Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-05-07

0lcaeo IL u4ot OF tuo cuuso~s
through it, ministry and It's lie, 10
preach rightsousneas for = city, = me-
ton, or the earth. Inspiration, in
struction, persuasion, rsproof and
denunciation are ell elements Of her
ministry. An appeal to the great
public conscience Is. next to Gods
own endorsement, our best support ;
this IL the back bone Of the church.
and the ballast Of the world. The
church il blamed for the war. Very
well, in part this il true. Where true
Christianity has failed, where we
could have realized it, We arc to
blame. God forgive us Light, pub
LEFTY, discussion, and all the move
ment Of open forum IRE good. Far
better this than allowing ourselves
10 be immured in our carefully lin
tied services. Perhaps a column in
the press is worth more than a &c.
900 annex.
9 Again and again, we hear the
sncer, marrow" Size is question
" three dimensions, breadth, true,
aud length, then some depth, and, all
three must be in the reckoning. A
true Christian, whose use Of his time
Is u duty. has to show, instead Of the
waste of cards, dancing, drunken.
ness, aud the criminal ease Of the
lie rich. and the contemplate toady'
ing of those who ape them, at the ex-
pense of their creditors. breadth in n
diversity of interests other than
pleasure. ability to earn living
without using Sunday too, depth. in
service of their fellows, intellectual
pursuits mastered, and length, in the
durability in time and eternity Of
their treasures. Some of these boys
aud girls who you do not know, will
write their names on the scroll Of
fame, when these columns Of society
waste and riotous amusement will be
long forgotten.
, One of the most destructive
forces in any city is the deliberate
attempt by many means to break
down the VOWS of young people.
Promises not to drink. promises made
to mother, to children, to God, to the
church, are all assaulted, by threat
and Establishment, sneer and cajol-
cry. Read IAN Paid in Advance"
Golfers, May 8.
1 Dancing il love making. To the
child il is innocent and unconscious;
to the boy and girl, il is trembling,
promising mystery; to the youth, il
is the delightful treading Of the near
and remote avenues of undeninble
love. with n vacillating consciousness
Of rightful dearness and undecided
peril, but irresistible progress: to the
plighted il is their fate; to the mar
ried, it is their function. Other than
this it is a proclamation, n violation.
Society, custom cannot alter its real
analysis, arrest its rushing deterio-
alton into the maelstrom of every
phase Of the perversion of human
love, in ruined imaginations. broken
lives, desolate homes, queered affec-
tons, dubious affinities. Do not for.
get the frontpiece of McClure's mag.
asine for May. Read "The Philis-
tine,"--not religious paper.---for
July, 1913. "'The turkey has trot-
ted over the ten commandments. and
the grizzly bear has Rugged the life
ont Of the gospel ideals"
8 Roman Catholic Archbishop
.Spnulding, New York, "Another ar
gnment for the confessional is that
we have found that almost
very lapse of female virtue in our
community is traccable to the round
dance--l9 out Of every 20. Have you
no interest in womankindf" Episco-
pal Church Bishop Hopkins. "Prema-
ture excitement Of the passions: so
also Bishops Meade. Va, and Nell
vaine, Ohio. Bishop Coke says, "las
civious." Presbyterian General As
sembly says, among others things, on
dancing. the member "thus brings
dishonor and reproach upon his re.
lisious profession and throws
stumbling block in the way Of the
sinners. offends those who are weak.
and gricvously wounds the Savior
in the house Of his friends" And
80 you can take the churches. all Of
them.
o These wilful, uniformed boys
and girls are not TO blame 80 much
Ms their parents. who need awaken
ing. Not only dancing and the other
things mentioned above, but Sabbath
is not permitted among our
members. Mark every church men,
Der, next Sunday afternoon at the
ball game. as a violator Of his pledg.
ed word. Religion is as public as
and more vital. We will