The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-03-29

out thought or care the evil that they
: do.
, But Jesus has shown us clearly
4 that in the Christian economy that
man is guilty of our stated sin who
/ harbors lust within his heart. Ana
! although in the last ANALYSIS the
man who commits overt sin is guilty
OF SHINING 10 a greater degree than
/ the man who but pollutes his mind
with evil desires and unholy thoughts.
Vet both are directly disobedient TO
| the will Of God and the way Of each
/ is the highroad unto death And |
am not sure but that more OF us are
guilty OF the latter infringement OF
the law than OF the former. Many 4
man and many woman who would
not dare TO go the full length OF open
evil, will do themselves real damage
and endange. the safety OF their i'm
mortal souls through the harboring
OF unSodlY, sensual thoughts. And
OF two things | am very positive or
which the first is this: that il is hard
CT TO keep the mind clean than To re-
frain from outward evil: and the sec
ond is this, that pure thoughts will
induce and produce uprightness OF
act. II as James said, II is easier 10
control horse than the tongue | am
sure that il is easier TO control the
tongue than the mind. And the truth
Of God is this, that steadfast endeav-
or for purity ~ heart and mind will
meet with sure success and will AS
sgre nobility Of action.
We need a sanctihed purity of
life. am disgusted and would
he disheartened, did l not trust in
God, over The amount of unblushing
gv VI N a | m
sonal experiences. Men who are sure
that immortality is fair for men but
woefully wrong for the wives OF men.
Women who boast that the men they
know have seen The seamy side OF
life and who love them better for IL.
Mere girls who think that the only
way 10 reap wheat is 10 SOW wild oats
"a theory that only works in the
seeding and harycstin Z Of sin. Moth
ers and fathers who are 50 lost TO
shame that they desire their sens to
indulge themselves i'm a little of all
sorts OF evil that they may be men of
real experience. Such nonsense as il
is, and oh, the folly OF it all For
sooth the only way to cleanliness OF
heart is through the depth OF sin
they would have MS think. The only
way 10 Christ is through the depths
OF hell
1t is MOI so. ! know ignorance is
rot necessarily virtue. And con-
trariwise, am heartily in favor
OF the proper and godly iustruc-
tion Of our youth cI both sexes upon
the mighcy and central Truths and
mysteries of human life. But the
true way to wisdom is not through
vicious and degrading personal eX-
perionce with sin, but rather at our
mothers knees. The right way ia
knowledge is through the true and
noble teachings OF men and women
whose experience * untouched with
sin. No man is a better man because
he has drunk the cup OF sin TO the
dregs. The only experience that is
ctcrnally worth while is the expert
ence that rs good, upright, inspiring.
Resistance to temptation is Of much
value 10 give power but a fall into
sin does no man the highest good.
We want to insist that morals
are most OF importance in this
world. No uuclean man deserves the
hand and the loyalty Of a pure WON.
an None bar the clean deserve tho
fair. The man of unChaste life de.
serves Ostracism as much If not more
than The woman who has sinned.
Those flagYant pOlygamists who
nauut their sin before our faces IN
der The guise OF legal marriage de-
serve Our scOrn no less than does the
roIygamy OF Mormouism. The man
Of uuclcan life has no right 10 ths
hearts of the irae wOmanhOOd OF this
country, and for my part We're ]
woman I would rather live and die
unmarried and earn my bread by the
sweat of my brow than to risk my
earthly happiness into the hands OF
any man of immoral life, no matter
what his wealth, position or ability
might be. The womanhood OF This
country should preserve the yirju" OF
this land and should put premium
upon nobility of character and saEcti-
~ OF life
The need to-day is not so much
for schools for the culture OF
the intellect and for instruction
i'm the arts and sciences the
need is rather for colleges where
the art OF pure living and the practice
OF virtue may be taught The world
wants not more brains first, but more
character. The Importance OF clean
living and high thinking must be
taught and preached as paramount
and fundamental-ior they are the
/ centre ana the circumference OF all
life. The integrity OF the marriage
relation must bp maintained The
demand for "A moral manhood as rs.
Sential TO any and all success must
De enforced. Men must be made ID
understand that purity Is the stand
ard OF true worth, and that cleaD
manhood is real might
We must educate our youth TO the
value OF goodness. We must teach
our girls that character is more OF &C.
count than any material requirement
or possession. We must tell our boI'
that manliuess is Dot recklessness,
but rectitude; that only the pure life
pays. Aud tell them why.
How to Lose Ground.
Cod hath thousand KEYS 20 open
a thousand doors for the deliveTance