The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-09-15
Wind and reapcd the whirlw.n1.

wind and reaped the whlrlwtnj.
"rrtends. we say we are hard VI
today. but has 1t ever occurred to yo,
spending7 Your children have more
money to spend foolishly than you,
parents usually saw. The dance is
lar per.
IT we can't get out Of this awful
whirlpool and come back to the sim
pie life. divorce proceedings and sui
eide win be the result.
Listen, 10 our social life less free
from the blighting stones? can re-
member when we lived the simple life
Our social functions were. conducive to
the mental and spiritual. but this is
not the case today. say without fear
OF successful contradiction our social
activities many Of them are democrat
ising. We seem to have but one stunt
on our social program, that Is the
dance. We seem to have gone wild
along this one line and a. think of
1t we are about the only state in the
union that has not lifted up our leg
tslative voice against the dessecration
OF the Sabbath day by the dance run
ming after the midnight hour.
Il will hasten to the conclusion that
IL. the coming back to the church. Do
you know we have frightfully neg
lected the thing that caused ~ to have
q national birth and we are disregard
ing that that has given US q place in
the world as no other nation holds.
People OF Broadus and Powder RIVER
county are we going to continue as we
have been. or can't we get the vision
and give our children a SPIRITUAL her.
itage? Will we not come back to the
church with all our hearts and estab-
lish shrine from which light will
shine out that will bless the world and
be a safeguard for our American homes
In generations to come? You say you
believe In the church. but do you? 7
am persuaded that this thing IL of ire
mendous Importance or it is the great
est farce that was ever perpetrated on
people. The Bible is either true or it
fiction that is too vulgar for human
Imagination.
sour fraternal organizations tell US
the Bible Is the rule and guide Of our
faith. We have been lead to believe
in it's teachings. but oh. my friends. I
am afraid we have drifted away. We
have gotten caught in the tide, we are
not teaching our children that the
Bible and the church are two of the
most important things in the world.
1.-THE children come to the Sunday
School If they want to and stay at
home il they desire If we are not
able to turn and start in another d.
rection the result will be the history
Ct China and some of orr other coun-
tries.
"Our indifferent home is causing the
of the ministry to fail.
There are thousands Of good churches
In this land without ministers. Our
young men won't give their lives 20
God and sacrifice for the church.
1T I had dying message to give
to the world it would be. Come back
to the church. establish a shrine in
your own homes, worship around it.
stimulate the children with highest
thoughts. teach them that the God of
is the God Of today
But in closing / want to give at
least a word of comftr. believe the
star is still shining in the east. and
he rainbw Of Gods promise is appear-
ing in the sky and the time is no. far
distant when the people will see the
value of better things and come hack
10 their Lord"
The next sermon for publication will
De: Vince and What Is Heaven?'