Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-12-05
sBNMON
BY Hsv. VauGhn S. ool!ns at SCOT, M
.. Church.

By rev. Vaughn S. Ooil.ns 1t Scott N
.. Churoh.
An Overlooking audience, requiring
seats In the aisles, listened with enrap
tured attention on Sunday evening Il
a sermon by the Rev. Vaughn s. Col
Inns from the text, "Thou shalt no
commit adultery" Elk. XXI, 4
which We reproduce only in part.
Let US search into the meaning o.
this seventh commandment
| Were | asked tonight the most
fruitful cause ofsorroW, sin and suffer.
ing in our land to day, l should un.
hesitatlngly say intoxicating drink.
Were rsked what Is the second on
the list, would answer lust. Intoxl-
eating drink | would call the king Of
evils, and he finds fitting consort In
his hellish work in lust. These two
tyrants, king and queen, are to my
mind, Satan's vicegerents in this
world. They cit high on their throne
OF power. AT their Joint command
there goes forth plague worse than
the ten plaques Of Egypt.
fear there is entirely too little
preaching, and decidedly too little
talk even among private circles. 1t
may seem strange, but II is true-men
and women both there are In numbers
who are guilty OF breaking this seventh
commandment, and they break It un-
blushingly and continually. Yet should
the preacher dare 10 call the sin by its
right name they would hold their
hands in horror, fit is wrong for
the preacher TO speak Of your sin, Is it
not million-iold worse for you to
cOmmitit2
And how shall you be told OF the
truth and the danger in which you
stand If not from the pulpit For you
will not listen to private cow ersalion
upon these alarming evils No matter
how guilty you might be, you would
curl your lip in assumed honorable in
dlgnation, and say, "You talk as
though l did such things, bring your
proof or shut up, l will not listen to
such talk from you or any other man."
shall speak plain truth to day. The
Lord called me to preach the truth as
find 1t In this book and in nature, and
to tell the people what the Lord has
expressly declared in His word.
The plain meaning of the text is: Be
faithful TO the one to whom you have
been married.
Current reading and observation
persuade the idea that very few men
or women, married or single, have an
adequate idea as to what are the recip-
rocal duties of married life. How
many men understand the duties owed
10 q wife2 How few women know
what God says in his word is required
Of the woman that assumes the duties
Of wife and molher2
And why this ignoranceP Because
the preacher is afraid he will be mis-
understood, and misrepresented, If he
dare touch the subject. Parents are
afraid to teach the children for fear
they will get the minds OF the children
too much engrossed with the subject.
Newspapers and authors will not write
shout 1t, for they know that such writ
ing Is not popular.
And so they pander 10 the popular
mind for something sensational. And
what Is the resultf Our young people
grow into manhood and womanhoOd,
and all they know of the duties OF life,
Of Its dangers and its follies, they have
been taught by dime novels and a Ii
centiOuS stage, and men and women OF
the lower grade who delight to regale
innocent young folks with obscene
stories of all kinds, and so our young
folks go out into life thinking II a
grand thing to have secret correspon-
dGnce and secret meeting and love. in
trigues.
Poor, simple ones. They think that
after all 1t will come out right, and
they viii marry q grand hero or
beautiful heorino just like 1t said in the
novel, and 1t is because of such igno.
rance that want us to find out what
the Bible says about marriage.
1. Marriage is holy; instituted by
our perfectly holy and pure God. who
cannot look on sin with any degree Of
allowance,
The first marriage was subllmely
beautiful (Gen. H. The Garden
of Eden surrounded by four rivers
whose currents sing their way. 10 the
sea over sands Of gold and pebbles of
bdellium and onyx. The trees laden
with luscious fruit and amid the leafy
arbors the songsters of heaven are
making the very air vocal with praise
to the Creator. Flowers blooming on
every hand and their rich perfume
lading the breezes with their fra
GRANGE. Ga bed of moss surrounded
by lilies of the valley lies Adam In
that deep sleep the Lord had sent
upon him, and ut the voice of God he
awakes to find issuing from bower
OF roses the most perfect vision of
loneliness his eyes eyer yet beheld,
see him as he starts back amazed
aud bowildered. Such eyea Such
featuresl Such forml And God
speaks; "Adam, plying thy lonell.
ness among all the beautiful things Of
creation, have made this being the
most beautiful and all for thee; thy
companion. Thy second self. Thy
help meet. join right hands amid the
fragrance OF flowers, the choral OIL
birds, the mtlodiou5 dlaphason of the
four flowing rivers, the luxuriance of
natures rich verlure and hear the
voice Of your God make you one for
ever.
Gods law by Moses gave the pen
atty Of death to disobedience OF this
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