The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-20

teachers and editors, and with fervid
and apostolically earnest exhorters who
understand every phase Of church
politics"-in short, men of all profes
sions and pursuits who variously and
q together represent ably and well
that marvellous, elastic, sagaclous, and
effective organization which has made
Methodism the pioneer OF Christian
progress on the frontiers and among
the humble and lowly, while it has cap
tured the culture and literally directs
much of the ''sanctified wealth. of the
great cities of the land. New York
Mail and Express.
woMEE WILL WIN.
w mans emancipation, though
gradual IN its earlier stages, is going
on apace, and by the end of the century
she will, in all likelihood, have won
ev rything that can be properly claimed
tor her. The denial by the Methodist
General Conference of her right to
peIs Inal representation in that body
Was not because of her uufitness, hut
on the general and somewhat fanciful
ground that the laws governing the
conference did not directly recognize
her claim to act as a lay-delegate.
Subsequent agitation will cure this de-
feet, and lew years hence similar
application will be granted as matter
OF course. Christ recognized them at
all stages of his minis ~, and they
were first at the tomb on the initial
Easter Sunday. They spread the It'd
Ings of their risen Lord, and their
partial emancipation and earnest par
ticipation i'll church work vltalizsd
Christianity and reformed the world.
There is apparently. nothing to unfit
them for the new privileges sought, and
Rhen the latter are granted, as they
undou btedIy will be by local confer
ences, the Methodist church will find its
influence strengthened and its power
for good increased. Baltimore Amleri-
can.
SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND REMEDIES.
The growth of population constitutes
one Of the most threatening elements
IN contemporary history. tits believed
that population has increased more
since the beginning of this century
than during the 600 years which fol-
lowed the Conquest; and it tends to in
crease continually by ever-larger
natural inCrements. The deere ming
feelings of humanity, the progress of
medical science. the improvement of
sanitation, wise legislative interference
with those baser instincts of individual
sel6ShneSS which are reckless about the
destruction of communities, and as
consequence of these conditions, the
increase of longevity, the dlminution of
infant mortality, the prevention OF
famines the in1reluency Of war and
the mitigation of its horrors all tend
to make The growth of population III
creaslngly rapid. The
growth Of great citizens is DO me-
harmless factor of national life. 1t has
been said by physician that great
cities are the graves of the physique CT
our race" 1t is much to be feared that
TO vast multitudes they become, 10 g
still greater extent, the graves of is
morale. For the evils which
rise from overpopulation and the
growth of great cities there is no
which the church can recognize
except on the one hand, in the steady,
thoughtful, systematic improvement of
the entire social environment Of the
poor, and, on the other hand, in the
patient inculcation OF the laws OF
prudence and seif-restraint.
There are O few who rest their hopes |
upon socialism: tut socialism offers no
remedy. The very WORD is so vague as
TO be all bus meaningless, and socialists |
can point to no single kingdom or even |
small community in which, even under |
which might seem TO |
have been ideally favorable, their sug |
gested remedies have been successful. |
The natural issue of communism seems |
to be the carmaguole and the guillotine, |
cities blazing with petroleum, and |
streets red with blood. So |
far as l can see. there is no agency for
this task, except that of the various |
religious bodies, and especially that Of |
the Church OF England, on which falls,
from It's natural position, the widest
and deepest responsibility. Few, l
think, are at all aware of the immense,
lnestlmable, and almost solitary work
achieved for the nation by the perochial
organizations of the Church of Eng
land. There are multitudes of "phlisn-
who talk as II t. cir nostrums
could alone be efficient, who yet quietly |
ignore the fact that to myriads of the
poorest, the most degraded, and even
the most criminal, the visit of the
or of those who work with
MIN anu uuuer Ills lQuuSnC0 IL Tue SOLE
link to civilization. There
are areas of wretchedness unvisited by
any human foot on errands of mercy
except by the clergyman, and those
good men and women who-not con-
tent to do by proxy their duty to their
him with their voluntary
We may
be thankful for all that is being effected
throughout the length and breadth of
by the innumerable parochial
agencies which now benefit SO large
multitude. But something is wanted
far more aggressive, more energetic,
more individual more absolutely self
And it is work which can
not effiectualIy be done by the clergy
only. There are, after all, but 81 900
ordained ministers in the Church of
England, and q smaller number in the
other religious bodies. We want not
tens of thousands, but hundreds of
of workers, and workers who
shall be such in something more than
name. The dangers which threaten US
will never be averted until there is no
single good man or woman in any
sphere of life who does not realize the
individual responsibility for the gene al