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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 24, 1914

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 91, No. 40.

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Note and Comment

By Editor

Pertinent Admonition

It is refreshing in these days of growing spiritual degeneracy to see some in one of the great churches endeavor to exalt the standard of humble Christian living, and seek to draw their followers back from the tide of evil which threatens to overcome the great Christian church. At a recent meeting of the Chicago Baptist Association the report of the committee on the state of religion was unanimously adopted as follows:—
Baptist women are in many cases falling victims to the vulgar and suggestive styles of the day, and frequently our houses of worship are suggestive of the Oriental harems rather than the Christian church.
Rich Baptists who turn the automobile into an excuse for turning the Lord's Day into one of pleasure seeking, should be cautioned, and if necessary disciplined.
The American theater is a demoralizing institution, and too many Baptists have been seduced by it.
About one third of all the Baptist ministers attend the theater. Of course, they choose the better class of plays, but the effect is bad. We wonder if in any measure these strictures of world-loving and indifferent Baptists apply to members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. There surely is not among our people the plainness and simplicity of dress which once characterized the members of this church. With some there is a letting down in the strict observance of the Sabbath of the Lord. Sad as it is, we see occasionally members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church attending the theaters. With the light which has been given to this people, we shall be without excuse if we permit these demoralizing influences to play havoc in our lives. God wants us to raise the standard higher in all our churches, and call our brethren and sisters to a higher and holier plane of Christian living.