The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-11-01
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power and influence.
Thou shalt not steal" said Moses.
So says Christ to us. All that Moses
asked of Israel, Christ demands OF
America. No man can steal and be
plumb to the law of love. With the
entrance of Jesus the heart will seek
to give rather than to get; and with
the soul that walks with Moses God,
the right will ever reign supreme.
But despite all the unwholesome-
ness around us, the signs Of the
times presage a glorious transfor-
nation that is near at hand. What
ever may have been the evil sowing
of yesterday, and whatever may be
the alarming harvest of to-day, we
need not fear for the harvest Of to-
morrow. The Lord is coming into
His own. Society is coming to its
senses and better men are moving TO
the front. The, dormant will Of q
mighty people is awaking and woe
betide the wicked charlatan who
fails to see the writing on the wall,
or seeing, fails to heed it. And the
awakening will come. most largely, as
in the nature of the case It ought,
among the common people of the
land; those at whom the unphilo-
sophical slander is so often hurled
that they are not worthy to be trusted
because they are so tickle, so foolish
and so weak.
That a social regeneration and
moral revival is taking place in So
ciety no man may, with reason,
doubt. It is in the air. Men are ap-
plying moral standards that for
| years we have never, or seldom,
heard employed in the judging Of in
dividual and public actions. The
| newspaper to-day blazes the trail
ahead Of the pulpit, and many an ed
itorial handles the ethical cudgel
more forcefully and effectively than
many a sermon. Men, within anu
without the church, are asking FOR
more decisive, concrete, fearless ethl-
cal preaching from the pulpits Of our
land. Ecclesiastical authorities are
hesitant about receiving the money
of our tainted millionaires, not be-
cause they are convinced that money
itself can partake of the moral quail
ties of the individual who possesses
| it. NO matter how had man he may
be or however flagitic usly his money
| NAV have been acquired, Uut because
they do not want to become suspect
| ed of being receivers of stolen goods
| or lay themselves open to the charge,
Just or unjust, of compound1ng WICK
edness. Reform movements are rife,
and the bottom plank Of the reform
alton platform is, almost without ex-
ception, in substance, the Elgntn
Word of the Mosaic law.
Now and again we hear it said that
!. those VINO promise us reform will, IN
their turn, when they shall have en-
tered into power, exploit the people
| for their own advantage, as has been
kdone of yore. I do not believe that
/ this is So, as I read and interpret
4 tp-day's events; but Of this am
sure, that they who betray the con-
hdence of the people under the prom
ise of e clean reform, will go down,
at later day, to a political disaster
beside which the downfall of an Ar
mold will be counted tame.
Hand in hand with the moral
reformation, a religious revival which
| shall purify mems souls will sweep
the land. Spiritual blessedness and
"joy and peace in holy spirit" will
become the chief desire Of mems
! hearts. Having tried the comfort
/ that the. world gives and found 1t
faulty, men will seek the peace e>of God
which passeth all human comprehen.
sion, which the world cannot give and
| which the world cannot take away.
Let us place our trust in-the God of
Israel and of America. Let us facf
the fnture with cheer.