Evening journal., 1916-02-14


deavors to help answer our prayers,
is worse than atheism. Furthermore,
it Is insincerity and Hypocrisy. It
is incumbent upon us. therefore. to
find a solution Of the great problems
that are preventing the realization
of the kingdom Of heaven.
There is first. the problem of the
city. We are rapidly becoming a ma
ton OF cities. A century ago scarcely
two per cent. Of the population was
urban; now It is more than forty
per cent. and rapidly increasing. Con-
tagion, either for good or evil, on THIS
account. becomes constantly more IN
tense. AT present our cities are the
hotbeds of iniQuity. political aud so
cial. The first city was founded by
the murderer, Cain. But the ultimate
city in the vision that the Apostle
John had OF glory was TO be let down
out of heaven to the earth. They tel
us that two hundred thousand reople
in New York live in rooms where a
ray of sunlight never penetrates the
darkness. A hundred thousand chill
dron in three large cities went TO
school last winter with scarcely
enough food to keep body and soul to-
gether. Their half-starved. stunted
bodies could never be proper habita-
tions for the best intellectual or spii-
itual life. Al least three thousand
people in New York City every year
die of starvation. Scientists tell us
that two-thirds OF the diseases are
preventable if the patient has proper
food and sanitation, and social vices
we're abolished The present tene-
ment house system is destructive TO
any proper family. Better transpor-
tation facilities, enabling scattering
out of the people from the congested
districts is really a religious work.
We accept as inevitable that our
cities be wretchedly misgoverned and
given over TO a band OF political free
hooters to pillage and plunder the
people. There is as much bravery
and sacrifice required to remedy this
condition as to fight a nations battles
in time OF war.
Then there is the problem of in
dustry and business. The one motive
, now that actuates all efforts is proht
The rise of the corporation that has
no soul, no personal responsibility
with stockholders clamoring for divi'
, dends. is forcing business to the
, breaking point. DO you say that II Is
I not possible, to substitute any Other
1 motives but profit in the activities ol
men? There are lines OF effort that
, are governed by higher incentives
. Remember that even the family dld
, not always exist in its present con
Z dition There was a time when man
o. as the stronger sex, had little care oi
Z forethOught for the mother or the on
spring but his marital relations were
q governed almost entirely by passion
! The principles OF the kingdom have
made great progress in education. TIT
Z true teacher does not instruct mereE
= for nav. Il is from a love- for the
q work and benefit for her pupils. lie
q a physician or pastor be known al
T. one governed simply from hnancia
!. motives, taking only the cases tina
, warranted big returns, and he woul
q fall speedily under the ban OF d com
q munity. Even a prominent evangelis
) refused to go to a certain field tina
a was evidently extremely needy, be
n cause he said it was too hard.
h. would not yield the large visible II
Ia suits that some other fields woul
nj Imagine our foreign missionaries g
of ing only to the fields that promise
IS the biggest financial compensation (
as largest number of converts.
tv This leaven has not yet taken po
n session Of our stores and mills an
3 mines. Why should not a lawyer {
,f merchant or a mill owner have a
is the basic principle Of his life, not pre-
II fit, but obedience to God and the
-e welfare of his fellowmen. Just a
a much as a physician or teacher o
10 parent or preacher? Thirty thou
"A sand employees are killed and maine
4 on our railroads or in the mines an
= factories each year Investigators sa
! that at least ninety per cent Of thes
J. accidents. with proper precautionar
10 methods, could be prevented. Pror
= erty is regarded much more sacre
,f than life. Said Michaevelli: "A ma
d will much sooner forgive the murde
i of his parents than the spoilation {
,e his property"
~ There is a sore need in business {
n a cultivation Of conscience. In th
past II a man succeeded in amassin
,e wealth he has been hailed as grea
! regardless of how il was acquired. I
n think OF a Hartman obtaining on
y hundred and fifty million dollars I
1e manipulating railroad stocks, infatir
le their values and compelling the pu
y lie TO pay higher rates to furnish div
n dends on the bigger capitalization
of Thus tile wages OF working men al
ad cut down. often below a living wag
,b long hours, seven days a week; q
Id labor Of little children, the contagi'
re of sweat shops. all standing in Il
he way OF the kingdom of God A m,
Mt who holds up a victim on the sire
OF and by force takes away his purs
nm we call a thief What then would
or the designation applied TO the m'
Id who takes advantage OF another's n
or cessities 10 exact eXhorbitant price
lis or obtain underpaid services? tt
% has been called in the past true bu
IN mess sagacity. The tendencies
in business have been to starve and s
zee fe the higher elements of the so
w. and to stimulate the worst. Eve
nd man ought to have a chance TO d
nj. velop the best that is in him, not {
'er equality of property. but an equall
70 OF opportunity. The true follower
me Christ ought to be satisfied with
is lower principle than this: ITO ca
en- according to his needs and from ca
lte according to his ability"
is Then there is a necessity of a col
ed pleter application of the principl
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