South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-15
AMERICAN HOME
SERMON THEMES
Mothers and Fathers Both Get
Advice at Quincy Street
Baptist Church.

Mothers day played an important
part in the Sunday morning services
at quincy Street Baptist church, but
Fathers day was not forgotten. Mrs.
T. J., Parsons delivered an address
TO mothers. while John w Kendall.
superintendent OF the Bible school
delivered the fathers address.
A splendid program was given in
honor Of the American home life.
Mrs. Parsons said that the response
bHity Of bringing up a family OF
children rests very largely upon the
mother This is necessarily So"
she said, because the father, as a
rule. leaves home in the morning and
does not return until evening. The
mother is with the children con-
stantly from infancy 10 school days,
then after school life has begun she
spends more time with the child
than does the father. In view OF
this fact, every true mother must
realize the responsibility as we'll az
the privilege resting upon her.
II say every true mother. for II
is "a sad and deplorable fact that we
are living in a day when the child
is not always a welcome addition to
home, and the state Of mother
hood is considered by some as
calamity rather than a blessing.
Among he ancient Hebrews, the
women regarded motherhood as a
sign of Gods favor. and children as
blessings from the Lord. To be
childless was cause for sorrow and
sadness.
Some mother may say. %. I love
my children and am doing all l
possibly can to care or them; l feed
and clothe them and 1 nurse them
TO health when they are sick; 1 am
doing all i can TO give them good
education, and so prepare them for
the great battle of life. What more
can L do?' Yes, / know all that and
commend you for it; but if your ef-
forts have stopped there, you have
not fulfilled your whole duty TO your
child. Have you realized that your
child is an immortal soul, launched
out into the great sea of eternity.
OF which this present life is only a
small and preparatory part?
The religious training of your
child is of utmost importance, and
you cannot begin too early this part
of it's training"
Speaks TO Fathers.
In speaking of the father and his
responsibilities Supt. Rendell said in
part:
There are certain responsibilities
in the home which belong distinctly
to the father. 1t Is his duty TO pro-
vide for the TEN poral necessities, so
that the home may be comfortable,
and the happiest place on earth. as
it should be. The father should also
be an example of high morality be-
fore his children. Children are nat
ural imitatOrs. The boys will fol-
low in the footsteps OF their father,
as a rule; therefore a man should be
very careful about his daily habits.
1t is a good deal better to set a good
example than TO correct the children
for bad habits they learned from
YOU. The father should also be a
leader in the spiritual life Of the
home. Ii is not right TO leave the
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tirely to the mother Let US be
true to our children in temporal
moral and spiritual things, and thus
adequately tit them for the duties
Of life"
Ernest .. Neithardt represented
the family as whole in an address
in which he said: 1T is a hard
matter to advise others how to
bring up children The only people
who think themselves capable TO do
so are those who never had any TO
bring up. The parent is at a disad-
vantage. because il is something
which cannot be learned at school
or college; he must enter the bust
ness absolutely unprepared. We
cannot copy from our parents, be-
cause of different tempeTaments in
the children and different social
conditions Hence every parent is an
eXperimentalist I am more and
more impressed with the difficulty Of
properly raising a family and l.
think we should not be too hard on
the parents who seem TO us 10 fail.