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PROGRESS IN 1
That the woiTd grows I
centuries we would all lik<
ation looks upon its own
disappoint and discourage
is Hagrant and noisy and
ways recognize the more (
better things that come lit
sentiments and ideals of b<
The moral history of the
a hue subject for study ar
mist would find some thir
dark and hopeless views,
tinned to be a root of all k
office, high and low; conpie
in all manner of comb
the rich and pretentious;
respect for the Sabbath;
ity and the seclusion and
denial of the authority of
of the Bible as a supernati
will and love. One could
logue of evils that are com,
times .the VPrtr
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society are assaulted, anc
spairing.
But there is another ar
back over the moral life o
tainly some forms of evil
conscience of the people h
cated, and informed, and
been created and expresse
The duel, for example, <
ment of God, and then an
satisfaction for an injury c
prevalent throughout the
tury. Men of the highest
duellists; Hamilton and C
drew Jackson and Benton.
Old Slid vniln rr lorrioln*/.?
>?.giaiaiuia
insults and settle private <
sword or pistol. But Ion
interpreted to rule that a li
that principal and second
stringent laws in all the I
and educated opinion, anc
exterminated.
The lottery had very g
from the earliest settleme
State government used it.
pitals erected, roads consl
and all manner of small
promoted by the lottery,
neoole ramp tr? tlm*
gambling under fair pret<
structive. The State con:
legislatures from legalizing
participation is a crime ag
ing of the body politic.
Gambling, the gaming fc
erty, once common, somel
consented to, is now univer
ly the common law did not
THE PRESBYTERL
3UBLIC MORALS.
>etter as it moves down the
; to believe. As each genertimes
there seems much to
Evil is ever present, and
persistent. We do not aljuiet
and modest advance of
ce silent tides and affect the
dies of people,
people of America would he
id a story book. The pessi
iw invwuidgc 111111 111 HIS
The love of money has coninds
of evil. Graft in public
spiracy to defraud the peoinations;
wickedness among
the widespread decline in
the decay in family sancthappiness
of the home; the
God's law and the rejection
ural revelation of the divine
I readily make a long cata111011
and threatening. Sonies
of moral order in human
1 we grow fearful and deid
brighter side. Looking
f the American people, cerhave
been shaken off. The
as in some things been edugenexal
public opinion has
d firmly in law.
ance an appeal to the judgattempt
to secure personal
>utside of the law, was very
land through the last censtanding
in public life were
lay and Randolph and AnCongressmen,
naval officers,
. editors thought to avenge
disputes by taking life with
g ago the common law was
fe so taken was murder, and
s were alike guilty. Most
States have both expressed
1 duelling has been utterly
eneral use for many years,
nt of the country. The
Colleges were founded, hostructed
and churches built,
and loc?l enterprises were
Hut the conscience of the
t was robbery, a species of
jnse, demoralizing and de
illiniums now proniDtt the
the lottery in any form, and
ainst the order and wellbe>r
money or any other prop.imes
public, and generally
sally disapproved. Formerinterfere
with gambling so
\N OF THE SOUTH.
long as there was no fraud,
all gaming for money or an
is vigorously prosecuted ai
Profanity, and all blasj
common is now an offence
good, is an indictable misd<
public sentiment, and in la
from use, certainly anion)
people.
Out of this steadily risir
science has come the greal
land for the utter destruet
Just as surely as duelling a
have become unlawful and
exterminated. The Church
the people, Church memb
tiati character is strenghi
growing firm and forceful,
joyed by all the people.
THE SOCIAL MISSIC
The emphasis placed b;
they call "the social missic
misconception of the prima
primary end is witnessing
of Christ. By her organiz;
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i ne irum, oy Her pure and
of the ordinances intruste
edification of her members
ness of her testimony, she
where and to offer Him to
she is making a magnificen
to mankind's social interes
be her first aim or thougl
faith transforms the indiv
dividual it affects also the
in the mass, and brings at
redemption," but this "soc
incident to the faith. Faith
nipnt wliirVi Vi#? 1-ioe ?-1,?
<>w *iuo niauv.
terment of humanity is m
suits coming from, the fait
It is this obscuring of tl
and this undue elevation ol
of society that is causing s
the church, to declare tha
denounce her because in so
of herself a great benevoh
that her end is the product
for men, then in many cas
unhappily pulls the churcl
man organizations and ca
their standards. The idea,
ism. It seems to say, so
much'civic and social resu
the price; so, pay the price
scheme of grace is turned i
insurance ami men are pers
will pay.. The projection o
of humanity does not relie
to the individual.
This misconception opet
accept it, to all manned of u
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October 20, 1909.
But now the laws prohibit
y other profit, and gambling
id punished.
jhcnious speech once very
against law and the public
?meanor. is under the ban of
rge degree has been driven
j decent and respectable
power of the public cont
movement throughout the
ion of the drinking saloon,
nd the lottery and gambling
criminal, will the saloon be
i and the Bible are teaching
ership is increasing, Christening,
Christian manhood
and the good fruits are en>N
OF THE CHURCH.
y many people upon what
>n of the church" leads to a
iry end of the church. This
She is to tell the world
ition, by her faithfulness to
consecrated life, by the use
d to her as means for the
and for the greatness, clcaris
to hold up Christ everyi
dying men. In doing this
it and effective contribution
ts, but the latter are not to
, TU- - r
.1. i iic power 01 personal
idual, and through the inaggregation
of individuals
>out what some call "social
rial redemption" is only an
grasps Christ, in the atoneIt
sees only him. The beterelv
one of the happy reh.
le great purpose of religion
t the idea of the betterment
>o many to speak lightly of
t she is failing, or even to
me cases sue is not making
ince society. If it be true
ion of a better environment
es she is failing. The idea
1 down to the level of huuses
her to be judged by
too, savors of commercialmuch
religion produces so
Its. The results are worth
; be religious. The whole
nto a species of endowment
.uaded to believe because it
f this upon the larger plane
:ve it of its evil as applied
is the door to those, who
mvarranted relations on the