Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-19
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THINK AGAIN.

trusts of greed and selfishness. ant
due allowance was made for their owl
representation as being protective II
character. But observation prove,
that this assumption was out of har'
mony with the longlauded doctrine o.
IAN open market and free competi.
ton" 1t was further shown that
among u misunderstood and despiset
people as it Were. a great trust was II
active operation devoid OF this assert
ed and overweenlng selfshness; thai
this new trust was emlnently saliva.
tory In its character, calling for per.
sonal sacrifice from all its members
and while for the moment 1t was es.
sentially religious, or for the propa.
CATION of religious truth, there was
spirit enough in the organization e
comprehend that the same principle
would be-nay was, intended to be OF
as great potency and efficacy in other
lines as 1t had proved itself to be In
the religious department.
OF course the Mormon" Church was
the organization alluded to, and 4,
may not be amiss to glance at its
operations outside OF its necessarily
original movement. There were funda-
mental reasons for this action, for
while man is beyond controversy the
subject and object for religious train
Ing. the demands of life involve so
much effort OF less spiritual charac-
ter that some have looked upon these
as the preponderating and more i'm
portant section of the common life
around u.s.
IL is very evident that II man was
Invested of this religious and associat-
ed moral sentiment, the struggle for
supremacy would be uncurbed; the
strong would dominate the weak.
rapaclty without control would seize
upon that which was desirable without
regard to ownership or cost, and all
order and authority would be over
thrown: for most acknowledge that
the spirit of law and the intent of So
ciety have, while running together,
been the undoubted outgrowth Of les
sons ostensibly religious, and these
have been modified from time to time
us growing religious sentiment or in
SEPARATION dictated.
An organization claiming divine ORR
gin must circumscribe in its plans and
methods human nature as u whole, and
as 1t is. 1t can not cultivate, 1t will
never cultivate, the spiritual Mt the ex-
pense of the Industrial, the moral at the
expense of the financial, or the mental
AZ the expense of the physical. MAN
shall not live by bread alone" We.
bread is "the stan of life" A man
without religion is as much ''lobsided''
as the unduly Industrious. A man with
only the religious faculty in active cul-
tivation is as near to insane fanat,-
clsm as the man who thought eating
was only a habit"
The ordinary drift of man Is to look
after number one. The perplexities and
needs of his neghbors are of no in
terest to him. The price which he re-
ceiNes Tor his labor or the product
thereof, is never considered by another.
The price he may be called upon to
pay for that which he desires or need,
Is determined too often by speculation
or avarice; and as to whether in these
days of competitive labor n man can
live on the wages given him is UNI
thought of by the general employer.
So labor becomes traltorous to its own
interests by necessity. Each unit cuts
the throat of his neighbor; and his
service becomes (unless closely
watched) dishonest. 1t Is only half
hearted so as to become equal, IL pos
slble. with the one who lit is wrongly
thought, perhaps takes advantage of
the situation.
This has been the problem of the
ages-it Is the problem of today. Many
n philanthropist has desired to solve 1t;
many n so-called statesman has rea-
lized the situation. Organizations have
tried experiments looking to u solution;
churches have tried in their way to
correct the discords OF our time; and
ministers without unity have tried to
patch the rags and clip the frayed
edges Of the garment, unconscious al,
the time that positively new one was
needed that humanity might be clad
Alright.
The Church OF Jesus Christ has es-
sayed this herculean task. The redemp-
ton of man, the regeneration of mo-
tive, the making of theoretical brother
hood living fact, and the introduction
of Cor the, rather) new order" was
one of its earliest dreams. Those who
worked in and at it looked through the
telescope of faith until 1t became clear
and near to them; and many con-