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laws. The great effort which has enlisted all the en- 

 ergy and force of man, to devise means whereby ho 

 might be released from work by which his labor 

 might be saved has filled the world with woe. 

 God's law has been vindicated, and the folly of man's 

 efforts to avoid its requirements amply demonstrated. 



Manifestly, then, our only remedy for these great 

 evils and tendencies in society is to be found in 

 strictly and literally obeying the law. 



It will be observed that there is no requirement that 

 in any sense forbids man to lighten his labors. The 

 law simply requires him to do such an amount of daily 

 labor as will give him his daily bread. In the dispen- 

 sations of Divine Economy there can be no doubt of a 

 purpose that in human development a point should be 

 reached where man should provide for all his physical 

 requirements by that use of the forces of nature that 

 will reduce his daily labors to the least possible 

 amount, and at the same time that will enable him 

 to partake most abundantly of all the blessings of 

 life. But at no time and under no conditions can the 

 universal requirement to labor be avoided without dis- 

 aster. It is by universal labor only that permanent 

 good can remain with any portion. Hence means 

 must be devised whereby the law of man's existence 

 may be strictly obeyed the right and opportunity 

 of all, day by day, to earn their daily bread and the 

 greatest good be obtained for all. 



To do this effectively requires an intelligent under- 

 standing of man's requirements and of his powers. In 

 the first place is presented the fact that all require- 

 ments for production, or labor, are found in the neces- 



