The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-12-29
HOME AND FAMILY.
BY Prof w T. BLACK.

ciprocal relations that pertain to the
family
The fundamental principle of the
state is justice between man and man.
The family rests on love and obedl-
ence. PhidlaS so wrought his name
into the shield of the statue of Miner
va at Athens that the name could not
be removed without destroying the
shield, so let every father and mother
carve their own love and obedience
into the nature of their children, SO
that no condition in life can possibly
erase them. The government OF the
family is executed by both force ard
moral suasion. The state is executed
by moral force and not moral suasion
The government of the church IS exc
cuted by moral suasion and not force,
so the germs of both civil and religious
government are planted in the family
The state recognizes tie family and
enjoins its obligations. The church rec
ognizes both family anC state. The
family is the oldest institution on
earth, and is rs divine rs Christianity
itself. Plato, in his vast communism,
loses sight Cf the family, but Aristotle
says it is the basis of political society
The relations of the household are the
germs % the different forms of gov
ernmcnt National tyranny grew out
of parental tyranny.
SO We see that the well ordered fam
lily is tie home of patriotism, it is the
acorn Of the national oak, with n thou.
sand summers murmuring in its leaves.
Hence we look more TO the ethical cul-
ture of our American homes as our ma
tional defcnscs than TO our borders,
guarded by mounted and mailed clad
warriors, and fenced with Il thousand
parks OF artillery ana men of war. Viz
gil says the nations stability lies in
reverence for fathers and children
brought up in diSohcdicncc and dis
order will become habitual violatorS of
the laws of both men and gods Hence
weakness in the parental government
produces weakness and disorder in
both church and state. Cicero says
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learned In the home. SO all teachers
of the youth are not only developing
the intellect but are shaping, not ere
ating For conscience in the hand of
education is just what the rude block
Of marble is under the strokes of the
chiSel and mallet of the sculptor, for
God made the marble, but the sculptor
gives it form and expressions; God
gives every man conscience. Educa-
ton creates nothing, not even intellect;
it expands, giving force and precision
You may tunnel the Alleghanies,
span the st. Lawrence, analyZe like
Licbig. philosophizc like Faraday sing
like Homer, paint like Apellcs, carve
like Phidias, unlooSe the seals like
Euclid, ana bear great audiences upon
the mighty tides of your eloqucncc like
Demosthencs. but if You have not this
moral Developments then YOU are as
sounding brass or tlnkling cymhal.
The dialect Of home should be such
that it would not stain the tongue of
an angel. If YOU would he pure in
speech, refined in manner elegant in
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