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Subject; The Claims of Aa,'.riiy.

irving Square Presbyterian Church,
Hamburg avenue and VERIFIED
street, on the above theme, the pas
tor. Rev, Ira Wemmell Henderson,
took as his text Ex. 20:12, Honor
uhy Father and Thy Mother" lie
said
The recognition by society and the
individual OF the authority OF par
entage is at the centre OF all the
theory OF social government. The
agreement of society that parents
may and should control the youth Of
their offspring is the foundation upon
which our system OF sOcia! authOrity
IS reared. The individual recogni-
tion OF the ruling right OF parents is
expressed In a larger sense in this
Republic in the submission OF the
minority TO the decree OF the maioTi-
ty. The command speaks the truth
when it enioins honor to parents as
the sure means unto long life. Small
success would we enjoy did We not
pay some heed TO the mandates OF
our elders. Little power would the
law of city, State or Nation exert
over our lives were the fundamental
ideas of obedience eliminated from
family life. The individual and that
a
need for obedience is sure to meet an
early death. The man who won't
learn from the past will not live long
to instruct his descendants The
State within whose boundaries the
recognition Of 'he rights of the law
has fallen into dlsrepute will soon
totter, fall and be dashed to pieces.
The text calls TO our minds three
things: First that children should
honor those who are over them by
birth. Secondly, that parents should
be worthy o. honor from their Chil-
dren. Lastly, that, broadly speak
ing, the principle OF obedionce--that
is to say, respect for law-muSt be
manifested in all Our civic life.
Honor thy father and thy moth
err says the commandment. In
urging he need for honor IL implies
that obedience, respect and defe, ence
be yielded to III )sc VINO are above US
in birth.
The man who doesn't honor n good
father and mother is not much Of "A
man. The frs, law of family life Is
that we should give honor to those
who have given us life and that need
OF love which we enjoy at their
hands. The man who works loving
" and long for the welfare OF his
children, the woman who strives with
motherly affection to make her home
the pleasant harbor Cf her children,
both are entitled to and should re-
ceive the honor OF their children.
Honor implies obedience. The
youth who oDeys the wise mandates
of a good parent can never fail or
fall. The parents who speak out OF
the fund of a true experience can
teach any youth the way to the hap
piest life, and their words should be
law.
Honor implies respect. 1t is not
dignified to belittle the place and Dig
nifty of a good parent. The youth
who essays to speak with dogmatic
assurance upon the full range of
human problems pronounces him
self fool at the start The disre-
spectful youth who disdains wise
counsel and claims to know il all
will ere long find out that his an
Cestors can tell him at least one or
two things OF which he is ignorant
Honor implies difference. youth
who is to DE- the true being that g
all should be must learn first TO
yield primacy In all departments i'm
life to ripe years 'ull Of wisdom and
noble experience. The man vino
pushes his way into places where re-
serve should. very properly. be
shown will sooner or later find that
cheek doesn't ~ checks, but rath-
er rebuffs.
We. must. in our youth, yield
honor, respect, obedience and deicr-
ence to those who lead us worthily !
in the home. He who would lead !
must learn TO obey. He who would |
gain honor must grant honor. The !
man who wish the respect of other /
men must first Of all be respectful. |
A little Fielding Of the point or place |
to age does no man any harm. Def |
erence is delightful either in young !
or old.
1t isn't at all necessary for me TO |
point to our youth the wrecks upon |
the shores Of life VINO are monu- |
ments to dishonorable actions in the |
home. The cutters and the jails are |
all too full of men and women who |
refused to honor, to obey, to respect ,
or TO listen.
On the other hand, the command |
ment forces en- ethical duty on the /
parent. Many times men become !,
criminals because Of parental mis- |
management and lack of wise, sound |
and pure leadership in the home. |
Honor be to whom honor is due |
The man or the woman who demands |
honor from a child must be honor |
able-that is to say. worthy Of honor. !
Parents must be respectable before |
they shall merit or gain their chill !
dren's respect
Obedier ce is the due OF that man VINO |
doesn't contravene the moral law or
the laws of common sense-and the !
due of him alone. ACe deserves def /
erence not on the basis of years SO
much as on the basis of wistom.
Parents are many times more re-
sponsible for the lack OF honor that
children show them than are the
children themselves. Honor In many
minds begins and stops with obe-
dience. Many parents seem 20 think
that the subiection OF the individual
ity OF a child 60 their whim and will
IS the sum and total of obedience.
Obedience consists I'm bacominr ns