Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-22
EVIDENCE THAT IT is GROWING.
T., Waiter Of the Growth of Crime
Conditions Now and Fifty Years
AGO Not Distinguished.
THERE IS A NEW PATRIOTISM.
:, is Born of Religion and II is De-
yOtlon to High Principle --G Greater
Tolerance a Necessity.

Atlantic city, n. j., Sept 92,-Over
,ooo delegates were in attendance at
,be openng session of the National
conference of Christian Churches To-
dav An address Of welcome was made
nv Mayor e. +. Stoy, and was respond
% TO by President Carroll d. Wright
col. wRIGHTs ADDRESS.
Mr.. Wright said in part
rThere is great deal Of discussion at
the present time relative to the suppos-
Oh decadence OF the church, or church
attendance. and of real religious spirit.
] cannot assent TO the suggestion thas
there is any decadence or lessening OF
a true religious spirit, taking our COM
munity as whole. There seems 10
me to be so many evidences OF the
growth Of real religious sentiment
mai 1 take this occasion to present
,bem The public conscience today Is
more acute, more sensitive than at any
fine In the history of mankind. We see
the evidence of the ruth of my asser'
lion in the question Of crime. | think II
Is the general belief that crime Is large
IN on the increase. The statistics Of
crime support this contention. The DIM
Guilty is, however, that we do not stop
10 distinguish what is crime today and
what was crime 40 or so years ago, The
statistics comprehend not only the per-
slstept crimes, but those crimes when
have been established by legislative en-
actment. II we look beneath the fig
ures We shall find that the crimes that
have remained persistently so under the
criminal code during the last so years
have not only not increased, but saVe
relatively decreased, This IL the true
test This new conscience IL constant
" eleyatlng mlsdemeanors that we're
Ofienses against individual conscience
into offenses against the public con-
science, and making them punishable
as crimes Growing out Of crime thele
comes penology. We now believe thai
the criminal must be restrained because
Of the desire to punish him. The OLD
doctrine Of the fall of Adam has been
eliminated from pathological science,
and I'VE are dealing with the criminal
as man morally diseased. | know OF
no better or more emphatical Illus
tration Of the evidence OF the growth or
practical religion than IN the penology
Of our day
"The temperance question occupies
the public mind in a manner 1t never
did before and its treatment Is an eX-
application of the very elements or
religion.
"The economic aspects involved in the
treatment of the temperance question
are having an influence which In
spreading everywhere and which Is
comprehended in industrial establish
meats and by government The simpie
Idea that man with a clear brain Is
better employe than one with a mud
died brain Is carrying this question for
ward TO success.
THE treatment Of the labor question
offers the strongest evidences OF the
growth Of a religious spirit. The best
men are willing to grant to other men
what they claim for themselves, and
Ibis Us one Of the highest conceptions
Of religious action.
Arbitration which can never be a
solution, but only means TO an end
lakes broader and grander lines than
the mere adjustment Of labor troubles
as they occur between employer and
employe, The growth OF the religious
sIlrlt IN the settlement and adjustment
OF International affairs Is an evidence
mat public conscience has received
some stimulation nom some source
when leads IL on 10 reasonable con-
NleratiOn OF questions involving inter-
national rights, duties and obligations
This is a religious spirit.
Ihere is new patriotlsm-that pa
trloiism which Is born OF religious
spirit II IL devotion TO high prin-
cinlo. one of the most gratifying re-
suits Of this broad and religious pa.
uiotism Is what may be called the new
american diplomacy. our martyred
president Mckinley set the world an
example when he established truthful.
ness as the essential element of diplo
maur action, and today truth ais tn,
Splrlt OF diplomacy truth and the ac,
,eplance of high principles. The ole
ulplonaey was systematic deception.
Religion has done away with the ole
FORM of charity, We treat the Who'll,
subject In a way which means tn,
uo''trment OF mon themselves and no
Natlhcalion 10 the giver We estab
i'h university settlements and scrutin
lAe an charity work. The spirit Of tru,
ltnBlon II being eXemplihed In thi
direction alone.
During the rast few months Their,
nave been some very edifying an,
"ioacenlng experiences which touch
'oSely not only the spi"itual nature o
nru nut their tolerance, their deyo
Won TO high personal character as rep
resented by individuals, thus testifyinl
Wtlr devotion 10 the very hlghes
IUHclples themselves We have bee
.svotaung the centenary OF Emerson
'u1 all denominations. whether on
WI or others, have Joined I'm paylnl
lnute To the memory OF n pure sou
w IN inc centenary of Claiming
h's neen dis, losed that his Thought
~ Work, his message to the Norlt
glp'a not only the PEOPLE TO whom h
preached, but the wnole public TO
apprehension NJ q purer, n better.
day ' e"'S'eu peiore III
nul perhaps the granicst experIenc
11 come through the death OF I,e
I'll TO read the estimates Of Nj
na' Ueler as given In different Protest
%%"l churches, by minister's of dlfferer
Uusn'Ininatlons one would suppose he
nr Ola attitude towards CathciicIs,
Du passed away, Not an acrlmonlou
Moru mas been said there being onI
blalse Tor that sublime character an
ecNout spirit which attended the lnt
sovereign pontin.
ihese universal estimates OF Elmer
~ ana Charming on the one hend an
tne pope on the other, symbolize IN
"Ne'' reNslous development OF our tim