Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-20
Moral and Spiritual Growth Of the
Race Due to This Institution.
FAMILY TRAINING Is BEST.
Hearth and Home the True Basis OF
Advancement OF Nations In social
and Religious Life.

1.-THE following article was written by
lady who attends the University OF
Utah. registers and takes certain stud
les there. simply In order to be near
her children. who are taking courses In
that Institution. 1t was written az mn
essay In the class IN sociology under
Prof coray. and on account OF It's cx-
coliencc. II was given to the "Scws''
for publication.-Editor.l
I. The Family as n Social Factor -
The family Is the primal unit OF human
society. II. therefore. may be rightly
and justly considered one VI the main
factors In the development OF social
life.
MORAL PERsoSALITY.
2. The Moral Personality Of Parents
Developed In the Family. the
most important function OF the family
concerns the moral life of the COM
munlty. The new relations OF the
family tend 10 develop the moral per.
sonallty OF husband and wife. father
and mother. Ia the first. new sense
0f responsibility Ia developed. The sim
Hlc man. or. the single woman. may
forget tomorrow. however rnshly they
act. they alone suffer the consequences
why should ones rooms be tidy, and
ones wages be- savcd3 All this II
changed by marriage. for each one
has HE sphere, and IL responsible for
two persons In that sphere. one can
not be careless ~ anothcr'a welfare, az
he might be careless Of his own. This
" even morc true ~ children come In
20 the home. The husband and wife
can suffer together whether TO attain
some desired end. or even 10 oxpatiat'
some carelcaancHa. but the responsible
~ for helpless children In tho strong
~ motive 10 use the opportunities %
NE earnestly. md wisely. Again, the
family relationship trains the parents
IN the moral power OF nelf-Hacrifcc.
Husband and wife live for each other.
but a. parents they learn more truly
the JOY OF serving those they love. Per.
nonul happiness u sacrificed both In the
direct care OF the child and In proyid-
inE Tor IT, present welfare and future
happiness ana In this sacrifice new and
hlEher JOY II found, Then We may
say that the family II kept alive by
~ own relations. Here ones Herae Of
the dignity OF life. and the dignity OF
virtue II qulckcns1, men learn anew
the raercdncsr of duty the absolute
worth Of honor and OF truth. The
typical union means union OF the
highest. trueHt life. which can never
be shared except In the family, for here
alone can II receive perfect sympathy
No man j. 20 strong morally that he il
not aided In his purpose 81 right by his
wifer approval; no man u 20 degraded
a. not To- feel the power OF love.
?. The Moral Personality Of the Child
IL Developed IA the Famlly.-The child
owes his moral nature. his conscience
and the beginning OF his character. To
ne family ilfe;. The family Is moral
unit the moral life ~ the entire family
~ determined by the parents. Il ~.
iiected In the moral life OF each mem.
bcr thereof. The virtues that are priced
BY the parents, the rules ~ action that
are laid down Tor themselves, the idonis
that ennoblc their lives-nli these nfo In /.
iluenceH which mould the moral life
Of the child. Then the more complete.
~ this Ideal o. moral solidarity ~ the
family " realized, the better II fuinla
ita mission. We do not wish II under.
stood thnt this moral solidarity means
that complete Hubjection of the family
10 one Iron Will. which n sometimes
seen. Hut, unless the differentiation
OF children Co parents II such a
social union ~ 10 develop TO the full
est extent the moral personality Of each
one concerned. u fails Of IT, mission.
Nothing has been accomplished by the
family, In fact. Il has been "a hlndr.
nnce 20 social progress when the son
has been kept a child morally until he
has suddenly been cast into the world,
ana entirely cut on from family infu-
cncea at the age Of physical maturity.
u u hlFhly necessary that the family
he union Of moral personality when
II and itH Influences arc the very source
TO which we look for the development