Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-18

O. eaoday norsine ! lelRs audisnes
ssssmbasd u ths Be1tsry esrsss u. T.
Ohnrch tc lissen 10 the sermon q -
psstof, Rev. l. 4. Banks, en Ths
idssi Home" he folIowinc Il bxisf
summary Of ths discourse
The home 10 the fountain Of eli NJ
taonai hfe. A. NO stream rises Above
me foun1aim, % no nation can rise abovs
Ne parity md iux6Iiieencs Of its houus
nfe@ To speakex laid down q tbs flrsf
onArAnteF1a$le of the ideal hone. an
nfeiiiRent and hrm family Rovernmsut.
Parents are deceived By the crv of
modern civilization.- They truet too
mn ~ 70 it, iufluence TO taxa care Of the
fkafn1nG of their children. Oivilix stsou
- . t~0-edRed sword that may cat either
Wy. One man uses the OCEAN steam
snip 80 SOS txinmph ef !. modern civili-
x&fions g carry across the seas pre-
visions 70 feed . slarvinx na3iun. An
other man seizes on the same triamph
Of modern oivilization" TO c0nvcy
dynamite 70 doeeroy Rre4t city. There
never Va . time when there Was more
crying demand for m Intelligent bat
ns7asr family government than nov.
TO know how TO OBEY lies at ths root of
all nobility Of character. Children whe
are Arabs at home will be lsmaelises in
iaseF life, ready fer any = sand lot .
conmcnism ready 70 disre0ard all Law
and overthrow oil government.
There b also . great necessity for the
deselopment Of oonscisnee in fhe home.
The great want in the world Is con-
science. In business circles, in politics.
N courts Of justice, among publis OH.
o1atA th0re a an imperative demand for
rnsn Of conscience. The fatal Iack Iies
In she hone training. The lspeaker
urged tbs ueoe6aify Of providinc proper |
mental food for all members of the |
household. The mird ID like the BODY. |
IL must have food. II il cannot get |
Rood, ahOlesome food 10 will eat poison |
will seize on anything it can get. In |
this nervoue, restless age all children |
vii read Tbs country IN flooded with |
dangerous literature - literature that |
sxcatss the worst passions and appe- |
tsfes vile stories which make the boy |
feel that the grandest ideal of manhood |
II 20 swear like Q pirate. wear two pis- /
tolls, drink liq1or and disregard all Law, |
human ar divine stories which rob the |
girls mind Of oil delicacy and refine l
ment, that oauae her to imagine the mo-
blest mission of womanhood to be look
ing soft on some romantic sentimen-
sality.
The only remedy lies in providing
good books and papers -litersture suit
cd 20 the age and inclinations Of young /
minds. A taste for good, pure reading
10 tho only hiahroad Of safety. Par /
ente. too. no matter how toll worn,
ought not TO give up entirely their own |
mental development. One half hOur q
day spent in jndicious reading will add
freshness 10 she mind that will be az
sstonishing TO some parents a. delight
ful and helpful 10 their children.
The speaker concluded by saying the
ideal home would also be one whore
father and mother led children by ex- I
ample 70 unaffected, sincere worship Of
God. Mere reading OF the Bible and
formal words Of PRAYER morning and
evening fall far short of true family
religion. The undeStone Of the home
life has more power over children than
the ovcrtone. From home where the
spirit Of Christ dwells in the good fell
lowship Of members of the family and
In the conversation about all who come
there no one ever goes out TO scoh or
disbelieve In religion; but from the
phafisaic. intolerant. Rossiping home,
where every neighbor and minister is
criticised and harshly judged, few chill
dren go out TO be Christians.