Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1907-07-18
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Subject: The Claims Of Authority.

Brooklyn, N. Y.-Preaching at the
Irving Square Presbyterian Church,
Hamburg avenue and VERIFIED
street, on the above theme, the pas
tor, Rev. Ira Wemmell Henderson,
took as his text Elk. 20:12, Honor
Thy Father and Thy Mother" He
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 social 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 majori-
ty. The command speaks the truth
when it enjoins 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
Nation which has poor sense of the
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 the rights of the law
| has fallen into disrepute 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 os honor from their chill
dren. Lastly, that, broadly speak
ing, the principle of obedience-that
is to say, respect for law-must be
| manifested in all our civic life.
Honor thy father and thy moth
| er," says the commandment. In
urging The need fer honor it implies
that obedience, respect and Difference
be yielded to those who are above us
! in birth.
The man who doesn't honor a good
father and mother is not much of a
man. The first 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
ly and long for the welfare of his
children, the woman who strives with
motherly affection to make her home
the pleasant harbor CT her children,
both are entitled to and should re-
ceive the honor of their children.
| Honor implies obedience. The
| youth who 'obeys the wise mandates
! of a good parent can never fail or
| fall. The parents who speak out OF
the fund of true experience can
teach any youth the way to the hap
piest life, and their words should be
law.
/ Honor implies respect It 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 q fool at the start. The disre-
spectful youth who disdains wise
counsel and claims to know it all
will ere long find out shat his an
cestors can tell him at least one OF
two things of which he Is ignorant.
Honor implies Difference. A youth
who is to be the true being that -.e
all should be must learn first tc
yield primacy in all departments in
life to ripe years full of wisdom and
noble experience. 7ne man who
pushes his way into places where re-
serve should, very properly, be
shown will sooner or later find that
cheek doesn't .a..v checks, but rath
er rebuffs.
We must. in our youth, yield
honor, respect, obedience and deier
ence to those who lead us worthily
in the home. He who would leat
must learn to obey. He who would
gain honor must grant honor. The
man who wish the respect OF othe1
men must first Of all be respectful
A little :-ielding of the point or plac.
to age does no man any harm. Def