The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-12-13
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BY Rev. Paul Gardner.

every interest which has at heart
the welfare of all may find express
sion: if here the interests OF towns
men and countrymen, OF farmer n
merchant may be beautifully corel-
lated and If from this center there
may radiate forth that which n q
serve the larger good throughout the
city. county and state and to regions
beyond them may We well conclude
that they who built the house have
not built il in vain.
But if on the other hand tpardon
me for saying II, for many are anx-
ious about it, these things do not OBJ
tain and abound in this house Is
made to contribute to the lower and
paser forms of life; IL 1t be a house
of rcyelry where the lusts OF the nesh
abound and dominate; IL 1t become a
place of orgies and attraction to those
whose business 1t Is to blunt the
finest sensibilities, to blur the clear
es, vision, to crush the noblest ideals
and to cruelty the highest aspirations
of the soul; If here our youth are rob-
bed Of their faith in things pure and
! holy: If here they lose respect for the
highest fixed standards OF society: II
here they meet with demoralizing In
| iuences which tend to debauchery,
Iimpurity and licentiousness,-i III these
| things abound then surely they that
| have built the house have laborcd In
vain.
. nf nn,.run No nnn ngka fhQf me
| Auditorium be made a sanctuary or
a church and we trust that none
will ask that il be made a place any
thing less than where our finest boys
and girls may go with perfect safety.
1t is the potential powers OF this
Auditorium about which we are APP
~prehensive. 1t may be either a saw
Jour oil life unto life or of death un-
Ito death. It may be either u liflt to
guide and defend and to save or 1t
may be a magic island, as II we're,
with it's sirenic music to lure to de-
struction.
BLOW, O winds. Rise, o ocean.
Break forth, we elements. and try my
work." Such was the boaFtful II 5pir-
| HIlOH put OH tut uISi EuuyotohC tbs
house by it's builder, Winstanley. His
challenge was accepted and one eight
the sea swallowed up the bu lsing
and it's builder. The next one and
it's builder, Rudyard, met a similar
fate. The third one was bull by
Smeaton who made no vain blasts
but on the lowest course had CT sled
these words, Except the Lord uild
the house. they labor in vain that
build it." And on the keystone : 5ove
the lantern these words. "Laus IDeo!"
The structure, 1t is said, still OF lnds.
o never failing beacon light to st orm.
tossed mariners.
No heavy seas will ever beat
against our Auditorium and 1t shall
probably never perish by earthc lake
or fire. But in these things is not
the test. 1t is up to the citize,.s of
, Miller to say whether this ! ouse
shall stand against the tides OF i'm :
!, morality and indecency which are
} J demoralizing and damning and ex-
tinguishing the light and LEAVING the
, mariners of life wrecked on trea her
Gus rock and shoal or wheth,r 1t
|, shall be what WI trust 1t was In end
ed TO be. a bulwark of streng h. q
/ lighthouse TO guide into the hi rbor
: of moral beauty and luxuries,
Only after such testing as this will
, we be able to determine whethe; tho
: mouse has been built in vain ana
: whether the builders have caufe to
rejoice OF to weep.