The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-17


folks make a regular jubilee in our
streets. to the music of the Dand, CD
structing the streets, men and WON
en- Rugged up together were keeping
time to music. What does God thlnK
Of men and women who pray one
day and then act like this? The
man who stands for the dance ana
dance hall stands against the purity
of womanhood, statistics show that
three.fourth of the women who attend
these places come out with the faint
of immortality. In the face OF sucn
facts what should be our attitude?
| have always given my support ana
cooperation to the men OF our city
administration and | number them
among my friends-the truest frlend
is the one who tells you OF your
faults. The city administration have
erred-the dance hall is wrong-in its
wake are blighted lives, blasted hopes
and broken hearts, over it sweeps a
wave of immortality. Our admins
trations has erred in allowing such
scenes as occurred on our streets
Lakeland is composed of church 60
ing people. Look over the records
and rules of our churches and you
will see the church is against the
dance hall 1t is the disobedient
church member, disloyal to the rules
of the church who dances, the
church stands against the dance. The
city administration have sinned
against the people, this is an insult
to the standard of morality raised
by the church people of our city. You
nave made it harder for the preach
in the pulpit and as he goes out
among his flock, harder for the Chris
tan worker and teacher, and infinite
ly harder for the parents who are
trying to lead their children Alright.
No dancing Christian is called to the
death chamber to comfort and speak
the words that mean so much in this
most sacred hour. No dancing Chris
tian goes out as a soul winner gath
ering jewels for her eternal crown
Is thy heart right in the home life?
The future of your children depends
upon it; there you warn and instruct
| leading away from the pitfalls. ] put
myself against the man or woman
who opens pitfalls for my children
Have we not all seen the wreckage
of the dance hall?
The peril o fAmerica Is the home
| life of the men and women; mothers
are not what they ought to be. is your
heart right in the business of life?'
We are living in a time when we dc
not trust each other-in the mind OF
the individual there is a question OF
the honesty of the other party. Chris
tan men must set the standard
four square. Rather be pauper
than profit by devious ways. The
answer to the great question, How
can our people be established in
civic righteousness brings us back
to the religion of Jesus Christ. Az
the answer, observe the Golden Rule
have the spirit of Christ, let men SCI
Him in you and your business Il
your heart right in the social life
Were our forefathers deceived il
their ideas of evils and the standard.
they erected? Have we allowed the
world to creep into our churches, are
we blinded? AS a man thinketh il
his heart so he builds his character
There is a way that seemeth righ
unto man, but the end is death, The
thought life CONTROLS the man and de
termines what manner of man he is
Our consciences are creatures of ed
ucatlon-a great duty is ours to edu
cate the coming generation in lines
OF right living, right thinging thai
their future social life be on a high
er plane than ours. Is your hear,
right towards God? This question
controls all the other questions. I'm
less man is Christian his mind Is
so clouded, that he can not compre
bend sin in its enormity, cannot con
ceiVe of its fatal consequence. The
people of God must condemn sin, The
heart is desperately wicked and God
alone can change it. The Holy Spir
II opens up to man sin in its condem
nation, reveals Jesus as the answe,
to his sinful life. The Saviour takes
the sting of sin out of his life and he
stands there complete and can ans
swer with new heart and actuated
by new principle that his heart is
right with God Emphasizing our