The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-10-15

enough to cause US both to blush and to
fear. The causes are simply three, lst,
Human depravity; I'd, The ailuren1ents
of the world, and Sd, The power OF the
Devil. believe the doctrine Of origi-
ndlsin or nnfirc dcprnrfty. No other
theory will satisfactorily account for
the natural bias of the human mind tn
sinful volitions and acts, as also to an
other arrangement of the human heart
from God.
Hence we witnessthe universally Of
sin, making our world "the hold OF ev-
cry foul spirit, and cage uf every un-.
clean and hateful bird" And nothing
but the sovereign and distinguishing
grace OF God can remedy this sad defect
of the human soul; this mournful inher-
itance by the fall Without change Of
heart--of views and dispositions the
power OF Gods grace, men will, In their
natural blindness and folly, roll sin ms q
sweet morsel under their tongues. They
will go on from sin To sin, ''increasing
unto more ungodliness, ""waxing worse
and worse, until they run to an excess
OF riot, and work all uncleanness with
grcediness." because sentence against
an evil work Is not executed speedily,
therefore the heart OF the sons Of men Is
fully SO. In them to do evil"
When men commit the gross sins OF pro-
family and Sabbath dcsecration uncheck-
ea; when they will raise and circulate low
and degrading reports without any just
ground, against tho ministers Of the
gospel, to inIurc their character anu to
destroy their influence, and these reports
are readily believed; when they will for
sake their own wives aud households
and bestow upon other women that spe-
cial affection and attention which arc
justly duo to their own families, and
/ this Sin1ntinn # hn "a
Is winked at in the community, or In
the church. When men will build or
rent dance houses, or houses Of ill-fame
aud encourage them when they will
build grog shops, and supply them with
strong drinks, and thus contrary to the
laws of God, the well being of society,
and the good of tho bodies, souls aud
estates OF their fellow men, encourage
drunkenness, all from some pique Of
party or love of paltry gain; and still
more when officers themselves, from
-omc fear or loss of honor or gain to
themselves or Others, or from want Of
mora: courage anu OF fidelity in the dis
charge OF duty, fail in carrying the laws
into effect to check any or all these evils;
and all this falls like dead weight upon
the community, without awakening an
intelligent and determined resistance:
yea, stiil more when horse racing, and
women racing, and greasy pig racing.
ana baby shows, are publicly hernlded
abroad to our shame, and practised
among Us In the name of Cedar county,
ana putting our county fairs upon q
gambling basis; thus undermining the
morals OF the community; degrading tho
human family nearly fourteen times
below the brute beasts upon cash basis,
according to their respective premiums:
disgusting the intelligent and moral
sense of the community; rolling back
the car Of civilization for centuries tn
Grecian games, aud Spanish sights, and
heather festivals. l must ask, in the
name of common sense, and I'm the name
of the civilization Of the 10Th century,
and in the name ofmy master, whether
/ the foundations of society are not being
/ destroyed? and whether human dcprav-
ity Is not rapidly developing' II Is
surely high time for us to awake out of
sleep; high time for us to stop and think
! whittier we are drifting lest the sad In
! quiry of the text be forced upon US,
What can the righteous do?"
The dUureHeats Of the world aid in the
rapid development in evil Of tho per.
vcrted powers 0fthe human un ierstand-
ing, will! and affections. TIL " are but
the twill o. the wisp" that leads its in
| fatuated followers into the destructive
'"p' hSy oAN N0tiSu, atITICIIst, anu
ruinous to many especially our youth
We are no advocates oflow pleasures, or
champions of the flesh rs against the
spirit. Rioting and rowdiness are distast-
ful to every well regulated community.
We hesitate uot TO assert that the lower
pleasures shouidb be sacrificed to the high
er;the bestial to the human; the sensual TO
the rational; and the passionate to the mo-
raj We wantamusements.b but they sho d
be such that their tende .cies and results
would be improving to our physical.
mental, and moral being. Every form
of anus ement is In danger of being at
tended with indecency, vulgarity, and
even brntishness. So that the friends
of good order and good morals are bound
to guard them, lest "evil conmunica-
tions corrupt good manners" Espe-
cially should We guard our children and
youth against any OF their seductive in
tluences The proverb is, Youth are
the hope of the church, Under God
this is true. But alas. what falling
Off there is now in their right training
How negligent are we-how much for
show, and how little for princpe-how
do we encourage vanity and pride, last
and mammon, instead of Bible knowl-
edge and genuine piety. Parental in
duigence l. sacrificing our youth in this
fast age to mammoil, IA much as the IS
raelitcs of old sacrificed theirs to Mo-
loch. Faithful family training in our
day has gone back. like the sun Oh the
dial of Ahaz, more than ten degrees
The few parents and teachers who en-
deavor to be faithful find their authori-
! ty riaiculed, their ailectionate interest
nuIliiicd, and their children and pupils
| influenced by others to deceive and re-
/ bel; Under the loose training Of our
/ beloved youth In the church, and out of
! il, amidst the ensnaring amusements by
| which they are surrounded, the evil ex-
amples to which they are exposed, and
the unhallowed associations of evil per-
sons, books, and customs 10y which they
are unduly influenced, hundreds and
thousands of thera, are being decoyed
from the paths of purity and virtue, Of
usefulness and honor, and are fastening
down to ruin, even before they reach
manhood and wolnanhood. And is it
not high time to awake and realize
the truth, that this foundation of our
fiture safety and peace is being destroy
cd. and soon if not guarded and
strengthened, not even the righteous
/ can doanything to save the crumbling
! cdifice.
Al r. .Aln