The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-07-01
WHEN THE CRADLE
COMPOUNDS STATE1RAEr
The International Sunday Schon,
~ for July 6 Is. The Child NoS1a
;, saved From Death''-Ex. J:0-1I.
i AZ 10 2:1O.
(By WILLIAM r. ELLIS,

stAt IN ORIG nc
growing wiser is its return to tho
great simplicities. We are under
standing afresh hat the elemental
things really govern life. The science
Uf government is not a mysterious
thing; the daily newspapers are inter
preting it for us in terms Of the com
mon welfare and Of everyday riphta-
Diplomacy, Once locke nm
Oh as a subtle, %sinuous are. possible
only to astuteSt men Of special train
ing, is now seen to be but the frank
Interpretation of one nation To an
other, and h promotion Of mutual
good will and helpfulness. While the
sticklers for red tape were cynicallv
pointing out hat James Bryce was
not q trained diplomatist, he quietly
went on his way with a message Of
good will. accomplishing a work Of
diplomacy such as none of the special
lists who had preceded him had ever
begun to approach.
While statesmen have figured how
10 out-maneuver each other in Eu-
rope, the ~new-schOol political econo-
mist rises and points out that Ger
many's superiority owe France is in
evitable, simply because Germany has
o far higher birth rate than France.
The Balkan war set us studying Stats
tics as TO the relative power Of the
Slav and the Teuton, and we find that
the future is with the Slav simply be-
cause he is growing babies twice as
fast as the Teuton. The sceptre of the
future is in the hand that holds the
rattle today. The destiny Of nations
-, when the last word in spoken, a
matter Of the birth-rate n Of child
training.
This profound principle a multitude
Of persons are glimpsing as they enter
spon child welfare work. They fol-
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who set a child in the midst. We are
Witnessing a marvellous modern ex-
preston Of the gospel impulse toward
the Sanctity Of the children. UnSenti-
mental economists are learning today
that for a nation babies are better
than bonds: a low death rate for chill
dren is more desirable than high in
'erest rate for that boys and
girls pay better than stock dividends.
A community with healthy infants is
more potent thar one with a great
political organization. School houses
are a better investment than Office
buildings, not to mention the way
they supersede almshouses and jails.
The child, our newly anointed eyes
perceive, is the deiiverer of the ma
non.
The New Politics.
The sound political wisdom of all
This Is apparent to h ordinary man
We are beginning to understand the
relationship to real patriotism Of al
the beautiful modern movements fol
'he welfare Of children. We see thai
fro mthe baby-saving show to the new
teachings in pedagogy, we are en-
gagged in a glorious conspiracy tt
make a better nation.
We are putting the teacher in
higher place than the law-maker. The
father Of a family is seen to be Q
more Importance than the polltica
worker who gets out votes on cleo
ton day. Even the bat-blind poll
tcians are cropping toward an under
standing of the truth hat the da,
school and the Sunday School and tn
playground are factors in the nationa
welfare.
The child Moses, studied this wee
ty the Sunday schools of the world,
concentrating immeasurable attentiO
upon this great principle Of the pr
macy of child welfare. IT is an apprC
pirate coincidence that in the wee
Of this lesson there should be met i
Zurich the Worlds Sunday Schot
Convention, representing thirty mi
lion members, out Of every nation ur
der heaven. 1t seems an ~altogethe
reasonable thing that approximate
two thousand persons should haN
Travelled from North America
Switzerland to consider the religion
framing OF the Cnl]O. HIS II COI
structice craftsmanship. II cOncerI
the making of character, and chara'
ter alone makes nations.
Taught BY The Child.
M Of the most beautiful of II
Immortal tales Of human life is TN
story of the child Moses. 1t Is etc
tally contemporaneOuS. Ihe cel
turtles make no difference. The bal
In the little BOAT Of bulrushes, co
hded carefully to the flags along q
river bank, is as real as the child v
fondled in our arms an hour as
The inspired story makes the below
baby, doomed by cruel decree
death, as real a child as any re;
about in today's newspaper.
The parents saw that Moses was
soOdly child"-as If n baby ev
looked otherwise to n fond eyes
It's PARENTS! The ~preciousness OF I
baby, which has stOutened the e
of millions of fathers and CIV
strength and inventiveness to couI
vacc rnof4-~ nhtnnc ont IN FMS SyOl