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al viii be catalogued az among the
worst OF sins In Gods sight And there
h. no sin. I believe, which will he more
condemned than that sin so often prac-
tlced by women with pretty fnces.
which IL called the sin of illrtationa
sin which sometimes not only destroys
all mans true appreciation OF wo-
mans honor. but Will sometimes send
u man into u drunkard's grave and
into suicides eternity.
Shall the world honor the handsome
face Of Lord Byron when one realizes
TO what base uses he put that hand
some face? If you would read one OF
the vilest and the most Disgusting reve-
iations OF depravity. all that you have
20 do is to turn the pages Of "childe
Harold" which Is believed 10 lie an
autobiography, and know what Eng
lands handsome poet was able to ac-
cOmplish for the degradation OF the
human race Oh, men and women. be-
cause sin Is masked behind n beautiful
cOunteiance. remember II does not
cease 10 be sin. God blasts the sin Of
IA handsome Saul, and he will blast the
sins OF our modern lecherous and adul-
ferrous Lotharios as well Pity Samuel
for clinging TO the handsome Saul II
you will. but do not condemn him I'M
less you condemn all the men aud wo-
men who make excuses for the modern
Don Juans because OF their charm or
their beauty.
Friends Who Are Wrong.
I know II Is hard to turn our hacks
upon some friends when We know they
are doing wrong know that some Of
those friends WELD a powerful inau-
ence over our lives There Is hreezl-
ness. freshness. an originality about
some of them that holds us To them like
magnet We know. furthermore that
Some of those wicked friends love us
with devoted love. but II we do not
break away from them IN time their
sins will corrupt us. There Is an old
proverb which says. 'If man breaches
what he does not believe. after awhile
he believes what he breaches" That Is
true. but another fact Is also true II
you make bosom friend out OF one
who Is living contrary To ali that you
believe 10 be right. after awhile you
Will begin to sin as he sins and do as
he does. You cannot Systematically as.
soclate with an evil minded person and
not in time become evil minded your
self And the more fascinating the
friend the quicker your own spiritual
ruin.
What right have you to go with a
man or woman who will tell an i'm
moral story? And | would warn my
hearers Of both sexes ON this subject.
for there are certain women who are
just as shameless In listening 10 such
stories rs are some men. What right
have YOU to go with men who are loose
In their morals or with those who make
light of the purity of the home? What
right have you to make bosom com
paniOns out Of those who do not honor
the house of God aud all that the house
OF God stands for? What right have
you 60 yoke yourself In business part
nership with man whom You have TO
watch every moment for fear he viii
bring scandal and disgrace on the
name OF the firm: Did your Christian
father and mother ever 20 with such
associates as you select for your daily
companions? Would you he willing TO
have your companions make the coarse
remarks before your wife or children
which they often laughingly make be
fore youf Either you must lift your
daily companions up TO your moral and
spiritual level or else they will drag
you down TO theirs. and there IS no cx-
ception 10 the rule. Have you right
TO associate with sinners and expect
to escape becoming In time II companion
with them In their sins?
The Bands Of Authority.
But there was another reason why
Samuel chung TO the royal apostate.
Saul was king He had been anoint-
ed by the order of the Lord God Al
mighty. He had been selected from
all the tribes TO rule over Israel. There
was a certain sanctlty about him. OF
course he had proved false TO his
trust. but still Saul was king As king
the people had been taught 10 do him
reverence. The hardest bands 10
break are the bands OF regal authority.
We are ready to send the common thief
to the penitentiary. but we hate TO I'M
peach the honesty OF those who have
been placed over US In properly con
stltuted authority. And yet when the
king does wrong should he not suffer?
When the president Of the United
States or legislator or governor or
a mayor does wrong, should ne not also
suffer? And when wlckcdness and cor
ruption fasten themselves upon our
political life should we not by the
grace OF God cast on those sins and
also cast OFF those politicians who are
responsible for the moral obliquity?
had this truth most wonderfully