Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-04-12
"HEALING CANCER OF SIN
WITH CnnTUINC CVprT


That we are living in times of I'M
rest, discomfort and unbelief, is too
apparent for contradiction. Every
where the people are wondering what
the next move viii be.
There is a scripture which reads,
If the foundations be destroyed, what
can the righteous do?" And it is be-
lieved by the more thoughtful, and de-
vout people that the foundations of
our faith are being destroyed; and
that men and women are becoming be-
wildered, as to what the outcome will
be. Not only Christian people are
wondering at What is coming to pass.
but there is among the ungOdly, a
feeling that something-an indescrib-
able catsstrophy-is about to break
upon US.
/ read an interesting statement tax
en- from sermon by the Rev DR. John
Roach Sratton. Pastor of the Calvery
Baptist church, Ney York. DIR. STRAIT
ton has stood like John the Baptist"
in that great city denouncing the sins
and evils fthe times and the extra
VACANT way of living among the ma
Jority of people in that metropolis. A
theatrical producer had endeavored to
defend the morals of the stage. In
reply to which Dr. Stratton said,
/ There is no use trying to heal cant
Ger of sin with soothing syrup 1t is
Idle to sprinkle cologne water upon
the putrid iniquities of a rebellious
race. To counteract the appalling
! looseness and rottenness of the times,
every preacher must be sensational
/ list, because religion is the most revolu-
tlOnary measure ever given to earth.
With ten millions of the human race
rotting in untimely graves because of
humanity's sins and war lusts, and
with such a saturnalia of crime and
vice and shamelessness, as society has
never known before Surely some
preachers are needed who will dare TO
speak the truth at any hazards. Yes,
some one who viii cry out and spare
not even though they are quartered in
the streets and mailed to the cross"
1 We have reacher place where mes
sengers can not step from news
paper office into an auto waiting di-
rectly in front of the door, without
being robbed of thousands of dollars.
| Peaceful merchants are murdered in
their open shops. Many of our play
1 houses are so foul that our children
cannot walk the streets without con-
/ fronting veritable traps of hell. The
/ vileness of which is reflected upon the
billboard Our young men and wo-
men are jazz wild and dance crazy.
Our school girls, even, are poisoning
themselves by smoking cigarettes.
They have forgotten to blush, and are
being taught that it is smart to use
the lp-stick and paint pot, and to
swagger at least little. A condition
of undress that would formerly have
caused raid by the police even in the
! Ienderloln district, now it the accent
4 ed style in the hotel lobby, theatres.
ballroom and even on the street. The
/ Happier has taken the place of ture
/ temininnity. Contemplate dogs are
| in the arms of wives, instead of babies.
The marriage vow is being thrown
aside as scrap of paper. Our Amer
lean homes are being broken up by
thousand outside attractions. The
Sabbath day every where is desecrat-
ed. The very foundation of our mod
ern life seem at times to be trembling
/ such is the opinion of man who lives
IN the midst of high and low society
and sees men and women of every
description and cult. And the sad part
i about II is that any one who knows
anything about worlds condition in
society have to confess that the pic
ture is not overdrawn. We may de-
bate as to the cause of this frivolity
lmmodesty in this our day, as the inn
modest way our girls dress: and not
our girls only, but mothers! You who
have girls remember that you will be
held responsible for their immortal
souls insofar as you are able to check
their outward and hayward career.
Don't let them get into society too
early. You viii need the help of the
Divine power to council, in using your
parental right to direct the path of
your child until she is able to choose
for herself.
Here is an appeal to the Gospel min
lister in the solution of this sin prob
lem by preaching nightly against that
which destroys both soul and body in
hell. Brother pastor, you may have
to suffer for any attack upon sin here
but remember, that it were far better
to bear the reproach of the cross here
and to fel you have not failed to de-
clare the whole council of God. than
to have to face the God whose word
you have kept back from the people.
and the people whom you have coddled
4 in their sins, rather than lay the ak
/ to the root of the trees.
Think on these things.
REV. SUPPLEE.