Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-11

me law otherwise provides and pro-
tecis. II the covering could be IN
ed from much VI bu-lness HE
u would astoulsh the lin.
pie, hnnest man, to know ~ the
schemes, plots an prospects by which
men seek TO vet something Tor nothing,
70 become rich at tbs eK1ense " others,
all OF wnich indlcAigi uIo1 original
OF acquired depAvI,y. Bankruptcy,
arson, POPULATION, c0mprJmise are
looked upon el somslh,uE vonial In
contrast with that hisn-iOnsi moral
~ watch istho leSilimtts outStowih
u true conceptions Of relationship DO.
ween man and man; ami the enforce.
ment by rellgionists Of the inconiroa
veftiblo principle that all violation Of
fundamental law must meet It, penalty,
" not Ia this time, In tue life to come,
would surely help ohau.e a status
which Is revolving to tender thoughts
u right.
sjme would suggest that motive Ia.
splted by fear Of penalty Is unworthy
OF a lofty mauhood. True; bul maui
hood must be taken Ne II 10; aud II fear
alone will operate on n certain element
" our race, recourse must be had to
lhpt, IA orjer TO reach better
cultivated stand. THIS Catholic faith
has been called the religion ~ fear
but with the same propriety other r.
liglonistl who have used bsl.-hre A.
tho Incentive - righteousness, might
be 20 charged.
IL IL probably better foF society and
Tor religion AZ temporary thing tina,
men should do right from low motive
than they should not DO rlght ~ all.
Nevertheless there IL ga more accept.
able way" n higher motive, a grauder
force. IL men who have n thousand
peccadillOs which might eventually
lapse into moral delinquency, could 10
impieguated with the idea Of loving
right because Of right Of avoiding evil
because Il was evil, ne In the fear Of
God, by cultured conscience and a
sense Of responsibility aud example,
motive would DO purified Ia NJ essen.
tial essence, and a radical change
would dawn on oil departments VI ac.
ton and Of life. What might social
lie not be, what business, what re.
lgiob, what politics, what morality
and trulh2
II that confidence which IL desired
r. 10 become universal, II will have 10
grow lrgm the came root, soil and cult.
walton which make II partial even
now. Tue assurance must be felt that
the better element u men IL INTENDED
to anu will yet gain the hsocndancy.
But 90 long a. men instruct each other,
~ long as deceit, Hypocrisy, double.
dealing, lying, Misrepresentation and
evasion prevail or Increase, 20 long
will all thinga wax worse anu worse.
Until societies brand with iufamy the
deliberate trausgtcssoJ until gross
crime ceases 10 be yenial and calls only
for apology until dlshonor is more
feared than death, and truth aud right
become more glorlned aud esteemed
In public and IN private, and men
begin to practice the golden rule, "D5
yo unto others as ye would that they
should do unto you" humanity will
not be fully redeemed; prisons, Iails,
reform schools, with all their secondary
coueomltan,s for repression, will
dim the luster OF our soc allied civil
iEatlon; force will have to be used A.
penalty and In the security Of right,
aud "swords will not 10 beaten in,o
ploug nor spears into pruning
hooks" nor will the day dawn "wheu
the nations shall learn war no mor,"
That he locker cannot always deter.
mine tho aetuAiug'moIivs In the heart
10 true; that penalty IL sx cited without
this insight "goes without saylng;"
.nd that rome have suffered who need
oil only sympathy, all experience
tells. That restraint IL sometimes un.
Just, anu yerdio, against tue eyi.
denoe, Ia not at oil unlikely. Charity
and Discrimination DO not always en-
ter Into human judgment and ooncIu.
sior; men determine from "lhe hear.