The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-12-07

Who believes that the education OF the
youth in schools founded by men with
an open Bible in their hands and fos-
tered by the same powers, would to-
day have outlived the reading of the
blessed book, through the demands OF
infidelity and sacerdotalism, and
have permitted the young to read and
comment upon the story of McBeth
or Silas Mariner, but have outlawed
the same procedure in the infinitely
more beautiful story OF the pure
Ruth? Who believes that we could
| have permitted the concentrating of
our amusements, one of the prime
sources of right development OF our
youth, making the dancing pavilion,
the theatre, the pool and billiard
hall and bowling alley the rendez-
vous of those with too much leisure
and too little heart and brains; and
our moving picture shows the por-
| trayals Of murder, suicide and sug-
gestions of vice in all forms, uncen-
sored by any responsible authority,
except those in league with the bust
ness? Who believes that II Gods law
had been recognized from The first,
the ORGANIZED COMMERCIAL DES
| POTISM WOULD HAVE CRUSHED
| THE POOR, while millionaires and
bllionaires increased in insolence and
power, driving the masses to despair
or to the extremes of system which
would threaten the power OF individu-
al initiative! 1t is long call back to
the fundamental righteousness in our
| social, domestic, economic and polti-
cal life But God is calling US back
by all that we have suffered and by
all that the nations of the world are
now suffering. Thank God, we still
have few who are wise to under
stand their times, to know what Is
rael ought to do" Such as these are
now assembled in the eastern city.
You Do Not Give Your Baby Razor.
/ It would destroy itself. Our Father
has kept back from us the razor for
milleniums. Human ingenuity and In
vention, has taken from His hand the
powers of earth and air and sea. Less
than three generations ago we had NO
electric telegraph, no railroads, nc
photography, no rotary printing press
no sewing machine, no ether or chloro-
form for deadening pain. A little over
a generation ago we had no typewriter
no telephone, no bicycle, no phono-
graph. Half a generation ago we
had no aeroplane, no submarines, nc
wireless messages. What do the times
portend? Who are wise to understand
them? With these razors Of possible
self destruction in our grasp. shall
we learn their proper use, or shall
we destroy each other from selfish.
ness and hate?
Tho Challenge is Today to the Church
Of the Living God
We must find out the causes Of hu.
man discord at once, and earnestly
seek to destroy them and to place the
welfare Of all the world upon more
secure and lasting foundation, or sur.
render her premiership to some pow
er that can. While protesting the LOT.
test spiritual teachings, she must
cease to be content to live on natur-
alistic levels, raising but feeble pro
tests to those things that shock hui
mainly, despoil youth, degrade man
hood and defy God. In this the church
in America must lead America, be
yond any other nation, on account Of
her geographical position, extent o.
territory, her ideals Of law and free
dom, and the blood Of all nations
flowing in her veins, Is solemnly
called to this task as NO other nation
With the blood Of all nations in, oul
veins, we ought to be free forever
from the jealousies and hatred Of
race that ravishes Europe and q par
Of Asia; and in spite of our gross
federalism, we still have love FOL
humanity. forgotten by them.
The Problem for Solution.
Is more difficult than any Of Eu
clid's. requiring the wisdom OF Je
hovah for its solution. It involves
the correct training Of our youth
that virtue and respect for law amt
Righteousness may be established ant
the frightful increase Of juvenile de
linQuency changed; the training o
the whole nature, body, mind AMI
soul. It involves the enthronemen
OF parenthood to the place Of author
4 ity and responsibility. When an oil
Grecian philosopher saw youth en-
gagged in wrong, he went forth an
punished his parents. It ought to
so now. It involves the correction q
which can never be done while thes
are commercialized and while the pHc
prietor1 find 1t profitable to pande
to the rabble that shouts loudest "a
answer to deprayfty. It involves snc
j knoWledGe Of the relation Of the sexel
- shall enable men and women
go that he who offends In this re,all
u hin nature most nearly assaults u
God o. his being and entails ~
hi9 1nce NenRoe hlACker by far tn