Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-02-03 | Page 5 | Modern Age Decadent, Says Rev. Bulkley

I I i MODERN AGE DECADENT SAYS REV BULKLEY Minister E Explains plains at Y M M. C A A. A That Easy Life Does N Not t Produce Leaders L living living- of or the present da day unfitting unfitting- people for the struggles of H Iv life t Is reason as assorted b by the tho Rev F F Bulkley ArV for t the tho hI noticeable lack of leaders i In Sn the present sent age This ex explanation ex- ex was wag offered In the com courso e of or his flu sermon on Self Discipline and Its Relation to Character Building delivered dc- dc livered yered at the men's mens meeting In the Y M. M VL c. c A A. y yesterday rda afternoon He lie said in part Two conflicting views are to be found round amon students of history One plu view maintained by b man many today Is that men make history The modern view Yle Is If t that at men do not make history but out history makes malte m men n Tho The leaders of or ancient times timea this following be be- be were inspired d hy by the tho historical events c surrounding them Both views aro partly true It Is during stress that men arc are called out and n made mado leaders nut But is Js it not flot true that if Jt they were not ready read the they could not hot be called out Toda Today we are arc bemoaning bemoaning be bo- moaning th the fact that we have few fow leaders notwithstanding the tho fact that the demand for leadership I IB great Wh Why W is it that wo we have no leaders Both views must be bc wrong It seems to me rne that as ai we stud study leaders o of ancient ancient an an- dent times we can find the real reason rea rca son Take a look and you will find th that t before the thet were called caned out the they were leading lives li of dl discipline The They were hull building cling their thell ch characters the thc the greater reater the character the greater the leader Also It was Lincoln's struggle struggle struggle gle for tor an education that mado him equal to the struggles o 0 of tho the civil chU war ar For the past generation life Ufe has been made easier easler more mora luxurious Never before has there been such lux lux- ur ury Compare your our life with that of your our OUI father ath I Tod Today we live In steam heated apartments We Ye no longer have o to struggle le against ph physical hardships and 1 physically we have ha de degenerated Thin is because tUBe we have babied our our- selves Our luxuries are 8 Evo Everything Is Js f easy pasy SY toda today ThE Tho world Is broad minded People PE-ople can think as thc they want while our oui fathers father had to struggle to maintain their views We e have no mental struggles Are not we losing pur moral courage A As we look around do wo not see seo the nee need l for fO leadership The world needs leaders lead lead- ers as never b before be rore There are arc man many pleasures in th the world today which In themselves hos ar arnot are arr not harmful but they are f abused and become evils Take for Instance dan dan- cing There is no harm ai al But look In our own Dancing Is bringing large Inc Incomes to some men And so with every cen other line Une of pleasure pleas pleas- ure ure- ureth th they become sinful through tation lation Self discipline and self denial are aro the means by which we can strengthen our character and fit ourselves ourselves ourselves our our- selves to answer r the call when leaders are needed neede