Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-30
Influence for Peace in the World
Address Of Hon w Fl, King, the Peace Meeting Held
The First CONGREGATIONAL Church, Sunday, May IL

I'llifNN VI lll1 itNt'N NAifA' fAA0t''
como to the world. The tom-
pests and storms OF yesterday
have passed and we have light ana
warmth and rcst So the wnrs and
tempests which have distracted and
destroyed nations and brought travail
and sorrow to the world, win some day
cease and the calm aud peace. the pro-
duct of justice and righteousness, VIII
ente,. into the hearts OF the world.
There are some Who profess to be
lievo that war viii always exist, ANA
that no civilization Or religious de'sl-
opmout viii prevent 1t. StiU others
infect to see IN nature and IN her opcr
ations prototypes of the peoples OF the
world. and that as we lind in biology,
evolutionary growth IN which tile
weaker forms yield to the stronger
ones and the lower types are destroyed
or absorbed by the higher oncs; so, tco.
there win be conflicts ana physical
conbats between mon and nations, tho
stronger and miehtier surviving, and
the weaker and smaller furnishing the
stepping stones TO progress. The sup
posed ruthlessness Of nature In this
view is regarded as the sure guide of
humanity, and that no matter what
cycles of time roll by, the valleys
and plains of the world VIII always be
crimsoned with human blood. and the
waters OF the mighty deep mcarnadined
with the blood OF the brave, whose
lives go out in sanguinary conflict But
this doctrine. in my opinion Is not
founded In truth. There is moral
law that rules In the world, ana un-
der it's benignant influence. mankind
Will be lifted from the devastating and
corroding influence of war; into an at
mosphere OF peace, In which, in splen-
did and happy rivalry, all that is best
In man VIII be developed and employed
i'm advancing the interests OF all the
world. War is not the eternal legacy
OF the world. Mars is not the god who
rules on earth. The day win come
when war with all of it's horrible con-
sequences, will be execrated, and those
ages which have cQuntenanced and
participated in it will be regarded with
pity, and the deepest commiseration
EvANGELs OF PEACE.
The names of. senaoharib and Ia
merlane, Alexander and Hannibal,
Caesar and Napoleon will be forgotten,
and the names of the great evangels
OF peace, the teachers of truth and
righteousness, the immortal poets and
painters. and those who have carried
the torch of truth and liberty, will in
crease in splendor and glory
This is not mere dream of The
prophets and the sages, hut il is tn.
land towards which we are advancing
and the condition which sooner or later
the world will reach.
The great teachers of the world and
the divine voices that have been lifted
during the centuries. have been for
peace, and brotherhood. Every step
in the direction OF advancement has
been marked by recession OF wars
devastating wave The guide-posts,
which Indicate human progress. point
in the direction of peace. The world
is growing better, and out of the dark
ness of the past man is advancing
BROADER VIEW DEVELOPED.
Slaughter ana bloodshed were the
constant visitants and scuurges of
earlier times. Nations and peoples
were isolated and regarded all coun-
tries enemies of their own. There
was reproduced in the nation the feel
ing that found expression In the mar
iowest individualism. The individual
at first considered his own safety as
paramount, and that there were no
Ties binding him to others He was
a Wlid barbarian with his hand raised
against all others. But IN time n
broader view was developed, and he
regarded himself as a part of a sys-
cih, amenable TO custom, which In time
rlpened into law His hates and ami
inositles We're mitigated and he found
hlmselt correlated with many like liz
dtVlduals, each owing a duty to tie
other. ana all bound by common in
tefcsts FOR the welfare and safety OF
the state Thus individuals became
Sfoiped INTO states and nations. ana
municipal law WAS deVelnnad ana ~