The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-09-07
MUCH INTEREST IN
REVIVAL SERVICES

Much interest is being manifested
in the revival services conducted by
Rev. H. T. Hartman of Pauls Val
ley at the tabernacle, corner a street
and Third avenue, northeast.
Services are held every afternoon at
o'clock and evenings at 7;45 o'clock
A large audience was in attendance
last evenings The minister took for
his subject The Testimony Of Con
science saying in part.
This subject would easily lend its
self to deep scientific discussion. but
| mean to be practical. | want TO
be understood by the plain man in the
street. For all practical purposes the
small boy or girl understands the
meaning of conscience
Perhaps as good a definition as
we could use is that it is the voice
of God within US, that power by
which we know when we do what
we think to be right or wrong
That conscience is a creature of
education is clearly manifest Men
are sensitive to the right on the side
OF their culture The child delcately
trained to purity and scrupulous
honesty in early years will likely re.
main sensitive to these things all
through life, while the boy whose
early associations have hardened his
moral nature with all manner of de-
secrations will find it difficult to see
the wrong Of these things in after
years. 1t is altogether possible, in
fact, it is a common thing to meet
people who are keenly sensitive TO
one commandment and heartlessly OBJ
durate 10 another. There are those
who would be shocked at the robbing
of q bank and yet practice all the
arts of the common liar without any
apparent remorse. There are those
who would be shocked at an open
violation of the Seventh command.
ment, who daily practice as the
current am3lties of decent society,
the Grass indecencies that undermine
the moral character Of the rising
generation. 1t is pitiable in the ex-
treme. sometimes, TO hear a man one
time defending some moral issue with
vigor and at another time defending
some practice that is just as positiv-
ely wrong. Yes, a good conscience
is a matter of correct education, SEN
stive practice, and long years of ex-
perience.
The Vital Damage
The thing though that is doing the
vital damage is dsregarding The
Testimony Of conscience. The man
who honestly lives up to his light will
find a cleaver way. But him that
knoweth to do good and doeth II
not this is what deals death to man
hood or womanhood The average
man Is not so much in need of light
as are inner quickening-moral STAN
ina TO enable him to stand erect In
the midst of the overwhelming flood
of modern iniquity.
Double Life Works Ruin
1T is the double life that is work
ing the ruin. One life for the public
and another for private processes
The CRATER for instance. with his
| SllloOAH ~
lucre getting, while the public regards
him as q patriotic citizen. Public
opinion may say hes an ideal Amer
can while the testimony of his own
conscience says, I'm a thief Pub
lie opinion may say of man. he's
an ideal husband and father while
his own conscience renders the heart
rcnding verdict. I'm a traitor to al
the sanctties OF life. che wife ant
mother may move in high circles anc
compel the acknowledgements OF al
external respect, while at the sea
shore, the testimony of conscience
cries out I'm q fraud"
Conscience will be the court o
| final appeal The camouflage Of th'
outer life will one day be removed
and the barred soul will be exposed tS
the Ineffible Light and we shall
be solely dependent on the resources
Of personality for our future bliss oI
woe.