The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-21

ndnQ, thousands OIL mel are being
destroyed by their social surround
ings.
The Sabbath employment of men
may be given as another cause of the
righteousness noticeable among
men. The professional man, the bus
mess man, and the working man
need the Sabbath for. rest and reflec-
ton. What a small chance a man
has for moral and spiritual develop
ment where the Sabbath is taken
from him.
DR.. Macleod said truly, that with
out the Sunday, the church of Christ
could not as a visible society exist
on the earth; and may it not be said
that without the Sunday, a Christian
man has small chance Of maintaining
his Christian manhood? The men
whom the great companies keep am
ployed unnecessarily on the Lords
day, are being sadly wronged.
Another influence which operates
in keeping many men out of the
church is the drinking saloon, espec-
tally when it Is open on Sunday as
we'll as every other day. 1t Is one
of the mightiest foes Of the church
and Of manhood. The man who fire.
quents the saloon burns down the
bridge which connects him with the
church of Jesus Christ. There is abb
solutely no hope for that mans spir-
itual development so long as he is
welded to the saloon. A man cannot
stand with one foot in the saloon
and the other in the church. The two
institutions are too wide apart for
that. There may be men who pre-
tend to patronize both, but, If there
is ever a time when the devil visits
the church, 1t is when one of these
bar-room loafers takes his seat. in
Gods sanctuary. and passes himself
LON for q follower of Jesus Christ.
Remember, l would have all the pa
irons of the saloon attend church;
but l would have them give up the
saloon and not 'steal the livery OF
heaven, to serve the devil in" A
Christian man cannot long breathe
the moral atmosphere of the saloon
without finding 1t to be blighting to
his religious life and aspirations. III
Another reason for the ir%religious-
ness of men, is the grave fault Of
society in giving men a license which
lit does not give to women. - II
Certain immoralities in men are
overlooked, or at least lightly re-
garded by society, while the same
immoralities in women would result
| in casting them outside the pale of
responsibility. Thus what is toler-
lated in men is not tolerated in women
for a single moment. This state of
things invites men to indulge in prac-
tices which logically lead them out
of religious paths and out of touch
with religious environments. 1 con-
tend that we have no right to apply
two different standards of morality
to the sexes. The man should be
Judged by the same strict standard
which we Judge the woman by. I do
not say that our treatment of woman
is always fair. 1t is unfair, for ex-
ample. for society to make an out
cast Of q woman guilty of n lapse
In moral conduct, and at the same
time to open its arms and invite
to all the social honors and func-
tons, the nan guilty of a hundred
lapses. Why should the larger list
of sins be condoned so freely and
the n sin be left unforgiven? What
greater right has a man to society's
forgiveness for error than q woman?
Why then should the man not suffer
equally with the woman for wrong
doing? Why should not a woman be
given as good a chance as a man to
rise to the heights OF moral excel
Hence?
As a further answer to this ques-
tion bearing on mems neglect Of the
church. I remark that the preaching
Is not always Of the right sort to
attract men. Sermons which do not
deal with human life and expert
ences; sermons which are lacking in
vigor and strength and p-racticalness;
sermons which do not bear on the
vital and fundamental principles Of
Christianity; sermons which reveal
little or nothing about the great prob
lens pertaining to human existence.
will not be apt to draw men into
the church. Living, struggling,
tempted men want sermons that viii
bring them help and comfort and
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