The Washington herald., 1922-05-08
qJNeOVER TESTED
OLD LDLANDMARKS,
ASKS REV. FULTZ
nth of Our Fathers
Must Reign Supreme,
He Emphasizes.
IOME VITAL NEED
Domestic Zeal Must Burn
Anew, and Then Divorces
Will Lose Frequency.
BY REV. CHARLES Il. FULTz,
Memorial United Brethren Church,

Memorial United Brethren Church.
, Text: Remove not the ancient land
marks which thy fathers have
set."-Prov. 22:2S.
The surveyor has come to locate
the boundaries OF a recently pur-
chased plot of ground. In order
to be fair to the adjoining property
owners he must find a corner from
which to begin to run the "metes
end bounds" Of said plot. The old
deed says there is a stone marked
by the letter F close by certain
indicated point, and after some
search 1t is located. 1t was COW
cred with the washings and debris
of the-years.
To-day some of the landmarks Of
our religious and economic civiliza-
tion are quite hidden under the de-
oris OF our various mental process
es-isms new and old-seIfishness
modern and bold "a multiplied
iumber of semi-religious cults
kome so new that even the varnish
VS. not dry. We shall dig down
through all of them into the old
| -evelation Of truth and find our
ahrst, corner or landmark, e. g.,
aith of our fathers and mothers.
Religion to them was an intense
live. virile reality. They lived
heir faith in God. and ii was ac-
rounted unto them for righteous
sss.
Their Faith In God.
Run down the line of history
ON Abraham's time unto the high
on OF the American 4eclaration
Independence, when everywhere
men AMI women sought the counsel
of Almighty God and professed
faith in the Prince of Peace: then
on through that period when the
commercial man superseded the col
! porteur; also when our nation be-
Ean to grow mighty and rich. when
the pulpiteer vanished and the ear
| tickler played with strange fire:
when men and women bartered
faith for reason and almost Eyes.
some quite) lost their reckoning
midst the bewildering theories of
evolution. Of the sleek and suave-
and you will find much confusion
!
God pity the boy or girl who out
a grows the counsel and religion of
his father and mother and. even
worse yet, when the father and
mother do not have any religion
TO offer their children! Let every
parent who may read this turn to
the marked passages in the old
Bible that mother read.
Loyalty to Church.
The second landmark we find to
be loyalty to church and home.
The church is one of Gods great
est gifts to the human family. and
where loyalty attended and ade-
quately maintained the greater the
culture and the higher the morale
Of society and the more stable our
economic life Everywhere let her
Rltars burn with increasing fervor
and holy regard for a closer COM
munion> with Him whose we are
and whom we serve"
Home-yes; this landmark is fast
being covered. Stand by the old
hearth until a new passion of do
mestic zeal grips your soul. This
should be the sweetest place on
earth and where the same smile
that won your heart might again
gladden. the return from the davis
grind; and the prattle OF the chill
dren take the place of the barking
dog. Open wide the doors Of the
pld-fashioned home once more.
Ehere love and confidence reign
preme then $4,000 young girls
ii not walk out into the night of
ath annually. nor 1I261s divorces
issued, as was the case last year.
Ged's Day Sacred.
Just across the ravine nearly
covered by the lowest forms of
rommercialism lies almost hidden
the thtd landmark. or corner-the
Sabbath OF our Lord.
My appeal Is for sane Sabbath
Commercialisn1 and selfishness rattle
over our streets and. like Jehu.
drive furiously down our highways
until the subtle orgies of Sabbath
dissertation blight mans holy in
stincts for Gods Day" and muf-
file every aroused protest. This
old landmark must again be in evil
Hence.
The fourth or last corner only
can be located by starting at
Number One-faith in God; then on
10 loyalty to the church and ehe
home. and a holy regard for the
sabbath day: then you can find the
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