The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-26
Is THE WORLD GROWING

The Baltimore Sun has received a
letter from an esteemed correspond
emit, making this unusual request,
III agreeable and in conformity
with your policy land l believe 1t
will be, because you have handled
before 80 commercially religious
subjectsl, will you state editorially
If you think the world Is getting bet
ter or worse, and nov ana Why I'll
other words. are the principles Of
God gaining faster than the princi-
pies Of the devil?" al
/ This question Is answered by his
tory, says the Sun. All that is neces-
sary is to contrast present conditions
with past conditions. To estimate the
effect of the rise and progress of the
Christian religion upon the civiliza-
ton and morals of the world 1t is
only necessary to contrast heather
society in the golden age of pagan
| ism, aud at the center of the world S
wealth and civilization, with aver
age society in the present day, and
! the cause of the worlds improve
ment Is dlsplayeu,
| In the first chapter of st, Paul $
i Epistle to the Romans, written Just
after Roman civilization had reach
ed its zenith, We have pen picture
of the heather. Processing themselv-
es wise, st, Paul wrote, they became
fools and changed the glory of the
incorruptible God into an iamge
made like to corruptible man and to
hf:F a's,ssss hsss'gte.s W., ~ ~ .-'i :,
to creeping things, being hlled with
al, uGrighteousaess. w.cSeancss
covetousness, righteousness, full Of
envy, murder, debate, deceit, malig-
Unity, whisperers, backbiters, haters
~ ~: ,tsAss.ss-.AsS =.
E.rv9aIcSa. 81, "N,,tNiHgs. covenant
breakers, without natural affection,
implacable, unmerciful and guilty of
crimes which cannot be mentioned,
This was .tye the picture of one man
or OF class of men, but of pagan
society-not only In Rome, but
..tsSc.ssr.glScg' ,weld ~Aep ".r 81.
Paul hogan his work as foreign
ihAnSithoiN t'iS WV N "oS Wv pNSih-
E.ag ..s .Assi'Sr .htays ....IS o. ,aGssagVs
that each man is his brothers keep
er has not been accepted, The Col
den Rule has not been promulgated
except by one preacher In an obscure
corner of the great Roman Empire,
That was the beginning of the great
change which has come over the
world,
From this beginning the progress
of the world toward better things
has been steady and constant-~not
always equal, but always forward
doubt not through the ages one
increasing purpose runs,
"a ''~it 'r>rs,t"Hsr ~ to,-,l ,gsfr " ItNs.s.
| ed with the process of the suns.
Religion in the centuries has filled
for the poor and the afflicted, and
everywhere church steeples are seen
and church bells are heard calling
people together to hear their duty
TO God, to their neighbor and to
themselves eXpounded, There are
bad and goddess men now as afore-
/ time. But they are not the rule. SO
general have right ideals become, so
l1iotent has become the influence of
religion, that public sentiment is al
most always In favor of that which
I Is right Governments are more hon
| est and more righteous at this be-
ginning of the twentieth century than
! ever before In the history OF the
world, and governments reflect pub
lie morals
, ~2SS.S..Ss~ssss--. ,ses.se...Esss.s2SsA iass
proved More IA the last century than
In all the preceding centuries OF the
Christian Era. Abuses were tolerated
100. years ago which would produce
an uprising nov. Ia his history Of
the United States Or, McMaster des-
cribes a prison In a worked-out cop
~ ,~s sss'1A. ,"NsS S-ssSS.@~~. t@AsS~. Sa.
Conn. Tine oniy entrance % h was
By means OF ladder down shaft
which led to the caverns under
ground. There. In little pens OF
wood. from 80 to 100 eulprits were
,lmm,ysps .ihe,r ICED made fast %
iron bars, their necks chained 90
beau in the roof The darkness was