The Washington times., 1922-03-30
SCRIPTURE
QUOTED AS.
F FORECAST 7
Texas Cyclone" Considers
Metropolis as the Babylon
of Modern Times.
By MARGERY REX.

By MARGERY REX.
NEW YORK. March 3O.-New
York will be destroyed in one
hour.
The Texas whirlwind responsible
FOR this forecast gives scriptural
authority for his dire prediction.
Coming upon this city in its days
of sultriness and sin, like the
"northers" that blow over his ma
tive State, the Rev. DR.. J. Frank
Norris, of Fort Worth, promises to
give New Workers the benefit of his
opinions on the manners and NOR.
ais of our decadent period.
Marked As Plain Speaker.
Fortnight in manner, tall and
pleasing in appearance, the evan.
gelist of .he Lone Star State does
not stop to mince words or sugar.
coat them. He is the guest of DR..
John Roach Straton, of Calvary
Baptist Church, and in that Fifty
Seventh Street forum will give a
\series of sermons.
New York will be destroyed in
pne hour" he asserts. Let me
huote from Revelations to fortell
he fall of this modern Babylon,
Eighteenth chapter, tenth to nine
feenth verse. Listen to these ex-
eerpts:
ALAS, alas, that great city,
Babylon, that mighty city! For in
bne hour is thy judgment come
And the merchants of the
earth shall weep and mourn over
her; for no man buyeth their mer-
chandise any more
1.-The merchandise Of gold, and
silver, and precious stones, and Of
pearls, and fine linen, and purple,
and silk, and scarlet
For in one hour so great riches
is come to naught.'
Denounces Women's Dress.
1.-THE Bible may be depended upon
to apply to modern conditions" the
evangelist says. "Next week I
Hand verses which l cannot reveal
to you now concerning the dressing.
or rather undressing, of women to-
day.
Let woman dress beautifully and
make herself as attractive as ever
she can, but she must remember that
her person is the most sacred thing
known u1on earth!
THE only cafe men today are those
over eighty. and blind, deaf and dumb
as well. Paralyzed? No. l wouldn't
add that, II wouldn't be necessary.
But to insure his safety, man
should get On q street car backward,
10 he can't J., e the women getting on.
Our situction today is a mighty
serious one.
colder men no longer commit the
crime Of looking at their ncighbors'
wives. but pick out very young girls.
High SC. '.ool girls feel the aban-
donment of the times and succumb
10 1t. II they get in trouble they
con get out OF It. They are not ostra-
cized for treir freedom Of action.
Too Much Liberalism.
There's too much liberalism in
doctrine. Faith in the Bible is
broken down. We're llberalizing
sthe Sabbath and have 20 more re.
spect for Il. would close al!
secular activities on Sunday as the
first step.
when we say that homes are
too crowded and people must go
out, I reply that we have no busi-
ness living in such large cities. 1t
is contrary to Gods laws and Gods
purpose.
"The marriage vow Is regarded
also in too liberal spirit Then
there is our social liberalism. and
the liberalism of teaching the eVo-
luton theory. We haven't come
from monkeys but it ) dead GER
tain we're going back that way.
"We can only go back 10 the old
fashioned Holy Ghost rcvlval-if
not, civilization will break down
In Isaiah, twenty-fourth chapter. in
the nineteenth and twentieth verses,
we find this
1.-The earth is utterly broken
down, the earth is clean dissolved.
The earth is moved exceedingly
THE earth shall reel to and fro
like a drunkard, and shall be remov-
ed like a cottage; and the transgres-
sion thereof shall be heavy upon it;
and it shall fall and not rise again.
Would Stop Dancing.
Continuing with modern menaces,
I would censor the stage from A to
Y. 1 would pass laws about wo.
mems dress IL the women don't
change the fashion themselves. 1
would pass a law against women
smoking cigarettes-and one that
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