The Republican journal., 1914-10-01
He has not had instilled into his nature
MASONIC TEMPLE BELFAS

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He has not had instilled into his nature
the duty OF thankfulness for being and
parental care and watchfulness during
the days of infancy. In these DAYS Of
woman's rights and children's rights, the
church has been carried off its foundation
and we hear little said about the duty of
children to parents.
1t was Easter Sunday and travelling
preacher was expected to take the place
of the regular preacher that day. For
one reason or the other a much larger
audience than usual assembled. The
preacher having got lost in the mountains
failed to appear at the appointed time.
1t was suggested that retired preacher
who had used all his income in raising a
large family, and was now just COM
mon laborer, be called on to speak. But
the audience spent the time discussing
the probabilities of the travelling preach
er coming until most of the audience
went home. When he finally did come,
about one hour late, he had but small
congregation. As he was about to leave
he was told how the large audience
might have been held if the community
had been willing to listen to local talent.
He said: Nothing can be done to rem
edy this difficulty. People are sometimes
converted to Christianity. If they have
portion of that spirit they will be as will
ing to associate with the meek and lowly
as their leader, who ate with publicans
and sinners.
These class distinctions are serious
obstacle to the union of church effort
now being advocated. We have our
fashionable churches and our churches
for common people. But where the real
spirit of Christianity gets into even
million dollar church, there the poor man
is welcome. In some of them a stran-
ger can not enter without dozens of peo-
him, while in many cold little church
not person will even speak to him.
Many of our western universities, real
izing the intimate relations existing be-
tween education and religion, are devot-
ing week to entertaining the preachers
OF the State. Eighty-one preachers,
representing eight denominations, re-
Gently met with the University of Ore
gon. They encouraged cooperation and
the elimination of rivalry. This motto
of the churches would prove equally ben
ofcial to the nation. The only thing we
as individuals can do is to always vote
for the settlement Of disputes by legal
and peaceful means. This can be done
among nations as we'll as among individ
uals.
The moral sentiment of the commu-
nifty is power for controlling the COM
munity. The moral sentiment of nations
is a power in the world. When that
sentiment becomes corrupt, either in
community or in nation, it works havoc.
A certain business man in one of our
Washington towns recently died, leaving
local business worth twenty thousand
dollars, beside business interests in other
localities. His wife lives in Portland,
Oregon, and his children are scattered to
various parts of the country. For what
has such man been living, piling up
wealth for an ungrateful family. There
are hundreds of his class with partner
willing to subsist in luxury on his earn
ings, but not willing to share his hard
ships or lend a glad companionship to the
home Such man has evidently taken
to money getting as means of drown
ing sorrow as some men take to strong
drink.
Within certain limits men engaged in
transportation can say to the farmer,
pay my price for freight or your products
may rot on the farm. The doctor may
say, pay my price or die. The manu-
facturer may say, pay my price or do
your work without implements. Farm
ers' families are coming to say to the
farmer who lives from the soil that he
should afford his family the same priv
ileges that are afforded by men who live
on other peoples earnings.
Many an honest laboring man is in
poverty from no other cause than allow
ing his earnings to be consumed by
family that has not been taught that it
is their duty to repay, in part at least,
the cost of raising. When l was boy,
children were expected to work for pa
rents until twenty-one years OF age, and
thus the parents would be as well situat-
ed financially as though they had not
raised family. An aged couple are liv-
ing on a homestead alone. Their chill
dren have scattered to distant cities.
Though they write home every week,
their mother said it was just terrible to
have them away. What Of those chill
dren who never write home and there
are hundreds of them. The story of the
prodigal son is no more taught from the
pulpit. All are becoming prodigals.
Great waste leads to great want.
There are those living in want today,
who in earlier life have made presents
to friends of hundred dollar diamond
rings. In society life we may sit for
months in the recitation room with the
most talented and never mistrust that
they are more than ordinary peasants.
And if we suggest any changes in the
social organism to facilitate the study of
human nature, an unknown friend will
promptly send hammer to facilitate the
work. The science of social life seems
to be in its infancy as regards family,
community and nation.
The late Catholic Pope was so affected
by news of the breaking out of HOSTILE
ties in Europe that he tainted and his
physicians attributed his death princi-
pally to grief over this catastrophy to
the nations. 1t is to be hoped that the
world will learn the folly of taking the
sword to perish by the sword.
1t is lack of the proper exercise of
the individual will power that causes all
these mishaps to individual and nation.
II Lincoln had willed not to allow his
thoughts and affections to stray from the
one to whom he had plighted his good
faith, he might have spared himself
much remorse.
If the allenated wife had never al
lowed herself to harbor illwill she would
never have become alienated.
If the rulers of the world would ban
ish all thought of war, there could be no
war.
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