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THE TEN LAWS OF RIGHT - Presented by Emma Hardinge, Sunday Evening, April 30, 1871
1. TEMPERANCE in all things, whether physical, mental, moral, affectional, or religious.
2. JUSTICE to all creatures that be—justice being the exercise of precisely the same rules of life, conduct, thought, or speech that we would desire to receive from others.
3. GENTLENESS in speech and act—never needless wounding the feelings of others by harsh words or deeds; never hurting or destroying aught that breathes, save for the purposes of sustenance or self-defence.
4. TRUTH in every word or thought spoken or acted; but reservation of harsh or unpleasing truths where they would needlessly wound the feelings of others.
5. CHARITY—charity in thought, striving to excuse the failings of others; charity in speech, veiling the failings of others; charity in deeds, wherever, whenever, and to whomsoever the opportunity offers.
6. ALMSGIVING—visiting the sick and comforting the afflicted in every shape that our means admit of and the necessities of our fellow-creatures demand.
7. SELF-SACRIFICE, wherever the interests of others are to be benefited by our endurance.
8. TEMPERATE yet firm defence of our views of right, and protest against wrong whether for ourselves or others.
9. INDUSTRY in following any calling we may be engaged in, or in devoting some portion of our time, when otherwise not obliged to do so, to the service and benefit of others,
10. LOVE—above and beyond all, seeking to cultivate in our own families, kindred, friends, and amongst all mankind generally, the spirit of that true and tender love which can think, speak, and act no wrong to any creature living; remembering always that where love is, all the other principles of right are fulfilled beneath its influence and embodied in its monitions,
We should ever hold the above-stated principles of right to be obligatorily upon all men, as they are the deductions evolved from the laws of being, and therefore in strict harmony with the divine order of creation. All views of science are dependent on human intelligence and the unfoldments of intellectual knowledge. All views of theology are dependent upon intuitive perceptions, faith, or testimony derived from varying sources—hence, man's opinions concerning science and theology are subject to change, and dependent on the circumstances of nationality, intellectual training, or incidents peculiar to personal experiences; but the religion of right, morality, and love, and the commandments of life-duty, originating from the fundamental p