The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-09-14


'=eae4s.s spirit within me
clenIse me from secret faults.
For some years many Of the greatest
tenchers Of the word Of God lave ~
sisted thni the race of mankind IL nov
In the nlmstnsy referred TO In PaurS
second letter to the ThessnlOninnS In
the Use Of the term "n time OF fnli'
Ing away" With very many observ'
ers this falling nwny has been along
the line Of ImpurIty In religious teach
Ing. Time was. and not very long
ago either when In practically nll evnn'
gellcal pulplts there was never amy
question ns to the deity Of Jesus
Christ, the inspiration and supreme
authority Of the Holy Scriptures, ETC..
hut such IL not the case now.
But II Is not 10 amy such apostnsy
That we now wish TO refer. and we nsk
very earnestly. Is there II present npos-
tasy In mOrulsr We ARE not going to
dognatize and insist that there Is, hut
we wish to think OF n few things with
reference to the present state OF NOR
nls. These thoughts nre suggested by
the remarks made by very prominent
Christian leader Of Americn few days
ngo who used this expression: II he
lieve we ARE In reign OF lust and
the words were the expression OF II
heart bowed down with weight Of
conviction.
How can we check up on morals?
Christians might start with the law
Of the Christian life-the law Of grnce
which in Itself ls the law that pro-
duces the best results; or the Sermon
ON the Mount might be in view. which
X below that Of the Christinn law, and
above that of the decalogue. The mo
ment we begin to estimate man from
the Sermon on the Mount we are over
whelmed. for obedience to that law
has very scanty illustration with the
race of mankind us whole, and ull
nre guilty with respect to the supreme
love 10 God demanded. But we de-
scend NJ once to the ten command
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menus Wihch "re nol "orosa'eu US 'ur
Us bene'"' S'i'''''u VI ''V'"'' "
concerheu'
lhe "rs' '"o co'n'ha''u'i'e''s u''''
WIN tne ""'Sn'p vi "ou' "'e "o' ~"
worus OF the text true 'i"t ueh uo nu'
IKE 70 Ie'nln "ou W '''eh N'''" '
euse' 10 they no' "orSn'p p'u.u'
cnliy everything e'se ou' uou' -"
thlru commandment ue"'s WIN P'"'"''
n.y. anu Wh''e we c'u'ho' 'hecN VI
comparatively we A'i"" 'h"' 'oua'
'he huihe VI "ou Is ,lioS' p'"'""e''
useu oy men, anu qu''e s"u 7" s"s
Oy large huu'oe's Vi "o'ne"' i"e 'u'',
OF u uuy SCI uP",' 'o' 'i'e VIZ sup "
'hc no'y "ou' u"" Sop"'"''on ''o'' WV
wo''u' Is "o" ,'u'eu''"' ""u 'u'"
uay Is pracueni'y gone
coming W .le SIM" e"''''''.huuio,'
wineh S!S '"u s'h''' "o, "''' W.
US pnuse' Iopu'"lt@ 'pe"N'"s '"u'
der Is pul III the "e"u oi Tue ,ls' "
humah cr'ihes' anu 'i'h' u usuul'y ue
Scribed as the taking OF Tue iiie o'
oho'her u'''a"iu'iy' i''ee ye"'s "s'
IL was common Saying u,u' VIZ
brotherhood oi man was 80 'nr nu
Vnnced' 'ha' the ieuer"uon Vi u"'
world was 80 nearly rea"zeu' ,i"' ""!
thing nKe ood'es vi men hnNi'E "n'
on cach other was utterly uh''ihhao'e
What Ii 'he s''ui''on 'ou"! uo"e'
nations are III 'he most o'"u' sr'l
OF war 'hnt the 'ace nus ever NnoW"
the SOIL Oh Europe, aS," anu Ai'','
Is stained win the o'oou OF 'housu''"'
and tens OF thousnhus OF men, hh'
while some OF the forhs OF parbar'S'i
which characterized ancient times nr'
absent. other things nave mken thei
places. their object being 10 destro!
foes by death or mnIm for life.
II was with reference to the breacl
Of the seventh commandment that tn
expression OF the reign OF iust wa
made. Evidences OF low morais ~
TO this commandment are so'he"hh
difficult to 0bta'n win accuracy ou
the annals OF the divorce courts IN
large portions OF various cues ~
apart for the satisfaction OF ius' IN
steady demand OF the hab'tues OF IN
theaters for plays thnt accehtV"'
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