Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1914 — A PORE HEART IS A PURE FOUNTAIN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A PORE HEART IS A PURE FOUNTAIN

Suggestions to How to ,Starl a New Year Right j ' Flirt Thought*—Two Ways of Fighting Vice, Bin—Wo Must Copy God's ' Method*—lmpurity Is Devouring Our Race—lts Ramifications—ln Business, In Religion, In Bocioty, In Politics, In , the Homs, Everywhsro-r-The Fight Against ImpuriW—lts Progress—lts Boldiers—lts Efforts and Results, . ■ Present and Future.

New York, January 4. Pastor Russell, of the City Temple Congregation, to q k for bis text today St. Paul’s words: “W b a'ts o e v e r things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; If there be any virtue, and If there

be any praise, think on these things.” —Philipplans 4:8. The Pastor began by calling attention to the will. Then he showed that the heart represents the real man, whom we are not always able to recognize properly. He quoted Scripture to prove that God looks upon the heart rather than upon the outward appearance, and declared that all who desire to be pleasing to God sbonld carefully scrutinize their own hearts. As a man thinks In his heart, the Pastor claimed, so will he gradually come to da The man who does not think has not properly begun to live, continued the Pastor. The man with wrong thoughts has before his mind wrong .Ideals, and is still worse off. All must admit, he declared, the truth of the Apostle’s proposition that we must think upon good, honorable, just, pure, lovely things, if we would have our lives Just, noble, pure, lovely and lovable*

The Pastor did not choose this subject because his congregation Is devoid of good Ideals, but because we are all apt to let slip some of those noble Ideals set before us In the Scriptures. The opening of the new year he considers to be 4 very favorable time for resetting our heart affections upon things noble. Just, pure, lovely, and for exercising all the will power and resolution we can command. Thus we make character. Then he reminded his congregation tbat we are all preaching both by word and by action; and tbat others are Influenced more by our actions than by our words. A? God’s people, we arc to show forth His praises as we have opportunity. Our ordination is of God through the Holy Spirit —the highest the only authority. The World's Purity Congress.

Last November Pastor Russell was appointed delegate to the World’s Purity Congress, which met In Minneapolis, November 7th to 12th. There he met a baud of noble men and women who. are laying down their lives in the fight against sin. Some labored as Christ’s followers; others, from merely a humanitarian standpoint The Pastor then gave a resume of the work of the Purity Congress. The delegates discussed, not meraly. Jtbfe. evil, but rather the good and what must be accomplished that good may prevail. He was pleased with their spirit of moderation, and noted also their appreciation of what be has sought for years to set forth: namely, that apparently much of the sin and vice In the world results from Ignorance and superstition, although all must agree that there are people whose vicious conduct can scarcely be characterized as other than wicked, sensual. devilish. The congress devoted much time to discussing the welfare of children, the Pastor declared. It was demonstrated that among the very poor Ideals of chastity are practically unknown. These children possess knowledge of sex matters beyond their years; and. mingling with others in the schools: they suggest Immoral practises to those Whose parents have sought carefully to maintain 1 their purity. | The parental duty of giving children proper conceptions of the sanejtity of their bodies was next discuss [ed This Information sbonld be given before the child enters school; for first lessons In vice are sometimes given even in the kindergarten, notwithstanding the teacher’s watchful eye. The child should be assured that the parent will give further instruction (later on, and should have such confi deuce in the parent’s truthfulness that it would wait for that further Information which every child’s mind seeks regarding Itself and Its origin. 1 The Pastor declared that many par Cts do not know bow to broach the bject of sex hygiene Us their cbll dren. Are we to see yonng boys start bad habits which will Injure their own health and that of their posterity? be 'asked. Yet great car* should be exercised lest evil be encouraged. In stead of guarded against Prom thirteen to fifteen seems to he the age when clear knowledge Is quite necessary to sate the child from the jevil which has overtaken many. The jpnrenta,. the Paator claims, are the (God-given Instructors and protectors of their families. Nothing can excuse (them from this duty, whether church work, alum work or even Bible study.