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Show Old Time Distinctions Between Right and Wrong Becoming Sadly Confused By BISHOP MANNING (Episcopal), New York. The old sanctions have lost their meaning for great numbers, who are today adrift both spiritually and morally. Once they knew what was right and what was wrong; now they are confused. They see things tolerated, tol-erated, excused, defended by those in high places, by some even calling themselves Christians, which a short time ago would have been condemned. con-demned. We see such things as free love, companionate marriage so-called, so-called, easy divorce discussed, presented in reputable papers and magazines, mag-azines, as though there were two sides to those things. We need a clear call to the standards of Jesus Christ. He leaves us in no doubt as to where we stand on those questions and others like them. Christ himself is our moral standard. People cannot advocate, defend and practice such things as companionate compan-ionate marriage and easy divorce and still be respectable members of society. |