Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-08
CITY ELECTION IS
PASTORS THEME
"a. :. EDGAR WILSON DISCUSSES
OPENING OF MUNICIPAL
CAMPAIGN.
Declares Religion should Rot Be LET,
a: Altar Bot Be Carried TO the
esliot Box.

ne E.Isctioa Campaign uas the
thsae % DR.. J. Edgar Wilson's ser.
rzon yeatertay morning az Broadway
Prss5y terian church Hs declared that
religion should rot be left ~ the altar
bet carried % the ballot box
Among other things be said.
we are all vitality interested IN our
elty We want every business man
% succeed to business. We want every
eEId % grow up IN a wholesome suvir-
1nmeut. We vant every youth TO have
a free aud fair chance TO realize HIS
highest possibilities 10 the game OF
ufs We Eaut every smploye TO re-
eeisc a square deal from his employ
e. And we want every employer 10
receive a Just service from his en-
pIoyr IN a word. we desire that jus
fce shall prevail 10 our city.
Monday Is the frst day for candi-
Gates tD hie their petitions II will
therefore witness the opening OF the
election campaign. And II Is because
p tai. fact that have selected as my
theme. The Election Campaign
Vow. there are two ways OF ex-
planning the present unrest and dis
rlfsfactiuu In the world one eNplana-
zion is that man has fallen from a
higher estate % his present level: that
man was once perfect. but now he IS
imperfect. that man was once strong.
f1f now be Is weak. that man was
once happy. but now he Is miserable
that is the explanation Of tradition.
The other explanation IS that man
"a just emerging from the conditions
OF bis brute ancestry: that he f. now
stumbling up through sin. and error.
and weakness. and manifold mistakes.
towards righteousness and wisdom
and virtue. aud the biessedness which
these briuE-that - the explanation OF
Science
World Gets Better.
But whichever explanation NC ac-
cept and believe. this one truth must /.
ever grow clearer the truth that the I
world is getting better. the mind 81 .
rtr is ErowiuE stronger. the soul OF .
nan is growing purer- the spirit OF .
nan is growing sweeter; the deter 4
Of man ls growing frmer; Z
civilization t. advancing The prog
-ess may be very slow. the progress {
nag be arrested many times Il may
b. set back miIlsnlums % years az
lines. bat there f. Advancement new
.rtheiess- We shall yet realize the
-.ory Of God
This age. like All other ages that
ave been and shall be. has It's own
.ccuiiar problems. IT'S own unanswered
.ucstious. its own center % interest
Ifty years ago the center % interest
ay iu the relation between religion
nd science: % years ago the center
q interest lay iu the relation between
eiiEiou and the bible. today the cen
er % interest lies tn the relation BE-
Escu rciision and society What re-
afionship has religion 20 society
nat Is the aiI-absorbinE question %
bis age And this supreme problem
r this age g. not n question % poll
ics. I am rot Introducing politics
ato religion when select as my 4,
heue. The Election Campaign 70
b a problem % rellEious and BY re-
.Eiou I mean a right attitude 20 life
Problem % Age j.
Again. the peculiar problem % this
81 is not a question % government
liter OF the aideruannic or the com
Mission form % city government or
G the democratic or republican form I
e national government II e. a ques-
.ou % justice. And By justice 7 do
0t mean equality % talents. or Of I