The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-22
Or. C0WANS LECTURES
BEFORE SUNDAY SCHOOL

Sunday morning DR.. GowanS. su-
perlntendent Of the State Industrial
school. lectured before the parents
department OF the Ogden Fourth
Ward Sunday school.
DR.. Gowans spoke in a most con
yincing and intelligent manner OF the
causes OF unsatisfactory homes. the
importance Of training young men and
women for parenthood. OF parents ac-
quainting the young OF the fundament-
al truths pertaining to life. of intelli-
gent thoughtful effort parents should
put forth In the rearing OF their chill
dren and of the results through sin
and ignorance regarding these most
important things He said in part:
There are several causes for the
unsatisfactory homes which exist to-
day and for the product which issues
therefrOm. First, there Is death
which we cannot very we'll avoid The
mother may be taken away, leaving
the burden of wage-earning and home
keeping upon the father or the father
may be taken. leaving the double bur
den upon the mother. or the two
think the death of the mother Is
worse, as the mother seems TO be
able more often TO keep the family
together Indeed, she should be the
homemaker without having To go into
the world to earn living for her
little flock, for there should be men
enough among US left to provide for
them. Divorce and drunkenness.
which we can avoid. arc also causes
of unsatisfactory homes, but damag-
Ing as these evils are in their results.
there Is something far worse. and
that is the criminal indifference mani
fest on the part OF parents who other
wise may be congenial. We ourselves
arc responsible for the being OF our
children and we should not try 10
shirt the responsibility. We some
times lose sight of the great things
while attending TO the very small
things which make up our lives day
by day. The greatest profession in
the earth is that of. fatherhood and
motherhood
Our young men and women should
have thorough training for this great
and important work, for sooner or
later most of them are married and
confronted with difficulties which
multiply thick and fast unless they
are properly equipped to solve these
important problems They should
know these things which we have
learned through sad experience. be-
fore entering the marriageable rela-
lions. Some say We can learn only
by experience. II Is not 50. Has
not the experience of men and women
or all the ages been of advantage TO
us7
We often speak Of the regeneration
of the world. Regeneration from
what? Sin and ignorance you say.
Do we sin? Indeed we do. Are we
ignorant? We certainly are OF a great
many things We ought to know, and
| tell YOU that reformation and the
regeneration Of the world cannot be
accomplished until we become n su-
perior race of people. The results OF
sin and Ignorance are most appalling
IN their nature and the greatest of
these you will find to he premature
death, disease and physical degen-
eracy.
More satisfactory homes will not
exist until we learn 10 live right and
TO understand our children better. Do
you know that we try to force too
much dcgmatic theology upon our
children. There Is stage in a chllds
life when he will not accept the
teaching Of theology. His life is nee
essarily OF a social nature. II con-
forms with the laws OF nature and it
Is our duty as parents 10 understand
these stages through which our chill.
dren pass. BE companions to your
children during this period of their
lives. for If you are not you are going
TO lose them. and II YOU are they
viii come TO you when they wish 70
know these greater truths-ln you
they will cOn1de.