Evening journal., 1916-01-07

except in blasphemy. There is no one
thing which will so quickly Indicate
that a man is a disciple OF the devil
as profanity.
Supposing a great war was on and
the patriot citizens erected on the
public square a flag staff, at the top
of which, hoated the stars and stripes.
Supposing some traitor. to show his
contempt for that flag. would climb
up and tear down the stars and
stripes and drag its folds through the
mire OF the streets. How long could
such a fellow live among patriotic
people? And yet there is a banner
emblazonod with the name of God the
Father and Jesus Christ His Son and
crimson with the blood of Calvary,
which men are dragging through the
filth and mire of blasphemy.
Man. n you want to swear. let me
tell you what to do. Go out of town
and find some barn. crawl under II as
far as YOU can, and there among the
rats and mice and other yermin, open
your mouth and curse and swear
But II Won have the least spark OF
self-respect left within your hide,
never again take the name of God in
vain as long as you live, for, God
will not hold him guiltless who taketh
His name in vain"
Let us now consider the fourth COM
mandment. Remember the Sabbath
day to keep il holy" There are many
in these days that arc. keeping the
Sabbath day holy, but 20 that word
holy. they are prehXing the letter
wv" and putting in on extra -
They are keeping il wholly-wholly
unto themselves. for their amusement
and indulgence. Note that there are
two parts TO this commandment. The
first has 10 do with labor, the second
has to do with rest six days shalt
thou labor There is no place in
Gods economy for a lazy man. IL
you are able bodied and refuse to
work. you are SHINING against God
every day you live.
An English girl was boasting over
her Amorisan cousin. I'VE have n
class Of people i'm our country who
do not work she said What do
you call them?" said the American
girl. I'VE call them our aristocracy.
I'VE have a class Of people in America
that do not work. she replied, "but
we do not call them aristocracy. we
call them tramps" When God COM
manded that we should earn our liv-
ing by the sweat of our brow. this
was intended not as curse, but as
a blessing. / care not whether the
sweat Is on the outside or on the in
side OF the brow Whether IL is the
sweat OF the brawn or OF the brain
Every man should be a worker.
But the second part OF this COM
mandment says the Sabbath day is
holy unto the Lord. God knew what
He was about when He gave us one
day in seven as a day OF rest When
man goes to work on Monday. he
does not have as much strength upon
Monday night as upon Monday morn
ing. Likewise. on Tuesday and We'd
nesday and all through the week
Il has been proven time and again
that even a piece of machinery will
last doubly as long il given a rest
day.
But above all. the Sabbath is needed
as a day for the development OF the
spiritual faculties. Did you evel
think Of our civilization as q grea
building? II has as it's lower story
morality. No civilization can endure
without righteousness. and the foun
dation of righteousness is religion
and the cornerstone of the Christian
religion IS the Lords day. Wher
anyone turns the Sabbath into "a day
merely for recreation and dissipation
like Samson OF old. he is doing whai
he can TO tear down the entire super.
structure in ruins. Before the French
revolution, France tried to dethrone
God and make one day in ten a holi.
day for revelry and indulgence. Whal
was the result? In one year the dead
bodies Of over five thousand infants
were taken from the River Seine and
France started upon that down grade
from which she has never fully re-
covered. No nation or people can
break Gods law with impunity.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ alone