Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-29

next to impossible to leayen complete
~ the dough of their worldliness Prac-
tice drags wocfully behind theory.
Naturally enough-and would II were
truer than 1t Isl whenever the oppor-
tunity OF doing presents q choice, as
In politics. every Mormon" acts In
way TO conserve and promote his own
ideals, rather than the ideals OF his
opponents Nor Is there the slightest
occasion--how could there be ?--for him
to receive diotation" from ecclesiastlc.
al superiors. To expect him 10 act
differently Is to suppose him devoid
of common horse sense, Herein Hes
the only coloring Of truth In the oft-re-
peated charge OF union between church
and state. AS the "Mormons" reiigi-
on involves the sum total OF his as
pira lions and activities, II follows that
politics, and all the functions Of gov
ernment to which 1t leads, must appeal
to the same standard OF conscience as
any other truth or duty In life. How
could "Mormons' do otherwise than
act together?
II Ia this all inclusive notion Of re,
ligton that ministers Of the Gospel
should attack, instead Of stopping to
lend false aspect 10 some detail In
the expression OF 1t. why cant you
people be like the rest OF us?" said
Grover Cleveland. Here was an invi-
tation to come down to the worlds dead
level OF conyentionality; accepting such
Ideals OF life as respectability() sane
lions, and for religion set OF lnnocu-
GUS beliefs. the acting out OF which Is
reserved for hypothetical future
world. Mr.. Cleveland could have prom
ised peace as q reward for such q
surrender, also the good fellowship Of
all Christians" and finally-oblivion
III ye we're OF the world, the world
would love Its own" But may the day
never come when "Mormons' shall
value that love higher than their Ideals;
for the love Of the world Is DEATH"
No. "Mormonism" cannot comprom-
ise with any religion on earth. nor with
any other system at variance with its
princlples, for "Mormonism" does not
bring into the world the peace OF pu-
sillanlmous surrender, II brings the
sword OF Gods own truth. Let the
apologist, the time-server, and the
coward take warning, therefore, and
desert to the other side. There IL no
place In the Church of Jesus Christ Of
Latter-day Saints for the half-hearted
or the white -livered.
Our warfare ID against error and in
justice wheresoeyer. whatsoever, and
howsoever intrenched. Nor can wrong
escape US by being dubbed social, ed
ucationab scientific, secular, political
economic, or otherwise; for truth rec
ognizes no such artificial distinctions
Ministers OF sectarian churches may
continue to narrow their work TO what
they call evenagelizng "Mormonism"
can contemplate nothing short of the
social regeneration of the world.
And this brings me TO my point;
which is that we have need to change,
or rather enlarge the range of our
methods, Hitherto 1t has sufiiced 10
present the truth from ts purely Scrip
ural aspect. As a result, we have sue
ceeded In gathering just that class OF
people--slnple, honest, gulleless, spir-
itual-mlnded Nathanaels--whom II was
desirable 10 have as foundation stones
for this new order OF society. But there
are others no less worthy hard-head-
ed thinkers, trained in the exact meth
DDS Of modern schools doubling Thorn
asses OF art. science, mechanics,
and business, who value unsupport-
ed authority as nothing, even though
It be Biblical, without whom, never
theless, no scheme OF social reform can
stnge. Indeed, considering the con-
stantly diminishing returns OF our mis-
sionary work, II is pretty evident that
the world has, during the last half GEN.
tury, yeered almost completely around
from the Nathanial TO the Thomas type
OF mind. Scrlptural propaganda Is no
longer effective,
Now there is no arguing against
facts These men must be appealed
TO as they can be, not as they can't
II the ideals OF "Mormonism" can be
presented In the terms Of natural sci-
ence and philosophy; II the principles
underlying our religion can be identified
with the facts involved in economic.
educational, and sociological processes,
then they win listeni for Just now the
relations OF man to his fellow man is
the one absorbing theme OF humanity.
Resides, this unfolding OF the gospel
far down into It's social, educational and
economic bearings, Is needed more
urgently among the Latter-day Saints
themselves, than among the world.
Progress In any direction implies a
previous knowledge OF the way. we
are all convinced that this despised so
cial nucleus called "Morinonam, Is
destined to evolve tremendously into
the Millennium. Now II can't be
dreamed there, nor prayed there; It can
come only as the result OF gradual
social eyolution--a gradual shaping and
moulding OF the individual into har-
mony with definite principles OF truth
God cannot bring II about independent
~ Of man. any more than He can save
man without mans cooperation.
surely, then, among people holding
IDEALS perfect as ours and yet making
wide spread shlpwreck Of the simplest
social experiments.--I refer TO cooper
alive stores--there Is need OF thinking
principles down 10 the details OF their
expression In life; need of melting the
abstraetions OF theory lying cold on the
mountains of speculation, and releasing
the truths that may, flow down and
invigorate the social, moral and spirit
ual deserts Of the here and now.
1t Is not knowledge. however, that
Latter-day Saints need so much to give
TO the world, On the contrary, we need
to borrow In most directions, rather
than TO give; for In this particular,
Daniels prophecy has been literally
fulfilled; Many shall run TO and fro,
and knowledge shall be Increased" But
In spite Of the increase, the running to
and fro continues II Is In this particu-
lar then that "Mormonism' can best
help the world, Il can contribute point
Of view that shall unity and marshal
into one grand, eternal perspective all
the fragmentary truths which now
serve mainly TO distract mankind. For
this work--for the redistribution OF the
worlds knowledge according to the
Mormon" point OF vlew-iO,000 ADLER
pens than mine are needed. Let me not
shrink. however, from making o hum
BILE beginning.
What this point OF View Is, should ma
turally have formed the leading article
of the opening number, For various
reasons, however, ! have reserved II for
the second. One OF these reasons lies In
the fact that 1 have another article
more germane 10 the present religious