The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-17
Sin Must Become Vice Before
Society Slams Door In It's Face
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side OF the street and he is on the
other slue. You will bow. Unclean!
Unclean! The wind blows from the
northwest, SO he has to cross the
street. In olden days the victims OF
leprosy, We're compelled by the law, to
cross to the windward SO the breezes
could not bear the virus Of the disease
and thus the innocent become infected.
Supposing every girl who is a moral
leper, every girl in this town that has
m~erchandised her virtue, were impelled
and compelled to make revelations over
which n has no control. Some vir-
tuous young man goes to call on her,
rings h door bell, n she comes
down the hall. She has sleeves cut
off at the elbow and a decollette at
tire, with her collar under her arms
and he says: Good evening"
"Unclean, unc1ean," she cries.
S~upposing you had to make revela-
tons; supposing you were compelled
to do it. You can cover it now. You
can sugar-coat and veneer 1t with fine
clothes. Surprising all of our hearts
were open. Surprising we had glass
doors to u hearts and we could walk
along the street and look in and see
where you have been, what you have
done and with whom you did 1t. A
good many would want stained glass
and heavy tapestry over the glass.
Supposing l could put a screen UP
behind me, pull a string or push a
button and produce a s~tereopticon
view of the hearts of the people. i
would say to you: "Give me your at
t%ention, ladies and gentlemen, while
l for a few minutes delve into that
which will entertain you. Here is MI.
AS heart and life as the people think
he is. Here is what the old geezer
really is. Look and see. Here is
where he has been. Here is how much
booze he has drunk this week. Here
is how much he skinned that fellow
out of. He told me that was a fresh
COW, and she had been giving milk for
a year. Here is the number of times
he has committed adultery. Here is
what he is and here is what you think
he is.
Now l will show you Mrs. AS heart.
/ change the screen and scene. There
you see what the people say about
her. Here is what the old sinner is,
Then / would go down through the
alphabet, A. B. G. ,etc. How long do
you think / would hold my audience?
1t would be too hot or too cold for a
good many people. / wonder how long
1 could hold my crowd If l did that?
A Moral Leper.
Does 1t mean the ~rottenness of a
corrupted life? 1t does in its last
analysis, my friends, but it is the be-
ginning that society takes no note OF.
You couldn't imagine a lot of angels
standing up here to preach and sing
and you and I sitting there and hear
ing the sermon and being saved. /
couldn't imagine an angel preaching
and men and women being saved by
the sermon. We would say: ooh. am
gel, dear, did you ever SIM" mo, we
haven't your nature and we aren't
tempted. But there is great mercy
with God, and He sent me to tell you
that He will forgive you" But / say:
Angel, were you ever tempted to sin?'
mo- "Did you ever get drunk?'
NO" Did you ever commit adultery? r
mo" Did you ever swear?" NO.
we haven't your nature; we are not
tempted; but there is great mercy with
God if you will accept of Jesus Christ"
But I say: angel, did you ever walk
the floor with a crying baby at 2 o'clock
in the morning and hit your toe against
a rocking chair? "No." did you
ever step on an inverted tack and say
a lot of things besides you ~prayers?"
NO" well, then, you don't know,
Mr.. Angel. You say there is great
mercy with God, but you are not
tempted"
Surprising every one of 0 married
men who are moral lepers, should go
to Pittsburg, or Philadelphia, o. Cleve-
land, or Chicago, to propagate you
vileness, and you come back and go
up the walk to your house. Your wife
and children are standing On the ver-
anda to meet you. The little ones run
to meet you and you say: Hold on,
don't touch mel" They say: What
is the matter " Don't come any
nearer, your father is a mora leper."
Surprising every married man who is
a moral leper, were impelled and COM
PEELED to make known to the public
what a miserable cur he is? Suppos-
ing every married woman who is q
moral leper were impelIed and COM
PCAlC0 lAl0hO PAOAAS II AAAAANJ : #ra
But He Mas a Leper."
Naaman dared o so near his wife
to bid her goodbye. He had to call to
her from a distance. l car see him
and hear him say: "Good-bye, wife.
l don't know that / will ever see you
and the children again. It's a four
days journey under the hot SUI but
it's my last chance. Goodbye"
And / see him as he goes down the
highways to Damascus, and as he
crosses the plains and until he reaches
the city of Jezriel, and goes up in
front Of the palace of h king, Je-
horam. He dare not enter the palace;
palaces were closed to lepers. And II
you will shut the doors of the rich
and the poor against these damnable
moral lepers of society, W. will purify
the church and the home. and this
world won't be staggering to hell.
Look here. Here is a man that
wants to be a christian. What will he
do, go hire out to the railroad and
work on the section? No. Here is a
ma that wants to be a christian.
for the Carnegie Steel Co. and shovel
coal. or work in the foundry? NO.
Here is a man that wants to be a
farmer. Where do you tell him to go,
to work for the railroad2 No YOU
don't. Here is a man that wants to
be a physician. DO you tell him to
go to the blacksmith shop2 No; you
tell him to so to q medical college,
and If a man wants to be a jeweler,
you tell him to so to a jeweler. And
If you want to be a christian, do