South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-11-20
.RAPS GREAT EVIL
OF CARELESSNESS
Rev. J. NJ. Alexander Declares
It Is Manifest in Every
Walk of Life.

Declaring that "carelessness is as
old as the history OF man" Rev.
John NJ. Alexander. pastor OF the
First Christian church pointed out
i'm his sermon on The Crime OF
Carelessness" sunday that IL is one
Of the most common and general
evils Of the present time and a con-
slant failing Of men and women who
might otherwise be good Christians.
He emphasized particularly the evil
that the careless management of a
family draws down upon parents
telling how the sins of Ellis sons
we're visited on the head of the
father whose careless rearing of
them had been largely responsible
for their hayward course. The ser
mon was illustrated by the film The
Crime of Carelessness." Another
film The Upward Way" was also
shown. a large crowd was in at
tendance.
Manifest Everywhere.
The careless nurse fails 20 prop
eriy sterilize the surgeons instru-
ments and death dealing infection
TO the innocent is the sure result
The careless minister fails TO pre-
pare his sermon. loafs all week and
goes into the barrel late Saturday
night for his morning homily. The
young people of his church are re-
pulsed by his outworn theology and
leaving the church, unnurtured and
unfed. find expression for their am
billions in some form OF social SER
vice and the church of God anguish
es because of careless leadership in
her ministry.
The careless health officer ne
elects his duties, and an epidemic of
infections disease is allowed to stalk
its way through one of our modern
cities and hundreds of parents pay
the penalty in anguish and tears as
they follow their dead children 70
the last resting place.
The careless instructor in the
school room fails 0 prepare himself
for teaching and the community is
cursed with ignorance and misman-
agement for years to come.
The careless railroad employe
neglects has duty, the switch is left
open and the midnight express is
derailed and hundred lives pay the
penalty of his folly. A careless cit
izenship allows the unregulated
dance hall, saloon and brothel to
lead our boys and girls into the very
pits OF hell, and future generations
pay the mortgage with disease. suf-
fering and sorrow.
THE careless Christian neglects
the house Of God. lives a Goddess,
worldly life and the light of Gods
temple is extinguished-and how
great in the darkness.
Decide Too Late.
THE careless nearer of the Word
of God. knows the way of life, and,
by and by ne has made up his mind
To accept it. Yes. by and by. There
ne sits. careless. neglectful. waiting
But, tomorrow never comes. BY
and by is further and further away
every day. Until az last, some dead
~ disease seizes his body and he
awakens TO a realization OF the
handling the most sacred relation
in life. his relation TO his God. and
now il is too late. This is the sad
dest tragedy of life-too late!
These careless souls must be dis
turbed. They will resent it. But
the precipice is before us and be-
fore our children. Gcd's laws must
be revered. honored, and obeyed.
God wants men, strong in endur-
ance. unfailing in their sense OF
duty. rooted in faith and wide in
sympathy. Ellis sin of careleSsness
should be studied and its disastrous
lessons taken 10 heart before it is
too late"
The modern parent can sit at the