The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-06
UNCLEAN. UNGODLY.

Az DIR. Lewis : b. Allyn. who con-
ducts the department in Harper's
Weekly that's devoted to the discus
sion Of matters pertaining to food and
health. says. the sauitary campaign Of
the state board Of Indiana will meek
with q hearty endorsement fron1
thousands Of local boards of health.
Secretary J. N. Hurry submits the fol-
lowing hot shot: 1.-The reason we have
so many dirty towns Is because there
are SO many dirty people. Some towns
stink, but in -suchs the Inhabitants
stink first. No town iSein itself bad.
1t is the people who are bad. The town
is mirror. 1t reflects tbs people. A
man who Is clean in mind will be clean
in person. he will have a clean front
yard and b clean back yard.
"A Uttered dooryard or a dilapidated
house reflects a Uttered and dilapi-
dated mind.
"If an overrunning clubhouse borders
the alley II is because the instinct of
decency and cleanliness Is woefully
absent In the owner or tenant or both.
The old proverb-'Cleanlines Is next
to Goodness was changed by Governor
Thomas Marshall to-'Cleanliness 10
Essential to Goodness No cleanliness,
then, of course. no godliness. A dirty
town is an ungodly town.
Some towns, yes many towns. have
flies on them. They have flies on them
because they are dirty. They are un-
godly for that very reason.
"A town may have several churches
and many churchgoing people. but II
1t is dirty and stintss it is ungodly
by their works We shall know them
OF course, how else can they be
known. sat on the porch Of house
in a certain town one summer evening.
1t was hot and sultry. Every once in
a while a gentle movement of the air
would bear foul odors to my nose. 1t
was the nearby outhouses I smelled.
What kind Of people are they who
have such surroundings? Are they
strong-mindcd and clean? Think Of
people SO disposing Of their sewage as
to poison the air and also make 1t pos
sible for flies to transport unspeakable
filth to their food. Why shouldn't
such people have typhoid fever? They
invite it. don't they? Surely. every
man is the architect Of his own mis-
fortunes. Foul outhouses and flies
spell typhoid. Why have them? The
answer is simple. They who have
them are not Of a high order Of men,
tally. They who have them are weak
in righteousness, and impractical.
"Shall the dirty be compelled by law
to be clean? No. indeed, not unless
their dirtiness threatens the health and
comfort Of others. The Scripture says:
He who is filthy let him be filthy
STILL OF course, what is the use to do
otherwise? Compelling him who is
filthy to be clean in person and prem
ises will not make him clean in mind
and soul.
He'll be filthy still. We must teach
cleanliness to the unclean. Then II
they become clean and stay clean. 1t Is
because cleanliness Is In their nature.
If they stay dirty. 1T is because they
are inherently dirty. Force won't
change them. The reason we cannot
make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
is because 1t is a sow's ear. 1t is not
silk A naturally dirty man cannot be
made into a clean man. 1t is an iron
law of nature that only those may be
saved who can accomplish their own
salvation. Dirty towns will exist just
so long as dirty people exist. Dirty
towns will disappear when clean peo-
pie predominant"