Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-10-05

spirit within me
(. cleanse me from secret faults"
For some years many Of the greatest
teachers ~ the word OF God have In
sisted that the race Of mankind ls now
In the npostasy referred TO In Pnul's
second letter 20 the Thessnlonlans 10
the use Of the term IA time OF fall.
Ing away" With very many obsery.
ers this falling AWAY has been along /
the line Of lmpurlty la religious teach
Ing
But Il IL not 10 any such nposiasy !
that We n'rv wish to refer. aud We ask /
very Cur3r.'y, Il there present npos- =
Assy - is,,slSf We are not going TO /
AgInuilze aud insist that there Is. but
~ wish 10 think Of n few things with
reference 20 the present state Of NOR
ais
How can We check NJ on mornlsl
Christians might start with the law
Of tbc Christian llfc-thc law ~ grace
which In itself il the law that pro.
ducr. the best results: or the Sermon
ON ,hc Mount might be- In view which
II below that Of the Christian law. aud
above that ~ the dccnioguc. The mo-
mcut We begin to estimate man from
~, sermon on the Mount We are over.
vh.Imcd for obedience % that law
has very scanty illustration with the
mDr ~ mankind NJ whole aud all
nrc guilty with respect To- the supreme
lo,. 10 God demanded. But We de-
scpHi ~ once 10 the ten command.
I,uAhIch are not ubrognted n FAR
"Yiruernl standard Of morals Is
concerned
TIC frs; two commandments deal
With ihc worship of God. Are not the
vurI. ~ the text true that men do not
Ike io retain God Ia their knoWl-
edge DO they not worship prncti-
culIy everything else but Godi The
th..I commandment deals with prufun-
It's and while We cannot cheek up
comparatively. We know that today
tie name 81 God Is most proiaucly
used by men. aud quite sad To say
by large numbers of women The idca
~ day ST apart Tor the worship Of
thr luly God. and separation from the
ND... ~ now ridiCNlrd, aud such u
day .s practically gone.
Coming tu the sixth commandment
which says Thou shalt not Nil" LET
u lnusc. Popularity spcnkug muir
der put az the head Of the list OF
hUrrn Zines. nud that u usually de-
49, n the taking Of the lie Of
~. her unlaWfully. Three years agC
It WIS q common saying that IA,
brotherhood ~ mnn was 81 FAR nd
,uuccd. that the federation u The
world was -o nearly realized, that amy
thing like bodies 1T men making wal
ou each other was utterly uuthIukuhlc
Whut IL the situation todGyi a dozeI
n,uun. are In the must bloody grll
OF vur that the race has ever known
the soil of Europe, Asia and Afric'
II stained with the blood ~ thousand
aud tens NJ thousands of men, ans
Will. some II the forms Of harbarisn
which characterized ancient times ar
absent. other things have taken thel
places, their object being TO desiro
foes hy death or main for life.
II was with reference 10 the brenc
of the seventh commandment that III
expression II "the reign II lust wa
made. Evidences Of low morals n
10 this commandment are somcwha
dlmCh,l to obtain with accuracy, bu
the bis " the divorce courts; tn
gtiuns Of various cities 5,
lie 81 abstraction Of lust th
aoaly demand Of the hnbltucs Of III
thcaters for plays that acccruat
marltql lnndcli,y aud the exposure q
the persons II women; the advertise
mcnts " thcnters; and other 0dNcI
uscmcn,s In many popular pictori'
publications. furnish some c,idenc
AMI, probably ut the present time a
never before, the style Of dress OF
very large number Of women conceri
ing which dcllcacy forbids further r.
mark. reaches n climax
If thoybrcoch Of the eighth mint
and tcnN commandments are not con
parotyly ns conspicuous as those {
the SIKH aud seventh, yet dishonest
lying aud covctouSucss still carr
down their victims and no man. g
Cup'9 their touch.
Rrfounntory movements Of varlo'
kinds, good laws ON morals well e
forced; the rise OF public sentlmel
against lmpurity and murderous err
city Of the day, will do much to r
llcvc the situation but the only al
quate aud lasting method OF pun
reform is the power Of God given
The new birth.