Arizona republican., 1899-06-18

. | Il, ] I'wickedness and wrath, but they are evils which are not beyond the control of the ruler, and which he holds 1G check with a strong and firm hand All the evidence of history goes 10
 show that man has been improving
 not degenerating-tkat men and wo
 men are continually growing more in
 telligent, more faithful, more earnest
 to serve Gcd. And while it is true
 that history records occasional periods
 of degeneracy, and the pendulum
 swings back very far-still in the long
 run, century after century, the human
 race moves on, the degenerate perish,
 a government and an empire that be-
 comes corrupt passes away, and upon it's ruins rises a purer government and
 a better time.
 Uniform laws in nature correspond to uniform laws in man. Evil comes
 as the result of not approaching the
 physical law, and disobeying it; and
 suffering is the consequence of dis.
 obedience. Sin is 'Milfully breaking
 and disobeying moral law These
 consequences, acting and reacting,
 teach men and cause them to grow in
 respect and obedience to the law. Fire
 is good, but if you put your hand in
 the fire you will suffer. Fire is not 0
 be used in that way. When once you learn that lesson you obey natures | law, and that form of evil vanisbes 1 Now. progress of the race has been
 marked by these experiments until
 there are some things which our hu-
 man race has learned permanently. In the physical world we have come to
 know the causes of many diseases, and l thus to avoid them; one by one tho
 diseases that have ravagel society are
 being extirpated. There are also cer- tain diseases that never come except
 as the result Of sin. We have discov-
 cred tEat, and wise men cease to com-
 init those sins.
 The race has made great progress ill
 understanding the moral laws that
 govern the relations of men to each cther Civilized men are distinguish ed from uncivilized men in that they have found the true laws for the gov ernment of family relationship And while many still diso5ey these laws resulting in their own misery and the misery of others connecte1 with them the home becomes more what it is l intended to b9-a place fer pure affec- | tion, for united helpfulnes5, for self denying service and love. And the | progress of the race will still coltinue | to be along the line of fidelity ard con- stancy, patience and charity developed | in the home that is obedient to that | law of love.
 The human race has been making | progress by understar..in the true laws as to property, and bones. dedi- ing of man with man. the cJnscian- tious regard for the thing: that belong to others, and the invic,abilit9 of COL tact. The great political struggles of our time and of the century before us will be to further determine what arc these property rights and obligations, and what the duties imposed by so- ciety upon those wilo earn and control the larger part of this worlds goods. Our next great problem in this country is to discover the moral law as regards combinations of men to do business. We are yet in the dark as to what ought to be done about trusts, the ef- fort on the part of society being to eli minate evil and to dc away with the that still exists between that which is right. and that which is prevalent
 The human race has been making progress in the discovery and assur- ance that prosperity and happiness de- pend upon industry-that it is-the bus mess of every man in this world to contribute of his time, his tsrength and the vigor of his mind to the com mon good, and the failure to do what he c2n toward these ends produces misery to himself and reduces the comfort of those about him.
 It is a good physical world in which Fe live. Its air and sunshine, its veg 9table ard mineral products, with heir infinite variety of use and pCssi- ,ility of change, are wonderfully good, md wonderfully adapted to life and growth. Our physical lives are good. These bodies gre marvelously adjusted :. o accomplish their ends By not un- | erstanGing what they are fer and by | sing them improperly, pain and mis- ny may come, till we learn the laws if health. And we are learning them. ! , There never was a race that suffered i ess than our CXn. Our minds cer- ainly are magnificent engines, if we : nly use them well. We have not al | ways understood how to use them, but . he race is learning, and the human s hind today dCeS more work with less ' abor and pain than at any time since Adam and Eve worried about the frs. :! neal
 Everything about us, then, is good ut sin on the one hand-and sin is feventable-and physical pain on the ther. But you abolish sin, and most ' f the evil and pain will vanish; and you obey the laws that yCU know, \, nd can know, the remainder of evil ! 5ill pass away.
 But why should there be any sin? !. We'll, that is for you and for me to de- [ ermine. We tIansgress law. Our q eighbOrs transgress law, yet all of ~ hat is not natural but unnatural, not - but abnormal. Could not God Il ave made . world without sin? Ger ' ainly; he could have made a world u ' -fthOut people; but he could not have lade free people without involving a heir freedom to do wrcng. and sin is D lc result of our own using that free ', Cm in a baneful manner. But because |; .I... tc, diS-.lA-.r l. "