Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1920-03-03

. ,oul?'" We are influenced by inhcri,
! ance and environment. and we az
Thankful for Christian friends an
praying parents, but mono Of Us wi
, ever "ente,' by the gates into the city
F., unless we come to Il personal Savioul
Your sin, i, it pardoned; your deaf
are you planning for it? your HEAVIER
arc You getting ready for ii? HAY
you Il Home" in that country |,
which you are rapidly moving:
j This is an important question
We must spend eternity somewhere
it is left to us us free moral agent
to determine where. What is of great
en- importance than destiny? How
; much time and money, how much
anxiety and planning you crowd intt
the question OF where YOU will spcn,
4 few uncertain years here, when 4;
best it is but the vestibule of eternity
1t is not sentiment that demand.
that we consider his question, it is
The prompting OF wise man in the
face Of the inevitable
i believe that this lie is deter
n,inativc Of the future. 1t is written
"bchold. come quickly; he that j.,
unjust, let him be unjust still. and he
that is filthy, let him be filthy still, he
that is righteous. let him be lishtc-
GUS still, and he that is holy, let him
be holy still" Fixedncss of character
is taught by the Great Teacher. nd
is demonstrated by Il study Of hui
man life. If you live for ninety years
and begin tonight, will you have too
mucl1 time in which to serve the
Lord. and to help make this world
/ better? But none Of you will live for
90 years, most of us but a fraction
Of that time. What arc YOU doing in
/ the presence Of this certainty of the
: future? Is the life that you are now
! living in any way related to that life
: tina: you are to live? You think that
F.: you have not made decision on this
great question. You hacc; Y ur de-
lay and indecision was negative de-
cision. You may now "reverse your
decision" if you will. In Christ's par
able: lazarus died, and went to
Paradise. Dives, the Self-satisiied,
selfish, inhumane rich man, died, and
had funeral" Friend, do you look
beyond your funeral" and ask with
all seriousness, what for mo is be-
yond; where am TO spend eternity"
"Now" is the most imperious word in
the Bible. "Now is the accepted time.
now is the day of salvation.
The Methodist church was filled to
its capacity Thursday evening in the
Women's Meeting. The devotions
were led by Rev. George A. Martin.
DR.. Rees spoke directly and helpfully
on "The Black Cross" or "Danger
Signals for Young Women" He cx
planned the title by saying that call
through the Alps in Switzerland,
where persons have lost their lives,
the government has erected a black
cross as danger signal. All through
he Alps of human life there are
dangerous passes and rrecipices. At
some of these most dangerous points
desire to erect tonight the black
cross, danger signal, where young
women have lost money friends, po-
sition, character and their souls.
The first black cross is the wear
ing of too abbreviated garments. The
nearer you approach the attire OF the
woman who dresses in the extreme to !
attract and because her life is sinful, !
the greater will be the danger. am
sure that some mothers even in st. .
Johnsbury have not seen this danger ;
signal. though this evil is not as no. !
titoablc here as in many places. Some
women work on the basis of S25 a
week and dress on the basis of $50. /
After giving this address in Roches-
ter, the following editorial appeared
in one of the papers: "Dr. Rccs, the
evangelist, scored bulls eye when
he declared that 80 ',r'." are to blame
for improper dressing of their girls.
Many social workers have come to the
conclusion that careless mothers are
the fundamental cause of the down
fall of girls, because they allow Their
too much freedom il dressing, and
too much liberty of action at an age
when they should J." clothed modest
md qrdcd against the dangerous
influences that are thrust upon girls
who parade the streets at night and
so to public dances alone, or with
others Of their own age Of either
SEX"
The second black cross referred to
was an extreme desire to be amused.
Pleasure is normal, but life is real,
and nobody who thinks of nothing
but "having a good time" can ever
to much.
Profitlcss amusement constantly
destroys any serious purpose,
health, and wcakenS mo-
rails.
A third danger found in many
places is that of posing on The street
to be seen by men. To wander idly
about the street, alone or two by
two, to show off ones clothes, and ,
to attract attention, is mischievous t
practice. The girl about whom men
make remarks as she passes along
the street may we'll consider either
her manner or her dress. /
A fourth danger signal should be
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