Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1920-02-25

/ the streets at night, and from poorl
c lighted parks and entertainments thu
l. keep them out late at night an
c above all from the promiscuous pub
n lie hall. DO not be so anxious abou
q your daughters choosing some en-
X ploylnent in store or factory lie tina
V may be fraught with temptations am
> danger that would not come to hcl. i
t she were IL domestic in some wei
{ regulated family.
Z. IA. .AIMuSrhERE Oh DIGNITY
= To the young laAio+ be said: Kccl
t YOU own counsel when travelling, o}:
tain information Only from those i,
, uniform, and chen watch and pray
/ lest You enter into temptation. Guard
. with every cost the keen, clear. pure
Judge OF Your mclcstly.
Give every man to understand tha.
you axe q lady. In the lhodcsty OF
your attire and your bearing create
an atmosphere Of dignity and putty
beyond which men will not presume
to penetrate. Some women have few
temptations; to others they como Ike
the rolling of the sea. Much Of this
- determined By the woman herself.
1t is estimated that cut of three hun
Grcd thousand crring women in this
country, whose average lives are only
FIVE years, that onc-lalf Of the num-
her at least, have been shared, some
ti0,cs bought and sold to this life of
shame.
/ cannot understand how Il young
woman, born in home Of purity,
should go out into the life of which
The Bible says, "Thcir feet take hold
on hell" More difficult indeed is it to
understand how one who assumes the
sacred VOWS of the bridal altar should
so soon forget and what could | say
if in this audience there are those
who have forgotten the purity CT
mother, and the standards OF the
church. Oh, let me say to YOU that
IT you desire Il better life, whatever
you have done God loves YOU and
longs to set you free, and is declaring
5or YOU tonight that wonderful state
mcnt with the emphasis of the centu
lies, "him that cometh unto me | will
in no wise cast OUT Seek yc the
Lord while He may be found
Monday night the laymcn's pro-
gram was repeated. Il. G. A. Bah
cock of the Methodist church prcsid-
ed. +. c. Potter of the South church |
read the Scripture. Prayer was offer
cd by Chaplain Chaunccy A. Adams
of Danvillc. Brief talks on "What |
Jesus Christ has Done for Me" were
then given by the following: William
Stevenson, of Grace church: "This
is personal question. cannot ans
wcr it for my neighbor or Il friend, |
but only for myself Christ has help /
ed to overcome sin. ! have found it !
hard to resist temptation, and have
been able to do it only in ChriSts
strength. Christ has shown his great |
love for me in dying for me, and am
grateful. We cannot have Christ |
fully in our lives unlcs, we surrender
fully to Him. He must have undivid-
ed service. would live each day so |
as to plea, SC my Master, and witness
for Him."
Charles Ross of the South church:
Tf | were to express in two words
my thought about the subject they
would be these, God Knows In the
F'iftcs there came into this county
an evangelist who did Il great work,
and on July 1st, 1858, stood up for
Christ, and ! want to say to all that
l have never been sorry. ! have had
a varied experience since then, but
think tina: may say that ] have
never failed to rely upon these words,
watchwordS, or better, 'hcars-WorlS,
God KNOWS.
Edward G.. Smith Of the North
church: "W hat has Christ not done
for me? | can mention but IL few
things. He changed me from y rough,
careless young man; lie headed nc
right. When have failed it has
been simply that have stood in the
way of his doing his hest for me.
have found my larges' satisfaction in
the Christian church and all it stands
for. He has kept me so far as | have
been willing. Tonight he is a.
mighty as ever. | would rot hold my
self as an example, FOR know best
my own failures. | only know chat
| am better than | would have been
had | not tried to follow Christi
Bert Dean Of the Advent church:
"Christ came into the world in obc-
tlicncc to the will OF God and dice
for me, and I am grateful to Him.
He has done great things for me in
keeping me from evil. God has always
been present help. by the Holy
Spirit He has led me into truth. He
is able to keep all thai He has prom
iscd. Christ has healed me and help
nd ne, and want to recommend him .
to everybody here tonight.
Mrs. Don c. Stiles was accompar- ,
isl, and c. A. Shields and Mrs. Rccs ,
sang effectively "Facc to Face
DR.. Rccs then preached on "Thc ,
City -Four Square" lie said in part:
Text: John l4:2, "hI my Fathers
house are many mansions;" if it were !
no; so I would have ted YOU; go {
I'm nrpplrn u Mace for NOu."