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Show I 4- f j Dr. James 1. Vance 4- There Is much to ."uggest an afflrtm-llve afflrtm-llve answer tu the Question Is the I world grow ing worse" I Divorce l largely on the Increase I'ur-ental I'ur-ental authority has gone out of f.isli- I ion The tendency toward the nude la Woman's dress is a ball to lust. Tin-surrender Tin-surrender to greed through prof It sarins I both In trade and wages, is widespread The abnormal and unholy appeals made j to the sex Impulse and crime liuftlncts j through indecent pictures Is educating la generation for disaster. The Christian home is In ruins. Kdu-cation Kdu-cation In many cases leaves the moral sense either undeveloped or twisted The I church reaches a dwindling constituency, Ihe nible to many Is unknown or discredited dis-credited ami the Sabbath Is Increasingly d i -rega rded. These are some of the thing a that tempi us to say that the world Is growing worse. But there Is another side to tho picture. pic-ture. Slo,v but surely great moral and I social reforms arc becoming successful. I The drink curse, the gambling ed, the I social vice, are under sentence; and (lo ir execution Is as certain as tomorrow. The common average man Is In possession of larger rights than ever before; Unman Un-man slavery Is gone and Industrial, so-I so-I ctat, mental and religious emancipation is more and more becoming a rcalltv The Idea of service Is Wider " and 'stronger. The stewardship of life and I property is more generally recognised. , Self-determination and self-, spresslon 1 are considered sacred. Womanhood has ceased to be a chattel Nations ,-..s well is Individuals are recognising the obligations obli-gations f neighborship. While religion as a dogma and tradition Is dying out. religion as a vital and Inspirational force In dally living Is gaining ground. These are some of Ihe things which Incline us to say that tho world Is growing grow-ing better People usually find what they arc looking look-ing for oo |