The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-11

returned and being asked what change
most Impressed him, replied The de
cay of family religion.
There are at least three tiTcs that
move strongly against home religion. ,
They are
Il Mania. for moneX American .
has gone mad in its greed for gold.
The breakfast is eaten hastily. :1r .
father PUSHES off to business and docs
not return for lunch and comes home
in the evening with wearied body
ana tense nerves united Tor his
position as priest Of his household,
A successful business man has con
tessed that If he had ms lite TO iTe
over he would probably make less
money, bat would make more uf the
companionship Of his son and the at
moSphere Of his home
2 The growth of apartment
houses There are comparatively few
IN Richmond but are increasing rap
Idly. / understand the conditions OF
labor and economy and convenience
which contribute to their growth but
they do not furnish the opportunity
fer real home life. They may be &C.
s.rable where there are no children.
! but I would resign my pulpit, move
! ia the country, preach under the trees
/ and suhsIst upon the products of the
I farm before / would rear my children
/ in an apartment house or a hotel
I IS. Worldly attractions Jane
Adams had 420 theatres in Chicago
! visited one Sunday evening. chill
dren attended in large numbers aud
I almost all uf the plays dealt with
marital infdelity and revenge, Too
/ many parents delight in places Of
amusement and are bored when they
/ must spend an evening at home.
Plays and pictures showing people
in the act Of crime are poor atmo-
sphere indeed for the young.
Something far the Papers.
- The medication OF noble prin-
ciples. The decay of the nation Is
imminent whenever the parents lose
their power to direct to moral and
spiritual ends the children of their
home. Many Of our children are
growing up on yellow journalism,
sorappy magazines, moving pictures
and cheap VaudcYilles. A batch OF
the daily papers Of my native State
Of July had very brief paragraphs
devoted to patriotism and columns
and pages reported disgusting and
disgraceful prize tight.
If / were an artist, | would put
on canvas as a warning the scene in
a home on Sunday morning. The
I daily paper comes, The father mas
! lily pcruses the inanities Of the comic
page and passes it to the baby. The
! boy eagerly deVours the sporting sec
: ton The mother reads with aviditS
the social page and smiles With pride
when she sees the name Of her daugh-
E ter who was at bridge whist party
= The father studies the stock mark&
Land the day is dcsscrated by the
reading of a paper which is many
I times its average size because th'
shrewd publishers are feeding tht
; vitiated taste OF worldly people
There Is no need for a Sunday paper
! Ii is a bone and a blight, The mos
? successful paper in Georgia has 1T
: Sunday edition. Teach the children
to observe Gods day to love GOO
, house and TO study Gods Book. Teaci
them that behind an eVer-changini
: order is an unchanging God, who Il
: Just and demands justice on IL
earth. who, is righteous and com
/ mands righteousness among men; Wh'
. is holy and EXPECTS purity amont
. His people
G g. The setting up Of high, ideals
i The home is school where th'
{ mother teaches by the force OF affec
ton and the father by the weight o
e Authority mother lamented tina
. all her sons had gone to sea ant
= asked a friend for an explanation
0 Hanging on the walls Of the stud!
= was a great painting with the deei
- and dark blue ocean. with the beau
r tiful sky and the mighty ships. Thi
. friend said, Your boys looked on tina
G picture and formed a love for thu
I sea
, H~}zIn Sound RnpppH
v "A great writer has said Biht
Y men have something about then
e other men do not have The you'll
( who studies and assimilates the Bib
y has a viruIity, soundnes of heart
n a ruFgedness of character powe
/. Of patience ana endurance not pos
e sessed by others.
Teach the children integrity, in
dustry, self reliance and virtue. Hol
up to them the ideal of Jesus Christ
= and when they go out from you
T. home, as go they must In time on
=. or two things will be true.
y First. they viii probably be an
8 chored so securely that nothing ca
IS wreck them. There are young Wo
n men In Offices af this city whose char
= acters were SO well formed In Godi
. homes that they would be Safe /
t. shanghai China, Muscat Arabs
d Kamchatka. Tlmbuctoo. the I'll
Il Islands, or the uttermost and darkes
places Of the earth.
g Second, II they go out unsave