Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-24

uug ratio with the force or pressure OK.
etclsed In tbs other 80 the opposIte
direction. Storea nave been multiplied.
credits extended, obligations increased.
anu personal expenditure has become
80 lavish that decentralization IA almost
universal, 10 ifdm sheer doviliry aud
10 show our indeppndeuce-our ability
90 run our own afiairs--we had run
counter 10 those we sus,aln with mn.
ilisei hand 10 directions no more Inn.
pofiant than this. For even Ia re-.
ilslous things rs ia secular, some
claim there Ia rebound from the al.
ways present and always tlmely counsel
OF Live your felisiunln Those yhons.
aeft this, poiut to the growing dlste.
gard for the Sabbath, to absence from
meetings, 70 general neglect Of duty, 10
'he absorption In business, to tue
growth speculation, to the increase
Of fashion Ia social life, 70 the decline
In tiihepayiug, and a. they assert, un.
mhtakablo loss Of spirituality aud rev.
erence forauthorlty. Now, persons Of
aeerlain temperament may lament the
exhibition OF all these phases Of d..
vofsiiy and apparent instability OF
character. Reaction, pofvVrsiiy or re-.
sislanco may be untxplainable 10
them. The philosophers may ask,
however, whether this IL not q more
healthy and hopeful indication Of pro,
/ gress than even unanimous action
which comes o. uniuo pressure Of cir
cumstanccs OF authority. Surely that
obedience which comes OF intelligence,
which springs from personal ca
Tcrlenve, and IL the Legitimate
outgtowlh Of apprehcndsd benc
ats, savors OF advancement, toll
that the rcstIainls Of childhood az,
being turrriodsd by personal ant
spon,aneous leading IN the way Of
right, which h the highest ami besI
condition.
Paul said. "When / was a child
spako ~ child, thought nh a child
understood a. child; but now that
am a man Tor approaching thefolo)
Put away child sh things." So that !
we now as community have resolve,
fully on encouraging and sustaining
homo industries, because Of necessity
inicfoat and unwAvering assurance
that this IA tho bc,t for ~ and our
We have advanced u mighty step. An,
II this IL universal, our factories, foun
dries and all industrial organization
will feel the beneiicsnt influence o
this conclusion. II waitlng for this vi
have concluded la Ihci Interval q
stand by our friends, TO prefer them
10 give them supper, AMI encourage
mcni, there 10 moral growth and fore
la This, aud condolences will not onl!
return, but aDiic with W AMI inorea,
for ever and ever!
II after pariug through the marrow
Of financial embarrassment. whetho
con'equeut on thoughtlcssnoss orHpecu
lat5u; ~ VIZ have felt tho abhorten
Incubus Of debt, or inability to NEE
our engagements; II cur personal 2,
spsut or private friendship has bee
touched or wounded; n from bitter cS
perlenee old counae. has boon accepted
as better than goli,-sconomy, eau
ton, resolve, may bs 10 us nnancia
salvation all our days. / anxiety 4
regard 10 worldly affairs has exercise
undue influence upon u, ani religion
duty has been secondary; u tho glo'
Of its fires and tho love OF Ice prlnoiplc
have wAnei In our hearts; II nuglrS
has suporyened upon our hitherto dt
votion; II In any or oil Of these thing
We have thought that counsel wa
Incompatible with our freedom an
an Infringement upon our manh00
AMI independence, until providou
tial circumstances and rtileotlo
have convinced ~ o. orro5-lt
but saying that We arc wiBg
today than yesterday, aud good an
lhorlty has asserted that there
"murr Joy over ono sinner that repent
eth, than over ninety aud niue .ha
never went astray."