pro,ident q. A. Smith
used 10 cay "becRuso We were
obliged" So ia tho early days,
the wool cardS. tho spinning
wheel ami the loom were home
indispensables because VIZ needed
TO DO clad; agriculture was obligatory
a. starvation stared tho majority In
the face, anu hides were tanned aud
shJes made, falling In which many
would have gone without. z. q. NJ. T..
would have bson uncreatod until now
had not the people been placed between
tho upper aud neither millstone, whore
dealers made price for the armer's
produce and price for their own
merchandise o. we'll, The great iac.
tories round about are idle In part,
because cloth and clothing Ia imported,
while every grist mill gets IL share CT
trade perioTcc, because public nsces-
sity Ia Ia harmony with competitive
possibility.
There are urgent reasons for the adj
vocacy u community Independence M
lar rs this IL possible. This climate,
the habits Of the people, their religious
thought are an favorable to increased
population. Save la times OF epidemic
the death rate among children 10 very
Low. The fact that 80 many IRE Ell.
rolled In our sabbath and secular
schools insists upon enlarged
industrial opportunity. The fact
tina! We have AN increasing number Of
marlagesbio, but unmarried young
men and women, demands the crea.
ton OF increased or new avenues Tor
reuumomliye labor. Three hundred
missionaries Ia the field gathering
Israel according TO the commandment,
are aGkiug IN lOgts Of right and Justice
that some prOvision DO made Tor the
successful colonization aud sustenance
OF their converts. Common honesty
Is duplicating for our best thought that
"Hion may arise and ahine," ana that
there may be- emo poor la all her
borders"
Much is said ut times In regard TO
the support Of the poor IN this anu
other cilips, buta few ask whether our
charity 10 we'll managed, or whether
It 10 u1tEu evil where It might and
should be- @ blessing. II l. believed that
there are more than u few who u trans.
planted into settlements which mover
receive an emigrant would be wealth
producrfs instead Of dependents upon
the librrality ot those W hose removal
from the condition OF those helped Is
simply uuv TO glta,rr energy and "a
dislike to obligations; the homeless a,
least would be- TAR better on in the
country with q piece Of lanJ, few
cuirkeusand % COW, System h lacking
m dealing with This element. There
wa quasipfnvIaion, but for the rocipi.
outs there Is no sell.aided or other
redemption,
We have not always "mado hnstc
slowly" Tho nrts " improvement,
have been fierce ut times, but soon