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Show DISAPPOINTING f CONDITIONS !! i Wc hare good reason for believing thnt (ho majority of tho moral and " religious peoplo of the world have ,: been sadly disappointed nt tho turn ' ' things hes taken sinco tho cessation '. '. of tho world's greatest and most de. ' Btructlvo war. It wns generally hoped and bellcv. '. '. a that oald wnr, so awful h, u8 cost 1 1 of llfo nnd property would greatly '' tend to soften tho feelings of nil clnB- '. '. ses of people, from tho renegade, down ; ', to tho religious worshipers of ull tho ' churches oxtnnt. Hut the world finds ! ! to Its great chagrin and disappoint. ', ', ment that such is :iot tho case. ' Inst?nd of making people more ! ' thoughtful nnd moro religious and ', moral,' it seems to have mndo them ' ' more Inconsiderate and reckless than ' ' ever thoy wore before. ', ', A good sonslblo and logical reason for this stratiRo dcpaitr.ro seems very ' hartl to find, since so:'Uy Is surround- ! ', ott on every hand with philanthropic ; ; societies, whoso chlof aim is tho up- ' lift and amelioration of those needing ' ! moral nnd spiritual support. J Wo sometimes wonder If It is prob. ; ; able or possible, that peoples' ralth ' ' in glorious rowurds hcteaftor for vir. ', tue, end dlro punishment for sin is ; ; only a myth and divine rctriUutlon ' only a dream. If this be so. such ! ! peoplo pre In a rahor pitiable and J ; dangerous condition, MtJ are very ' badly In need ot good sound spiritual ', advice and treatment, lest they perish ; In their sins. ! Wc know thnt mp,ny thoughtless I people, whllo th.o wr wa8 0n, at ltrt I greatest height of cruelty and dls. ; slpatioiithoueht nnd Bald If there ' bi a Ood of love arid lender mercy, ! V l Uoei (Ic hot stop this awful vex. ; Rlli Us struggW nnd rcctoro the trou. bleu world to peaceful and normal ! conditions, Xot thinking that If God ', did so Ho would bo defeating the ends nnd purpose of Ills inexorable law of ' divine retribution. As well any Oral J Ood should save us In our sins as to express this sonBciesi Idea. fturthlrtOty proves beyond a dlt lhat n'atlong, as woll as Indlvinuaix Vilfo hold responsible by tha'AlnJght for their actions and thai when they ignore tho principal upon which peace and pnst4t nro predicated land founded tjifcy must nbldo tho punlshm'cnl "Jl5 to ttclr guilt nnd transgression. Th'efe Vs no doubt fnut for many years 'before tho vnr ih question bo-gdh. bo-gdh. 'i"hnt tho nuonr had gono Wr foStrAy in thc' forgetrulncsB of Ood !tfhd ills bewfl marcy and goodness ind to w'p TO nto lino and cdhVo Jicm ifj turn to "u. proper realizatioh 5f iyst elferi(ibnco on Silm'Hoaus. tl Khts 'i!6iirge of af, wkhWl Its CiliTn of concomlltant disaster, lo ovor. i'Wc'ke 'tMem. , .. What Is wrongly tfenUVnated the "lilghor Crltlslm" ha.ll Set (thj true iand slmplo revelations of '06d( at Ainught end Interpreted th'cjr meaning wrongly and many other departures from divine law had ctopt lnto society whjch no doubt found thoir, trtplor- iblo climax In tho great war that en. iucd and brought such universal suf. forlng to all the nntl(ins of tho earth. i Jt C o - |