South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-20
FLAYS DISHONESTY
TN PLEADING THAT
MORALS BE UPHELD
Rev. Mcclure Says Every In
dividual Must Again Take
Up Elemental Virtues.

"In this day when the papers are
daily SO filed with accounts Of rob-
berries. murder trials dlssraceful IL
vorce proceedings and other viola
tiaus ~ the Fundamental moral priu-
clpIl5 OF CHRISTIANITY. 10 is time for
us % call ourselves back to- our ele-
meuta. virtues" declared Rev. Arch
IbaId Mcclure. pastor Of the First
Presbyterian church. in his sermon
ou Honesty" delivered before a
large congregation Sunday morning.
Ic continued.
eve cannot lightly regard the
moral code or God without suffering
FOR lt zone Of these fundamental
virtues of which we are today IN
great need Is Honesty Let as take
thought for things honorable i'm the
airht or all me1." We are in danger
of falling into moral pudginess. from
which we must escape by taking q
more clean cat attitude toward NOR
al questions.
owe need honesty in speech. In
every industrial community gem
Grafton OF young fellows is growing
up who think that it is harmless o.
Die about ones age in order 10 secure
"a Job Yet i'm the history disclosed
in inc Bible some Of the worst pun
fglments Of which we are told were
those melted ont tO people who He'd
Anan.as and s1pph.ra We're striker
with immediate death when they
lied. saul. Achan and Peter suffered
grlevousIy because they lied. With
God lie is always "a lie, and wrong
d. always wrong.
Give Up Honor System.
eve need honesty in observing.
Many a traveller I'm returning from
"a trip. tells a false story of the con-
difons i'm the country OF his travels
because he has observed things dis
honestly. We must learn 20 observe
both evil and go0d-tO see all sides
~ things-to see both the interior
and the exterior character OF people.
I'VE need honesty in action Too
many people today think it worth
while 90 steal and rob. The failure
of our adherence 10 the fundamental
of honesty is wildly instanced by
tho fact that this spring three Of our
great American institutions of edu-
ElELNU -NfIl NLI NJ tarA'". III Nttt -'--a D
Minnesota university and the Penn
sylvania state institution - have
found fl necessary to give up the
honor system. They found that II
was no longer possible 20 trust stud
ents to take an examination without
cribbing. and are 10 return 20 the old
method Of having am instructor pres
ent in every examination room to
prevent dishonesty.
1--WE need honesty in our think
Ing. We are i'm a. state Of mind in
this country i'm which we are think
ing foggiIv on some moral questions
we thing that it is all rEht TO do a
wrong so long as we do it for good
cause But no good purpose ever
excuses a wrong done for it. Recent
IL the BOY Scout Council Of South
Bend took q splendid stand on this
matter hv deciding not 20 raise the
money it, needs for its Culver camp
bv rafting off an automobile. They
felt that The moral keenness of the
boys was worth more than the mon
ev For rafting. lotteries betting
and gambling are all evils whose
spirit is fundamentally opposed 20
A.LR LN.tIilAllEn Oh hItt lFf.A.hllAN
Prohibit Lotteries
AT one time many years ago, lot
terics were used 10y churches and
governments OF European countries
and American states TO raise money
for useful purposes. But this form
of gambling so undermined the NOR
alliy of the people that i'm Ensland
and America laws We're passed pro-
hibiuug lotteries. There is q law in
the state of Indiana against rafhing-
II reads Whoever sets up or pro
poses any money. goods. chattel- or
thing i'm action, 90 be ratified for or
To DE distributed by lot or chance
20 any person who shall have paid
or contracted 20 pay any valuable
consideration for the chance of OBJ
tanning such money goods or things
iu action shall. on conviction. bee
fined not less than ten dollars nor
moro than one hundred dollars "
Another law even forhids the pub
fishing OF any news about lottery
i'm the state of Indiana.
"It Is time that we think honest y
about this matter. Rafles lotteries.
betting and gambling are an of them
wrong because they are am attempt
TO gain something for nothiug-they
are q lazy mans way Of getting mon
ey. and there is no place i'm the I1ins-
dom Of God for lazIness. They are
selfish in their purpose and influence.
and hence opposed To the unseidsh
teachings OF Christianity. They de-
stroy "a persons sense of proportion.
making IL hard 90 judge values cor
rectly They prevent man knowing
God, for they draw over a mans
moral sight a film of indistincncsS
which prevents one from seeing and
knowing God as He is. so one who
does these things can ever become "A
great interpreter OF God or great
moral force I'm a community
''To overcome the evi. influence II
these Ihinrs we must develop the
moral teaching of our homes. and
promote further religious instruction
Of The children OF this and every
community ON week days"