The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-14
GOING BACK TO
CARB OF EVE
And Men r often Enough to
Stand For 1t, Says
Walter Nye

When Walter ID. NNc, teacher OF
the Mems Bible Class Of Mrkcndree
Methodist Church of Norfolk got up
in Sunday School ana taught the
class Of City Road Church Sunday
morning. he got the attention Of all
his listeners, and he got down deep
uudcr the shirts of some of them.
Mr.. Nyc's address was tn" most
forrcful one beard in an Elizabeth
City church at any recent time. 1t
was heard by men only and classes
from several other churches were
present.
The main auditorium was packed
to capacity with 800 men or more,
and some Of them nudgcd others or
Yinkcd NJ their neighbOrs when he
told the audience that the men OF
Elizabeth City were not defenders OF
the Constitution Of the United
States; that the women of the coun-
try had gone so far in the silly fol-
lowing of foolish fashions as to be
expected any day on the streets IN
the garb of Mother Eve; that the
men were already rotten enough to
stand for it; and that officers of the
law in Norfolk, as well as in other
towns were hobnobbiug with taSicab
drivers and boOtlcgCCrS.
"Thmk of the state of affairs
said he, "when we make of the 18th
to the Constitution a
subject for jokes. 1t is the duty Of
every American citizen TO support
the 18th Amendment just as much
as the 10th which permits the ladies'
to vote. Our Constitution should be
sacred to us, it is the sovereign Will
of the people and we should honor
it as it deserves to be-
at seems to me that our very
success in National affairs is tending
to undermine Onr foundation. we are
getting away from Gods ways, away
from his truths and sense of unity
with his name. Since God blessed
us in the World War we have gone
mad after pleasure and what the
world calls success said Mr.. Nye,
continuing in substance:
MY friends, we are flying high,
we arc soaring in the blue. but the
time is here and is fast flying by for
every real rcd-bloodcd American to
make it his chief business TO see that
We retain the leadership With which
God has blessed US.
You may think ] am q pcssimst'
and a pcssimist is not a very popu-
lar fellow, but an honest, truthful
pcssimist trying TO warn his fellow
countrymcn of destruction is far bet
ter than a lying, untruthful optimlSt
Who because Of u silver dollar over
each eve. cannot sec beyond his own
nose.
"Allow~ine TO tell you that Israel,
Babylon, Greece, Egypt, Rome, Rus
sia and Germany were all as great
in their time as the United States
is to-day. but they have all gone
down TO misery and decay E
because they forgot God and bis
book.
ITO retain our leadership, We
need something better than league
Of nations that doesn't league, some
thing better than peace confer
encc that does away with n few bat
tIeships and retains gas and submar-
ines with which TO murder people;
something better than dry nation
that is wet, and something better
than officers Of the law cOusOrtlug III
friendly fellowship with the criminal
II believe every man in the coun-
trv from the Iaborer in the fields to
Warren G.. Harding in the White
House, should unite aud throw away
all this inconsistent bunk of man
made contraptions that don't and
won't work, onto the ash heap and
get back to the family altar, a prop
pr Observance of Gods day, and thru
the channels Of he Bible to the God
of George Washington, Stoncwall
Jackson and Robert L. Lee.
''To an audience composed cntlrciy
of young people l might attempt to
hold forth at some length ON the
value or merit of u college education
We boast of our fine schools aud
colleges, as VIC may perhaps, have Il
right to do: but with all that VIC
arc unfortunate because of the fact
that the greutcst thing in the world
for n man or woman to know is not
taurbt in our public schools nor to
any great extent in our colleges, II
is rcgretable to have to say. We are
not taught the Bible and many OF US
die in absolute ignorance OF the myS-
tcries of God.
81 grant you there is lot OF hap
pipess in knowing how to do lot
Of things in this old world, but what
do you have as you go
about your daily voyage thru life! DO
Won stand before u handsome exam
nIe Of architecture with admiration;
have you found the wisdom OF pic
Iures so that you can rave over Il
paintins or an etching, and the WIS
dom of poetry so that you can have
the singer lift you to the clouds! /!
Have you found the wisdom of folks
little children especially? Are you
one of the towns big laughers as
YOU Journey along the pathway OF
time? Are you enjoying life!