TIIE ALLIANCE HERALD. FRIDAY, JUNE 3. 1921
TIIE PARSONS CORNER
Bv Rev. R. J. MirAi-t Pnrt.
the First Baptist Church, Alliance)
Is Conscience a Safe Guide 7
The above question has been asked
me so often lately that I thought it
wise to write this article to answer it,
for perhap3 others have asked them
selves also.
I shall not enter into an exhaustive
discussion as to what conscience is; it
is universally acknowledged that we
have a conscience. Having a conscience
is it safe to follow it 7
In Romans 2:15, Paul speaks of
heathen whose conscience bore them
witness to right or wrong. reople ' Having our hearts cleansed from an
generally speak as if conscience is in- evi' conscience we may draw nigiFwith
in one constant efTort to lead a clean
life before God and man. It places a
higher estimate on character than up
'on reputation. It does not care what
rs said of It, but is very careful to be
pure itself. It thinks it more honorable
to saner wrongly than to do wrong
end avoid suffering thereby. "For this
is acceptable, if for conscience toward
God a man endureth grief, suffering
wrongfully." Teter 2, 2-19. Such .a
conscience is a source of joy, 2 Cor.
1:12. It is such a conscience that en
f bles the martyrs to die thanking God
for the privilege of death. It is such
a conscience that enabled Edith "Cavell
to die hopefully in Belgium.
But who has such a conscience?
None save men and women who have
their consciences purged by faith in
the atoning blood of Jesus Christ.
.fallible and therefore safe. But while
we admit it to have been originally
intended as a guide, conscience in most
men has been robbed of discerning
power, and so scripture speaks of at
least five consciences, four of which,
fill will admit, are not safe.
The first of these references is in
First Corinthians 8:10-12, known as
weak conscience, A weak conscience
is the result of a lack of spiritual
knowledge; under the guidance of this
conscience one may be led to do many
things conscientiously that are radi
cally wrong. Paul, himself, though a
.student under the best of masters, la
bored under the impression that it
was his duty to kill christians and im
prison them, even women and children.
The dark age that produced the in
quisition was a time when men fol
lowed the dictates of weak consciences.
.Such people may be very sincere, but
their sincerity does not' alter right
from wrong. Weak conscience within
both the catholic and the protestant
churches has been the source of un
speakable outrages in the name of re
ligion. Weak consciences no doubt
are to some extent responsible for the
terrible European struggle. A con
science that leads men. to kill and hate
or be prejudiced against those who do
-not agree with you in religious "things
is certainly not safe.
Still further scripture speaks of a
rdefiled conscience in Titus 1:15. A de
filed conscience becomes such by read
ing or listening to error. Such a con
:science may have been pure at one
time, but through the reading of un
clean and infidel literature it becomes
defiled until the person is led to com
mit crimes under the impression that
they render humanity a duty.
.in at. a fpw vests a co a man .was a
:f aithful member of the church. He city of Rome, occupied most of seven
avoided all errors and served his i hills, ana nere we nave iw acres inai
. . i 1 TT ...... Ia 1 .' n An m fnKU Thlil'a'a A KlfT
church with zeal. However, the writ
-ings of Emma Goldman were placed in
his hand and he began to lose interest
in his church and became the victim
of a defiled conscience that told him
it was his supreme duty to kill Pres
ident William McKinley. Leon Col
jrocz believed he was doing right.
.Schrenk, when he shot Theodore
"Roosevelt, cried out: "I have done my
xluty."- Surely such a conscience ia
mot a safe guide to follow.
Still again scripture speaks of an
evil conscience Heb. 10:22. An evil
-conscience is the conscience of the
-gambler and thief who will steal in
order to pay his debts of "honor:" A
Ihighwav man owed a "pal" five dol
lars. They met in a saloon and he was
sked to pay his debt. He thereupon
-went out and held a man up, robbing
"him of thirty-five dollars. When ar
Tested he was asked why he committed
the robbery; and he said he couldn't
think of beating a man out of a five
lollar loan. The society gambler who
-will gamble to pay an "honorable
kt is following an evil conscience as
-well as the highwayman. Such a con-J 53-54
.science is not- a safe guide.
Further still the scripture speaks of
:a seared conscience, First Timothy,
-4:2. Seared with the hot iron or
ivnnrrinv. A few vears aeo. a presid
ing elHpr of southern Illinois killed a
-g-irl and threw her body in a well. His
guilt was well known, but he main
tained to the last that he was inno
ent, notwithstanding that several eye--witnesses
testified to his guilt. During
Tiis stay in jail, before his execution,
lie manifested great joy of salvation
and went to his death singing "Happy
Dav," and denying his guilt Such con
sciences are anything but safe guides.
The hypocrite's conscience may enable
him to put on an air of sanctity, but
scripture teaches that the hypocrite's
hope shall perish.
Laslly scripture speaks of one that
can perfectly lead, a real safe con
science safe to follow, in Acts 24:16.
A conscience void of offense toward
Ciod and man. Such a conscience is a
safe guide because it "enlists every
faculty and element of the human soul
a true heart in full assurance of faith
and receive that joy unspeakable and
full of glory.
But how get it? By elimination of
sin, realizing your need of such a con
science and asking God in prayer, be
lieving that He will give it you. "The
blood of Jesus cleanseth us from all
sin." Taul found it. I have found it.
You may fiyid it. . .
Is your conscience a safe guide?
MEETING LOW FARM PRICES
C. H. Morrill, a wealthy banker and
land owner of Nebraska writes in The
Lincoln State Journal that prices of
commodities must come down to meet
the low prices of farm stuff. The Jour
nal wants to do its share in the "Come
down" and is offering to mail the daily
from now until Jan. 1, 1922 for only
$2.50, or including the big Sunday
Journal with its magazine and colored
comic sections for only $3. This is
really away below the present cost of
production; but there'3 only one way
to come down and that's to come down.
The Journal is the best buy in the
newspaper field and I hope you will
prove your interest in lower prices by
sending in your subscription for the
remainder of this year at this cut
price.
J. C. SEACREST, Publisher.
Mrs. Lou Lauer, the new Berea cor
respondent for The Herald, made this
office a pleasant visit on circus day.
With her husband she came from the
east a year or so ago, and she is most
enthusiastic over the country as she
has found it. In her opinion, what
Box Butte county needs most is a
bunch of boosters. "Out where I came
from," she said,"our farm, like the
lies as flat as a table. There's a big
difference in the price of land, and
anything can be raised here that can
be raised farther east" Mrs. Lauer
thinks that as soon as the real estate
men get thei courage back, which
was pretty well kndbked out of them a
few months ago, farm land will begin
to change hands again, with very little
let-down in the price. She has had
previous experience in corresponding,
and the first installment of the Berea
items, printed in Tuesday's Herald,
gives promise that she will make this
one of the most interesting correspon
dence columns of the paper.
NOTICE FOR BIDS
Bids will be received until Monday,
June 6th, for the excavation and re
moval of approximately eight hundred
vards of dirt from basement of new
M. E. church, Seventh and Box Butte.
Bids should cover disposal of dirt by
contractor or disposition of same with
in four blocks by building committee.
Address all bid3 to A. S. Mote, City.
JUST ENOUGH
"Was there much of a gathering to
see the ship start?" asked Colonel
Edwards.
"Yassuh. Dey was a monst-ous lot
o' folks."
"And was the crowd tumultuous or
nuiet?"
"Well, suh," replied Mose doubt
fully. "Dey wasn't zackly too mul-
tuous. I shouldnt 6ay. xsossun, ey
was int bout multuous enough fo'.de
occasion.
Even the man who thinks he Is too
wise to eet caught with wood alcohol
will take chances on having his liquor
doped with ether.
Report that the Turks are making
marriasre compulsory disabuses tne
mind of a traditional notion.
A s.afe doesn't live up to its name
in this burglarious uay.
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Draft Dodgers Have
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For the Newspapers
The draft deserters' lists are now
being distributed by the war depart
ment and printed by many local pa
pers, lhe American Legion has
pledged to co-operate in clearing the
names of men who saw honorable
service, but whose names appear on
the lists by reason of clerical errors,
incomplete records, or because the men
had already enlisted when the call wns
made. Headquarters of the seventh
corps area, at Fort Crook, are calling
the attention of legion posts and the ,
newspapers to certain misrepresenta
tions which may be made by men
whose names appear, but who seem to
be innocent of the charge made.
Attention is invited to the fact that
all of the names on the printed lists of
alleged draft deserters are on those
lists because the war department found
in the investigation of the selective
service records that the proper officials
had entered charges of desertion
against them, and subsequent investi
gations have failed to produce any rea
son for removing such names from
thoe lists.
"Many cases will arise where the
men whose names are on the published
lists will attempt to show by certain
evidence which they may produce that
they are wrongfully on the list, and by
misrepresentations to those not famil
iar with the provisions of the selective
service regulations will cause the pub-,
lication of theis case in such a manner
as to martyrize themselves and at the
same time put the war department in
the position of publishing men without
just or proper cause therefor.
1 he following cases are typical:
(a) A man received an honorable
discharge from the army in the early
part of 1918. He then was called by
his local board, failed to respond and
wa3 properly reported to the adjutant
general of the army as a deserter. This
man may now produce his honorable
discharge of 1918 to a newspaper,
make claim that he is wrongfully on
the list, and have the alleged injustice
done him very much advertised, where
as he became a deserter after the date
of his discharge and he was rightfully
published as such.
(b) Discharges from draft and de
ferments prior to December 15, 1917,
also furnish many opportunities for
misrepresentations. People falling In
this class .often display their discharg
es from draft or their classification
cards and the average individual be
lieves that they show full compliance
with the selective service law, whereas
the men may have become deserters
subsequent to December 15, 1917,
through failure to submit their ques
tionnaires or report for physical ex
amination or entrainments when they
were called.
(c) Men who enlisted after Novem
ber 11, 1918, the date of the signing
of the armistice, and who have since
that date been honorably discharged
from the service, may now use such
discharges in ah attempt to prove hon
orable war service when they were
really draft deserters before such en
listment. An enlistment after the ar
mistice does not remove a charge of
desertion incurred during the period of
actual hostilities.
Newspapers are warned against be
ne made the medium for such mis
representations, and they are advised
not to publish such claims without first
having the report from the war de
partment upon any single case.
The Great Western Cream
separators at the Fairmont
Cream Station. 53-56
Cnma VivtiVipnflt es anoarentl vbelieve
that waving an American flag is an
effective disguise.
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