Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-18


from time to time. OF human beings
Strengthening each other. and leaving
the fair face OF the earth. given to us
| by our common Father in heaven. sat
urated with blood. and with the tears
OF widows and orphans
A VOICE OF PROTEST.
II Is TO protest against the unendine
/ repetition of these woeful trnxedies
against the perpetuation of these mon
StrOus and unnatural manifestations ~
national ill-wlll which sporadically and
! mysterlously expressed itself in a thirst
Tor blood that you have met TODAY I'm
/ n temple of peace. There are those
| who contend that war Is Inevitable
| mat II is decree of fate that men
should slaughter each other in heca-
toinbs. to anticipate the overpopulation
of the earth. and that, therefore. IL Is
IDLE to dream of universal peace.
We answer that. unless our dreams
or peace actualiae themselves into
| facts Christian civilization has failed
OF It's mission. and that our race will
still retain much of the shameful civil
zation of the heather. From "A re-
Wow OF the past from a study of tho
history of our race before and nj tbe
Time OF tho crucihXion and from the ex
)raordinary advance toward humane
ness, to the recognition of a common
rather in heaven, and consequently orr
ktnship and brotherhood. we are iust,-
ned IN expecting the realization OF our
dream. Under our Christian civiIizn
tion mankind has made. since the birth
OF our Redeemer, n wonderful advance
toward the time foretold by the Pro-
phet Isaiah, when:
THE PROPHETS PROMISE.
The WORT shall lie down With tho
ietnp and the leopard shall dwell with
the Kid. they shall not hurt nor sbau
they kill, for the earth is Allied WITH the
knowledge of the lord. as the covering
waters OF the sea-
The contrast between the social and
moral condition OF our race TO-DAY nnd
mat OF 1900 years ago Is so striking
mat even the fool OF the psalinist. who
sald In his heart. There is no Cod
II he were now alive, would ha 60
strained 10 admit that Christianity has
marVelously altered the heart of man
LOT good, for decency and clean living |
Nor need we, when STUDYING tbis
wonderful change for the better In the |
condition of our race since the tfIno OF |
me resurrection, resort TO a comparison |
the civilization of today and |
tne barbarism of many ancient peoples
IL would be unfair to look for The ON |
u Ehtenad views OF antiquity among
tribes like the Nasamones. who So, ont
mo the desert on an expedition "a p1inst |
the south wind, that had dried mn their
wells, and were of course Overwhelmed |
IN me sands. 1t would be unfair TO
o .eu neathehlsn TO look for culture
among the Llbyans. whose mansions
We're made OF the asphodel shrub Sc
cured with PUSHES: nor nmonr tboir
leighbors, who built their houses of
blocks OF salt in a country whore
remarks, II never rained
most fortunately. In all matters which
ooIlceth the soul, the morals and feel
lngs of mankind. in pra-C,hr;,,tia,,
times, II would be unjust to conclude
that civilized and enlightened mankind
was woefully depraved and debased
SIMPLY because we had discovered that
such Wretched creatures as the Pa
deans lssedones and other savage
tribes mentioned by Ivy and Herodo-
tus, and such madmen and monstnrs
as Nero, Tiberius and others. waIlov-ed
IN loathsome habits and acted I'm All
matters more like brute beasts than
human beings. But from Greece and
rome, from Assyria. Babylonia, Egypt
Persia, Syria and Carthage. we might
Wen expect to receive genuine speci-
mems or the civilization and humane.
ness which fioufished among the most |
cultivated and enlightened nations he.
.ore the coming Of the Son of God and
The establishment of Christianity. No |
student of history may deny that The
lhstocles represented the educated and |
mon of his country. Plu-
arch tells us that Themistocles, with
MS own hand cut the threats of the |
;hree nephews of the Persian king.
Serzes, captured by Aristides. and of
cred them as a sacrifice in honor of |
BacChuS Onldir.-s, rhese ..o,i,oer ry,cr \
we're prisoners of war, Of royal blood, |
md We're inundated to Bacchus to In
'olte the help of the god for the Greeks
who We're about to begin the naval bat
lie of Salamis. This act of cruelty could
Tot have taken by surprise the Persian
ding, when he heard of 1t, since the
who accompanied XerNes
IN his expedition against the Gpaeks, ,
rad by his order buried alive nine a.,
'ouths and as many virgins, to propiti-
tie the gods of the countries the Per-
lans were passing through Herodotus :
tates that the custom of burying alive
vas common In Persia and that the
uaen of Persia ordered IA children of
lustrious birth 10 bs buried alive that ,
he spirits dwelling I'm the earth might
avor her husbands (XerxesD enter $
rise.
LESSONS OF THE PAST. {
Can we believe Josephus, the Jewish | l
istorian, when he tells us that the king
{ tho insolent and lasciVious Moabites, | G
'hen cncOmpassed by his enemies, c
Tought out his son and heir and. lift ! =