The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-17
Signing FOR THE Old DAYS.
REV. L. ". MARTIN DEALS WITH
This As 4 POPULAR rALLACr.
HeSarkahie Inprovemenes Made In
This Age Compared with That
Fass-Weuia ne In the VAN

At Rsnka hal Ia. evening Rev Alfred
W MARTIN discussed the nftn ia the series
% rop9sas FasiAafe~. which he - max
ING x1e theme ~ rs a4sesurces az present
=. aese Degenerate Days. or, The Good
ca1 AtIes. .as Ire fatkaey deeHs wita
sesieseas ard conslEaeE. from the pEecet-
ing Sunday Beginning or Ire Es&gerlal
pare ard F.ssns 10 the political ard n
fs-sigseas planes. Mr. Martin showed ~
ccncEs,e illustrations tire remAfkabls irfs-
rf0NefzeHf tAes Ess been made ia ga.s 4x~.
compared VILE hat which Eas passed he
Tiers prevailing IN 1850 ard turnpare them
With thsss Of today. au3 then said.
II follows from these contrasts and com
PARSONS that 70 one ~0ala Wish 10 ses gae
COCO odd tigss~ restcs cd Particularly TIE
sSrsinxnaa Will not wish H. for never
were NorsfDfns~n as .eiI led. Clothed.
hot2sed and taught as in the present era.
But le1 Ia one think NJ purpose Is 10 rTsass
dstsons ! wish ~ leave IL perfessIy plain
hoN Tar oartar1sTa sflil survives in oar
cisil.zation- But this talk Of degenerate
cays utterly ridiculous ard salfagsoas
Wien ws compare these win the days %
yore. l<es those who wtll sarh fer the
god f.e tsuses 0.f. for oge. p9f yse Id the
vanguard ~ the nineteenth century.
Let - not seek 10 reverse the engine OF
progress. hnt rather keep up steam and
nave an outlook 20 the future"
IlTnsng 10 the morals of today. Mr.. Mar
&NNNEEG . rEFftA OF proofs SNOW ts3S
ihat K = saiks 10 sag that men ere more
Gkh9nEst and sslash than they used 10 be.
Ias very opposite WIS me truth. - said.
and quoted from economic authorities 20
give practical cons r-lzttoa 10 MS state
ment- comparln public manners aas
morals today With those Of isst the speak
~r furnished some striking evidences q
improvement The attitude ~ the leaders
IN the eva war aad in the Spanish war
Illustrated great moral advance over ear
Her times, IN ina, Grant and Dewey wished
the permanent benefit Of their adsersarses.
whereas forrnc.. y aar developed the pas
Sons q the savage ard The brute.
Coming 10 religion. Mr.. Martin gave sew
sFsi impressive examples Of the great nd
vance In tolerance. breadth aud attainment
2! truth within the past Mt, years TIE
have been .uE@s~ssbie I'm 1850 Then again
tne most orthodox citizens would have
beea burned as heretics 100 years ago
ne minister's who asuonnce me would
have been before tie I3qutsition them
selves century ago he sas1, The Chris
tian church today occupies nearly The
same position as did the heretics Of the
p.ovenlent Is the dsapueaTance OF bc.ief
IN he'll. as taught 20 millions 81 children
sho are n2w liz the fittses or cider. So also
the substitution OF character for creed as
the .eat Of a Christian or ~ a religious
man marks advance over the last genera
tion.'
After giving further illustrations OF the
religious progress OF the last half century.
Mr. Martin closed with the appropriate
wards III Whittier:
Hencef0rih Gny heart shall sigh no more
For eden times or DO Ter shore.
Gods soSe and blessing then and there,
Are nov. and here. and everywhere"