La Junta tribune., 1911-11-11

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not help, but rather hinders the work
the Sunday school tries to do. Who
has the hardest struggle 10 live a
( Christian life today? The man or
woman converted late In life. that
I had no religious training IN child
hood Every consideration OF peda'
eodical science. and common sense
points 70 the necessity o. aehin.
the child religion In the home Il
7 Is Gods way Thou shalt teach
them Gods laws diligently unto the
children. and thou shalt tax Of
them when thou slttcst IN Thy
house etc. II Is not the function Of
. the common school 10 tearL reli-
siou II may teach ethics. but the
time spent doing II Is Yain waste
unless somewhere else the child l.
taught the religion that alone can
max" ethical teaching bear fruit The
Sunday school has an unfair chance.
% can never he. nor was Il ever iu-
tended 70 be, substitute ior re-
llgious training Ia the home We ar
looking everywhere today for the
cure Of the Ms Of society and for.
getting to examine the fountain head
The burden of the solution liys with
the parents of the present and the
next generation.
What OF present conditions A re-
cent moderator OF our General Assem-
bly, has said "Our ideals u the
home have gone down. and along
with this our ideals Of reverence
have gone down" The archbishop Of
Canterbury said some time ago 1T
would be vain to ignore the warning
voices which tell US on both slides OF
the sea. Of a certain decad.Hce In
the definitely religious life Of the
ordinary home-a falling off of the
very force which gave Inspiration %
our rrandsirIs " surely
bchopves Us 70 consider what ve can
do TO safeguard the children OF Amer
lea and England from a peril whose
gravity IL is impossible to ovar,sti-
mate because II affects the very
foundation Of our Christian nf
. \ great numb Of homes today
have lost an that Is most sacred In
the name They have become simply
the convenient agzropation of iudi.
yiiuals for purposes Of 'atlng and
sleeping The Interests outside
have killed out rbc holl,st and hap
picst sentiments Il the inside And
, the results Of this decadencs ia
home i.tc are seen In the az rezate
of the complicated problems OF our
day social. political and roIi Ei1us.
Tho great wrong Is al the fountain
and source from which flow ih, cur
rents Of human life 4 cag.l.i stu
deat OF the times has said There
ls no civilized nation thai Is taking
so great risks with the family as Is
the United States" Napoleon vas
asked the greatest need Of the
French nation. Without b-siiatlon he
answered. Mothers" OHr greatrst
need today % nation ls not more
higher or lover tariff nor recipra-
city with Canada. not corporation
regulation, nor government ovuershlp
% public utilities. nor a Guzrn Other
like matters Of surface politics that
may emerge ln a political campaign
deolar. h with most deliberate em-
phasi, that more vital iu the pres
cut and future Of the nation than
any Of these issues Is the question
whether or not the homcs of America
shall be religious. The grclt"s, need
Of N" church today Is not more or
better houses Of worship not more e..
oquant preachers. not donomlnational
unity..important as that it. not a
hundred other things that occupy the
Christian thought OF today the great
est need of the church Of today and
the future is religion ia tho homes of
church members Talk Of a great -.
NiNal. u would speedily come In the
church and an practical lie II We
would but begin by reyItIng religion
Ia tho home Nothing has been dc
yised that can take 'ho place IN
the lie Of people Of simple house.
hold religion about family altar
th" father as the priest of his hous
hold tho mother. teacher Of holy
things. Whore are tho altar fire.
today Many man and suman owes
the best In them 10 mo religion IN
the home OF their childhood. and are
today denying that blessing TO their
children. The senscless balderdash &
"a pseudo. pedagogical uaVchoiog,