Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-13


In these days ~ moderation. whom
war has ceased and the awca, Of la
bors brow flows only eight hours
day. a largc part of humanity seems
90 BE- bent on finding some way Of
creating and enjoying misery. when an
animal ceases TO be- a terror u IL made
q pet Of. and this san- instinct II APP
parontly being applied to mental fears.
while me people are happy a. a whole.
the cheap cynicism that turns all things
Into riiicule. that sees only the spots
ON the sun and makes Misery a means
of play. IN becoming more and mon
fashionable. This tendency IL plainly
oxcmpllncd In many or the novels OF
the day that are thrust upon ua. We
arr treated 70 a set OF haokneyed quea-
Hons with whose answers We were
formerly deluded into believing We were
familiar but now II seems we were
totally mistaken. with all bluntncss OF
superficial cynlclsm We are told tina,
creation II failure. life a bore. man
a fraud ana woman a plaything; that
marriage IL a mistake. a wife a trial.
a child a nuisance and goodness by
pocrlsy: that evil IL detection. friend
ship humbug. generosity lmbeclliIy
and that money 10 every uhlng.
II IL the epitome Of a creed that seems
TO Ind an Increasing number OF be-
licyera throughout the land, but creed
that ia nothing but thc expression OF
tho innaiiate desires OF u Moloch that
would see all that Is dearest and best
In our civilization dobased and des-
lroycd for the realization of conditions
that would dissolve all human ties
usher In a reign of iuatful aolflrhncul
/ and "rcauon." such a. that which mol
40 long ago prevailed In France, and
bring national Generalization with II
n IL also devotion 90 money AMI
money getting TO the misery and op.
preston OF the masses. and such. viii
an rs Soncomllnnla Of corruption, 90
olal disruption and prostitution VI
power means only inevitable decay
hut cyniclsm such as this. this max
ing OF misery a means OF play. M
rdicuie OF all rightly existing cond
lions and things. though doubllea
harmless itself, In a serious and .nme
diatc manner. az far aa the welfare o
the whole people Ia concerned. IA
nevertheless a tendency 10 IN. aud
Il boz taken as . measure OF the car
naiity or fiippancy of the age. Il augur
not wen. because % lta extent. Tor IN
success OF Christianity a. u Is and ha
been popularity applied. nor yet doea
speak much for the influences AZ wor
through atheism. socialism and o,he
pa aen. diHiurhers which have per
mcated the minds OF the people. 10
while fashlonable religion may move
penetrate the confines of uunumbero
minds, nor atheism or socialism d
much else than enter there 20 bros
+ license and dlacurd. q D. due 10 uAe %
, suits achieved by the nrs,-or rtth.
the lack Of results such a. those 90
ligion IL expected TO producc-that ,h
latter may partly have cause 70 exls
. But whether law, religion or lnndcuo
t, In their relation to organized huma
affairs. be responsible through ,hel
, workings flr the evolution OF ,he cree
of cynlclam as herein outlined. q
whether % be- but tho pcsslmism o.
certain class whose god Is money
whose VIII 10 an their law, o Is with.
a creed that Is becoming popular an
= the oyldenco 81 10 popularity Is seen
, among other things. in the Increase ,
o. corruption and crime. the pursuit Z
10 pleasure and the lu,srmiuahie nuutbs
o OF APPLICATIONS for dlyorue.