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Show U ni tarianism in Utah believe. That system doesn't give anyone any other or higher standard of values, because it hasn't any other. And here is the source and spring of the whole moral problem of our that the vast majority of us, no matter today human world what our - professions or church relations, accept as our of values and rule of conduct the sordid and false measure standard which the temporary form of society in which we What does the world say to us most us. live imposes upon plainly, most forcibly? This: "Your great business is to get ahead commercially, to be It, to get power, to be rich, to And if we fail in any hold office, to control things." enterprise, our failure seems a great calamity. To lose a fortune, to drop down from financial independence to penury, to fail in business, to lose the place of master and have to beg for a job, is counted far worse than stealing is counted as shameful as a crime, becomes big stealing less than a nothing tragedy, and thousands of homes are wrecked hopelessly by it. Now let me set over against that way of valuing life the standard by which religion values life. What does life mean from the view point of religion? How does a really religious - - think of life? man We can best find the answer to that question by seeing how some man whom we all regard religious lives his life, and what his valuation of things First of all, take the Jesus put in words the meaning of his life, because every to religious does. Pilate, man case of Jesus. It wasn't necessary for is bound to reveal that in what he meaning But Jesus did put his purpose in words, for when a few hours before he sentenced Jesus to be crucified, asked him what he was was I born and for this living for, Jesus replied: cause am I come I should bear witness to the truth." 21 8 as is. better statement of what religion "To this end into the world, that I don't know of any for any man who means |
