To The Pure In Heart All Things Are Pure

The same general proverbs, adages and axioms are found among all peoples, irrespective of the age, source or to whom addressed. Throughout the world there is a similarity in the recognition of moral truths. "Unto the pure all things are pure," has found its way through many holy books of the long past, and likewise appears in the Bible of our time. Men agree with this truism without hesitation until the subject of sex is introduced, then they retire in confusion - their senses benumbed by a consciousness of inner gilt.

In the animal kingdom, the law governing mating and reproduction is accepted as a matter of course. Men see nothing to be ashamed of in the breeding of animals. Selecting the participants, they watch and assist at the birth of the young; feed and train them; again selecting the future breeders; meanwhile enthusiastically discussing their good and weak points without a thought of either self-consciousness or concealment.

As a matter of fact, many men pride themselves on their success in producing superior stock; unconscious of any sense of shame when discussing the methods of breeding; the perpetuation of desirable traits; form or color, and the eradication of questionable qualities and kindred subjects common to thousands upon thousands of breeders of animals. Let the attention be turned to human reproduction, however, a subject of INFINITELY greater importance to both God and man - and what happens? Every one, almost without exception, will turn aside to hide their ignorance, prejudice or shame, with a display of supposedly righteous virtue.

Dr. J. H. Greer, formerly Professor in the College of Medicine and Surgery, Chicago, lecturing on the subject of sex, said: "Throughout the domain of nature the instinct of sex is paramount. In the highest kingdom of life the instinct is subject to the modification of civilization which, alas, is not always the best. The lives of all men are colored by the thoughts of sex, which may be of the varying shades between good and bad.

"Asceticism, on the one hand, strives to suppress as impure all thoughts and feelings regarding the relations of the sexes. Those who are so narrow as to conform to the letter while ignoring the spirit of true religion may be cited as the most baneful of combatants of pure thought on the subject.

"On the other hand is the unchaste, immoral sensualist, who believes that life means gratification of the senses, the most exquisite of which is the sexual relation. He drains the wine of life to the dregs, and, when at last sated, can see nothing of the true use of the bodily senses. These extremes exist because men do not know the truth."

We would dispel this murky cloud by assisting humanity to a knowledge of the development of a superior race race; and, in the effort, avoid both extremes. There is a sane, middle course untinged by any cult of ism; one that we have, through long experience, found worthy of acceptance as a standard of life for all men.

This course adjusts sexual and physical inharmonies, bringing in its train health and happiness as the result of sane exercise of the Creative functions. Those who have attempted to find truth by following the false path of continence will be benefitted equally with those who have pursued the opposite course: that of license and debauchery.

The constructive path lies midway between the two extremes and leads to the fountain of life; aye, the Fountain of Youth as much sought. Those who choose this course in life discover the beauty and divinity of sex and quickly recognize the Laws of God, controlling the functions, as just and righteous. Correctly understood, the truths concerning sex do not bring a blush to the most saintly cheek; nothing being discoverable in God's laws to humiliate, or mortify man; the sense of shame belonging only to those who live shamely.

Why should sex be considered impure? Can it be in itself degrading? Only its abuse makes it so. Of itself, it is pure, for God made all things pure. Why differentiate between humans and animals, giving the latter all that is best in thought and service, as respecting reproduction and the creating of a superior species, while discouraging and condemning all that concerns the like functions in man?

Is not a clean, virtuous, healthy woman God's greatest and most beautiful handiwork a thousandfold the superior of any animal ever born? Why then is the human feminine degraded by man, and the animal female studied, petted, and developed, their duty and functions in the world of reproduction being exactly alike?

The answer is not far to seek: The mind and heart of the males, and many females (not men and women), have become so perverted, defiled, and unspeakably filthy from dwelling in lewd thought of contact, gratification and sensation, that the spiritual side has never been recognized by them.

The man who can find impurity in sex, who can think of it with any thought but of God's loftiest intention, should undergo a long period of mental, physical and spiritual cleansing.

One is lost in the labyrinth of futile conjecture when attempting to find an answer for the foulness, ignorance and baseness of many of the human species, the subject of sex generally brings a knowing leer to the face, a licentious look to the eye, while unbridled thoughts manifest through the entire organism. Even good and virtuous women, at the mention of the creative function, cast down their eyes, give evasive answers, and hasten to shift the discussion to a less delicate subject.

What has brought humankind to such a mental state of impurity? In the beginning it was undoubtedly a lack of sex information and incomplete understanding of God's Creative function. In addition, there was also the actual and literal encouragement of degraded, perverted, vile and untruthful ideals.

Evil thrives in darkness or ignorance, and almost every mother in the world, good of heart as she may be, and unquestionably is, has been guilty of instilling in the mind and heart of children glaring untruths when first questioned on the subject of sex.

This is the seed or foundation responsible for all future falsehood concerning the reproduction of her kind. What a fearful indictment of mankind generally in an otherwise enlightened age.

It is often maintained that the world is spiritually and morally improving; but trust and blind faith are required to believe this assertion, when we are confronted with the various forms of license and debauchery rampant in the great cities of today. The history of Sodom and Gomorrha, destroyed by fire because of the unspeakable sex
practices of their people, is repeated in this century with a diversity of sex habits that would shame those ancient perverts, who were, in comparison to the moral lepers of the present, mere dilettanti in sex debasement.

Had a knowledge of sex and its purposes been taught those ancient people, society of today perhaps would not be honeycombed with so many loathsome diseases - nor accursed with the number of degenerates found everywhere. Sex seems always to have been a subject of apology and perversion, receiving consideration only when the light was turned out.

Can the wildest fanatic argue that we are better for this past long-continued neglect of so vital a subject? Is not the degradation and perversion of sex greatly increased by such a procedure? Is it not time to launch a movement to teach the creative laws, as first instituted by God, to groups and singly, in clubs, schools and churches, whether the majority agree or disagree? Light must be diffused on the darkness of this subject or the race will continue in ignorance and degradation.

If ignorance and secrecy were constructive and desirable, would not the people of the present be far in advance of the ancients, in morality and spirituality - spirituality being based on purity in sex - and race improvement? Most assuredly! Regrettably, the very reverse is true. Perversion is increasing to an alarming extent, though legal enactments and enforcements have to a degree scattered the red light districts and their denizens to the four winds of the earth, thereby greatly diffusing vice.

The "red light districts" to which the world points with scorn, and the subject of self-righteous suppression, are the least harmful in the perpetuation of perversion. The private life, in an uncountable number of homes the world over the entire face of the earth, reeks with defilement and corruption, not alone between men and women, but between men and men, women and women.

Society at large has little to fear from the inmates of the shadowed districts because, through police and medical supervision, they can be controlled and kept within certain limits. The woman of ill-fame does not, except in rare instances, reproduce her kind; consequently, her influence, compared to that of corrupt homes, is insignificant.

The greatest sex crimes in the human calendar are perpetuated in the homes were love is not. To enjoy, but not to bear children, and in defiance of the Lord's command: "Be fruitful," Married couples resort to all manner of degrading practices. Perversion originates in the desire to prevent reproduction, without curtailing the pleasures of physical satisfaction. This was the original sin, the first committed by Adam and Eve; it was the one "apple" they were forbidden to eat.

Vice in the home is doubly destructive; bearing on the public good as well as on the future of the race. The ultimate result of unnatural practices on the individuals themselves are horrible to contemplate. Body, mind and Soul (if there is any) suffer; drugs being resorted to continually, the mind dwelling on debasing practices; the most diabolical of the effects being bequeathed to the children who frequently are born despite the perversions.

Has the student of methods for race betterment ever asked himself the question, with a mental attitude actually desiring the truth: "From where come all the cripples, idiots, drug fiends, degenerates and child and woman exploiters in the present society?"

We have already offered you the key to the supposed mystery; though it must not be inferred that we maintain the undefendable position that the perversion of sex sins of the parents are responsible for all cripples, idiots and drug fiends.

The enemies of the dissemination of sex knowledge declare that if instruction and publicity be directed toward this subject, the result will be far worse than the present position of humanity. Regrettable as this must appear to the humanitarian, the majority of mankind no doubt agree with this verdict.

It is a notorious fact that the majority are always against mental, physical and spiritual progression. Why? Because the greater number of human beings are satisfied to allow others to think and plan for them. They look backward to what their fathers thought and did, complacently accepting those conditions as good enough for themselves, rather than making the effort to help institute a higher order of living for their own and future generations.

It is the few who, imbued with the CHRISTIC spirit of helpfulness and service, step forward to lead their plodding and suffering brothers out of the land of bondage, prejudice, ignorance and bigotry, into a knowledge of God and His Laws. An understanding of the problems of sex is fully as essential and vital as is the knowledge of any other department of life.

When our youths are taught the facts concerning their bodies and their physical functions as clearly and carefully as students in agricultural colleges are instructed in the breeding and development of domestic animals; when sex-sanity and morality are considered as legitimate and as rational a study as Latin or Mathematics and far more important to the human race, then vice will no longer be the destructive agency it is at present, because much of the mystery which first attracts the many, will have been dispelled.

Mystery and curiosity travel hand in hand; secrecy is their sponsor. The small boy who, untaught by his father, whispers something obscene to his companion, laughing and gloating over the vileness of the communication, is preparing for future licentious desire and action. Being inquisitive, as all normal children should be, he seeks to know, and wants to know and discuss, that which seemingly, because his parents will not enlighten him, is hidden.

In one way or another he will lift the veil; though generally the knowledge he does obtain is not the truth, but an evil interpretation of it. For this reason he succumbs to secret vice, and another victim is added to the long list of the great god, Ignorance.

Had his parents fulfilled their sacred trust, had the biological facts been taught him in a sane, orderly, reasonable, decent manner, the evil side of the creative act might never have entered his mind.

A very uncouth example illustrates the desirability of openness, frankness, and correct understanding. When women wore very long, clinging skirts, it was no uncommon sight to see men and boys salaciously observing the shapeliness of limbs on a windy day. All were animated by a natural curiosity, wanting to see that which is supposed to be concealed except in the marriage chamber. Today, that particular phase of curiosity is dead.

Women generally now wear skirts so short that pedal extremities have lost much of their allure. That which was once so religiously concealed is now more than revealed; the mystery is disclosed to all who may care to look.

The hideous, noxious, pernicious aspects of sex must be erased from the minds of men, or the race will be foredoomed through a purity turned to foulness. Whole nations have been annihilated in the past, as both Biblical and profane history records, for this very reason. The story of the Israelites in the wilderness and the fall of the Roman Empire are ample proof that a people may be quickly wiped from the face of the earth, in repayment for sins of sex debasement.

God made the world and all it contains. He established laws for its welfare and then pronounced all good. In the wisdom of the Father certain edicts of sex were included; these He never revoked.

Some men would have us believe that He has now turned over an important department of life to be governed by the gross ignorance of men; that after having bestowed one of the greatest of his prerogatives on human kind, He has withdrawn Himself, thereby approving the chaos that has resulted.

The power to create, the privilege of generation and regeneration through right use of sex was not a whim or an accident of the great Creative God, but an eternal law given to men for a definite purpose, as fixed and unchangeable as that which governs the stars in their courses. Woe to that man, society, or nation, who or which attempts to subvert a law set into action by the Father of all.

The nations of the earth, now undermined with venereal diseases, can be enlightened and saved only through the education and direction of the individuals who compose them. Reverence and purity of desire are the first two requisites. Undoubtedly, these qualities were in the thought of the Nazarene when he said: "Unless ye become as little children ye can in no wise enter the Kingdom of heaven."

Men must return to, or re-acquire, the attitude of the child; the purity of mind and heart without which the laws and reason of sex cannot be correctly understood. It unquestionably requires a far stretch of the imagination to visualize the rehabilitation of the base, vulgar mind of a degenerate man, conceding the possibility of his return to the state of God-like purity possessed by the child-mind; but unless he does, he will remain a wreck and an outcast, and no power in earth or heaven, no faith or creed, can reach or save him.

Thousands upon thousands of these derelicts will continue in the path of destruction in spite of all that can be done to save them. The most that we can do is to look at them with an "unconscious" feeling of loathing, mingled with deep pity, and pass them by. Our responsibility is to see to it that the younger generation is properly taught and rescued from this awful fate. The children, still pure in thought, must be kept so.

Those whose thoughts and acts are now tainted with unholy desire must be turned toward the light of knowledge and the evil replaced with good. The young men and women must be appealed to; must be made to recognize the unhappy consequences of ignorance and, in the name of all that is Holy and Sacred, instructed in the exalted use of the reproductive functions of their being.

The older generations, fathers and mothers of the present, must be induced, through continuous inculcation of these truths, to recognize their responsibility, not alone in the preservation of their own minds and bodies, but likewise in the guidance of their offspring.

It must be thoroughly drilled into the minds of the young, middle aged and the old, that the entire sex function was organized by God and therefore cannot in itself be either unclean or impure. The use of the creative organism is just as normal as that of the stomach or any other part of the body. God did not create the function to be shunned or slighted; not to be the basis or the laboratory for obscene thoughts and actions; neither something to be ashamed of and degraded when darkness covers the earth, thus being catalogued as evil along with other destructive agencies that work in the night.

It is not an uplifting, ennobling thought for men, made in the image of the Father, to believe that He created them in such form, and with potencies for which they must forever be apologetic. Yet this is just what the majority of "he" and "she" creatures are continuously doing.

Sex in itself is pure. It is holy and exalting. When employed in the love-embrace its potency is beyond compute. In the right use of sex, in generation and REgeneration, man is endowed with a power angels might envy. Instead of striving to understand the laws governing this great privilege and possession of power, man continuously tramples this greatest gift of a just God in the mire of sensuality and degradation, thus failing ever to realize the holiness of the function, the halo of glory that should attend its consummation; wallowing in perversion and voluntarily seeking the way to physical, moral and spiritual ruin.

Ignorance of the creative function is the sole cause for the general thought of impurity concerning it. Good and pure in itself, it has been besmirched by the "demons of sense gratification," until the thoughts of men are distorted and they see falsely as "through a glass darkly." Men, having defiled a benefaction of God, turn the use of a pure function into unholy channels and then declare sex manifestations unclean and unfit for those spiritually inclined.

It is utterly impossible for a healthy, normal, noble-minded man, who has employed his creative forces as the Creator intended he should, to think of sex with lewdness, or to consider it unholy or impure. To such an enlightened man (or woman), one part of the body is neither better, nor worse, than another. "Unto the pure all things are pure," said the Master-Teacher.

The development of a superior race must be brought about through the education of men in the correct and righteous use of the creative function; the fundamental laws must be freely taught, without bias, fear or favor.

God created all things in purity. The child's mind is pure, and will remain pure if sex and its proper exercise is explained to it before those who have debased the function, or who are totally ignorant of correct behavior, have had an opportunity to befoul the child's mind with lurid and highly inflammatory debasing stories.

Children have a right to truthful answers when they begin to ask questions regarding the creative organism. They should be told the truth about the powers and purposes of the sex nature. They must be so instructed on this subject that every detail is understood.

If the boy or girl receives a complete explanation from the parent, morbid and unhealthy thoughts will be defeated; mystery and speculation will be transmuted into knowledge; and the shameful, destructive practices and perversions will fade into nothingness as do dreams of the past.