Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-05

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trary, having freedom Of action. they
redouble on their activities Many OF
them promptly become attached to one
on. more Of the various Russian reVo-s
lutionaly societies Which have power
full organizations In this country. The
Russian Revolutionary society is one or
these, the Russian Social Democratic
party another, the Bund third, ana
the League of Friends of Russian Free
dom d fourth. In addition to these So
cieties small organizations or groupsa
are in militant existence. These SO
scieties are a constant source of wori'l-
ment and fear TO the Tsar and his
bureaucrats. With an almost perfect
system OF underground correspondence.
with their fellow reyolutionists IN Fius-e
STA and elsewhere, and possessing the
ability at all times to raise funds plan
campaigns, and acquaint the world
particularly America, with the appall-
ing facts of. what Is going on In Russia,
they cause the autocracy vastly more
treptdation thar an tlprising OF Tue
populace in Russia itself. Hitherto tho
.1,sar has been able to crush popular
movements by his army, and believes
that he can continue to succeed by
force Indefinitely. But the revolutions
airy societies in other countries are De-
You'd the pale of his immediate many
eyed and many-armed Jurisdiction
From the secrecy of their deliberations
may come portentiolis events, culmin-
ating in his own removal and the eff
facement of the whole autocracy. Even
il this is unlikely, one thing Is certain.
From the councils of the revolutionary
societies there radiates ceaseless How
of agitation which somehow reaches
the remotest hamlets of Russia; from
their arcana go forth revolutionary
missionaries and agents on secret and
n rfs.l- ,trc And n
everyone knows, agitation Is considered
in Russia the climax OF crirnes.--Gus-
tavus Myers, in Harper's Weekly.
Religious The problem was how to
Conditions 1einspire the church with
In America. its old faith and power.
~ The failure in the past
has been due to no lack OF Willingness
on the part of the ministry. Thousands
OF leaders OF the church would willingly
lay down their lives If they might eX-#
periencc the joy of transforming mems
lives. Nothing, indeed, is more pa
thetic In this world than the spectacle
of the good man who is seeking to do
good, but cannot. Instead of incrcas-
ing power in tho church, the ministry
has seen its influence lessening. I'm
counted Americans whose ancestors
looked to the church as the chief in
spiration OF their daily existence no
longer attend any church. Other thou
sands, though still nominally members
or attendants, have ceased to admit
the church or its ministers as a really
vital influence in their lives. With ex-
pensive equipment. large funds, an cd
ucated clergy. often costly music and
other attractions, the church, taken as
a whole, no longer leads or even deeply
stirs tho American people. Able young
men do not go into the ministry as
they once did; last year there were
seven hundred fewer students in fifty
eight Protestant theological seminaries
than there were twelve years ago.
Ministers generally are underpaid ana
often dlsheartened with the prevailing
apathy and neglect. Thousands Of
churches especially in the east, stand
empty and deserted. There are fewer
churches in New York city than there
We're in 1910; and while the modern
church Is much more commodious. It
is rarely Well filled at any service. The