Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-12-26
GOOD READING.

NOW, girls, ike nctlOn, anu guess
you do, but there are some novels l
don't read. The high class, l find, is
good food for thought. 'Middlemarch' 4
is splendid. Can you read "Dorothea' -
and not feel benefited She is so high
minded and sympat hetic, then "Kath-
erina, the sweetest character of crea-
tion, Many of the novels of yesterday
have impressed me deeply, but l can
not say as much for the novels of to-
day, they are so disappointing and do
not appeal to me like George Elliot's
do.
OF the magazines, | like "Uncle
Remus. He is so plain and really
classical Uncle Billy Sanders, of
Shadydale always has something
quaint to say, and he says it in such a
way that you know what he means
Oh, just dote on "Uncle Remus. 3"
Now, girls, good literature in the
home is worth its weight in gold, and
if you want the best you'll find it in
the above mentioned
I've been reading for the last three
months "The Bishop, the Boogerman,
and Right of Way" charming story
of truly little girl and her mysterious
companion, Gala Lou. Joel Chand-
Ter Harris is the author and it's fine.
Good literature improves us and
helps us. When l read good story or
good letter in our dear old News,
feel bettered, and we all somehow re-
alize that we've been benefited. Pure,
clean, gentle, reading matter elevates
us, and it is a recognized fact that i'll,
harsh, insulting letters don't help us
bit and / never intend to write any
thing of the kind to the News. Such
letters are painful to the writer anG
also to the reader, and some have come
forward and ask that such letters bt
consigned to the waste basket Well
they ought to be.
l am going to be nice as l can be OF
all subjects and very soon l am going
to talk to our noble hearted boys ant
appeal to their honor and manhood tC
let strong drink and cards severely
alone. The young manhood demands
high standard of morality for tn,
girls. Now, would it be wrong fol
the girls to demand as high standard
for the boysa I think not.
Now, l want to call whiting
Bills" attention to an error he mad'
some time ago in reference to an ic,
cream supper at church. Ice cream
suppers are all right, friend, anywhere
il conducted in the fear of God ant
not all right anywhere if not so con
Quoted. The home, friend, is o
should be the most sacred place o.
earth and an ice cream supper not Fl
to be given at church is not fit fo
the home. The purity of life depend
on the purity of the home, and if tn
homes are impure to that extent, tn
, church is impure. Pure homes G
church members make pure church
and what we do in the home is a re
fiection on our fidelity to God and Hi
church, there can be no mixture. S
there is no chance to mix things.
There is no middle ground. Go
doesn't allow any compromise, W
can't do things in the home and hav
the blessings of God on us any MOI
than we could at the church-one is d
sacred as the other. So your mistak
is in the idea that an ice cream suppe
is all right at the house of membe
but not at the church. Nothing is a
right in the home that is not right 9
3 the church.
Whenever we, as a people, tabo
things in the homes we would not a
low in the church We'll get nearer an
closer to God than we are. Religio
is an everyday matter and to be prac
ticed at home and abroad A dali
pleasing of God and is gift from Go
!, himself, and no man can make play
: thing of it to suit his convenience, {
: use it only of Sunday or on great n
: vival occasions. l hope you'll stan
corrected and agree that your frien
has high conception of religion
: the home and at church.
Your Friend, L. "
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