The real new morality is the old-fashioned Biblical morality! It is real, sound, sensible, straight-laced morality. It is not a morality that is moral merely for fear of disease or for fear of pregnancy. It is not a morality that is moral merely for fear of the wrath of the parent, of society, or even of God. It is not a morality that is moral because everyone else is or was moral.
The real new morality is a morality that still sees engraven above the clattering confusion of today’s carnality the eternal Word of an eternal, all-wise, and loving God, Who has said, ” … thou shalt not … ” It is a morality which obeys this clear edict, knowing that what He has forbidden, He has wisely forbidden, and ” … blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it” (Luke 11 :28). The real new morality perceives that God did not say, “Thou shalt not commit adultery for fear of disease or pregnancy or of getting caught,” but for fear of self destruction, of soul destruction, or fear of loss of personal value and worth. “For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption … ” (Galatians 6:8), a corruption of spirit, of mind, of soul, of life itself. This same God has said, ” … Thou shalt do no murder … Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness” (Matthew 19:18). And though one may for a time not be caught while being a liar or a thief, these acts carry within themselves the poisons of inner destruction, and one is “caught” in a self-destroying way of life long before the heavy hand of a policeman rests upon him.
The real new morality is the morality of the youth who believes that his body was meant for something better than the barnyards of life; that man does not live by lust alone: of the youth who dreams of marriage, of a home, and of a family life built upon a solid and lasting foundation. It is not the fear of getting caught that keeps him moral, but a knowing that should he descend to such animalism his own stained conscience and memory would spoil every beautiful dream-picture that he holds in his heart. This youth also dares to believe that somewhere in this confused world there is a person of the opposite sex who is keeping herself; who has the same dreams, the same ideals, and that someday they two will meet, and that when they meet it will mean all the world to be clean, unsullied, undamaged, to enter what is still life’s noblest and most exciting adventure -marriage.
The real new morality is really not new. But in today’s world, against the black backdrop of today’s moral cannibalism, it is seen with a new beauty and with a new appreciation of its worth. The rewards of today’s real new morality never seemed more glamorous, lasting, and outrageously superior to those of the world’s used-car, trade-in moral policies than when contrasted with one’s neighbour’s ugly quarrels, embarrassing divorce wranglings, cheatings, alimonies, nomad children, and tumble weed existence. It leads one to cry out, “Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name” (Psalm 103: 1) for the morality and sanctity with which thou hast surrounded my life and my marriage!”
” … Keep thysel fpure” (1 Timothy 5:22).