7/20/2017 - Section 51:3-20
July 20, 2017 Section 51:3-20 Law of Consecration, United Order, Covetousness, Charity, Missionary Life to Live As If You Are There Forever, In v 3, Edward Partridge is given more specifics as to institute living the Law of Consecration: “ …appoint unto this people their portions, every man equal according to his family, according to his circumstances and his wants and needs.” President J. Reuben Clark Jr. pointed out, this equality is of a special kind : “One of the places in which some of the brethren are going astray is this: There is continuous reference in the revelations to equality among the brethren, think you will find only one place where that equality is really described, though it is referred to in other revelations. That revelation (v3) affirms that every man is to be equal according to his family, according to his circumstances and his wants and needs,” (see also D&C 82:17, 78:5-6) Obviously, this is not a case of ‘dead level’ equality. It is ‘equality’...