The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-31

| one another in what may be called the
| service of the state. But the basis Of
! good citizenship is In the home. A man
must be a good son. husband and faith
era woman a good daughter, wife
and mother, first and foremost. There
must be no shrinking of duties in big
| things or In little things; the woman
who shrinkS from bearing and rearing
many healthy children; these have no
place among the men and women who
are striving upward and onward OF
course, the family is the foundation of
all the things In the state. Sins against
pure and healthful family life are those
which of all others are sure in the end
to be visited most heavily upon the ma
| ton in which they take place. We
must beware, moreover, not merely of
the great sins, but of the lesser ones
which when taken together cause such
an appalling aggregate of misery and
wrong. The drunkard, the lewd liver,
the coward, the liar, the dishonest man.
the man who is brutal to or neglectful
of parents, wife or children-of all of
these the shrift should be short when
we speak of decent citizenship. Every
ounce of effort for good In your associa-
lions is part of the ceaseless war
against the traits which prduce such
men. But in addition to condemning
the grosser forms of evil we must not
forget to condemn also the evils of bad
temper lack of gentleness, nagging and
whining fretfulness, lack of considera-
ton for others,-the evils of selfishness
in all its myriad forms Each man or
woman must remember his or her duty
to all around, and especially to those
closest and nearest, and such remem-
brance is the best possible preparative
to doing duty for the state as a whole
We ask that these associations, and
the men and women who take part in
Them practice the Christian doctrines
which are preached from every true
pulpit. The Decalogue and the Golden
Rule must stand as the foundation of
every successful effort to better either
orr social or our political life. Fear
the Lord and walk in His ways" and
Let each man love his neighbor as
himself" When we practice these two
precepts, the reign of social and civic
righteousness will be close at hand.
Christianity teaches not only that each
of us must live as to save his own soul,
but that each must also strive to do his
whole duty by his neighbor. We can
not live up to these teachings as we
should for in the presence of infinite
might and infinite wisdom the strength
of the strongest man Is but weakness, |
and the keenest of mortal eyes see but
dimly. But each of us can at least
strife, as light and strength are given
him, toward the ideal Effort along
any one line will not suffice. We must
not only be good but strong. We must |
not only be high-minded, but brave
hearted. We must think loftily and we
must also work hard. 1T is not written |
in the Holy Book that we must merely |
be harmless as doves. 1t Is also writ
ten that we must be wise as serpents. |
Craft unaccompanied by C Conscience |
and sweetness unbacked by strength |
and high resolve are almost impotent |
for good. The true Christian Is the true
citizen, lofty of purpose, resoute in en-
deavor ready for a heros deeds, but
never looking down on his task because
it is cast in the day of small things;
scornful of baseness awake to his own
duties as well as to his rights, following
he higher law with reverence, and in
his world doing all that in him lies so
that when death comes he may feel
hat mankind is in some degree better
,anapsSa he hoe l;ua5