Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-04

lest 20 yourselves lest your heart be
deceived. and turn aside and serve
other gods. and worship them And
the wrath of the Eternal will be kim
died against YOU. and he VIII shut up
the heavens thai there be 20 rain
Deuteronomy y; 17-ts xl:13-t7.)
The God whom Israel Is admonished
20 serve and love is not q sentimental
Weakllnr, who may be bribed by be-
lief and whose blessing is limited 20
those only who believe IN him and all
about him. Tie Is not merely "a
publisher ~ passes 10 Paradise to
those who accept az fact stories which
reason contradicts. Nay he a. strict
In Justice; even the fatherless and the
widows arc not immune from Justice.
lie 81 iuat and therefore rewardeth
tho obedient and punishoth the diso-
bedient according 10 their merits or
demcrits. judgment II melted out not
by grace but by Justice, Judgement Is
not assigned 10 n world OF which no
living soul knows about. IL not allotted
TO Paradise and Gehona which are be-
licved to be In the other world. His
judgment ia done IN this world while
the individual is alive He IL the 0od
Of the living He does not demand be-
lief, even the stranger. who IL not "a
dew and does not profess Judaism
He loves and provides him with the
necessities Of lie This IS Justice Up
on this definition Of the Supreme
Being has the jew been brought up.
Him he serves and will never desert
Him or exchange Hlm.-The Jewish
Tribune.
Partisan A wholesome independ-
Politics cnce In politics is one OF
Passing. the best signs OF the
times II is now constant
" In evidence. IL les seen in Congress.
in states and i'm municipalities, and II
augurs well for the general good.
Hldc-bound partisanship is Of the
past. Straight-out party organs have
ceased 10 be- The rank and file Of
parties no longer blindly follow party
leaders. BOssism is ON the decline.
The Platts and Quays and Hannas Of
other days are almost without coun-
terparts AZ TIM present day The Muir
phys and McCarrens we have now are
but feeble limitations Of the Crokers
and Tweeds OF decades gone by
Washington Herald.
The rhaw Public sentiment will APP
Decision prove the decision of
Approved. Judge Mills on the writ
Of habeas corpus for the
release Of Harry X. Thaw. There
will be abundant sympathy for the
mother. whose hopes are thus disap-
pointed. but the evidence produced at
the hearing and the demeanor Of the
prisoner gave warrant for no other
Judgment To the lay mind. con-
cerned less with questions OF law
than with elemnts OF reasonableness,
the theory must always seem mon
strous that a man can be insane half
minute before committing homicide
min 4ff atsa
There can be few dissenters from
Judge Minis conclusion that 20 set
Thaw free would be dangerous 20
the public peace and safety. Fix
change
Americans Social and commercial
Not Good seem TO be the chief rea-
Linguists. sons for our Indifference
TO foreign languages, but
there Is another reason why we are
not ambitious to speak foreign Lam
guages well. AS a people we do not
as yet look upon our own language as
thing sacred. We are notorious for
our slovenly speech. Indeed an Ameri-
can wishing TO teach English abroad
would do well not 10 mention his origin.
our Lack OF interest in spoken English
is unfortunate. OF course it is only
lack OF interest Most Of US know
right from wrong, at least we say that
we do, but have not the time TO take
pains This attitude is an interesting
one I'm that il Is so different from that
OF the Germans. the French and even
the English who take such a keen pride
In their language, that they would be
ashamed not to speak IL well. Good
speech is with them a requisite In good
society. II Is in other words good
form. Not so with us. though we IRE
punctilious in some kinds of good form.