THE disregard for sacred things and the increase in profanity to-day is becoming alarming. Correspondents in the public press have been protesting against the singing of that profane song, “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition,” (which ought to come under the Blasphemy Act). What barefaced impiety! What an insult to a holy God. Two recent happenings in which I believe was the hand of God in judgment ought to serve as a solemn warning and prove a deterrent to those who dare to defy God and profane sacred things and His Holy Day. The first happened at Boston, U.S.A. Hundreds of persons had gathered at a well-known night club to celebrate a victory of what was called the “Holy Cross team” (Romanist). Thus it was the name of the most sacred thing in history was dragged into a night club, where hundreds on a Saturday night had come to dance, and drink, and carouse on into the early hours of God’s Day. But He who once hung upon the
Cross to save a sin-cursed world was grieved at this modern Belshazzar’s feast and saw fit to call a sudden halt to the profane orgy. The messenger of death came on the scene, and through fire and panic hundreds of those taking part in the dance were ushered into Eternity. They were not permitted to profane the Lord’s Day.
A few weeks later in St. John’s, Canada, again several hundred gathered on a Saturday night in a “K of C” (Romanist) Hut. All was set in this case too, to dance into the Sabbath morning. Once more the cry of fire. The dance was halted, the angel of death was on the scene, and scores perished in the flames; they were not permitted to profane the sacred day. They had no time to prepare to meet their God. Surely God is speaking to our friends in the States, and to us in Canada. In each of these cases there was a deliberate disregard for Him Whose laws forbid profanation of this day. Surely these calamities in the two countries should prove a solemn warning to those who defy Almighty God and disregard sacred things. We cannot crash God’s red lights all the time and expect to “get away with it.” “He that, being often re-proved, hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.” In the case of the Boston fire a Romanist “priest” administered extreme unction as bodies were carried outside. But who would believe that an external touch of a sinful man’s hand could make a black heart white.—Evangelical Christian (Toronto).