Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-29
"SINS OF THE WOMEN"
Special Sermon By Rev. John W
Ham.
Tells OF TRAPS and PITFALLS

Dangers of Ignorance and Curse Of
Mock Modesty-Mothers Need to
Advise Their Daughters Of Things
They Should know-Bad Reading,
| Extravasa anee and Other Ills That
Lead From the Narrow Path.
Following is a full synopsis Of the
| sermon that Evangelist John w. Ham
preached to a large congregation Of
women in his gospel tent last Monday
night:
| Text: Song Of Solomon, iv 7-"Thou
art all fair, my love; there Is no spot
in thee"
| Introduction.
To many the Song Of Solomon is too
mystical to have any practical inter-
est or application. It Is a song in par
able Of spiritual friendship. The Ian
guage is metaphorical. The two per-
sonalities are the bridegroom and the
bride. Intensity Of language Is en-
ployed. 1t Is symbolical Of the church
and Christ. Paul uses the figure in
Ephesians. The figure Of the woman
has ever been used to convey purity
and spirituality. Woman Is the bull
wark of the nations. The history OF
nations Is the history Of woman. Our
text presents us with a woman having
no spot In her. The word spot Is
synonymous with the word "sin." Sin
causes spots and blotches I want to
deal plainly with some Of the sins OF
woman-kind.
| /. The Sin Of Ignorance.
Ignorance is one Of the chief allies
Of the devil Millions Of crimes have
been committed because Of Ignorance.
Many girl today is in a brothel be-
cause Of ignorance. She was not
vicious in the beginning, but only pos
sessed a venturesome disposition. The
forbidden fruit was held up before her
lead her to explore the forbidden land.
| She wakes up to find that she has
crossed the line from purity to impuri-
ty, and then she becomes reckless; f.
nally landing in the prison house Of
sin. The average life Of such girl
after reaching this place Is seven
years.
II. The Sin Of Mock Modesty.
| It is alarming the amount Of mock
modesty that mothers manifest toward
their daughters. Thousands Of girls
are on the road to hell tonight because
their mothers were too "squeamish" to
teach, advise and make a confident Of
her daughter at an early age. The
duty Of every mother Is to teach her
daughter the great simple facts Of life;
the purpose Of her being and as to how
she came into this world. Mothers
have no right to shirk the duty and
leave the matter for the public school
teacher to look after. One yellow-mind-
ed school girl can inoculate nearly ev-
cry girl in school with vicious ideals.
The average girl Of IL years old today
knows as much vice as her grand
nanny did at 80. The place to begin
to fight the brothel is in the nursery.
ILL., The Sin Of the Double Standard.
For thousands Of years womanhood
has endorsed the double standard OF
morals; that Is one standard for man
and another standard for woman.
Women are responsible for this double
standard. To give you an illustration:
A society brute may step out here and
be the ruin Of some pure girl and you
mothers and daughters will give her
overheard; you will not recognize her
on the streets. She can no longer move
in the same social circles; but the
scoundrel that brought about her
downfall, you will admit to your home,
and on a social level with your daugh-
ter. Not only that, you will contribute
every bit of influence that you can
to bring about a match between your
daughter and this brute. No girl ever
went wrong that some scoundrel did
not take the initiative. Y. M. C. AS
and Y. w. c. AS throughout this land
have begun an educational propaganda
along this line, agitating the single
standard Of morals. What Is demand
ed Of the woman should be demanded
Of the man also.
w. The So-called Sin Of Being an Old
| Maid
Girls grow up today having 1t taught
and engraved into them from the nur-
sery that the chief aim Of the world
today is to get married and get mar
red they do without regard to their
own we'll being. There are some wo-
men that are miserable through the
fear that Miss" will be written on
their tombstone. There Is no such
thing as an "Old Maid" They are
only Ladies in waiting" or "unappro-
priated blessings" Every time you
meet a lady So called, 1t does not mean
that she has not had a chance, but, to
the contrary, it may mean that she has
refused to marry the men that propos-
ed because they were her inferior.
Some girls get married for popularity:
other girls are too lazy to work, and
when an opportunity comes to get mar
ried with somebody to work for them,
they accept it; others marry to reform
some Of the moral perverts Of the town.
No man ever marries a girl to reform
her.
| V. The Sin Of Unlawful Privileges:
Thousands Of girls are in utter
darkness and despair today because
| they were too trustful. They thought
the man in question was the very soul
| of honor and, hence. held no reserve
whatsoever. They were as helpless in
his hands as a bird is before a snake.
Not one man in a thousand has the
honor to back up his promise Of this
character a girl is fool to place her
future happiness over such a seething
volcano.
vi. The Sin Of Bad Association:
We are all affected by our associa-
tions. Shun the girl who is low in her
ideals. suggestive in her language, and
in whom the animal predominates.
Likewise steer clear Of the young man
who has no ideals and purity Of
| thought MANY men and women are