Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-04
DEAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..


The Dean Of Canterbury Ia quoted In
tho Literary Digest az having prodlo-
ted recently In the Christian states
man. some great European war. with
All ita terrible and hcart-ahocklng ca
tastrophea ilo bases hls forecast not
on any political combinations. but on
the moral status Of the world 1t the
present time. His uttoranccs have
peculiar weight Ia Wow OF the Htrug-
sic now on IN South Africa.
Speaking u bis own country he
says.
The alarming spread OF betting and
HhmhllnH among WurklnFmrn and the
youths " great cltlcs-ao that this ruin
Gus vice helps 90 nll our prisons. aud Ola
the north of England ospeclail,l has
ruined the healthy Influence u our
gaines. the eager love OF money. which
leads TO 20 much wild speculation and
commercial dishonesty, the cruel in.
difference with which we degrade the
helpless childhood OF tho world by de-
luglng savage tribes with drink. tho
FruWth N hoOllranism, ana crimes on
brutal violence. tho dominance uf IA rpl-
fahnoHH which immtrsca itself ln lux
ury. pleasure, and amusement. while
poverty more ana more aqunlld Wpltora
almost az the doors Of the wealthy;
the growth OF "a Hullnn and angry feel
INK of discomfort among thousands ~
the poorer class: the decay OF faith In
the deepest ana most Hwfully Vital
truth tho ever. abiding and Infinitely
loathaome curse VI drink which seems,
among women az any rate, TO be gain
Ing rather than losing ground, and as
Pope Loo XIII says, 'drnRH unnumhOrud
souls 10 perdltlon.' the tendency 20
substitute niggling utilities aud futiHh-
WoWhippinE auprrHtitluns for religion
purc and Undecided these thlnm
give serious ground for disquletudc."
intellectually. he thinks, the world g.
not better on than morally The great
men are dylng on, and leaving no one
70 take their place. We quote again.
I'VE have no poet who can stand flr
moment beside rcnnya1n or Brown.
ing. no orator who can De distuuuy
compared Co Gladstone on NrlEhG ru
painter who reaches the lover uf Land
seer OF Millala. uo Wfltcr nearly su
powerful nH Carlyle or ituaklu; mo- uny-
piiHt-though novels now Hood the
world nt the rnte N nyr "a dnyHWho "a
worth mentioning with Dickens, Thuok-
cray OBJ ueorge Elliott uu religious
/ teacher whose Influence o. hllf s0 tolls
Ing or cnnoblinE as that NJ Maurice, F
l W Robertson. or Dean Stanley ~ our
| nHn could not produce one dHuuuHss ur
| fnr-Hlghtod mana teacher lllte s1y0u-
! aroll, or Luther ur Wesley ur Whit
/ neid, a phnHuthropIHt llko Francis NJ
/ Assist or Vincent de Paul. ur Thomas
| Clnrluou, or John Howard; o. man who
| would willingly face bonds and unilo-
| lions. and CutlrHcts Uf calumny ana
| not h0id hls NE dear unto himself and
wguI5 count d Story, for the truths
/ sake tn
stand pmorlod on lnfimys hlgh stage
And boar the peliing roorn on half an
ages
man whose soul was 90 nrdont with
. the llght OF heaven that ho could nush
! conviction ana reformation Into depths
~ moral uurCallty, q man who could
| Ming the iru ~ Goi. lllle arrows ui
I lightnlugH. into the lpparrntly lmpreg-
] nahlU stronghold NJ wlulcdncs8 and
shame then We should fool q lIycuor
hope Tor the immediate future
This. then. according t1 the dlHtIn.
gul7hod English rrelotc, De- the prtdlca,
mcut az the world II o. dygaugratur
morally and intellectually, ANA must
soon reach o. level OF hlrblnty. when
wars ana hlaodshei must become n.
common aH they were before the advent
Of the Ho-callod age VI reason.
n ihia view IN woll takou-aud villa
can successfully dony ltf-thc world
must be- considered lost, except for On,
Interference By Providence ln DO behalf
"chrlHtlans' deny the need OF the world
OF the principles commonly called "Aior,