The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-11-24

is only superficially understood That
has, OF course, only a restricted ell
feet upon their lives. There are. how
ever, numbers with serious intelli-
gent beliefs which have become
strong convictions. We find con
sistency in the lives of such people
and can always safely predicate, in
n general way. their place in any pro-
posed line of action They may be
right, OF they may be wrong, from
others point OF view. but whoever
shall attempt to change their course
of action. must first reckon with their
convictions, or prejudlces, call them
which you may.
1T Is. however, more difficult to
verify this relationship In those VINO
are not really conscious of the ex'
tent to which God has entered Into
their lives Is attributed TO their re-
spect for their mothers teachings,
or to their wives wishes. or 10 the
standards common to their business
J associates. or TO the customs OF that
class in society with which they by
/ choice have identified themselves.
! Yet if these choices of assoclationship
could be analyzed, their explanation
would be found In no small degree In
n liking for the qualities shown, al
though without the realization that
they were some OF the fruits OF re-
ligIon, This NAV be illustrated by
the frequent marriage of men with
out profession of religion TO Christian
women Few men ask themselves
why it is that, after a miscellaneous
acquaintance with women. when the
time comes to choose one for life,
they seek out, court and marry a
J Christian woman. But no more do they
! ask themselves why 1t Is that while
themselves protesting no religion,
they refuse TO live, much less TO bring
up their families in places where no
religion is taught. Nevertheless the
choice is none the less real because
II is made unconsciously and its ef
feet is recognizable Only a bigot
measures the progress of religion by
the numbers who profess his own
creed or. indeed, even by those who
make open profession of any form of
belief Some most admirable lives
seem to be quite unaware Of their
Iargeness of thought and betterment of
living Yet the one will always be
found to be the source of the other
and wherever beauty and truth are.
there God Is, though we know it not
Out of all this study of pro-
gress of religion and the resulting
elevation of human life. some import
ant conclusions present themselves.
Religion has been concisely stated
as the conscious relation between
Man and God. and the expression Of
that relation In human conduct The
end OF religion, therefore, being life,
the degree OF Truth In the religion
OF any nation, state. city, church or
individual is to be measured so far
as it can be measured humanity, by
the strength, purity and completeness
of the life lived. And history we'll
bears out this expectation.
'No nation has an elevation of its
religious conceptions and practices,
but there followed a corresponding
elevation and purificatlon of the lives
of Its people. No nation of history
has ever been brought into commercial ]
touch with the Christian nations With
out the indirect result of the uplift-
ing OF the life of It's people. We should
not permit to be forgotten the opinion
OF the greatest queen OF history who.
when asked for the explanation OF
England's greatness, said that it was
the Bible Nor should we permit our
selves TO lose the meaning OF one
OF the most splendid accomplishments
oil newspaperdom. In 1870 a commit
tee in America set about the revision
OF our Bible The committee in Eng
land consisted Of forty.one scholars OF
the Church of England and twenty
four belonging to other bodies, incmd- .
ing the Church Of Ireland. the Church
of Scotland, the BaptistS, Congrega-
tionalistS. Methodists and Presbyter-
lans; siXR-fv in all. The American
committed numbered thirty-four, and
included men from all denominations.
After ten years work the New Testa-
ment was to be published in MAY.
1881. Because of the universal inter
est in the event it was arranged that .
The publication should take place 81
multaneously in London- and New
York on Friday. The fastest train be- .
tween New York and Chicago, at that
time, was tWbnty-six hours. which /
meant that the bringing of the copy. /
the setting up. printing and distri- /
button would cause delay to Chicago
readers Of foTty-eight hours. To save
twenty-four hours of this delay the
most enterprising newspaper of Chi
cago spent what TO most people would
be fortune. They engaged private
wires and set ninety telegraph opera
torS to work In New York on Friday,
transmitting the whole translation.
word Tor word. to the Chicago Office.
Where men rushed 1t into type and
{, PRINT, and 1t was sold In the Satur-
oay eultion on the streets OF the CITY,
IN thls study second conclusion
Mlncn presents itself IS this, VIZ. No
lnulvlupal or church has ever under
stood anything like the whole of the |