The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-07

during the next week, announcements
Of which viii be made in due time.
The sermon subject tonight is -Pris-
oners Set Free. !"
The address of last night was 50
long that only brief summary can
be given in these columns. II follows
in part:
i'll Corinthians: 6:17, 1S.-"where-
for, come out from among them AMI
be ye separate, saith the Lord, and
touch not the unclean thing and | Wa!
receive you and Will be a father unto
you and ye shall be my sons and
daughters. said the Lord Almighty
II shall speak tonight on the great
est problem confronting the Amer
can church. The amusement problem
IS greater than the liquor problem.
The LIQUOR problem will be solved
soon, but the amusement problem
will 20 on 10 vex the church 10 the
end of time The amusement prob
lem is the greatest one because II
is the greatest hindrance 10 the
church. The question is, what snail
the church do with the amusement
problem. or what shall the amuse-
merts do with the church. ] snail
speaa tonish; from the Christian
point OF view altogether. What
have TO say IS more especially 20 the
church. but 1t also applies 10 those
outside of the church. 1 speak TO the
church because you have pledged
your. hearts loyalty 10 Jesus Christ,
and those outside OF the church have
not You promised to live separate
and distinct from the world. / am
not speaking on this subject because
/ want TO do il. but because ! must
II Is my duty, but il is not a pleasant
nv
long as the church of Jesus Christ
lives the way she does l shall preach
the way / shall tonight Whenever
the church changes her manner OF XIV
ing then l will change my manner OF
preaching. There are people who are
raising this question: Can / dance,
play cards. go to theaters and be a
consistent follower Of Jesus CHRIST:
There are three classes of persons
N this audience. Those VINO do
one of these things, those woh do
and there are those Who do all OF
them There ma be some here who
would say / do not care what may
be said against these things, am
member of the church i do not caro-
for my influence. whether 1t Is for
or against Christ, and the church
shall do as ] please. Whenever you
hear church members talking like
that you may know they are dis
grace to the church. a disgrace TO any
true pastor. and n disgrace 10 Christ.
whom they falsely profess 10 follow.
Christ never said. Thou shalt not
dance. play cards. go to the theater.'
but come out from among them and
touch NOT the unclean thing The
person who does these things has not
come out from among them Christ
never said, Thou shalt not dance,
play cards and go to the theaters. but
He says, BE not concerned 10 the
world The person who does these
things is concerned to <he world.
Christ never said. Thou shalt not
dance, play cards, go TO the theaters,'
but He says, we are to keep ourselves
unspotted from the world. The
person who does these things is spot
ted with the world. Christ never
said. Thou shalt not dance. play
cards and do these things but If
meat make my brother 10 offend .
will eat no flesh while the world
stands The person who does these
things Is eating offensive meat.
4 have never found one person.
and l have challenged thousands of
people 10 produce me a single mem
Der of the church who IS a dancing.
card playing. theater-going church
member who is winning souls to
Jesus Christ challenge this city to
produce a single one.
Gard PLAYING.
I make the following charges
against social card playing. ] am OPP
posed TO it for the following reasons:
Ist You cannot imagine Jesus Christ
giving his endorsement to card play
ing with its history, its strifes, its
chickering's. cheating and the evil that
il associated with 1t, and that grows
out Of it II you cannot conceive Of
Jesus Christ giving his favor to card
playing. you must know He IS against
il. II He is against It and you are
engaged in it. YOU are conscious that