MR. M'LAREN ON MODERN ETHICS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 865, 11 July 1910, Page 9

MR. M'LAREN ON MODERN ETHICS.

At- the Chinch of Christ, Vivian Street, yesterday, 3Jr. D. il.'Larcii, M.l'., spoke on "Tho Moral Standards of T.ra'lp and Humanit.v." Tho speaker opened by pointing out the danger of seeking to guide our lives by iwo differing standards of ethics. All moral teachers, including tiie Jowly Nazarono, had condemned the hypocrisy of formalism, which, gave, o.ne . standard of morals for SaMialh use and anmhei for our werjday business. The great re-

ligions of mankind had all recognised the importance* of the social factor of any moral standard accepted. Hoses tlio Law-givor hiul uinicd ai ami ring tho common good of his people in the code of laws he presented-—much of which was even Applicable to-day—and the doctrine of Christ was essentially that of human sympathy. Tho selfinterest test was upheld on the ground that it st<sod for personal liberty, but considering tho conditions undor which the masses lived in many lands to-day ho held that it was a pure mockery to speak of individualism in trade, and commerce as the guardian of either civil or personal liberty. Society was faced with the problem' that the moral standard of self-interest in business would not square with the Christian doctrine of love. The speaker rejoiced to find that the humanist standard was that which- was winning.