The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-28
TIE gTADAaD OGDEN MONDAY FEBRUARY 2a 1910

race So, It was an abortlyc thing
from the beginning, and IL has proved
SO all The way along IL has no
where fulfilled the hopes or anticipa-
tions of even those who formulated
| It. England today, With it's limited
I monarchy, is more democratic than
| the United States with its so-called
democracy Further still. that god
| less conception OF the 18th centlry.
upon which our so-called popular
governments have been based was
Just the thing 10 lend itself most
completely to the regime OF capitaI.
lsm which was Just coming upon the
stage. Capitalism is goddess and
soullesS, and it required that kind
oil agency by which TO effect it's ends.
But VIC arc learning today that hui
man institutions OF whatever sort
arc not established by any sort OF So.
clal contract, that they grow, are
simply n part of the evolutionary nro-
cess. as we are, And il is in tho
story OF evolution. especially social
evolution, that we are beginning TO
learn to md the meaning oil the world
we live in. 1t Is there that the mean.
lnS OF democracy may be found, there
ana nowhere else There is no de.
mocracy Tor us or anything else. that
IL did not provide for in that evol-
tlonary process; just as there rs no
God lor us or any religion that is not
also proided for in this same eyo-
iutlonary process. We can Just as
easily create our God or our religion.
rs we can create out of hand a so.
cal order. The divine order is not
that which is reflected in constltu,
tlons or statutes or legislative or
judicial systems. We must look back
of and far below these to find the
actual divine order. 1t Is that divine
social order OF the evolutionary pro
cess "hich / mean by the word De
mocracy That is the only thing
under that name which is worth
Thinking about And that divine or
der Is tho ono thing only which can
give either meaning or worth to hui
man lie. 1t Is into that order that
human souls should be born. into con-
sciousness of 1t, into participation in
II And only as human beings are
so born and reared, can they know
the real meaning Of religion. Reli.
g'on Is life in a God.iilled world IT
is life In a divine order. Nothing
less than that Life that Is consci.
Gus of such an order and is co-operat
ing in carrying it forward At
certain stage in our evolution. king.
ship and Kingdom were the symbols
oil a divine order They arc so no
symbol of the divine order. Re.
heion cannot any longer express it.
self in terms of klngShip or kingdom.
IL can express itself only i'm terms
of democracy. And democracy must
not be thought OF as any sort of es-
tablshment 1t is rather a process.
4 tendency. II Is mankind slowly
realizing its moral oneness and lis
destiny. II Is the growing sense of
solidarity. II Is human cooperation
Tor the purpose of gaining for every
individual the full realization Of him.
sell, IL is tho growing sense that
we need one another, that we cannot
hnd lulhllment of our life apart. but
only in fullest cooperation. 1t is
tho awakening of the sense of col.
lectIYe morality and responsibility.
that we are members one of anoth
er. responsible each TO all and all 10
each. 1t is the growing sense on
human rights and the assertion of
those rights; the right to live. the
tight 10 grow, the right To labor and
to have the product of thai labor
the right TO labor. indeed. under inst
and wholesome conditions, without
exploitation. without fear OF the NOR.
Tow, and with interest in what one
is doing, 1t Is the right to ioy In
ones work. The right TO think 10
study. 10 know, and to have every
possible chance for all these De
lnocracy is humanity In the march
to higher and ever higher things, to
greater and ever greater right and
opportunity Democracy is a social
beside which that al
legged incarnation which superstition
associates with one human babe two
thousand years ago paleS into insight.
ftcance. Democracy, more than any-
thing else In all the world, is able
TO give sacred meaning and divine
worth to human life. 1t is for us of
today the most available agency of
religion, the widest and most benc-
ficient manifestation of a divine life
and providence