The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-10
IGNORANCE THE
CAUSE OF SIN
ACCORDING TO TED MERCER,
WHO ADDRESSED Y. w. C
A. MEETING.
speaker Advocates Teaching Of Ser
Hyeiene In Schools Or Home.
Tsiks on oress and Style.

A very large and attentive audience
reard Ted" Mercer yesterday after
noon when he delivered an Instructive
TAX TO the young women OF the city
al the Y. W. c. A. Mr.. Mercer n an
eloquent speaker and held his audi
enee enthraIied. speaking on The
Young Woman's Greatest Tempta-
ton. subject which has come with
IN the scope OF his experience. Mr.
Mercer has iectured before wonen's
colleges throughout the United States.
although his principal work has been
the reaching OF young college men.
he IL known as the college evansel-
ist Mr.. Mercer dwelt upon the
though1essness of the present CEN
Jury advocates. which Is due In a
marked degree TO ignorance. He ad.
vises the teaching OF sex hygiene eth
er In the schools or by the mother OF
the growing girl. pointing out how
crininality has its beginning and il
fostered by ignorance: also proving
most conelusively how In conquering
the hrst temptations one becomes
stronger and more able 70 resist the
otners 10 follow. The three tempta-
ions to which the young men are
subjected and the three which lead TO
MI. Mercer. are drink. impurity of liv.
ing and gambling. and which the ma.
Jority OF young men OF to-day regard
as life. he characterizes as living
death"
Mr.. Mercer was introduced by Mrr.
Albert Whitaker. at whose home he
and Mrs. Mercer are being entertained
during their stay In this city. Three
beautiful solos were given by Miss
AHA hieidsing. Miss Virginia Digby
and Miss Hazel Seamon.
Ignorance Leads TO crimInatitv
MT Mercer spoke In part as follows:
Signs and warning such as Safety
First Stop. Look and Listen are
good for us. Girls. use your heads.
/ Think and then act. Most OF us act
and then think. much to our sorrow.
This Is day OF free libraries:
books are very cheap. education is
easily acquired. yet I don't know of
any age where there has been as much
/ Ignorance as is I'm this twentieth CEN
fury. am certainly a believer in sex
hygiene. either IN schools or by the
mother. Now. intend TO speak
frankly. but in brotherly manner.
The mothers cannot realize what this
Ignorance Is leading to. Girls do
wrong. have gone TO the extreme. and
yet think they have done nothing
wrong. Certain indulgences and liber.
ties which are allowed lead to Grimm.
atty.
Everyone is tempted. and I believe
christian leaders are tempted more
than others. Jesus Christ was tempt-
ed. Think of his temptation on the
cross. He was tempted In all points.
like as we are. still he was divine.
Jesus well knows and can save us
from yielding to sin. II is no sin TO
be tempted. but sin comes from Yield
ing. II you yield the first time IL is
easy TO yield again. The same is true
IL you resist. II you resist your first
temptation II is much easier to resist
the second, and so on. There are three
things to do. Yield. resist or daily.
Above all, ! say do not daily. for in
so doing you will finally yield.
Power to Resist Temptation.
Get some power to help you with
tnese temptations. First of all, take
Jesus Christ into your heart Join a
Biole class. go to church. whichever
denomination appeals to you. II YOU
prefer the Methodist, alright. Preshv.
] terrain. Baptist, Episcopalian or Ro-
man Catholic. Get the right comnan.
ions; proper environments. These
VIII help resist temptations. Ath-
letics: What can be better? Come
right here into this gymnasium and
join some Of these classes. Exercise
the body God has given you. Il takes
Jesus Christ, Son OF God. TO save YOU
from sin. II you don't take him into
your heart. sooner or later you will
yield to temptations that arise. and