The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-08
PATRIOTISM IN THE HOME.

OF the pTlHclpHl features OF DASH
thoughts,,o theisuhject of Patriot
ism In the Home:"
| 1.-The great Book tells us that tn,
| City set four square, and so doe
our home, with its walls to the north
east, south and west, with window,
and doors from which each member
OF the household may look out into
the beautiful world of nature and re
ceive such impressions of light
shade and color as the mind Is ca
pable of accepting.
1.-The beginning OF every home Is
| love, and every variety and al
| degrees of this sentiment are found
from that which the young man and
woman feel that brings them to.
gether, to the making of n home up
through that reverence, loyalty and
rational obedience that goes to the
making of noble manhood and a
noble womanhoOd.
"In the home we are face to face
with the basis OF patriotism, be.
cause noble home life and national
life are based upon self-control and
the living for someone else than
self.
THE husband and wife must live
for each other and for the children
sent them through love, and true
living for another involves Justice,
generosity, tenderness and courtesy,
all OF which are phases of the great
idea Of patriotism.
1.-The child. who all his life, has
been reared under Just laws, has
seen father and mother yielding
obedience to and asking obedience
for just laws; has received gener-
Gus explanation for the laws OF the
home, and when punishment was
necessary for the violation OF these
laws IL was administered with ten
derness and mercy; has always
found a courteous recognition for
the rights and duties of each indi-
vidual of theshome, is well ground
ed In the mental qualities that go
to the making of citizenship, and
his voice Is for the good of his town,
county, state and nation, law max
ing activities being part of every
mans and woman's life for many
decades OF their existence.
"In loving obedience to law, rev.
erence stands close. There are peo-
pie In our day who say there Is no
reverence. Let us inquire into this
statement and test it's truth.
Have you, fathers and mothers,
80 lived your lives that IN your own
souls you reverence truth, honesty,
courage, humanity and God? II
you have, and are rearing your chill
dren In the same atmosphere, then
you know there Is reverence in this
world.
ado you feel IA thrill every time
you see the flag of your country
floating in the wind because ut the
thought II suggests OF freedom to
worship God AS You best can? or
freedom t. live your own life aC-
cording to your own mind; of free
dom, to call man brother and wO-
man sister, and to think of every
human creature as man and not IA
scrf or slave? II you feel and teach
reverence for the flag Of your cOun-
try in your home, keeping the birth
day of such men as Lincoln and
Washington, and such days as
Memorial Day, Flag Day, the ma
tons birthday, the glorious Fourth
of July, then you know there is Il
reverence in your day for people
and events that are worthy of rev
erenc".
"lf you are careful that the flag
has an hOnOred place in the home,
is never allie wed to be stepped upon,
is never used In foolish decorations,
is never allowed as table cloth or
napkins ut picnics or other festi-
walls, then you are developing a rev.
erencc for that which the child or
youth sees us symbol, and later
cOmprehends the principles for
which 1t stands and becomes LOYAL
to country and to God.
"What beautiful word Loyal is,
and how stimulating to the minds
activity! 1t is one of the active
principles of life and is closely re-
lated to reverence and love, and for
This reason needs very tender and
careful treatment, for we wish to
avoid the evil influences of disloy-
atty.
Even when very little child
shows loyalty to brother, sister or
friend, and in the latter case we
may doubt the wisdom of this con
dition, we must be- very careful, for
there is something in the soul of
each that attracts. and grea, wis
dom is needed in guiding the chill
dren.
Every teacher knows how neces.
sary II is to explain to the cuthuias.
tic boy that his school flag must
never he placed above his nntion's
flag, no matter how loyal he is to
his school. Then, too, 1t is very in.
teresting to expand and lift up the
idea of loyalty from n lower 10 IL
higher plane.
"Thc fourth corner stone, so to
speak, is obedience. Almost every
human creature has some idea of
aud one Of the grea:
struggles Of our civil life is to be
obedient to the highest
ideals that humanity can realize.
Every family starts its life with
either true or false idea of obedi- |
encc, but the one thought that we
hold FIRMLY IL the love of law and |
the law OF love. When the young
man finds himself father and the |
young woman finds herself mother, |
they need to come together and take
counsel with each other as to what
are the few best laws for the rear
ing of the child, so that II NAV at. |
tniu "a rational and uoble lifa. mud