Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-12-15
sss.y U.sc NATION WcnI
10 SMASH.

The n~iottils ~, %! q huinau liz. i
q tragic mystery: eyer mare AWFUL i
80. i.Aii. vi 4 rat,pn. The obserVan
i"f:;op nan considers The nations II
our on., ,i.ar which seem TO be ON III
l"li - -~xtinctioa cannot i..i! 10 Sc,
'as:t u.c rnuSts OF GeAth are the sam,
IS those which wrough, tne ruin o
ancient kingcoMs II Eis patriotism
Dc k, 'E-eieed he viii he concerns,
"'l 'Hr manifest presence of soinr %
thee ".ins uf cay in h!s cruu
Try.
III" eiorg vi:.! j. t,lr hasi. "f ia.
present Sur.,ay school lesson leads 1t
'-f I" q t. 'l,ident th,. stand
l'ih, Of the good citizen All the pa
tr.rt. III Is n rotnn;ii" story. with lis
m*stcry u The irs; zen, tribes; but il l.
tragic III tn" narrative u. the com
pete overthrow aud destruction OF the
l"t,hem kin.dpnl ot Israel by the
aSsyria,: power.
or WHAT rHs NATION DIED.
Lin. upon li!.- pretc1, upoi, precepl,
tii' story makes iil:tin Tint the king
ion persisted brcaus. ii nsd gone ba elk
oi .,-uov.h. II LOST ils religion before
Il los, Is HE vnicti IL always true ut
I, d..ca,icul nation. lnis IA ,o mars
liolS ~ h'.sls. tut 4 de-r, unse.i:iEs
and VEL lercsn.asd principle.
Dean t'a.rar wrote, touching This
port Eva u N"cniAV-.!i, vool i.l.i
'y"i.ui al.i aHia.in2s 49, was his
Sex Niit!s!... luul.l se,. a;l !. .nlit .hai
f,jihfuiness 10 religion 70 TIE secret of
IN" i,p?;h'ss "ni prosperity OF states,
Al i;re.i2inns society tends Inevitably
"a. hes"r.. = ':isso!r.r society. ANA II
'ls4p.Eis $nei-,y * lir most tragic
spn, ;arlr wiiai history l,ns ever 10
present = meet OF disease. NJ jetlouss,
:" disstu-ioi.e. 81 ruin AID usS;)aIl.,
"hns- laal HOPE is "a be washed Of
W. world ;.id DISAPPEAR. such .'";ie-
t!ss must ale souncr on la,sf OF their
o".i .nnslrt-. af .:,eir " %corruption.
lerit.s Me- Infection u. evil. SPREADING
l,it" %,ilb"ni,ie i. N~-iilshutss. -v.r inter.
Saying aml reproducing pass:uns H!.icil
'-f-ti i.'ali uWn ain, cau l+.er eilt IN
niiNi'.ii's bui m"inl dissolution.
FOLLOWING BAD pAcHioNS.
..acsr tnuiish lftc,.!.@- lUs; their t--
ils'"a and. consequently t.:.ir nstiorai
ine.-'ii,-- IL. au':r nj "a vain desire TO
lai-nrn' 10 w. insaio:s SO, ~ s.,-
%l',.'".n@ n";i".is. 1rue, ll.cf we've
NGs'ed !" h.. y pecH.iar rsu..e. bill they
S~es' 40! "a, nave enjoyed being p.-
culiar. ~" .Iore tlan ii twentieth cen-
,''s ''' ~ ~'s''S -btltiA IrsN tGtt -
h"nnet Tlis ~ erness To conform ia
N.y Indicative az the peoples
r'criit&. u: is the .yoas.s person and
tot the strong. tipc man. who is dis
turbt'i nttr III. thought OF being differ.
ani from other peop.r.
Az :,iM,a. ,srae, were iationa with
mHny g0is. P~o.ytheix:n Was prantlceJ
urivsrs '!ly. Moreover. those religious
parinitte! II license which was forbid
don In fha toMf tyhN tN.xtt ,,.a>. A..
rigorous sway " tae Decalogua. His
Cod. too. wac Invisible and exa,.anR.
while the eOls az the nations had
grove. aud uteiisks and Images and
iHn!ly rites a!il iestivals. besides ask
inS diiit with respect to conduct. III
snort. lhr fashion seemed Il pleasant
one T." tae i:rGeliteS.s anl go they went
~" way OF their neighbours. And, AS
Usually happens with those who blind
" RUN WITH the crowd. they ran into
i,i.s, ht.f.
WHEN RELIGION is LEFT OUT.
This led to gave er,ur--an error
that IS fundamental in an individual
a. IN Il .late Tn Israeiltes neglected
their spiritual lite. They became sepa- !
in'ei flom Cod; their old relations Ut
Intimacy were severed. ind they be-.
: nm that p.t!uhle spectacle. "A peopla
Without any religious sensibliities.
Vhls Ia the charge thai the lesson text
brings with Iteration ixrnel no gone
nt,er IDOLS. mud gone back on Jehovah.
INK had ri iaft reached il condition /
OF intslerab'e spiritual deafness.
There " IL limit to even the divine !
t0rbenrantG, and the northern Kingdom
his reached that limit. Through gen.
"f iniatninE Jehovah had been !
rntlant With them. With Infinite ten. !
.,sfn4ss y love hs had sought 10 WOO /
tn.n, back. but they only hardened
et Justice FELL The losicul .nnss. !
n'entay ut reputation OF eodlia4s
We're allowed to work GU Ia national
ClSasla. and ext,nt ton.
WHEN A NATION SINS.
The s,nily IL vocal with the old truth
thht God has dealincA with pa;ions ~
we'll MS with man. He requires certain /
uet'es III the state. ae well M Of the
t~hctvsunal. Il whole nation sins
: whole nation suffers. 1t In as posi-
nis i"' IL hatf0n To he All apOstate an
t"r " man or m This IL q truth
or these times. ana n truth for this
%estern world. which has from earl.
est days been kcenly alive IN y sersa
~ rs divine mIssion.
What mean these stories ut shame. !
!.xs ~eOrrrpttor In cities: OF the power
~ special i%rihease In Legislatures: Of
10y ."''.r.' u TSsls" U. crime: az tho
uniniEtak'b t~eHtercy tn DISREGARD
the s,'nct!ty and orderly processes nf
INV: "f the se!:lsh. ruthless. aelf.nx.
power ri great =
lions: NJ the decline OF Sunday oh.
servance. and of the widespread pres.
a'erce o: certain groes forms Of vice
amcn~ the ysung. Let W. pause for n
moment In nur ccndemna tion or rsrnel :
and ask II the same forces are 70 any
degree ut work IN our own bnrdets.
vANtsA9o eoWeRe.
There insy be caateway natiOne M
we'll rs cns:away lives The later ara
q rad spectaclc. Who a lcos un. ;
novel ron y nfc which God meant /
e reign: as 4 lies waited and broken.
HON fuH the world II 1T these shiD-
WRECKS. characters which should ~
p'crdIy sasltnE life's xeas. bearinr cur
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