The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-30
Splendid Address
Delivered By
Supt. C. Nj. Jones
At Baptist Church

Prof C. M. Jones, who needed nc
introduction to the people of Lake
land. Being for years so closely al
lied to the home life, the subject OF
his lecture, THE Relation of Parent
to Child" was especially suitable.
This was a scholarly address, show
ing the well-trained mind, as well as
keen insight into human nature,
possessed by the speaker. Opening
thoughts on home: From the home
gathered around the hearthstone
are received the most lasting impress
sions;;. if this home is founded upon
,-love and mutual friendship, within
it's walls conservation to duty, high
aims and aspirations instilled by par
ents in the souls of the children,
from such a home will go forth great
men and women. The home-the
basis of all discipline and govern
ment; the governments of the earth
are based upon the strength of the
/ brave, and the protection of the
weak. Human nature is at best
faulty, and in all human laws there
is more or less friction. Certain nat
ural laws govern and control man
the location. climatic conditions, and
the products of his native land de-
i termine the mental and physical at
tributes he will possess. Nature
has provided the special food re-
Quired in the several zones-as the
fats and oils in the frozen areas
Of the north, the prodigal hand of
, nature in the tropical regions
with rice, Egypt with dates all
showing how nature surrounds us
with her laws; all countries gov
erned by certain basic laws, in many
countries we find only the two classes
the upper and lower-leaving out
the middle class, which is the safety
valve as it were, knowledge is not
diffused, there is no medium to trans
NIT this knowledge from the upper
! to the lower classes Germany is an
example of this-nOted for her
learned men, men of science and
scholarship, yet this knowledge is
stored up in the upper class. Not
so in our native land, America. With
it's three distinct classes with count
less thousands who come to the doors
of our land in ignorance. Through
the medium of the middle class,
knowledge is diffused. These unseen
laws are steadily at work transmit
ting from one class to another those
things which educate and ennoble
men and women. The general laws
of Nature are Interchangeable. Set in
motion by the divine hand, they will
continue ad infinitum. When we con-
slider the celestial bodies, the sun
moon and stars, controlled by an AL
mighty Hand, working according to
law of nature, we see conclusively
that all the universe is controlled by
laws. Home government is primary
and first. The future of our land
is the child. Home has been treated
very lightly. Any agencies that cor
rode the home affects the county. the
State and the country. 1t takes true
greatness of soul to cover up short
of the one who walks as a
partner by our side. along life's
pathway. Marriage may be compared
to X; it is your business; it is my
business that we take pains to de-
crease the little right angle. Let us
give and take and get in line to
make home perfect place in which
to rear the little ones Home should
be above criticism. Maintain high
standard within its walls. Each criti-
cism in the presence of your child
w tdhcIS lilt tSdthtl
Keep in close touch with the school
work of your child; manifest an in
terest in all that concerns his men
tai growth and as the years go by
you will marvel at his growth and |
can be the proud donor to the world |
Of citizen that will do his part well |
In the battle of life. But this end |
ran only be attained by the con-
seriousness of your duty to your child,
strict adherence to that duty and by
the proper adjustment of the rela-
ton of parent to child.
1t seemed that Prof Jones had |
only led us into the heart of his dis
course and we could see beyond rich |
treasurer upon which we could feast |