Show w var ra A IS OUR civilization CRUMBLING kavc of crime and immorality is sweeping our land and the sober minds of our nation are becoming very much alarmed A short time ago on the floors of the united states senate this statement was made we are living in a period of moral decadence unparalleled except in the days dayi of rome prece proceeding eding her down fall and that we are traveling the road that rome took five hundred times as fast seventy five years ago lord macaullay Ma caulley predicted in the british that the american venture in government would goto go to pieces in the century as the roman did in the ath during the past twenty years people have been murdered in theu S alone and the murder rate has increased per cent in that time thou not steal was violated last year to the sum of three billions of dollars till we are becoming known as the robber nation of all time today who cares for the esth commandment man dment the main concern with most it would seem is will I 1 be caught A recent survey in the schools of new york disclosed this sinister fact that THIS WAS the main concern according to the literary digest dimore more crimes are committed in chicago than in england ireland scotland and wales the crime wave has reached here our daily papers inform us of heinous crimes committed in our very midst the crimes confessed to by the boys brought a shudder to every household in our own communities disregard for law among us is becoming and if this nation continues in this course Macu alleys prediction must come true are we going to let our civilization fall do we not hae bae men of clear foresight to guide us past the rocks president coolidge said recently 1 I can conceive of no adequate remedy for the evils which beset society except through the influences of religion it is only by a constant renewal and extension of our faith that we wc can expect to enlarge and improve the moral and spiritual life of the nation without that faith all that we have of an enlightened civilization cannot endure thos W churchill justice of new york supreme court said the spiritual side of life is being neglected to such an extent that the american hombis suf suffering firing and god knows aws what future generation swill be like inhere be not an awakening it is very evident that the homes of our nation are not assuming their full responsibility in teaching spirituality our schools are forbidden by bk law to teach religion the churches extend an invitation but how many accept statistics show that over children in the united states receive no religious training and doomany too many of this number are our own boys and girls Is there anything we can do to develop in our children a stronger faith in god the most forward step we consider in our modern civilization is our educational system of compulsory attendance at school it has remained for the religion class of our church to fit into that system to entwine the spiritual with the intellectual as air bryan put it without infringing upon the law wednesday december 2 throughout the church is known as observance day for the religion class movement all parents of school children and others who are interested are invited to come and see what is being done partake of our spirit and carry it into their homes school closes at for second grades religion class for this grade immediately after school and for all other grades school closes at religion classes immediately after we extend an invitation by this paper to all parents and a personal invitation to your children to visit religion class wednesday dec 2 observance day stake board of education by JOSEPH F HANSEN |