The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-03-08
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create an obscene cancer upon the
fair face of Civilized Society,
have no right to intrude upon the
pathway of aspiring sons of men,
or to nauseate the atmosphere
where virtuous women are want to
be. No male or female, who them
selves are bathed in iniquity, has a
right to intrude themselves into the
society of honor, or the society
that bears the name of purity,
peace and dignity. Their habita-
ton should be that of seclusion,
shut out from the observation of
children and hid away where the
pollution of their ignoble words
and deeds shall find no escape to
vitiate the air or poison the minds
of the children Of light.
We have in our city two elements
of humanity; two forces graphing
with each other for the supremacy
and control in social and religious
ldiction. One of them battles to
eradicate the city of vice and crime
1t proposes to exalt the name of
Christ; to establish a society found
ed upon principles of morality
moderation and equity; and by its
persuasive imputations it seeks to
subvert the communicating influ-
ences that arise by reason of un.
wholesome environment which ex-
lists III our midst. The other has
for its eneyitable end the downfall
of morality and irreverence for God
Its society would be one of profan-
ity, obscenity and illiteracy, It
offers to mankind inducements
leading to depravity, sensuality,
and lndecorum. 1t opens the door
ways to Vice and Crime and in
vites all GLASSES to succumb to its
ravages and yield allegiance to its
standards. But Notwithstanding
all this, the struggle between these
two elements admits of no conject-
ure as to the future of Spanish
Fork. At present the moral stat
us seems to be on the decendancy.
There is more lewdness, less culture
and greater amount of irrever-
ence today than has hitherto exist
ed, the efforts of our schools and
churches Notwithstanding.
As consequence of the example
paraded before the young by old
miscreants who, not knowing bet
ter, reyel in sin and faunt them
selves drunken and wrapped in
rags of profanity upon the street,
and who, day by day night after
night, concenter themselves like
so many vultures around some
half eroded carcas at the "bowler's
den," consider these facts: 1t is no
exageration to say that sixty per
cont of the boys-and some of the
glrls-between the ages of eight
and thirty profane the name of
Dlety. We hear it from their lips
in their play; we hear it as they
cluster IN groups upon the streets;
we hear it from the lad on horse
back and from those who work in
the fields. We hear it as freely and
as unhessitatingly spoken as we
hear the name of mother. The
latter, as should be, is always
spoken in honor. But the name
of God is used as by-word. lis
used in dishoner, is used to emph
aslze illusions of corrupt thoughts.
Verify, the Lord will not hold hlm'
guiltless that taketh his name in
VAN" But who are responsible
for this deplorabIe condition? Who
are to blame? We do not hesitate
to place the responsibility upon
the shoulders of the gamblers, the
carousers, and the "boosers.n The
places to which these resort are
corrupt and polluted. The very
atmosphere they breathe savors of
pollution, corrupts the mind, and
creates irriverence for God. In
the braln are photographed scenes
of obscenity and these reproduce
themselves in the form of appeals
to the passion in abnormal proper
tions The heart is enlarged by
reason of the profligate's intem-
perance; the veins stand prominent
because of his relaxation of MORALS:
and from his lips drops the slime
Of profanity ike ye}0mous shafts
in the pathway of the child.
With these appendages Of vice
and crime the sluggard obtrudes
himself into the presence Of child.
rem upon the streets, aud there.
with as certain destruction as that
of llerculnneum, the lava. the gas
es, and the rayages of polluted
soul are belched forth in liauifed
torrents over the heads of innocent
and defenceless childhood God
help us, it is terrible! But if We
hud these condition, H0lr what