Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-27

tBy Mrs. Mary A. Dolan.)
There is no kindlicr word in our
language han home" nor Il sweeter
creation of our civilization than what
ii stands for. What memories ii
centuries up. what underlined lodgings
it creates; what untold good it has
done. The home as we understand
II is the product Of Christianity. The
Greeks and Romans Of old, though
representing classic civilization and
literature Of a high order, had nc def
mite idea OF home. They had. no
word TO express it. They had no prin-
ciples on which 10 base ii. These
principleS-the sanctity OF the home
parental responsibility for their chill
dren. and the child obligation to rev
erence and obey his parents. are abb
solutely necessary if the home is to
be an enduring reality. But even
these principles, however necessary,
are not sufficient to perpetuate the
home as the happy place we have
come to regard it. Low is necessary
as we'll as LAW. Obedience must spring
from the heart as we'll as the head.
Now his last principle. the bond of
the others, is also the product of
Christianity, which in e~levating wom-
an to be the compeer of man, has
wen ~ WY hilu AiARNAtRA u DAfhCt "a
paramount importance in the homes
upbuilding. She is the center of its
being, the bond of unity. It is no
figure of speech to say hat the home
is builded around the mothers heart.
We might say the men should build
the home. If houses were homes. The
true home is not so much a thing of
brick and mortar as of hearts united
in a common affection inc a common
duty. II is where love count and
duty urges, and we look t the mother
as the most fitting symbol of both.
The home stands as an integral part
of civilization, nay its very foun-
datiOn, as ii is also its last develop
ment. Our republic is but the feder-
atioh of the smaller republics we call
homes. AS are our homes so will be
nation, and if the homes be de-
stroyed n domestic virtue disre-
garded. our national life and our pres
ent civilization are inevitably doomed.
Hence TO defend the home is not only
Christian, ii is n patriotic duty. To
day the home is assailed on every
side. laxity of morals, the restlessness
OF the people, the commercialism OF
the age-all conspire to destroy 1t.
Many have come to regard home life
as unutterably dreary. They will go
10 the theater, clubs, hotels, Offices
anywhere but home. City life is to-
day the life. Of the homeless. and
country life has come to be re-
aarded a failure. Young people. es-
Decially, are SO attracted by the tinsel
and glare of the world outside that
they willingly exchange Cor it the
peace and protection of their homes.
They seek the noise. excitement and
false light. and they leave behind
them the sun-kissed home where their
c%hiIdhood's years were spent in love
and benediction. Soon they find that
the great world that lured them away
Is too much for them. They who went
forth TO CONQUER somtimes return to
die. sometimes die without returning.
The social salvation of our young peo-
Dle is closely linked with their love
of home, and with their having homes
10 love-homes beautiful, luxurious,
IL 0 will, but certainly virtuous.
homes, the daughters. wives and
mothers of our nation must build, and
rule by love and goodness.