Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-06-20
wOoDMEN MEMORIAL sRRMOE.
Dr.. ]. J. Porter Delivered an Excellent
Address on the Glory and
Value Of the Home.

Following is a synopsis Of the sci
mon delivered to the Woodmen Q
Mexico Sunday at the memorial ez
erclses.
DR.. Porter took as his text: II
any one provides not for his owl
household, he has denied the faith an
is worse than an unbelieyer. ~ Tim
5 IS. He said In part:
81 am not insensible OF the suprem
responsibility Of this hour. Let u
all seek to make 1t just as profitable a
the occasions will admit. / adducp
two proposition from the text tina.
will form the basis Of the discussion
First: The Glory and Value OF tn
Home. Second: The Philosophy o
Providing for and of Protecting th'
Home.
"The glory and value Of home is
thoughtful touches every interest O
life. There is no word that SO quickly
touches all hearts as the word home
The home is Of divine origin and is thu
hope of humanity. 1t is the founda
tion Of all organized society, state
federal and fraternal. Let the world
be filed with good, happy and pros
porous homes, then u land would bt
a paradise. All the social and FEEDER,
ated evils that now affllct humanity
would be banished and this would be
an ideal Heaven In which to live. II
is the breaking down Of the glory and
value Of the home that has largely
made u country a bowling hell Of
oppression. Every man is entitled to
a happy home, and protected home.
God made this world and SO filled 1t
with plenty that every man by reason
of being a man is entitled to enough
Of 1t for every comfort and necessity
Of life. y y
"This leads me to the second propo-
sition Of the subject: The Philosophy
Of Providing for and Protection of the
Home. Mans first and greatest obli-
CATION is providing for and protecting
his home. II he does not do 1t he has
denied the faith and is worse than an
infidel. To neglect the interests Of
home is TO deny the faith. So, then,
the fundamental principle of Christi
anity is providing for the home. No
man can be a Christian who fails to do
so. True religion involves the high
est and best interest Of the home.
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''Christ was a divine man and was
concerned in all things that pertain
TO suffering humanity. While He
was God He was man. He had all the
feeling Of man, His sympathy was for
all men. He identified his interests
with them. There was nc need Of
man that Christ did not feel. Just
his death he made arrange
ments for the protection of his
mother. =
'rNo man has a right TO live unto
himself. IL is not only his moral
duty to provide for his family, but it
is his religious duty. This he should
do before death separates him from
them. What better method affords a
man to provide for his family than the
offerd by the Woodmen?
"There is no honorable man SO poor
that he cannot protect his family
with a policy of $4,000 in the Wood
men camp, IL he will. If he does not
the responsibility will be upon him.
This neighborhood has been formed
not simply for the rich men, but also
for the honest poor man. Rich men
care for themselves. There is no
aristocracy in a Woodman Camp. The
order is made up OF the average class
Of men. There is no excuse for a man
not protecting his home when he has
such an opportunity as the Woodmen
1ffer. There is the social feature Of
The order that keeps alive the old
fashioned, neighborly hospitality. In
Dlden times neighbors would come
together and aid one another in log
house-raisings and the like.
1t seems that the times have now
hanged. The old-fashioned hospi-
5ality is about to die out. But the
in their gatherings and
Iocial relations will keep 1t alive; AZ
east, as far as their borders extend.
"If one of our number gets sick his
lelghbors in the camp watch with him
md administer to his wants. II he
,rosses ever the river and leaves his
wife and children here, the Woodmen
put their hands in their pockets and
pay a sufficient amount to enable the
mother and children to stay together
ind have a place that they can call
home. One OF the saddest things on
,arth is breaking off Of a family.
Children separated from mother and
Jne another and scattered abroad to
upon the cold charity of this
world. There is no reason for
my Modern Woodman to have his
nome so broken up. IL is difficult to
zee how any nan could be happy,
he might be in the Heavenly
world and think OF his helpless family
eft to the hard and cruel ~poverties Of
his world. Let us remember, neigh
oors, that noe man is to live for HIM
,elf. The nearest that any one can
get TO a genuine hell In this world is
10 rub up by the side Of an all-around
ielfsh man. A stingY man is a real
Illustration of an old-fashioned hell.
"Hear me In a parting word;
While we seek for all the good and
happiness in this life, let us not for
get the life beyond. To arrange for
that life is to make out Of this life all
that is possible. This life and the one
are really one and the same.
To miss Heaven is to miss all-not
1nly beyond, but even here. What is
1 mar protited IL he were to gain the
world and lose his own soul?
"We meet to-day in memory Of the
four neighbors whom death has taken
from our camp-fires. They are gone.
But we cannot forget our departed
comrades. We go to where they
sleep and put flowers upon their