The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-12

First, that boys must be better trained;
better educated and required to Shoul-
der responsibilities in early life; second,
the country women and the city Wo-
men must unite and point out the way
to higher and better Things for boys
the men and citizens.
Mrs. Gray's paper was in some in
stances such vivid portrayal of the
difficulties encountered by Solic1tous
mothers and fathers, that moisture was
noticeable in the eyes of the mothers
and sisters present, while down the lar,
rowed and un-browned cheeks of aged
fathers in the audience the straying
tear drop displayed the response from
the heart
Mr.. Wallace, in replying to the
gloomy picture, stated that he had been
in frequent attendance at farmers
meeting in four states, Illinois, Iowa,
Nebraska and Kansas, and noted that
in all these states the evening meet
ings were devoted more or less
fully to educational and moral
subjects, indicating there is
great deal of, perhaps, unconscious
thinking on these great questions. 80
long as there is a large sub-stratum of
religion" he said. that did not ex-
press itself in formal religious work;
so long as the thoughts of the common
people turn voluntarily to these great
themes, there is no need of discourage
ment or fear either for the boys or for
the country.
while it is true that the iniquities
of the fathers are visited to the chill
dren of the third and fourth generations
it is also true that He showeth mercy
to a thousand generations of them that
love Him; that moral health is superior
to moral disease and so long as man
looks up to God, and lives and acts
with Difference to His laws there is no
fear of our present civilization. This is
a better world than it ever was and
it will be better beyond our conception
as the ages roll on.
1.-The country church and the coun-
try school have within them the ele-
ments of the salvation of our country
civilization. Not because the schools
are better but because the country boy
acquires the instinct of work and when
he comes to the city with 8. clear head.
sound body and country grit and de-
termination, naturally takes the lead
and becomes master of the situation.
THE city wears out men as it does
horses. Every city has a whitechapel
1t separates the taleings from the
wheat 1t tests the boy with his coun-
try training. The result in choice wheat
the strongest of the strong; or tale
ings and refuse. In three generations
our cities would fall by the weight of
their own corruption were it not for
the constant stream Of young, country
life poured into them 1t has always
been so.
The six great relations that
have contributed to our civilization
all claim Abraham the ranch
man as their father The Jew, the
protestant, the Roman Catholic, the
Greek Catholic, the Mohammedan, the
HISTORIAN, outside of which there is no
modern civilization, all claim Abraham
as their spiritual father. He first taught
how to settle ranch problems on the
principles of justice. Lot, his nephew
with whom he had a dispute went to
town for better markets. got into poll
tics and I need not tell you what hap
pened to him Jacob, his grandson. had
many features not altogether COM
mendable but what would you short
horn breeders not give if he had left