The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-15
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bad habit and one that every person
s. nd break away from. Some try TO
j.. lfy themselves on the ground of
moderation, but n moderate 5wearer
is like a moderate drlnker--he sets O
bad example TO others. We read In
Gods holy book. that mo man liveth
unto himself and no man dieth unto
himself: therefore we are brothers
and We are our brothers keepers
knew a father whose little son came
running along with other boys using
profane language and the father
rushed up to him and punished him
severely. at the same time swearing
IL he ever heard him use such Ian
guage again he would give him nm
even greater punishment. Why. the
little fellow could not be blemed, he
wac only following his fathers exam
pie. and II father sweaTs he has no
right to blame his little boy for swear
ing: IL he drinks he has no right to
blame his little boy for drinking. and
II he Is evil and sinful he has no right
10 blame his little boy for doing what
hc. himself. is doing. The father
should rot complain since the little
fc'9"i : ''1r;ir2 In the foot
father who 80 walking through deep
snow nGd he heard voice behind him
saying: Father. am walking in your
footsteps. / will soon catch up. Fathers
and mothers, do not say anything or
do lnything or 10 anywhere that You
would be ashamed Of your children
foll9wing In your footsteps! Some of
us are 80 selfish In this respect we
Il .oa 80 fnIy hot NJ fat.
as long as we ourselves are having a
good time. History tells US OF coun-
try where nearly everybody swore.
Her statesmen swore while making
the laws of the nation, the lawyer
swore while pleading his clients case
In the courts, the Judge while he was
pronouncing sentence upon the GRIM
inatf swore, the employee swore al
tho emr'oye and the employe answer
ed bacl with the same class OF adjec
tives:. The church members were not
very much better than some other
olasseB, either. They went to church
in the morning and partook of the
holy communion. and on the way
home. at the least provocation, thev
wouldtswear, and 1t Is even said thai
thesclergy swore also. Now. this was
dl AWFUL III uIidlIb III btl
ciety, in the state and in the commu-
nifty and no one paid much attention
to iEbua in q certain college there was
n few clean young men, encouraged
by &God-fearing and od-honored
mothers and they began to go out and
started o campaign for clean speech
and clean living. and in n few yeere
the *Gcabi larry os the nation was
changed, new song was in their
mouths and they were praising the
name OF the Lord with clean hearts
pure minds a-3 >viean speech. Durinr
the great Welsh revival q few year,
ago. for many months you could no.
hear q profane word on the public
streets In Wales. Everybody was talk
ing about the great revival. Everybody
seemed to be interested In that which
YVES interesting thousands OF miners
The miners were a goddess kind Of
men. They were very profane In al
their speech and 1t Is said that wher
the great light Of God shoue into their
hearts and when twenty thousand OF
these men CAME up to the different
churches in Wales and asked for ad-
mis5ipn, nil Wales was stirred a
never before. Il is said that even the
horses were terribly puzzled because
the men no longer drove them by oh
scenity and kicks. They had not We
learned the new vocabulary. Johr
Bunyarr was SO profane that when ne
began to swear his companions shud-
dered; but when Bunyan found 'The
Christ he lost the swearing habit and
became an immortal dreamer. When
man becomes thoroughly converted
he quits swearing and cursing. He
soon learns that profanity and pure
speech do not go together we'll. When
the Lord God gave to Moses the Ten
Commandments. one of them was
Thou shalt not take the name of the
Lord. thy God. In vain. for the Lord
will not hold him guiltless ti;at taketh
His nnme in vain. When men learn
to know God they will only speak HIS
name with reverence In the spirit of
true worship. The Ten Command
ments are o revelation of God Himself,
of His character. His will, and His
relation to mankind. He claimed au-
thority In the earliest times. and He
stsl, claims authority God says. EYE
shall not swear by My name falsely
neither shalt thou profane the. name
of the Lord, thy Cod Again, the
Word spoke by the prophet jeremiah.
saying. Because of swearing the
land mourneth," All through the scrip.
lures we are commanded not to BIAS.
phaine the name or the Lord. We
learn from James that even profess
iIi iIT sstissis set ito tttie h.;;iis .ss.;;i - s
profanity. He says. Out Of the same
mouth preeeedeth blessing and curs-
Ing My brothers, these things ought
not To be. when Our thoughts are
clean. our lives viii most certainly
be clean. Yon say We are in a free