The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-11-08

e wants to ask of that man what a goo
b moral character really is, that in tn
0 scripture he finds but two; and the
are, Adam before Eve held to his lin
2 the tempting fruit The man made Il
r the image of God, and God breathed
) who had not yet known sin in an,
: form. The second example is Chris
, Jesus. And the word was mad,
flesh" Then this great big-hearte,
mans ability as a lawyer comes for
ward and he shows that a perfect Law
can only come from a perfect maker
lot the law. As any man believes in
law, then must all men obey the only
perfect laws that have ever been laid
down; those of Moses on Mount Sinai
four thousand years ago.
Having agreed with the remark of
the man who believes that morality
and honesty are sufficient to form a
christian life, he takes each separate
commandment and measures man as
with ten yard sticks and shows con-
clusively as he always does that such
a thing is impossible. Nor can one
get away from the law, for man is a
God breathed animal and held abso.
lutely responsible for his actions"
Yard stick No. i. Thou shalt have
none other Gods before me-" He
proved that We are bowing down to
the almighty dollar; TO dress and to
pleasure, and breaking this command
ment at every turn
At yard stick No. 2. Thou shalt
not make thyself any craven image.
etc" He explained that atheistic writer's
claimed this law or commandment to
be unnecessary. for it duplicated the
first; when without the first one II
would not be able to stand, while the
first without the second would not be
complete. 1t requires the two com. |
mandments to make the law.
Yard stick No. 3. Thou shalt NOT |
take the name of the Lord thy God
IN vain, etc" And he said he heard a
man declare few days ago that he
never swore before a woman. Thus
he placed woman above his Maker. for
ne had sworn before Him and violated
his, the third commandment. as had
iearly every other man in one way or
Yard stick No. 4. Remember that L
hou keep holy the Sabbath day, etc"
several amusing stories were told
bout the Ass being in the ditch"
nd he likened the weakness of hu.
nanity in general to these. It has
een proven he said, that man cannot /
abor so long as seven days without t
ne day of rest, and he who works or {
auses another to work on this day has a
lolated one of the laws of God. He /
poke OF the Sunday theatre and ball 1
anne and wished that the ministers a
each community would rise up in +
heir might and forbid these things
mong those who had confessed their 4
ord and rid the church if need be or lv
lany who refuse to recognize the Sab
ath day, and forever break the fetters p
church bound to the pocketbocks S
Goddess men. The Sabbath was n
Iade for man. not man for the Sab a
ath. q
Yard stick No. ). Honor thy faith
and thy mother" A touching ap- il
eal to the little boys, wherein he told d
le little fellows it was right at home a.
at the first thought of lawlessness tC
und birth; the first time boy or ia
II failed to honor their father and
other As the boy, so the mantle pl
ut of good government again he said. m
as in the home. fo
Yard stick No 6. Thou shalt do vi
murder" And here he told the cf
ople that murder did not entirely hs
can to kill human being, but that Bl
oughts of the heart sometimes are er
ack enough to be as murder and SO pr
'uld be considered sn
Yard stick No. Z. "Thou shalt not bi
mmit adultery He proved a single be
lndard for the man and woman. Yet an
man asks at the altar for purity ba
lile the woman accepts without ques- FRI
n the man she is taking into her so
?. Could she but brave for a time
2 desolation of life without love, pc
thout marriage. and demand of him wa
he demands of her-how many wi
ars would pass before the morality inl
man would be as necessary as that sit
woman WI
iard stick No. g. Thou shalt not ste
al And yet in business, in trade bel
'ry day the best of us commit this ma
against the law Many amusing an,
ries were told here, for DR.. Bulgin's KIN,
never forsakes him, and the end of
S string of yarns" which found sol