The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-28


large congregation at the lift M. Z.
church yesterday morning. The text
was taken LIST Cor, 1913: And now
abideth faith, hope and love. but the
greatest of these is love-"
In a drawer OF my library desk far
away 1 have a book" began the speak
err 1T is a catechism and remember
that among the questions is this one:
What has been the principal cause OF
all the wars and strife in the worloE
And the answer is, ignorance Inc
good book before me here today tells
us that social evils and turpulenl
times are due to sel1ishness. we i've
in an unldeaI social organization. There
is a continual strife and petty dlffer-
ences occupy mankind. There are vast
chasms between the rich and the poor
and the social Inequalities are becom-
iEg more and more marked. l recently
crossed the mountains on a railway. L
had an excellent seat by day and
very good bed to sleep in by night,
while colored porter was on hand at
all times attending TO my wants. AS
we had crossed the summit and the
shades Of evening were drawing near
we halted at a little station. The
porter approached me and knowing
was well supplied with food asked me
for a piece of bread. L inquired what
his purpose might be and he took me
outside and pointed to a man who had
also crossed the mountains on the
same train, but instead of the cushion
ed velvelty seat and the comfortable
bed his only support and place to rest
was the brakebeann. AS saw him
there benumbed, almost deaf from the
noise of the wheels, his clothes covered
with dirt, 1 thought of the social in
euualities of man. In some of the large
cities as much as $4,000 is spent for
an evenings dinner and within pistol
shot of the place women and children
emaciated from hunger are crying for
bread.
But we need not go far away to
find that something is wrong. The
world is out of joint. Today man
goes into business, tomorrow he IS
forced to the wall. First we have
boom and then comes a crash where all
the weaker members in this great sTug-
gle of life fail. And now when we
come to view it, we find that selfish
ness is the cause of 1T all. Just look
at It, There is England trying to
grasp from Venezuela a strip OF ter
ritosyA Thiehe is The Russian bear
reaching out his paws toward Turkey
and all the war dogs of Europe yelping
therear. In the business world every
thing is conducted on a cut-5hroat
basis; it is simply a great warfare
where the weak go to the wall, and
all on account of selflshness.
How will you cure it? There is
two methods-man's and Gods. Man
says you can remedy existing soclai IN
equaiities and political differences by
police and laws. One says let US put
a. heavier tax on property or let us
1,o cIy oil 70 Others
the government must own all natural
Inonopolies such as the railroads, tele-
graph, telephone, street car lines;
while there are still others who insist
that the government must acquire con-
troll over all factories and capital. An
other says let us have a great division
of property. Pool everything and let
each man grab for himself; and way
down beneath all this you can hear the
voice of him who cries Down with the
laws, down with police and we shall
have ideal social conditions.
Now my friends the trouble is
when you have this ideal social order
YOU still have your unideal citizen TO
continue and run things. You can not
by any combination OF statutes change
a mans selfish desires. Let me IL
lustrate the thought. Let US imagine
& beautiful island in the Pacific The
want of man can be supplied. Now
you select one hundred of the very
best men-ideal men if you can get
them-and place them upon this island;
divide up the land in one hundred
equal parts and give every individual
an opportunity and yet l know and
you know that inside Of ten years ten
men will own all the land and the other
ninety viii be serving the ten. Mems
thimole-full of brains and some a
hat full.
Now note the difference between
Gods remedy and mans. G ID strikes
first at the citizenship. Love We one
another / presume Jesus when he
came 10 this world stepped into as
turbulent political condition as has
ever existed. The old Roman civiliza-
ton was hard one. But did you ever
notice that Jesus never suggested any
change in the laws? They sought to
have him commit himself; they showed
him the coin and asked him if it was
right to pay tribute to the emperor,
and the answer Of the saviour was
give unto Caesar that which is
Caesars and unto God that which is
Gods Jesus preached but one thing,
Thou shall love thy God above all
things and thy neighbor as myself 1
That is not the business of the pulpit
Now / have as pronounced political
ideas as any here present and l know,
too, that if l should tell You what l
think along this line this morning
every one of You would be mad within
five minutes. L don't believe in
preaching politics from the pulpit. The
pulpit's business is to work upon mems
hearts Man proposes cures for all the
hot
cry mans petty scheme should be put
in operation for the purpose of better
ing heaven it would not be twenty
five years before there would be no
choice between heaven and hell.
Friends, listen TO me. The only
way two souls can live together in
harmony and peace is through love. If
you don't believe 1t just marry
couple of young people and then watch
law for social life Love is that one
coherent principle which God has
placed in mems hearts and is the
only solution of all social evils. II you
are a physician with large practice,
don't brag about it. Remember there
will be no patients needing your at
tention over yonder. If you are a
lawyer, don't bank on the fact Re
member that yonder there will be none
in trouble. If you are scientist, il
will count for nothing over there for
the earth shall crumble and the heav-
ems shall roll up as a scroll. Accom-
plishments in this world count for moth
ing in heaven. Husband. go home this
morning and cultivate 2 greater
patience and love for your wife. WIFE
go home today and be pleasant and
sweet to your husband. Mothers and
fathers, love your children. and children
return to your parents that f1iial love
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