| Show One On ot of th the questIons that occupy the tho dI of the thoughtful at the turn 11 poInt of the centuries Is III this I Is I the Moral progress proportionate to Ut the advancement In other directions This Thin II a mot most Important question The In Increate Increase create crease of wealth tb the diffusion of cui ture th the flourishing of arts are not b by them themselves a guarantee lor tb the Suture Civilizations have perished In past patt and Its Ito monuments been burled buried under the dust dUlt ot or sea IS nat because the arts art and were wert ne neglected but because the very r lICe tite and marrow ot oC the nations that wert the bearers had become so s at by moral disease that they were unable to stand tand the th onslaught of 01 bit bar barous barou ho hordes and defend the tit and treasures entrusted to their ca caW care carew W T Stead pointedly ukI a what the century hat has done for the family life lite to make let It more mort dOle close mo more affection affectionate ate Ite more sacred And he finds on the theone theone one hind band the Uti decay or the entire shin Aban Abandonment ot of family prayers and the Ule Inc increase In the facility end Ind the tic of C divorce On the other hind hand 1 he IlI I an increased attentIon itt In the wel welfare tare fare of thu Child In III tile the creation ot of the century lie also allO out the of that Christian sentiment which has found I It its In snore more or I less efforts for tor the emancipation of 01 man mankind km kind Crom whatever remains of the various orme of slavery Inherited from tilt the put t So tar far tIters has hao certainly hen encouragIng moral It 11 seems ml to u us that Ih the world now I is In mae lu what It was wasat wasat at the commencement of oC our era Then there wu was ft a s 1 at dominant world power and nd IU atta dour MilitarIsm went hand In hand bind with commerce OM religions we were crumbling and reason liar hlf banners on the ot oC morality woe rapIdly J Zero hut But RI ai most to the observer of a new force torel was brought Into the World cradled in 11 the mountains ot o Ju Julet and fostered tM the of at the which was wal sU td p change the entire complex n a of Gf the warM It II so DO Dow The MId crown has baa Deti shifted from the brow of lid Ule IatI races raca to that of the We SV fled aDd today militarism and nd ii the Ille dominant of at the world Wand II I a ii ii t Jt t f or r lhOr hor tty It divine or t human lit ih re The a pirt of murder II It ot of I the he earth The enla ef drink are visible on lIn all heeds had If Woree one than all Ih P ur doings t f hi prince f Mil his more OIOI appa apparent nl hen liver ever People fees to 10 deplore the lives Wit wasted homes leQ d tM the crimes hut as a matter matler of tact fact they care eRN It html II Ie Am I 1 my 1111 Is II the question that would lit be flear OIl all 11 the of tobe JL t tit titles Ui wa way In Which a its ct tad nel Is U alum alarm lut iut generally UW tie matter i passed IV aver Lr ca The Qt mi In In sinking into InlO corns except when Use the question is ot of I IThe The distinction between cusses eluM IMbe tore fON becoming mon mar and Ino more marked The over owr I Ii tar ar troth Hut But the leaven I te Already Row at t work that will eventually penetrate the world and pre preserve It from moral dt decay a W We believe bellev It Its effects are ant plAinly visible There may be drinking and profanation ot of the divine name but those who indulge In such thin things can not lay claim to In the society of ladle and gentlemen The spirit of oC nar ar and Ind murder may be abroad but never before had bad the angel angelof of place peace brighter prospects thin than noW There may be much hy hypocrisy end and un Untruth I truth In the world but even en th the hype crite and Ind the liar find feds It necessary for Cor success to 10 masquerade In the garb of sIncerity and truth con there is II wonderful progress both In moral and humane r respects and If an n Inquiry were made Into the cau causes ot of this pro progress It would be found that the of tb the Church of 01 Je Jesus ot of Saints has haa not lIot been the least leat factor In this ad advancement TIll This Church ha unfurled a standard ot of morality of liberty and Intelligence which ha has Nn been largely fol followed lowed loved even by those thole who would gladly lee the standard bearers to It a across cross CIOll or driven to the And thus thu history repeats Itself |
