Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1896-01-23
some R@..ozs for Oar Changed Notion.
ofthe Gait q .ia.

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the -os- asiu. cs.la1i.i-= Il A1l1s1 -
.nry. /: ., every lay. The d.--c. -l--e
* he n1.: te-rio,= fragile: il lie ..T==
O: u.en ard -one. Ard -. soz-= pe',-
PIE Kill -id;c1le the IDEA Q: the zg!i' =.
Sin; SPEAK lightly. even e,n:@ca ptlos4!y
{; :se Biblical nosioa Il II. E1i-i * sin
J-s: =. vel s,aai by The sweep q Ing
.ora1to AMI iee. :. /: .4y= as.- villages
de<clz.s o., rer=n 1eriag E<l=. {! .a.'-
~ YEARS a.o, scene. Of ta::,e, q zz:1l
carnage. Ct oloc.t=hei, x -Eia@i homes,
Of aching h=srt., II hizs.et lives. sea.
uocSinzly, i=s,inzly, even coc'e-nP:u-
o1sl: Of "a. Ard is en,2iImea.=- And
ye: re are gradually drii,irz into :hls
"a. Il thinking and speaking ra.he-
lightly * tie guii, q s... We ID 10.
hold /: 10 - tie aboni.ao.e tain; orr
i.hsr. held il. AG,:i:1ies. .c-iav. are
trying 20 Suco:n over the old g1epel n
.ioo * sin. The! carer l::,le 6: - l.
.orn.'T :! calliag !: disease Tia. should
excite or Sympathy rather than ar
righteous indigna,ion s9reEba: ds-
plorzhls accilsn:; kind 9: moral ne:es-
...y il the dsvslopneu: q the race.
In Esi.ru pa-iarce :hs drunE.rd Is
'i1st LILLE Of; the young man zho
r1ta.es=ly tr4np pes on the Affections :!
ore. familiar, bc. trusting hearts j. sin
ply ias:" the vile ieoaocil4e IS a li:,.=
lose q hi. morals" while sue ~ho. Ike
4 nigh: wolf, prpw.s the .:ree:. ior Prey.
and whose ;ee: take hold On the way 70
hell, is simply "autort1na:e" .'= com
noa gambler. who secures his p.uai=-
BY fleeing tao1st.less zee and over
coniien: yoc:h, Is '';hs gentleman Il the
green table; while the na1 who, by his
yass sche1es Of specula.;oa-only iirer
species Of y,nblin:-:.kes the bread &c.
Of caiilrea's uou,hs. tevor-s widow :
ho1ses inpoTeri=hinZ thousands and
working Widespread wing 70 arnass his
uillions. /. possibly sen: Up % Cen2re==
aod d1toed "Hoae-zb.e Y. i. q H.
Nor N z1c.e-t nipple: ;aa: 4 -rail4i
change has teen taxing F,ac. in ,h= Pop-
1lar notion Ok the guii: ot sin. We a-e
~. CONSCIOUS today Of tina. ho-rcr 0: n
re have 70: .ha, :=nse q - erc:eri 2 !;
iaiggi:y Q; :;a xhich "a. 81 eupha:ic Z
par. q the religions ses..rel: Il ..e
e21a:r? ior.y ., ii:y years sE3- We arg
ready 20 excise sia il ourselves. II or
friends o. in our ch.lireu wi,h very r-1c..
uore case AMI tranquility * mind, ;ha1
:han they 9: half eel.ury ay9 c,u't hz,e
done. Even il the church, s.u i Il: -
aooIilaols thin; %. tina: /; can - IT,
erz,ei; and in Amos: every circle q -
cis.y the permissible j. pressing :ne &C.
uslly siaiuI more and more clc.eiy every
year. The love Of i1n AMI d pleasure. q:
ease and Of luxury !: gaining The ascend
eacy over the love Ct purity AMI tru:n.1l-
ness AMI manly honesty. We only smile
when young asn .rea. the PLANES: dc
ta.es Q! conscience. and the PLANES: pr;n-
ciples Of morality as rnossgrovn rem
nan. Of ''P1ritanicai biso.ry' Mothers
in the ho.hed Of social competition, are
deliberately leading their daughters onto
the very verge Of sin xithou. evea q sin
gle shudder a: the possible Consequences
before them. And many are Indifferent.
the shiny trail Of the old serpent tina. il.
il little marvel tia. tens Of thousands Of
our boys are losing all sense OF reverence
and true manliness and are destined to
become moral wrecks stranded along the
banks OF the river Of life.
Now re are to enquire iato SON. Of the
reasons for this change. Why i. il? I.
i: along the line OF progress ia the great.
er freedom o: aoblsr life, or is i. in the
line OF terrible degeneration
!. As first among the several reasons
for this changing sentiment, I place TIE
the widespread influence Of the material.
!stic theory Of evolution. lie, /. he clear
ly understood that We are 10: no1 con-
cerned with the truth or untruth OF ev9-
luton We are concerned only with
tue nnaterialis.ic section OF evoIu,ionis.s
on the sense OF the gull: OF sin.
According to this theory all reiny, all
faculties, all the powers Of mind and Of
spirit are derived from matter. Whatever
natural, mental, rnoralor spiritual endo~-
msn.s rnaa may possess were designed
simply as essentials to his survival az the
"ft.es." Therefore the coarscs: appe-
tiles, the most calculating cunning, the
most sordid selfshness and the pures.
desires, the most devoted heroism, the
noblest piety, were ali evolved for one
and the same object; they are simply de-
vices OF Nature for the survival Of her no
blest product. There can be no recogni.
ton in this theory Of an eternal moral or. !
der, Of a righteous and unchangeable T
moral Ruler no, Of any essential an i'm.
moral quality in the thoughts.
purposes and actions OF men. Nature has /
simply tricked man into the idea that GER
tain sentiments are noble, - that in their
he might help his race in
the struggle for existence. l. it any mar
rel that, On such theory, the exalted
and exalting idea OF ''the beauty OF holi.
'ess" is losing its ancien. lustre, and tina.
he sense 0. the guilt OF sin is diminishing
y herever the influence OF thi. theory is
eit? OF course freedom of will or choica