Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-05-05
SIN APPEARS IN
NEW FORM
By REV. p. p. WOAER
P..s~- 81 P.h Cs.sr~sstsse.i Ch~~h
So Ps.i. As.n-

IL Il doubtless true that the sinful
hear, OF man Is ever the same. but
sin itself changes its aspect as con
ditious change. II seems 20 me an
indispuiable proposition that such
change e one % the SPECIAL character
fstIes Of our time II Is still true that
there Is much Of the old-fashioaed
-rourdoirx in the world. like hatred
ard brutality. but u il no; these old
fashioned forms Of evil that the world
To-Day has 10 fear. They are gradually
ayinx out. TIE bizcksuinx sin % to
day sroxs out % the intsrdependeuee
% life. Under the present manner o.
living Es must rely upon others 20
Iook after our drains. invest our sa-
wings. nurse our sick and teach cur
children Instead Of depending upon
our own judgment. ve must - very
considerable extent. depend upon the
puhlic inspection % food. or gas or
fenements or insurance companies
And this condition has laid new snares
f.r the weak and opened new doors
for the wicked. These opportunities
have been eagerly seired upon BY
multitude Of people because the new
forms % evil have not yet rome into
the sane disrepu;e that attaches itself
20 the old.
The bizekeniug sin OF today pre-
ssnts itself under a new guise- There
is such a thing as numbering sith an
aduiterant instead OF a biudgeon. or
burxlarfziuE With a rake-oi instead Of
a jimmy. or cheating With 4 prcspec-
tus instead Of deck OF cards. or
scutflinx ones community instead Of
a ship And sinners % this kind gen
orally think themselves respectable
people and they pass In the eommu-
nifty as such. There Is a kind OF de-
eency that vas sbSeu, from the OLD
fashioned forms Of wrongdoing- The
slayinEs Of IT, patent medicine guack
or the zdulterer Of food. or the puT-
veyor Of polluted milk are usually rot
nearly 50 vulgar and Offensive IN az
pearanee as the slayings % the high
vayman- although there may be as
much eepravity in the one as IN the
other And here Is a responsibility
about this p-ssent-dzy sin that Is cal
eulated to lead men astray- The old
tine villain wore 4 siouched hat and
hreathed forth curses and an otor %
gin The preSent-day villain often
[ dresses In Immaculate linen. carries a
silk hat and lighted cigar and Is So
rene becauss he is miles or montas
from the ruin that be causes
A good deal Of this modern evil
[ reaches farther and Is far more dread
+ fal in its consequences than the older
forces Of wrong The school boar.
CRATER. for example. Who blaekuails
an applicant for a teachers position
Is not ouly iniurinE the teacher but
he is striking a blow az the free pub
lie school The striking engineer Who
spitsfuily deserts his train is rot ou.y
iniurinE the public but Is striking 4
blow az the time-houored right Of nan
to work when be pleaseS- The politi-
cal boss whose chief interest Is 70 line
his own pocket IS not only iniuring
the community but he IS striking a
blow at free government
Il IS these conditions today that COZ
stitute the greatest challenge 10 the
church We are told on all sides 70
preach the simple gospel And Shzt
Is ordinarily meant by this Is that the
church should keep CT Eliminating
against the old familiar vices ard tell
ing people how to get their o=u little
souls saved. while the rev evils are
left GnehaIisnEed What Is really
needed Is an application Of the pin.
ciples Of Jesus to the EickedneSs and
wrong which exist today.