The Nevada County picayune., 1922-03-23

punishment and then through the slime and filth of hell ascend to heaven. but Christ taught that one in that world of woe there would be. no release.
 This is one of the hardest teachings of the Bible-that there is possibly of q human soul perishing and spend ing eternity in hell, but we have inti- nations of this all about us and we constantly see that people are expos ing themselves to all kinds of tempta- tions and evils that will tend to mar their character here. God did not make man machine or automatom with no power of choice but he made him with the ability of choosing good or evil, life or death, heaven or hell. The only way we can account for God making it possible for a soul to be lost is that if he made him so he could not sin then he would not be a free agent and would not be above '' horse can do no sin, even when they kill a human being it is not sinful act, as sin only can be committed by a responsible. intelligent, being and one that has the power of contrary choice. The angels have this power and so many of them fell even while enjoying the bliS of heaven and are now held in chains till God conveneS the Supreme Court of the universe, and man, the only other intelligent being with d soul also has the power of shining and also must stand on same footing with the angels and be cast into hell for their transgreSsion of Gods law and for failure to believe in Christ the Savior. No redemption has been provided for beasts as they have no choice between god and evil and have no souls.
 But God is showing Us of this dread possibility in our daily walk in life, and we know, much to our sorrow, that it is possible for a girl or boy to step over the boundary line of chastity and sink to shame and dSihon0r. We are constantly startled by hearing or reading in the daily papers about these unfortunates, and righ now. the whole country has been wrought up to the highest pitch of alarm when we read about the vice clubs in some of the high schols in St Louis and the word goes out that there are many towns and cities adjoining this western metropolis that have the same condi- tionS
 We are accustomed to think of our girls and women as being incapable of such sins but alas almost every town and community has sad examples of the possibility of sin among these we so much revere and while the large maiority like Ceasar's wife, are above suspicion yet each parent must teach their children that there is possibility of their falling into ignominious sin and disgrace and that they must watch and pray and abstain from all ap- pearancc of evil.
 Now. unfortunately for our country, there is q growing sentiment against having the Bible or any religious teach ingS in our public schools and We mnst be ready to pay the price, for education. it makes no difference how scientific and extensive it may be. will not save our youth and history and sad experience have shown that godieSS education is more often n curse than blessing. Many of our schools do not want the Bible to be read nor minister to conduct religious exercises and when these are put out you must be prepared to have the devil and immortality to come in Statistics show that there are at least 60000 recruits to the ranks of the fallen women in the United States each year. So many ot our parents have no real supervision over their growing girls and boys and allow them to take long automobile rides at night, to see impure pictures, to engage in lascivious dances and to attend goddess scholos and they but SOW the wind and should not be sur prised when the children thus neglect ed reap the whilrwnd. You cannot