The Beneficent Goal of Labor

We have seen in the preceding article that the divinely ordained purpose of labor lies in its beneficent productivity. Now in the sinless creation in which this fundamental ordinance was first announced we can quite readily imagine the pursuit and realization of this purpose. We can imagine Adam and Eve occupied with the cultivation and development of the created paradise-world, where they would bring forth children, create a family life and altogether experience and enjoy the riches of God’s...