The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-11
CHILDREN LIE
AS TAUGHT BY
THEIR PARENTS
Evangelist Has No Sympa-
thy for Folks Who Glide
Youngsters
SABBATH LAWS
GET ATTENTION
Speaker Calls Attention to
Attempt to Break Down
Prohibitions

Increasingly large audiences are
! greeting Rev. W. A. Erwin in the
series of evangelistic services which
he is conducting at the First Presby-
| terrain church.
Services Sunday were the most
| largely attended Of any vet held, and
| two fine sermons were heard by this
| gifted evangelist. Not only is the
preaching of a high class, but the
music, with Professor Dixon leading
| the chorus and Paul Erwin at the
piano, is strihngly good.
Saturday evening a big booster
| service, with some so Of the little
folk in costumes, was a service which
was both novel and entertaining.
| Pupils from the Sunday school, APP
propriately dressed, marched in with
| flags singing patriotic song, and for
a half hour gave the audience one
/ Of the most pleasurable experiences
/ Of the series.
Enthusiasm was high and the APP
| plause which greeted every song Of
| the little boys and girls was frequent
and hearty, every number being fol-
| lowed by a call for more of the same.
Mr.. Dixon was the recipient Of much
| congratulation for the manner in
which he had rounded the young
people into shape for the event after
a few rehearsals.
Why Children Lie.
| Following the song service an audi
ence which crowded the auditorium
| heard a stirring sermon by Rev. Mr..
| Erwin on why Children Lie" In his
| sermon the preacher poured some
\ hot shot into parents who chide their
children for lying after having taught
them to do it.
He pictured the parent who, from
| the earliest days Of the child, teaches
| him untruths first by instilling
fear in his mind Of bugaboos
| which do not exist, and which the
child soon learns are fakes. Then
| the lies which are told them when
| they must take medicine--assured by
their parents that some noxious dose
is nice and sweet, only to find on
taking it that it is just the reverse.
The Social Lies.
Then the social lies-he pictured
an unwelcome visitor coming to a
house-the mother seeing them come
and uttering amentations-they ar
rive and are met with a kiss and d
welcome-when they leave the usual
story of their unwelcome presence
heard by the child who has seen the
moments before.
Our children lie, said Mr.. Erwin,
because we teach them to do it. We
forget that we were once children
forget that the child mind grasps
things quickly and that every act
which they view has significance to
them.
He preached to the parents SER
mon which stirred every nearer by
its appeal to live right-to do right
and to act right-especially in the
training Of the young.
Sunday morning the services were
especially attractive because Of the
large and appreciative audience
which greeted the preacher and his
co-workers. He preached on THE
Unrecognized Cod, the theme of the
sermon being the nearness Of God
His actual presence and participation
in many Of the acts Of life which are
unrecognized by those whom He
seeks to influence.
Mr.. Erwin was at his best in this |
sermon and its effect was pronounc- |
ed.
Sunday evening Mr.. Erwin again
spoke to a crowded house the main
and the Sunday school
room as we'll being completely Il
filed. A rousing half hour of
chorus and congregational singing
the preaching service-the
great audience joining the singing
with vim.
The evening theme was 1.-THE
Refuge'-the sufficiency Of the life
which Christ taught and lived for
His followers-the necessity OF Chris
tan living now and hereafter.
Deals With Sabbath Plan.
Contrasting the life which the
Savior lived with that Of many who
claim to be Christians he called at
tention to the attempts which are
being made to break down Sunday
observance in North Dakota-foster-
ed by two classes of people-those
who would wipe out the Christian
and those who from mis-
taken ideas Of what constitutes APP
observance Of the Sabbath /
day.
To be a Christian--live the life
taught in the Bible-said Mr.. Erwin, !
one must observe the commands Of |
the Master. There is no half way |
ground upon which Christian people |
can stand-they must be squarely |
for or as squaTely against the teach 1
ings Of Jesus. He has taught that |
he ia the refuge of mankind and |
there can be no half way acceptance |
Of those teachings.
Resume Services Tuesday.
Services will be resumed Tuesday /
evening and continue for the rest OF !
the week They are announced TO |
close with next Sundays sermons. |
Al feature of the meetings yesterday /
was that all expenses of the series |
were raised by pledges, and that there |
will be no more collections taken dur !
ing the remainder of the services.
Special topics for this weeks serv- |
ices will be announced each even |