New-York tribune., 1906-11-19

Dseclairning any attempt to denounce any par
tculsr person. DR.. Morgan Dix, at Trinity Church.
yestcrTz2y morning, l prelude to his discourse,
delivered himself OF a scathing ar1aignmcnt OF
those who would break down the Christian aome.
with its marriage ties. lie said, in part:
The about 70 preach a was s pre- PrepsPef 9ef
which has been much talked about for the last
or the @ @sartiint Proposals which ae made in il
merely led 20 speak TO you this morning on me
tiau poinI OF II is strange coincidence that
stirred up by the newspaper reports OF this book.
OF course the sermon has no reference to the BOOK
I akan speak Yea for time from Isaiah h. h y,
10 and all thy children shall be taught OF lne
Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy chill
Me are constantly hearing these days from the the
extreme radicals who are in every concelvabe
And il Is hard TO say what 5 the worst of the
changes they would make in our social relations
out probably the worst form Of their radlcalisn Is
IRa- about marriage. They would abolish marriage
form Of home not worthy that name; they %9uld
pe any chl4dren IRON the sIahSe oItS eii " ne
which they propose-the children, say slaIl pc pc
70 the state. which nave citizens if it is 10 con
nnue TO ee raised and used Tor tts own & p[ PoT ISL
which is given wide circulation out II Is b me e
set OF people who are anarchists not inteEieEeo
If there is one place which should be and is
sacred II is. above all the home; the Christian
Themselves vows made sacred by the Office of the
Church, and where a tie has been formed which
SHOULD never be broken but by death. There the
child Is surrounded by that love and care which
sh9ii bring it forth good and useful man ,t or
all humanity, and II is a monstrous thought that
human beings should desire not TO bring children
WhV sin agsiTsT the r5dre1 is 5fSdlx- .ythoever
shall offend OF these little ones. il better
mat nistone shall be hanged about his neck, and
fbsy 81 r Us as SauTehme9 to nurture ana fG5fer T
Icy; cteII! = n eGucat!Ls me chloreil not 10 Foca-
yens F1lSa lea LEAD TO worldly success, but IN the
IN the PRAYER book regarding the children which
the Church I presume all OF you have had caro-
@ 5ul instruction k on this subject And the children
To- % the+. 9 Ihe Gh!id las name on the church
much solicitude IN ali ages Abraham when he
prevailed with God had his name changed 10
With whom he wrestled. Ana thers was that mighty
Of God shone upon him, became Paul. 1t is I'M
g92rtant that that we .shogld have a name all through
fancy. end the last ;hing to which we cling in
non does it bear to iife3 e1- ana "i-a' ie-'-
Fft 6f the name i cannot be changed without
Eyes or ue law and we cannot be separated from
character and the standing of a man in his reIa-
lions to others; a man is known by that sign that
wide range OF people. but am speaking to a GER
oTo me With Vel % ned deas Of TS b1e are mere bf Is
e5L Iat we ASK ourselves the questions: What have
zone With the name which given me and
written on the book? What account have I TO give
Ions which centre about that name which bear?
mat nat Christian name which is given the
christening Is always linked in the ceremony with
the name OF the Father ana OF the Son and of the
Der that assocaton The story Of PGq name 3 E te
story Of contract with God entered into when the
name IS bestowed, and OF how that contract has
been kept-or not kept. Your Christian name is
your name that by which you known in this
church ana ii Is not only on the book of this
- -Trgl pLL ~ IL Is written on tho book of life What
ttGorG stands against your name on that book TO
What should be the home in which this name is
tTansg school yyilre ~ ,,llI ts5 II f Gught TO be
a mol lA
lei-looa M; IN or Womanh0oa There ought 70 be train
la19 nd8 3 9aI N the genial influences OF an that is
ffch993Gl gi -, lshteolsness The memory should
me, whatever I have accompshed for the beTteT- S m
nent Of mankind, came to me as a little child in
The things that bring ruin and destroy our social
!1oIlc are not the Eaporings Of the radical social
Itself that find the breaking away. and those
very heads Of the home who should be its pro
And there is that vast and growing scandal, the
through which il is easy 10 break down the home
ana marriage ties Let me give you statis-
of $o@ohc9 people, there have been granted 214 900
f @ s VyV - ~ leoi}e' t&nere & nave been granted more
i n e,' ~ f qVqT&gs ores rms Is appalling What is to
9 94st % aarttt from The home by judicial decree?
which tend to break it down '''o ''l'''''eS
What are the Influences which make parents dis
away from the home all day on business and cho
oteh would interfere with worldly success. Then
have no time TO devote child hut leave n -
out Of the way. IN such q nome there is no sIIdH
1hlng as home religion. there of
meals or any regard for the ordinances of worsfin
ere no better than eades, the poison Of unbelief i
s III tlt1i VEINS they no longer believe the
45lnle or respect the Church. What shall we saw
of the mothers who are counselled by clergy not to
them the history Of the Hebrews? And what shall
4 inc Tho
marriage Eowf But not turn aside in
uauon There IS danger 10 The Church ana Stafa st
ahd We must be on guard. Our first duty is to
, It-st @ o' & ns !SI W must fight strenuously for
tian state, for this is still Christian state in eif
OF an the spectacular theories that rise TO view,
would set aside those influences which hold US for
That we may face the issues before ~, ,,-., 49,.
rave need 70 Know what IS in the air; We NUS
IEaow VIA tAe adversary IS seeking do that We
remember thar ther. hive hee5 t.iI S a. we must
revolution and rebellion and tbeTa 80 en III lIhes OF
rank heresy but there has always c, nm iii!ies
ACTION, and with that reaction has come A reriod
been rebuilt and on new base stronger and bettaT
than ever. We must look the issues in The faca
:,nd asl II Cod is going to permit all these wild
riage goes, II follows thai the home goes a,,d tr
the home goes fl is necessity that the state ae
aLd II the state goes. all social order goes and
~1lh me going OF social order goes the mans right
10 acquire property and enjoy il make honesty,
al he can by honest toll ana honest effort '
III soelaI order goes. al security goes, and there
VIII pe safety for neither property nor life no
you think that's going be- DO YOU think CtoI
progressE instead of that ought to look for
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