Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-17

aIyzed One---The Next Talk Will
be Given Next Sunday.
A large audience gathered yesterday
afternoon in the M. e. church, to hear
the first of the "Ten Talks on the
Reasons for the Virtues, which was
given by Prof Whyte of the UNIVERSE
ty faculty. Prof. Whyte was as
signed the third commandment for
his special topic, and for half an hour
held the undivided attention of the
audience by very forcihle and prac-
tical address on this everyday topic
and everyday sin. He said in part:
"There is an eminent need of such
a course of practical talks on the fun
damental virtues. The age is at
tempting to lay aside the ten COM
mandments as worn out and unneces-
sary, and it is extremely timely
to have discussions which shall awake
public opinion along these righteous
lines. The man who tries to hide
! his sin behind the excuse, that the
Idecalogue was laid aside by Christ
when he added to the ten an eleventh
commandment, is coward, who has
not the manliness to own up to his
guilt.
The need of this course is very plain
in the consideration of the first topic
1.-The third commandment. Every
day on every street, in the hearing Of
every one, it is broken time and again.
The breaking of this commandment
has become d popular sin, and how to
eradicate the evil is serious problem.
The sacredness Of God the father
must be kept holy. We have too lit
tie of the reverence which the good
Catholic shows when he enters the
sanctuary for the presence of the Lord.
We pray HHallowed be thy name, I"
and then go out and hear that same
name reviled, and smile because it
sounds sssmart.o The man who
would use the queen of Great Britian's
manner that some men use the name
of the King of Kings on our streets,
would be knocked down before he had
time to finish. Yet ''the name that
is above every name is taken and
mouthed by the lowest and vilest, and
carelessly, wantonly made sport of by
the libertine and debauchee
I. Reasons why the third command
ment should be kept
/. The name of the Father, the
Son and the Holy Spirit are holy
and sacred.
g The love of the Father for the
world, expressed in the life and
death of his son, should command
the highest respect.
3. Christians bear the name of
Christ; therefore, for the sake of
the noblest and the best in the
world, reverence should be paid to
the name.
4. If We love me, We will keep my
commandments.
H. Some causes for profanity.
l. In the boy-the desire to be
manly. A splendid commentary on
manhood.
2. The desire to be emphatic. A
man shows his poverty of speech
when he uses profanity for empha-
sis. 1t is poor, poor English.
3. Heredity is the cause. A poor
excuse. The heritage of heredity
does not have 10 te accepted. An
inherited sin is not to be surren-
dered to but fought against.
4. lntidelity, unbelief, breed con-
tempt for the name and personality
of Christ.
III. A Cure for profanity
/. Is it a disease? Yes, conta-
gious disease, but its cure lies deep
er than appetite. 1t is in the
heart.
2. You can not grow a rose from a
cabbage seed. Out of an impure
heart will come impurity.
3. Cures that have been tried.
Just determine to quit it. Get
some one to kick you every time
you swear and then, as others have
done, you will have to eat your
meals standing at the mantelpiece.
4. The will is the instrument.
but it must be applied to the cause,
not the result. There must be a
heart change. There must be a
new song in the heart, then the lips
will be true to life, as they are al
ways.
In closing, will you allow me to say
a word in regard to profanity among
women. Burns said the creator tried
his apprentice hand ON man and then
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