The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

good." Selfishness prevails instead of love. The world,the flesh, and the devil are too strong for men, howeverdl-intentioned they may be, unless God is on their side.Bven the Communism of the saints in the time of theApostles, failed from this very cause (Acts IV, 3437; VI,I) ;-and if such men and women failed, how certainly willthe world at large fail! Sin and selfishness must be eradicatedbefore men are capable of successfully rulingthemselves or others.. This reason may be named theimpcrfct moral nature of man, due mainly to heredity andenvironment. His heart is not right.(2) A second important reason is, that no one, ruler orsubject, is perfectly sound in mind. We confine a certainsection of mankind in asylums and label them "insane."As a matter of fact, however, there is no one perfectlysane or sound of mind. What is insanity? Insanitysimply means lack af judgment; and I do not think anyonewill claim that he is perfectly sound (sane) in judgment.However wisely a man or a body of men may, rule,occasional errors in judgment are sure to occur. Theprincipal reason for this is the inability to read motives.Men can judge only by the hearing of the ear, and theseeing of the eye; they cannot read the heart. Thus "toerr is human" has become a proverb. This reason ofman's failure to govern successfully may be c.ailed theimperfect mental nature of man, due mainly to heredity.His head is not right.(3) A third reason, no less important than the others, isthat everyone is more or less physically imperfect. Someare a little stronger than their fellows, but all are more orless weak and prone to disease and accidents, and sooneror later everyone goes down into death. So long as deathreigns, there can mer be everlasting peace and contentment.Though every other cause of sorrow were removed, theloss by death of our nearest and dearest, and the knowledgethat sooner or later we also will require to die, mustnecessarily mar happiness. This reason may be called the21 .i