South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-08
TO LECTURE ON
CRIME CAUSES
Dr.. MCCuaig Continues Course
in EugeniCS and Discusses
Responsibility of the Home
for Social Evil.

Crime and It's Causes" viii be the
theme Of popular lecture tongiht at
the First Presby terrain church by Dr
j, a. McCuaig tils special lecture lr
cugcnics was continued al the high
school auditorium this afternoon. Two
more bis crowds heard the speaker
yesterday afternoon and evening In
the afternoon ne gave his hrst lecture
on eugenics and discussed the early
training oI the child.
iu the evening az the First PresDy-
terrain church me spoke ola "Rcsponsi-
bility OF the Home for Social Evil"
Preiacing ms address by the remark
that. "no great problem of life IS safe
ly approached except from The stand
point Of the word of God and quot
ing Psalms 1878, "Lo, children are an
heritage of the Lord; and the first Of
the womb is His reward he said in
part.
The greatest problem Of the day
is that involved in the relationship OF
the sexes. Abuses arising out Of this
relationship are enc significant evils
that menace our children.
Before the picture of any single
phase Of social evil all right-mind-
ed people stand aghast. AS 1 speak
10 you tonight there comes to me a
vision Of the 100000 lost women OF
this country Lost. indeed they are,
because they are outside OF hope as
much as though already thrust into
tie coffin and beneath the ground.
For these no plea avails- But as the
fullness Of the vision comes. / do
make a plea for the 900. geo little
girls, some OF them just learning TO
walk tonight, many Of them going
out these mornings with their school
bags on their shoulders and bright
smiles upon their faces; blue-eyed
little girls. brOwn-eyed little girls.
gOlden-hairsd little girls, auburn
haired, black haired little girls. from
homes all over this great land who,
unless something is done by you.
viii, within the next ten years go
down TO fill the places OF the $780,
600 lost ones today, who Will haze
passed on to thu grave. / stand be-
tween these mighty POSTS. / stand
tonight between the ranks of those
elready lost and the oncoming ranks
OF innOcents, beseeching for your
children.
First step In the Problem.
I'm dealing with the problem the
first step most OF US will have TO
take viii be TO unlearn what we
have already learned regarding il.
j know that there are many here
tonight who think it far from nice
that the young people Joined in hO-
haps within a year, and by and by
another. and another, and another.
You speak OF ii as if you labOred UNI
Ger some embarrassment. You hest
tate and seem to think of il as in
decent. But YOU are wrong. You
90 not believe that children are an
heritage of the Lord. You do not
believe that the fruit of the womb
is His reward. You must unlearn
the things you have learned about
this matter. You must come to
know that this relationship of the
sexes is not indecent but first Of
all the relationship of life in sacred
ness and wealth of good. You must
recall such words as Ruskins when
he spoke of the flowers that marry.
You must come TO Sc that the
springtime Of the earth is not more
traught OF heaven than the spring
time in the home. That none so sa-
cred in its birth is the rose of the
garden, pink at the touch of God
beJeweled by the morning, out
breathing the atmosphere OF heaven,
as that fair sweet nesting rose in
the cradle. You must come TO know
that blue thing which you come to
discover in the grass at springtime,
that wee violet that has caught the
dome of heaven in all its sacred
hush, is not so much of God as
look at you. You must forget and
learn anew.
Children Are Heritage.
so 1 would observe that children
are an heritage of the Lord. First
a heritage of blessing. / have three
children of my own. 1 know what
il is to delight in them. know
what it is 10 take the soft face be-
tween my hands and look into the
dear eyes and feel the warmth of
this possession. Yet more than they
have ever been as personalities, they
have been To me as enlargements.
Through my little girl / have looked
through a window till every little
girl in this land is mine, and through
my two boys ] have looked as through
q double window till every little boy
in the world belongs to me. The
truth is that every man is instinct
lively father, and every woman is
instinCtively a mother. and when
these children come We End our
selves. Twenty five years ago a
man stood beside the grave Of "A lit