New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-04
NAMES NATIONAL EVILS.
DR.. Wylie Includes Mormonism, Di-
yorce and Corporate Greed.

The Rev. DR. David c. wyie. pastor OF the
Scotch Presbyterian Church. Central Park West
and Ninety-sixth-st., preached yesterday morning
a sermon bearing on natonai AFFAIRS.
After saving that the country had been fortunate
in the character Of It's people. in the marvellous
progress Of its cities. schools. colleges and CONNER
cial prosperity had astonished the nations by its
progress and now occupied enyiable position as
the richest and one OF the most enlightened and
progressive States in the world. he said the cues
tions arose: "Yvn America remain? VIII cur na-
ton abide? Can our government and institutions
stand the strain that will be put upon them tn ths
coming centuries?
He continued:
If our country Is to maintain the place IT now
oseuPie certain 1 great y ey Nor GSa e We nav
up objections TO this system OF Tenslon OF
false roiieious system: that il is a degrading sys
tenn; that il encourages immortality that its HER
that ny it Is destroys the home Since this religious
rather irreligIous system has broken its SoT am,
compact with the country, the state shoud Ce us
The second evil of the present time is divorce.
This is endangering social state. because IL Is
destroying hundreds and thousands Of families. III
shame. One cause IS animalism. Another cause IS
ndividualism run TO extreme Hasty ,marri;sess
uniformity in the laws of the various States are
another cause. Divorces are permitted for too
1t is not easy to speak too strongly Of this evil
thing to bring about better condition of AFFAIRS
The state also is directing It's attsnI h4 no e e
acted However. much more ought TO be done, for
il is necessary to arouse public sentiment and seek
to curb this evil tendency in our national HE
The next danger is the saloon
CORPORATE greed The growth OF corporations is
person doubts that aFgregations Of wealth and
power in corporate bodies necessity The dll-
eeGy and Fssnn aa nd that men as and
officers of corporations often DO things tnai tnf f
that CORPORATIONS have no souls No student 1e
Is becoming
these must he carefully regulated BY law and held
1t is a fact that in America there Is strange
dsTegard Of law Citizens break many Of our iaTs
officers to that laws are executed permit
law. We think 1t strange and crude that people in
the newer sections OF our country are so careless
ins horses and for similar crimes. Yet IL is true
human in Fla" IN tbfs rSspee NeWYorE is some
thing of frontier town. for here we daily ofier
source of danger because of the gross careessness
lives not lost In the rush and hustle of our
metropolitan life II is disgusting and humiliating
streetcar conductors Indeed when one Is injured
some % them scarcely wait to ascertain The name.
Ten w9 9 S and old people Is the % tk
rights OF others and OF human life The laws are
broken with deliberaton and impunity. They rush
horses. and often causing the loss Of human lives
Of speed rather than the rights % the public Is
IL any wonder that these iawless people incits
stones has become so common? Self-protection Is
the first law OF life. We ought 10 have the most
stringent regulations, and IL would be good thing
IL. for the second offence the reckless owners OF
these powerful and dangerous machines were 70 be
imprisoned for ons year and their costly vehicles
condscated
The disregard for human life In community
is shown often by the use of poor boats. many OF
which are OVercrOwled There TO be a per-
feet heartessness on the part of many owners OF
river craft. They disregard and violate the law
with a strange temerty They crowd all that
they can get. Why is II that the owners do not
observe the limit fixed BY theiE license? Why Is IL
that a government inspector must demand that
the gates be closed and more be permitted TO go
aboard The answer is that men grasping and
greedy and in their haste to rich become
priuciplcd In too many instances our Deus is
dividend. gold Is God.
In another way disregard OF human life Is shown
n the 4duIteratiOn OF food and drink and medicine
Here again. need more stringent laws. a better
administration Of law stricter inspection and more
common honesty and decency In business