The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-05
HOME THE HIGHEST
. EXPRESSION OF GOD
Rev. r. E. Tyler's Sermon
at Norwood Methodist
GROWTH OF DIVORCE
Some of the Causes That Make or
GROWTH OF DIVORCE
Some of the Causes That Make or
Break Modern Homes-HOme
is Divine Institution.
kinship to God

AT the Norwood Methodist church yes
lterday morning the Rev. r. e. Tyler
preached an enlightening sermon from
the subjects Gods Highest Expression
4 The Human Trinity-Home" breakers
and Makers taken from the text IL.
Kings 4:26, rs 1t well with thee? Is 1t
we'll with they husband? Is 1t we'll with
child?
In the course of the sermon the evils
which surround the home were clearly set
forth showing that divorces are mainly
caused by the double standard of moral
ity. intemperance and living beyond the
income, and the destroying factor Of the
home was the increase of poverty. Dr.
] Tyler said in part:
"Of the divine institution of the home
there can be no question. After God had
put the finishing touch upon every depart
ment of the physical universe and created
man lord over 1t, the first chapter OF the
Genesis closes with the single personality.
After a seeming second thought and a.
| soliloquy, 1t is not good that man should
be alone the Creator opened up again His
subject of creation in the second chap
tion provides for society. They were set
up in housekeeping amid the beautiful
garden of flowers and fruits with fresh
air and abundant room. But sin has now
driven many of their offspring into dirty
| tenements, damp cellars and dark rooms
10000 dark room homes in New York
city alone-think how many the world
over!
God saw everything that He had
made, and behold it was very good. (Man
made some things not so good. God said,
| Here is Ny home and the home of My
children. A good place well adapted for
home building Jones valley is no place
to raise polar bears, nor the vine coy-
cred rock sides of Shades mountain a
place for whales, but blue eyed boys and
girls thrive In happy homes with these
surroundings.
kinship to God
Man finds his subsection of this earth,
and his adaptation to 1t only as he realizes
his kinshp to God. The savages who wor-
SHIPPED god they were afraid of were
not successful here. Only as man looks
| to God In faith. to the future cheerfully.
and around kindly does he see and feel
Gods breeze as he lifts his sail, and does
he Isee Gods lightning as he stretches his
wire to assist him. Mans adaptation here
then shows that God arranged for home
building we get worried with the long
| list or genealogies in the first of both the
Old and New Testament But nothing
can be of more Importance than the names
or the father of a man. This is funda-
mental to the home institution of all gov
ernments. SO the author of this universe
started out right. Let man leave his
father and mother and cleave unto his
wife. Not colony OF free lovers and
| thinkers with common nurseries,
THE thing that develops the coun
try is the home idea. What Is the
difference between this country in 1912
and in 1912? The Franciscan Friars
brought learning and nurseries that did
not succeed. These monks failed be-
cause they defied the first law of God
and human life; they had no wife nor
children. When the Pilgrims came
| they were as many wives as hus-
bands. They honored the human trim
ity-father. mother and child.
They say 1t is our natural phys
ical resources that make us great as
a nation No. There was more coal
and iron, silver and gold the same
rivers. woods 800 years ago when the
| Famous explorers of history travelled
through our broad land. The resources
were here, but the explorers said, This
is the great American desert Waiting
Tor home-builders to make 1t blossom
like the rose.
Now, the home is rather modern In
actually. although in conception It CO.
ordinates with the Bible and time. The
home. What is It? How built up, and
broken up?
Home is the fruit of liberty. Here
Is partial explanation of why 1t is
do l..
frequent under liberty. The idea of
democracy pushes aside traditionalism
and institutionalism for the individual
justice and rights of all. The day that
makes a man slave Is the day that
takes his life away is as true today
l as when Homer uttered IT, 4
Love in the Home
| Love as we'll as liberty is home.
maker. Love will make a home out of
a howell and hate will turn mansion
into n hell Love can and will make
a home under the most adverse cir
lcumstances. but it cannot perform all
kinds of miracles such as overcoming
selfishness and loose morals.
| Room Is another important con-
stituent, but not an absolute reuui-
site. Yet it Is a great factor In our
home life. The human heart is ever
calling for room and air, for home
blue eyed children can play and health
and happiness abide.
Ownership makes happy in the city
and country. Rioters and the mob
w4lich gather for deviltry at mo-
ments notice do not entice the owner
of a home. The home-owner feels an
interest In society, while tho rioter
having nothing to lose is ever ready
to destroy. When your child first says
Mine 1t ought to have it's own gar
den and yard to play In. Then the wife
has her own bank account and you are
down to happy home principles and
granite rock building material. Ours is
a much higher term. however. Love
shares its blessings and Its sorrows
1t Is our home with all the sweet and
hallowed memories that clusters around
It. 1t is our community with its sick
ness and its blessings 1t is our city
with it's problems. Our God, our
heaven, ready to share them with the
worst and most unworthy. Yet the