Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-24
SUNDAYS SERMON TODAY

I perb educational system, from the little
red schoolhouse to our great universities,
| and is making an honest attempt to put
good education within the reach OF your
son and your daughter
"Ali things being equal, the educated
man should be better able to protect him
self against the enemies of the body, the
mind and the soul and the Individual is
| much safer when surrounded by the outer
| wall of education.
Third Business Organized society
| has seen that an idle mind is the devil $
workshop. 1t has seen when men have
no business moorings, when they are
without n Job, many of the baser things
come to the surface. Organized society
has as its ideal an economic order In
which every able bodied man or woman
should have q job. The nearer society
can reach that ideal the less discomfort,
unrest and trouble we Will have. The
busy and prosperous man, all things be-
ing equal, should be a better man than
the idle man; therefore, both society and
business are better for this outer wall Of
business.
Fourth. "'rhe Home. Organized society
has seen that the influence of wife and
children Is one of the most wholesome In
fluences OF life. The stability of society,
virtue of womanhood and honor of man
a good home life. The fact Is, the love
OF a good, pure woman handouts the
baser elements in the individual and calls
into being the noblest qualities which
until then have been asleep. There Is
no question that society and the individual
are better off for this outer wall called
the home.
Fifth. Patriotism Organized society
has seen that the love of ones country is
a wholesome force In the life Of an individ-
ual History is full of stories of men who
have risen to acts of sublime heroism
when prompted by love of country. our
own nation has always been noted for the
splendid patriotism of her citizenship. No
man who truly loves his country can be
as bad man ns he would be If he didn't
love his country. A great love Is always
a great force in life.
Now / yield to no man IN my gratitude
to organized society for building the outer
walls about the Individual. II is easier
to follow the path of duty to listen to
the voice of right in q land where these
walls surround the individual. I feel like
taking off my hat to organized society
for the real service 1t has rendered the
cause of religion by erecting these outer
walls of legislation, education. business.
home and patriotism; but there is no one
who does not know that there are exigen-
cies in life when no one nor all of these
walls can render the individual safe.
(a) Take legislation for instance. In
spite of our statute books. every day
there is an innumerable company of men
who throw law and order to the winds
and outrage decency and honor. over
10000 were committed in this country last
year. over $4,000 girls were sold as white
slaves during the year, For them at least
the outer wall of legislation breaks down.
(b) Education. Education has the power
TO develop mans abilities, but there are
innumerable cases where 1t fails to direct
those abilities. Education can sharpen
the knife. but it does not always appear
to determine whether the knife shall be-
come an instrument of mercy in the
hands of the surgeon or an instrument of
destruction in the hands of an assassin.
If there Is not hand in hand with an