Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-11

WHAT Is Tng MOTIVE!

The motive, which acluate men are
as diversified o. men are ihemselves,
and Ia the Individual even, motive
may, nay does. vary with circum.
stances, conditions, experiences, aud
70 on. Those which capuvate and
have weight ~ 0ne time become
"tr nes light ne sif" at another; aud o
mood born Of uuIookei-.or thought or
condition may change life. There
are times also when motive dohea
analysis, for It be complex aud unlike
the simple, direct, honest expression
Of another man or another occasion.
Men are allufcd by imaginary things.
They will DO thus aud 81, II they can
have thus and o.; aud often enough
Observation-Disclosures Into the
most sacred things Of HE. Ask men
Tor the motive which prompts them 20
marriage, TO occupation or pro.
lesslon; inquire into the Dun.
cations Tor religious zeal; test
the qualities Of an assumed ana
eager friendship; anhlyEe the ole.
mcnts which make man
politician Of one grads or another or
ak what Ia the secret Of biz anxiety
Tor OIL posltiolg That man knew
"a thing or two" ages ami ages ago,
who said "tnAt the heart Of man Is
deceltiul above all things AMI
desperately Wicked" ana many q the
sucrui writer's have diocernei the way.
watiness, Ia, olf,hness, aud the
general drift Of Ierverblon which has
been cumulative Tor ages ia tho past.
The graudest nj al philosophios has
urgei tue necessity for resenuratlou,
a Il the publication Of motives. by the
creation OF "a new heart" and tue
renewal OF ga right spirit" In man.
"An impure fountain can not send
forth good water" said great author
iD; but presumption everyW here
"fuus riot" In tue idea that this
authority was ungonerous aud unjust.
Public opinion anu practice insls, that
men can "gather grapes Oh thotna and
lgs Oh lhls,lesl"
II II were possible to institute n a..
vorce between profit anu profession,
how long would It require before the
old parties 10 the compuot would be-
ready to marry again7 II money aud
emoluments could be eliminated from
religion aud politics, Chrls,ehdom
would DO filled with empty pulpIis, and
law.mat lux would revert to some man
like Moses, who had inspiration enough
to legislslo for great and mighty
peopll Nay, Il is fair to ask whether
law.making is not "lho outward aud
visible slgu" Of the uuackuowledged
dcprgyiIy 40 strongly urged by the
lhoologlans Of years ago. These
smackoi their plUus lips over a humili.
ating article Of faith, and Omulscience
alone eau ever toll how much the
prOmulgatlon u this doctrine has done
to debnse aud further degrade human
nature, rather than what the enforce
menl Of au opposite theory might have
done.
II Il not Cutslde the boundaries Of
charity TO assume that this idea u tho
fathers has borne bitter fruit; that II
was the sire oi much Of the Jealousy,
suspicion and degeuerRcy OF our day,
40 that % We see now all law n based
on the theory OF needed protection
against avaTlus and fraud. Does not
the modern drift and spirit suggest
lhNt most men arc thieves unless you
can compel them TO DO honest by laWg
Are not societies organizad 10 give
bonds for mans integrity? Are not
all seoutiues whether OF bondsmen,
collateral, endorsement or mortgage,
equivalent nylng that men cannot
DO lrusIrIi that confidence Is an almost
"unkuowu quality" or quality2 Anu
10 II not evident when, after lito Of
tested integrity aud honor (ior there
are sucuH a man may need
a momea aTy accommodation, that
ho must eek friend VINO has
something 20 become his endorsrI2
Neither 10 lA.ae men, though blame
.ess In lie 90 a seraph, and Us honest as
the stars, can reach that desirable
toing wi,hau, a security multiplied
often many Times,
The umr when mans "word was
his bond" wnen no could borrow
without "a note or any evidence OF in.
debgeIness or accommodation, g.
deemed O relic OF "the dark nges. /"
MlsIusl rules IN the average breast,
and ull mercantile transactions,
whether i0r a few dollars locally. or Tor
transactions which belt tue world,
arc controlled and determined by an
espionage which In the main tells OF
chronic uuce,,ainty and doubt Not
luatqueutIy men who claim and re
security for loan hope and pray
That the borrower may never be abe
TO redeem hiL.selL Ry extTayagaut
Interest aud In more devious ways The
lender hopes to oct the security miles,