The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16

what brought him to his present state,
and he will reply: Sabbath desecra-
ton. the saloon, gambling, the public
dance, the theater, or something.
Some one Of these repealed to him
first. then followed other, and often
worse things.
Every community is just what the
people want it to be. "Oh,' says
someone. You are wrong there: no
one wants to see men go to ruin.
perhaps not. but they want something
else. worse: and usually that some
thing else the almighty dollar. They
think if sin is licensed, the taxes VIII
be less. or if they make a fight for
righteousness and decency, somebody
might burn them out. What are
houses and money compared with
character, manhood, purity, heaven
The late Bishop Joyce OF the M. r.
church tells of a mar who refused 10
take a stand for righteousness and Tor
God in his community IN any way.
who afterwards paid fifty thousand
dollars to keep his son from the gal
lows.
Lack of dicipline on the part OF the
parents is today one OF n alarming
conditions in the homes OF America;
It NAV seem cute for he twO-year-old
to say II won't do it, or for the
small boy to use profane language
but the fruits in after years VIII ne
anything but cute. The parent VINO
wisely, loving, yet tlrmly, exacls
| obedience from the child, will have
little TO tear in after years, and IN my
estimation. nothing at all, II MS
neighbors' children have the same
training. The seeds of obedience VIII
not fail to bring a harvest OF right
| eousness. even in this day and age OF
{ the world.
1t is a common failing of parents to
punish or reprOve their chlluren iof
things which they, themselves, indulge
in. The mother says, Now, Johnny,
a lie is a very bad thing: you must
always tell the truth, no matter what
the cost may be- yet. this same
mamma promises Johnny a dozen
whippings "a week which ne never re-
ceiveS.
The father says. "Now William
YOU must not go down town after sup
per, but father goes down. perhaps
for the mail, and does not come back
for four honrs. What is he doing:
Oh. don't ask me, he is a man. ana
not accountable to any body: but this
soon gets old. and William goes out
the back door about five minutes after
father goes out the frontldoor. Father,
or elder brother, (the elder brother
usually sets the pace for the rest OF
the boys says, The pool-room is a
bad place for young boys" but the
boy wants to learn by experience too,
Just the way you are learning IT., and
he knows that either your preaching,
or your practice, closely resembles a
lie. so he goes in when hecan to prove
his theory.
Here is another boy, whose father
has a plug of tobacco ip his pocket or
q cigar in his mouth, and he says,
"NOw, Charles, mother says you are
using tobacco. ] don't want you to
do that, it isn's good for boys, be-
| sides it is a dirty, expensive habit.
If you know when you are we'll on
you will let it alone" Later on there
is another interview, and father prom
i,es to administer the birch, if, and II,
and if. OF course, the birch is used
at a later date, perhaps six months,
when it is too late, and the boy makes
= lot more promises, which he never
f! intends to keep: if he told you what he
thought, he would say very emphati-
cally, "You old h%ypocrite, you, ifyou
want me 0 quit, why don't you qui,
YOURSELF"
A friend OF mine. who is a doctor
in southern Iowa, gave me some o.