Show in considering 0 this subject aibe comes necessary to state cla clearly ily what we understand by the word alei hie accordingly first athen en what is the deanin meaning of the word it relates to the practice Ma manners and conduct of men as social beings 0 in in relation to each other arid and with reference to right and wrong r it is applicable to actions that are good and evil virtuous or vicious and has reference to the law of god as tile the standard by which their character is to lie be det determined from the above rule by which we are to te judge 0 the world I 1 believe it is growing wor worse wore e let us tako take a 0 45 prospectus atus view of the present condition of the world and see if its institutions ire are susceptible of more good than evil first how is it with the governments go where you will and you will find that the 0 great majority of the leading men have contracted the decease of any any thing you want for money IC it makes no difference what it controls the ballot and the legislation and as the natural man is prone to evil the general legislation 0 of today leads that way never mind virtue or morals they can rustle for themselves the consequence is that we have houses of ill farna thrown upon us and protected by law as a necessary evil now an evil fountain does not send forth pure water as with the leaders so with the people if the leaders were strict in their morals the people peaple would follow again our leaders tell us that to prepare for peace is to prepare for war with the ibe same propriety we might add that to escure a high state of in morality we must introduce immorality prom from the preparation bein being made for war we are going 11 to hane hae everlasting peace this is not good reasoning generally when a high state of morality exists nations do not prepare for fo r peace by preparing for wo war r take fake for example the people who live on this continent when the savior came and gave instruction they lived in peace for three hundred years but just as toon soon as they began to grow immoral and licen tacui then and strife be gau an arid and soon total dist distraction ruction overtook them in this effort to preserve peace by preparing for war we have regiments of soldiers stationed in various places throughout our broad land does their presence tend to elevate tile iho morality of the people ask the citizens of edinburgh london new york aorl san francisco or any any other city where they may chance lian ce to bs be then in this par ti cular as the armies are increasing 0 will immorality it is said that education makes the people wiser and better belter it depends upon the kind of an education they receive true they may 10 get wiser but not always better the popular meaning of education is strength C capacity and influence but not direction it puts a valuable tool into tile the hands but does not al always y give wisdom to use it it enables the future man or woman to accomplish preat great results but does doe riot not always insure that they sh all be good as evl as great greal it makes j its Jort fortunate ia i a diore powerful and factor j inthe comma 00 niT biff whether fol I 1 good or r evil it 6 cannot n na determine do 0 trie the cont continuance tiance of e crime and diee ahe chesta stoudard of merco a nd 0 escape from simple eliu ity thy the multiplication li cation of new and complicated co forms of deception convince every thoughtful 0 person that tile the education so 0 o freely bestowed upon all is ia too often made the indirect instrument for evil instead of the powerful agent for good that it should become we are all aware that c m om oil the public sello ola by law and consequently tile the stude students rits and pupils are deprived of that moral trai training nill C c that direct direction io n which belongs to a true education arid and the result is increased immorality immo in conclusion let me ask Is not the percentage of murder suicides burglars tra tramps nipE prostitutes houses of ill fame gambling dens etc increasing was ever a time when war was more apparent and destruction more widespread wide spread than at the present does not the savior say that whosoever will not take his sword against his neighbor must flee to zion for safety and does he not say the wicked shall be destroyed de and few men inen left and that too in this generation let us ponder these things over and when we do we vie will certainly ceita decide that the world is growing worse iii morally oral ay iy XII |