Show I II I II I t l l L I DEMOCRACY AND IllES IN UFE Religion of American Virtues I Independent of ofAl Al All AU of Its Churches MATERIALISM DANGEROUS He Rev lc Frank lu Rudy Eddy Tells leils of or the Foundation of or Nobility In III Character A At the he services of the Pint First t Fh-t Unitarian society yesterday Rev Hev Frank Pay Fa preached Ideals and Den Den- Edd Eddy p on The rendered Unity quartet a n beautiful anthem and A. A A E. E Brady Brad delighted d the congregation with wih a C bass ba basolo solo l Mr Mi- Eddy said in part palt In Jesus Jesus' JesU sermon rmon on the thc mount we read that all al manner of bla blasphemy shall be forgiven men except the blasphemy against the holy ghost He Hell ll tells us that men may revile revie him b be forgiven n. n but neither In this world or 01 orthe ortho tho the world to come conic shall men escape the lie consequences of or sinning against the holy ghost I think that I have ha e explained in this pulpit before that lint the tIme vry IY simple meaning of or this hits text to my mind Is that a man cannot silence the voice of his hl higher self the prompting of the inward monitor yve we ve call cal conscience without Incurring Inevitable penalties We may muy revile and deny Jesus JeHu or Ol un any other othet light light- Ight- Ight giver giver anti and and suffer on only in 10 losing Ing so to much teaching and guidance But Dut treason t to ones one's self s1 that IU must l be paid for Cor from rom i Us its consequences there thIo is no escape I anee of or To betray betra unC ono's onos hi high hol or self elf is to tl betray ones one's Idea Ideals Hence tho hi im importance ha- ha n- n of or I ideals Ideal den hI We Vc cannot afford to 10 sneer at nt them henri as has ba been fashionable fashionable fashion fashion- able in certain n supposedly high financial finan cial clOI circles circle Without them hem America has no value worthy an honest patriots patriot's patriots defence To misunderstand Jesus JeHu rn might might menu mean lu loss ios but it was wa no sin I is the tho thought of or the Nazarene a alene But Dut to stille sUle th tin tin- voice of or ones one's inmost conviction tion ton for tor the sake of gain or 01 to placate authority jor 01 or for anything in the he universe uni uni- vet verse was wa to make malte a fatal blunder This doctrine is the very cry stone corner-stone of democracy Some one has haN well said sid that thal dem- dem O ot itcy lCY meant the of God w within you ou It I means moans that lint tl the average man mu must t u mc responsibility for foi forthe I Ithe the governing of or himself elf anti and his hils fel Cel fel- fel lows ow All AH representative government b is based on the tile righteousness of lh the average average aver aver- n age e manOf man Of or 01 COUI course couise C the uncommon man inami vs wil i il always al lend henri The fhe success of If a democracy democracy demo cracy clacy depends on the the capacity of the th lit average a man to I comprehend good goot leadership Otherwise the tho mob rules rule and anti the demagogue nourishes In lii a democracy man dominates lawand law laa n and government nemi government By public he lie makes anti and unmakes laws aw make c them powerful or oi 01 what we metaphorically cal cally gnu cull Gul a 0 dead letter leter He ne whom who m i r opinion In ac a n c cou u n ri i r t I I k ff 6 f tT p-b p r- r tel ful than 1 he who mal makes es laws or 01 In Interprets In- In them hem Danger o of m. m America is not ns as much snuck submerged submerge in materialism as some of or our oUt foreign critics think hut but there thee is no mistaking that our danger lies les in iii that direction ecton dh-ecton It I I is for tor us to prove that we can 1 become be lie- come rich without also becoming weal and wicked With other cr c every grea nation naton luxury and degeneration have ha usual usually accompanied each other The Thic same must be bc true with wih us unless we retain our Ideals ideas That Thal Q we are ni-c ale In the lie pre presence of areal a 0 areal real national pot pot-Il Is undeniable Judge of the lie Juvenile court of or DenCI Denver Den n ver CI ei tells us tS that lint he lie discovered that the men who obstructed him in hi his work usually did so because they lies valued things more than they did lives The case cac of America before th the lie high high court of or heaven hven might be bc des ut's as ran Man vs 5 Dollars The nation I naton that Is not lord old of Its Is dollars and und th the things dollars will wi bu buy has chosen th the path of degeneration Every nation has ha a rel religion lon motor monor mot more or less les independent of its Us churches 1 It I Is the rel religion lon of UH its iK Ideals Let u us make a little lite study of this religion o of o American Ideals Virtue of ur I Now as a the he great Sleat varieties of H- H 1 r.- r. ligion are essentially the lie tamo sanie thou though h described from different points o or of view In iii various religious systems ft h with wih the thc great virtues vIrtue that are art th the foun foundation of or x nobility in character The They are ever the lie same i-am ame but differently expressed e In Iii various times and places Take Tale first the virtue of ut COUra courage l o or 01 heroism The rue standard of or which has been accepted by counties s ages is what will a n man manel el h against his Ills life Justice is another another- ideal unspeakably uns ably precious In ill 11 our OU national life fe I It Itis I Is Intimately I connected with wih courage courage as Is lN exercise often requires moru moral cou courage rage He lr l In lJ The buccaneers of h high hh f finance la ItC have beun playing a melr merry game gamo lilt hith hi- hi erto orto Thc They have b been cl allowed 1 th lh liberty of licence But there them are signs sign enough elough that public opinion In is soi n t to If call a u halt hall hal hat That there has been dup dui lely and amid to defraud ue we WI have long hong tSU suspected Recent Ins Ing commissions and Inn have given u us UK the he needed proof Tho fhe hl one olie which SiLt sat In iii this city lust last week added Its is Is quota Public opinion I lo rapidly forming which will wi make a H demand for or justice so f loud and auth ald clear clour that lint frightened politicians will wi b be scared Into a little genuinely ly coercive and restrictive e activity In Iii out our nul American life lre we have another an an- other oIlier ideal that I peculiarly belongs belong to democracies It I f is th the lie Ideal 1 of or knowledge knowl edge edge It I IH is not miot the old Ideal of or knowledge knowl knowl- oc edge c which belonged to aristocracies 81 and mount Junt knowing a IHl little Greek ClOck n ck und and Latin that one une might be distinguished front from the lie hoi hol The Ideal of knowledge In a I di In inspired th he the a average man mun to keep heel leel Informed asto fUto fU as to what in lit happening in the lie world It Itis Itis I is in Iii II our 1 country and ought to 10 o be a u disgrace rale to b be bus unable to read and write But the book text of or democracy democracy demo demo- lemo cracy is the newspaper for Cor or all al men the he magazine for Cor a large an and 1 In ing ng number of or C the the more thoughtful while th the hound bound volume as M ever Is i little Ittle used t by the lie student You have all looked I ov I r time the mornIn morning morn- morn In ing paper this morning cud and will wi rend rendIt It Il t moro morn carefully this hits afternoon You Your r road read d It I with wll the cont confidence th that t If It anything any ln- ln I thing of oC Importance ho has ha occurred In inthe he the whole round mound world within the tre pre preceding sire sire- ceding four hours hour It will wJ be lie I chronicled there the Tho The Ideal Itel of o knowledge knowl- knowl 1 I edge in a democracy nO l l Is 09 it t In- In I I I II to tn In- In lI LJ op UI to tal date o And iid Ideal deal IK is It of uC fundamental taIR 1 Without It there here could coull be bo no i democracy Ideal of oC I Finally the tue ideal idea of or worship t present In iii very every democracy that ft I anything more than a mu I painted sham rl No Xo democracy can caim CUI lUSt lut without farll Us Its IM fundamental faith must be RUt t thieve there is IH such sueh a L thing lung as Bi jr made nade plain In lie tho many olce Voices of Or ruth ti It must have faith in iii I human lature nattle as well w-J w a as In tho the eternal In iii n ph I nature i Our gets get its ls meanIng I Iii n UH its I aspiration to tn bi bl th tile voice of t this road broad new Ko gospel p l which mU must be bf written In ledgers ledger ledger a as J well as a in itt sacred looks hooks It Is a gospel which must i o at t all al 11 COsts cost open minded minded and auth Incur bly optimistic tc or uther oher form Corm of religion which eel seeks n be e the religion of or the Ule whole people 11 irY America needs must of f democracy It I its capacity for hero tain Its It Us for justice its Ita I. I thirst fat fo knowledge de and It its Ih dell deep faith and truth IK is nt at this the the heart of o. o democracy thing Uth h. h Is the 1 lol ni o I up o |