Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-12-29
Sermon by RObt. H. Curry.
Athens. Tam, Dec. 90. 1898:

Athens, Tenn, dec. 20, 1875
Text Deuteronomy, chap; IS verse.
Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
Adultery 10 the DEVILS counterfeit OF
love. There IL nothing on earth more
beautiful than = pure love, and there is
nothing 30 blighting az lust. do not
know OF . quicker or shorter way down
TO hell than by adultery and the kind
red sins condemnsd by this command
mont The Bible says that with the
heart man beli0Veth unto righteousness
but Whoredom and wine and new wine
take away the heart. Lust will drive
ell natural affections out OF mans
heart. For the sake Of some vile har,
lot be will trample on the feelings and
sntreatios Of a sRinted mother and beau
titnl wife and godly sister. Young
men, are you leading an impure life?
Suppose Gods scales should drop down
before you, what would you do? Are
you I'll for the kingdom OF heaven? You
know very we'll you are not. You
loathe yourself When you look upon
that pure wife or mother, you say what
vile wretch / am. The harlot lie
bringing me down to an untimely and
dishOnored grave. May God show Us
what = fearful sin 1t is. The idea OF
making light OF it. do not know OF
any sin that will make man run down
to ruin more quickly. am appalled,
when think Of what is going on In the
world; of so many young men living
impure lives, and talking about the vir-
tue OF women as il 1t didn't amount to
anything. This sin ls coming in upon
US like food at the present day. In
every city there is an army OF prosti-
tutes, and young men by hundreds ut
terly ruined by this Accursod sin.
think that the worst thing the
sun shines on in America 10 the way =
woman 10 treated after she has been
ruined by . man under fair promises Of
marriage. Some one said that when the
prOdigal son came homo he had the
best robe and the Satted calf, but what
does the prodiRal get? Although che
may have been more sinned against
til an SHINING, she Is cast out and ostra
; Iciied by society. She is condemned tC
an almost helpless life Of degradation
and shame, sinking step by step into !
loathsome grave, unless she hurries hel
doom by suicide. But the wretch who
has ruined her in body aud soul hold
his head as high as ever and society 1t
taches no stain 10 him. II he had fail
ed to pay his gambling debts or was de
tected in cheating 81 cards, be wOulC
be promptly dropped by society; but h
may boast of his impure life and hi
com paniOns will think nothing Of it
Parents who would not allow thei
daughters to become acquainted with
D man who is rude in manners, sometime
4 do not hesitate TO accept the society @
men who are known to be impure. YO
t may talk about stealing, but the ma
who steals the virtue OF a woman ID th
meanest, hlthiest thing that ever wa
4 on the face OF the earth. One who gOe
into courthouse and steals your none
q is an angel compared with the vile iii
n ertina who takes tho virtue Of your eli
ter, or steals the affection OF your wifi
q No sneak thief that ever walked th
- earth is so mean as he. A few days 90
/ saw q trial which almost madO N
" blood run cold to see how and what VI
men were made to bear. The trial o
y CURED in the town Of Athens. I don
N think ever heard . more pointed arg
ment than that made by Mr.. N. Q. A
" lon for the innocence OF the poor, u
" fortunate girl, and yet no doubt IL th
: young man had been on trial for d
% murder OF that young lady, be prObAb
a would have been hung for murder. Y
he has committed far worse crime AT
has got of with the light sentence
a. one year In the penitentiary. How m,
- pass laws to protect their property. b.
Is when that which is far nearer and deS
lie or 20 them than money is taken, IL
70 made light Of. If a man should push
young lady into the river and she shou
% be drowned, the law would lay hold
him and he would be tried for murd
and hung, but IL be wins her afsecti
and ruins her, and then casts her o
isn't be worse than . murderer The
y are some sins that ara worse than mt
der and that is certainly one Of thel
If some one should treat your wife
sistr 30, you would want to shoot hI
down as you would dog. Why do y,
not treat all women az you would 70
wife OF sister? What law Of justice Il
gives the obscene bird OF prey while
kicks. out OF its path the soiled q
bleeding dove.
p Do you believe that God will allC
this internal thing TO 60 On-wom
bearing all the blame while guilty M
go unpublished? God has appointed
day when he will judge this world
righteousness and the day is fast a
; preaching. II you are guilty of this s
do not let the day pass until you repeI
II you are living in some secret sin,
! fostering impure thoughts, make
your mind that by the grace of God y
are going to be delivered from. / dOl
!. believe a man who is guilty of this q
is ever going TO see the kingdom Of q
unless be repents in sack cloth and az
es and docs all he can 10 make restil
: tiOn. The Lord Jesus tells Ne that
~ do not have to commit tho act In ord
to be guilty Of this vile crime, but eli
l. ply looking on a woman to lust after
L has committed adultery already In /
= heart Matthew spa God apssd /
n day when this vile and wicked ain v
% cease, when this torture Of the fair .
IN Of America viii have an end, when I
10 virtue % our daughters will be wOr
n more than the gamblers drink. VII
d our Bible will reign supreme IN eve
In home, when our law makers will rec,
In nike the virtue Of innocent girls q
d women 10 be worth more than none
II pray again, o God, give ne more n
rs who will stand b. the great pFincip
sr Of right regardless Of the enemy OF Z
souls, who a. trying with all his mig
70 destroy the peace and security OF {
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