Show WITHOUT A RELIGION Probably tho the most mORt pathetic thing I In tho the whole subJect subject sub suh- connected with Thaw I la Is that statement of oC tho the young oung wife I was brought up without any religion That is probably the harshest condemnation that can be he laid on tho ho con conscience cle nce of oC tho the mother of this woman wo wo- wo- wo man She never had any religion There was no Biblo BIblo Bi- Bi blo in the house home There was no prayer There was no nn evening service ser no Sunday solemnity no blessing at table There Thero was no sense of or obligation atlon to a church nc no no attendance upon divine worship no Interest In Sunday Sunda S school There was no God Goll For make what refinement of logic you ou may the tho fact remains remain If IC there bo ho no religion there thero Is la no God It It Is an unfortunate thing when a man gets so 50 fa fanatical fanatical fn- fn In his faith that he lie can see no good rood In iii an any re religion religion re- re ligion other than his own when ho will not believe o that lint nn any path leads lends to Heaven except the tho path through his I own own church who feels less harsh harshly of or the tho infidel than of or ortho tho the worshipper at a I shrine other than his own And yet et there IS something hopeful even en In fn the religious 1st Thero There Is something to build on If J ho holds to a faith even faith even to any It It faith It is better than nothing In an old poem called Bitter BlUer Sweet published years ears ago and ago and possibly po forgotten by most there most there Is a It Sug suggestive e picture David a man acquainted with the tho world but hut a n good man nian has learned some things that were not taught to tho the boys and girls in their New England England Eng Eng- land home And he speaks of the these e newer topics which the reason and tho stud study of or the good man had proved Ono One of his brothers i a expresses In expresses In Davids David's s 's absence a absence a doubt If David Is a n good rood provider for his family For says sas John when a n. man gets wrong In fn his theology theolog the screws aro are loosened up In everything Now as between John with his and Evelyn Nesbit and her nothing John is the safer You mo may do something with him There isn't much hope for the person who has been brought up without an any religion And this is especially true of oC a woman They need needa a strong faith on which to lean and It doesn't hurt them themI I if they do 10 believe the world was created six thousand years cars ago when plenty plent of men know these mountains have been hero for millions of years ears Let the tho children have a religion Try and make them understand that Christianity is bigger than a creed of course But gl give e them a a. religion The They are aro not so likely to be hurt with too much as with too little They are certain to find it a n help many a time There Thero is isa Isa S a consolation about it that is worth orth much to them There Is Js In It Jt which wh h Js Is linked wIth with absolute innocense and purity nn and which can not bo matched with any any pleasure the world will afford S They The may mo need It to die by b They The certainly need It to live lI b by S The hardest puzzle ahead of or Evelyn Thaws Thaw's mother is to explain some time time for for she will wili have h vo It to do dowhy dowhy dowhy do- do why she brou brought ht up that girl without an any religion And there are a good man many people here in Salt Lake who have ha no right to throw stones at the mother of oC tho the young oung S wife in the tho Thaw case 5 |