Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-14


Their wealth has turned their heads.
They are very proud OF their being
self made and worship their maker.
| Not possessing any culture cor edu-
cation, they seek happiness In tho
imitation Of those TO the manor born.
Ostrich-likc they shut their eyes 70
thcir own deficiencies. They seek
onjoyments that are but burdens.
they look Tor diversions which, 10
them, are but cares. they take recro-
ations that, Go them. arc but hard
ships. they mako an effort To look
Interested when they are bored, they
try 10 appear happy when in reality
they are miserable. What IL their
life but comedy2
Then there are those who seek
happiness solely In the acquisition OF
wealth. For that no labor seems too
arduous, no price too high. For that
they are ready 60 sacrifice their
character and their honor and their
very souls. their religion and their
God. Their vocabulary extends only
20 addition and multiplication; they
are dead to every sight except gold,
To every sound except the Jingle of
will enlarge their capital They for
get God and man; they hurry AND
worry M their he long. only to re-
alizc. when the dccrcpitudc of age
and the exhaustion OF strength come
upon them, when the memories OF
cvii done ana the reflections OF bless
ings uncarncd or unenioycd enter
their consciousness. and the rccogni-
ton OF the emptiness of glitterins
glory grips them with irresistible
force, and visions OF darkness and
decay begin 10 make sport of their
wealth and 60 laugh their gold TO
scorn-only then do they realize how
wretchcdly unhappy they arc, II the
NE of these is not "A comedy, pray.
tell me, what is2
And what is the comedy Of life due
to- 70 the same cause that the
tragedy OF life Is due 10. They both
spring from the same source. The
origin of both Ia a hack of religious
spirit and of religious principle
Without religion To- educate the hu-
man conscience. without religion TO
direct the human will. without re-
liEion to guide the human emotions,
life becomes either q tragedy or
comedy And how are modern men
and women prepared To meet the ext
Eencios of moral life, how are they
prepared 90 face the temptations ana
trials Of life? Hundreds upon hun
drcds of people, young and old, men
and women. husbands and wives,
| fathers ana mothers, never see g.
| inside OF house Of God from years
beginning a. years end, never bow
their head Ia reverence of "a Higher
Power, never offer prayer and
never hear one offered. These pco-
pie never listen 10 a religious dis
course and never have pointed ou,
to them mans mission on earth
mans relationship g. God. mans
duty 90 self and others. These peo-
pie never permit their soul Co lift H.
self from the low and sordid things
OF life 90 higher regions, To- noblcr
thoughts, To truer ideals.
Moreover, how do We prepare our
young those who viii soon have Ia
take our place la the conduct and
combat of lifc's serious Business and
sacred duties How do We prepare
I these for their future responsibilities
and obligations? DO we teach and
train them by precept ana example.
do we cultivate in them taste tol
the higher ana better things of NE
do We make any effort 10 bring them
nearer to Goa or man. so that their
lives may not be turned either into
tragedies or into comedies
| ! do not propose 20 eliminate the
| comic element from the comedy oi
the tragic element from the tragedy
of lie by any policy or program, hul
by principle and pracuce-hy reli.
gious principle and practice. Ana
can you not see that religious princi
pie and practice are capable OF elm
mating these as nothing elise viii
what does Religion particularly oul
own system of Religion, teach u
teaches tho Fathcrhood of one GOD
and the brotherhood 81 all men. Bu
how can anyone. with q firm belle
lin the Fatherhood ~ one God, be
come so sordidly self-soeking and ~
completely solf-ceniercd as 10 MAKE