The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-25
CLOSIN G OF
I THEATERS
SUNDAY
THEME OF SERMON AT METHO-
DIST CHURCH LAST EVENING.
Church and Home Stand for Highest
Ideals-Glve Them Their
Legal Chance.

ih6 'hS Su"uoy CioolH6 VI Shcoto'"s
said In part:
The wise man Of old said that righte
BUSINESS exalted nation but that sin
was curse to any people. That is
that the highest things, are the things
that make for progress. Ideals lead
onward. Dissatisfaction with the pres
ent attainments and desire fer better
things are progressive. The one who
is always saying that everything is
all right and that evil Will exist no
matter what We may do to the con-
trary, would find kindred arguments
to his In the discussion on the slavery.
1t was then said that 1t would be i'm.
possible to stop slavery, that men had
always had slaves and always would
We get along without slaves now and
we will get along without some other
institutions In the near future. There
must always be better plans to I'M
prove society and lessen evil and crime.
New. better laws are a result OF
better spirit in mans dealing with
man. A century and quarter ago
there were 223 capital crimes, now 1T
is almost impossible to meet out the
death penalty TO murderers. That
shows progress. Prisons show bet
ter and kindlier treatment of the In
mates. We have made progress.
Shakespeare as he wrote 1t and as we
permit 1t, compares 1t to
the difference between sew
or and clear mountain spring.
There is hardly as much vulgarity In
low dive as was considered right
and necessary In his day. Why?
There has been some righteousness at
work exalting the nations.
But what makes righteousness?
Righteousness Is but another name for
rightness, that is right character
When one has the right character,
then he will be an agent for righteous
ness, and will be one who is exalting
a nation. Lyman Abbott says:
1.-THE Jewish Commonwealth Is the
oldest democracy In the world, wher-
ever the doctrine of divine manhood
has gone, sooner or later revolution
against autocracy has followed, and
where the reverse doctrine has pre-
vailed, of the essential indlenlty and
unworth Of man, there despotsm has
maintained Itself successfully and gen.
orally without even serious resis-
tance."
Real liberty exists where the best
manhood prevails. More is needed to
make Republic than the name, in
government Mexico is more of a
monarchy than Germany. The South
American republics would be amusing
We're their failures not so serious.
Cuba is again to try to toddlc In self
government. 1t may be that Uncle
Sam will be called In again in a few
years. 1t Is quite fortunate that he Is
willing and able to help. What is the
trouble? There Is not enough char
acter among the peoples to make a re-
public and in Germany there Is too
much to permit a real autocracy. The
test of the revolution In Russia is the
character development Of the people
The people will win II they have char
acter enough. The Wesleyan revival
prevented revolution In England
similar to the one in France. The
moral elevation due to the work of
Wesley's tided that nation off the dan
ger. When the children of Israel were
led out of Egypt they were a demo
cracy, but when they turned to idola-
try. their rulers became tyrants and
they were led away into captivity. All
these things go to show that the forces
which make for righteousness should
be given the fullest opportunity to do
their work Of uplift.
Now the two institutions that make
for righteousness are the home and
the church. The nation is dependant
upon them and the home In q sense is
| dependant upon the church. By the
church | mean the institutional eX-
preston Of the nations worship. We
! are religious people and our religious
life is expressed In the church as our
political life is expressed in the gov
ernment and the educational life Is
| expressed In the school house Tho
| church has been given much of the
| structural work with the young The
instruction of the young In morals Is
the work of the home. but the home
is using the church to aid 1t In this
matter and so hand in hand they have
stood for the better things for man
| hood.
The state has recognized the church
and the part 1t plays by giving it op-
portunity This Is done by giving
man one day in seven from his work
that he may worship and touch his
family with a fuller influence. On
| Sunday man should be free from work
long enough to spend several hours
with his family and the wife and moth
er should plan her work so that with
out the WEAKNESS of everyday'S du-
ties, she may sit down quietly with
her own In the peace and rest of
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memory are hidden. If, however, the
mother works just as hard and long
and the father If he have the day of.
spend it away hunting or shooting or
In any manner away from his family,
how great Is the loss, Into this op-
portunity for rest there comes the
real recreation of worship and Chris
| tian Fellowship that the church affords
| With 1t moulding for higher things.
making men better and women hap
pier It's opportunity should be made
even greater, by shutting the family
up TO such influences as the home or
the church provide. People should be
compelled to stay at home much of
the time on Sunday. The children see
too little of their parents and the par
ents too little Of the children. Now,
looking TO the preservation Of the
home and the church influence, the
state has passed a law looking to the
| elimination OF all the business that it
is possible to omit. The judge of the
juvenile court. feeling that the Sunday
| theater is a detriment, has petitioned
the council to act to stop them. If the
situation Is such to demand action for
the protection Of our youth, then all
should second the efforts of Judge