Evening journal., 1919-01-13
NAN Eg0M MISSnIIRE.
HAD FORERUNNERI
Men in Daniels S Time Had
To Be Shown" DR..
Ewing Says
STRONG SERMON
AT Union CHURCH

Taxing as his text portion OF me
fourth Psalm. There may be many
that say. Who VIII show US any good
Lord. lift Thou up the light Of Thy
oountensnce upon u.s." DR.. Harvey
Winfield Ewing. minister OF Union NJ
E. Church, last night, said in part:
The man from Missouri had fore
runner. He is not the original You'll
have e-to-be-shown-man He can't lay
claim TO the phrase show Me- David
declared that In his time there were
many Of the same fellows.
"Rid OF its slangy form as now used
this IS simply a call for proof OF any
unusual proposition; refusal 70 ac-
cept any proposition until sufficient
proof Is given TO clearly establish II.
It is the exact opposite Of credullty,
that state OF mind which keeps alive
so many Of the superstltions Of the
past.
"a challenge is contained in the text
Who will show us any goodg' II is a
wide, sweeping ohallenge-who VIII
show us any good.
.The challenger must have been a
confirmed pessimlst OF the most dole
ful type. He seemed 10 think that II
was bad. He evidently had a case OF
dyspepsia added 10 his doubtful ma
ture. 1t might be added In passing that
pessimism Is chiefly due 20 the condi-
ton OF the liver and not 10 the head.
"But suppose we ask the question OF
the text In relation TO our own times
and our own city. Is there any good
TO be found in human society today, or
must we count all as evil and rotten.
What would q moral survey OF our city
show us2 answer that 1t would show
beyond all question, the existence OF
evil In this city TO an alarming degree.
am not saying that Wilmington is
worse than other cities Of its size. but
l am intending 10 say that II Is far from
being a city OF God, clean and spotless
"There are those OF course who deny
the existence OF evil In our city, pro-
Tossing. 20 believe there is no such
thing as sin, but all Is good-"Good
God. Good Devil" One OF the funda-
mental traits OF an honest mind Is the
desire for and the habit OF telling the !
truth The greatest foe OF character !
Is the habit Of thinking and telling a |
falsehood, no matter how much one /
may camouflage the name. Honesty OF |
mind compels us 10 recognize the eX-
stence Of evil all about us A survey /
of our city will show that there Is at |
present an alarming epidemic Of drunk |
snness sweeping over us. AT almost |
any hour OF the day or night one may |
meet with drunken men. and sad TO |
say-some drunken women--staggering |
along our streets. The fact can not be |
ienied and all respectable citizens must |
hang their heads In shame over II. Very |
likely 10 Is worse now because OF the !
large number Of men who have come
into our city, brought here by the large
wages offered during the war period.
But whatever cause may be assigned
for the present disgusting condition II
is here.
"Again. as all the readers OF the press
know. there Is an alarming increase OF
The drug habit in our city just now, as
we'll as in the country at large II is
rot my purpose to stop long enough 10 |
discuss the causes Of this condition. but
@ record my alarm at the evident fact.
PASSING over the prevalence Of the So
ial evil which exists here and the num-
lCl VI IIlUttAtN NNAAAlt AAdNG nNNn ARlAA~
nitted one must be impressed with the
act that our fair city is In danger OF
'ettins an unenviable reputation for
he murders committed.
In concluding Or. Ewing saidA
When the mind Is flooded with Gods
Ight then we see sin as Il Is, in all its
We know il 10 be exist
Mt. and we can accurately estimate its
eadly effect on the individual, but We
lso can see the evidence for good 10
he world, and in the individual, and
o may take courage TO work on with !
iod for the moral betterment Of the
ace.
"Browning's well known line: Gods
q His heaven; alrs right with His .
world IS fine optimism, but II Is not
rue IN the latter part OF the line. God {
) indeed in Heaven. but His world is {
ot all right II Is fun Of sin. degrad-
ng, AWFUL sin. but thank God II Is at /.
be same time fun Of good men and {
women Of pure and holy living. We 1
nay then answer the challenge Of the
'esismist by ssying-we can show YOU
GOD. much good and an increasing
mount Of good. Tor the world IS grow
1g better every day in spite OF the
ack eddies OF evil which are 70 be seen
verywhere at intervals Of human his
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