South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-15

IhACAGOf March 10, AAc
proper settlement of n home ques-
tons is the most important thing in
the world" with blows like this,
interspersed through stories OF
mother love and mother influence,
parental neglect and parental mis-
takes. which made up the bulk of
his sermon. Billy Sunday drove home
the bio points Of his plea for Chris
tianity in the home.
THE longer 1 live and the more
visit up and down the land and see
the JOYS and sorrows. the successes
and failures OF men and women" he
said. the more ] become convinced
that the home is one OF the greatest
problems we have"
Again, later.
81 have travelled up and down this
land and 1 have met every beas
upon the arena. and l am convinced
now that neither law nor gospel can
make a nation great without home
authority and home example"
Reaches for Heartstrings.
His stories were stories of both
humor and pathos. and, more than
i'm airy of his preceding meetings in
Chicago, he seemed to reach for the
hearstrings of his audience. And
that he succeeded was shown by
tears here and there as he told OF
world weary man going back
home TO be mothered once more.
BE it ever so humble" was en-
larged TO include a list OF man
climes and places. and there were
times whe some Of the listeners
seemed TO be whispering "Old Stuff
10 themselves, but almost at the
first indication of this feeling Billy
Sunday swung back 20 his own pri-
vate line OF stuff"
lie berated the neglect Of the
home. He blamed parents for o
Of the shortcomings Of children. He
gave them credit for most Of the
successes Of their offspring. But
through il all he contended that the
problem of the home is becoming
more acute day by day.
"Don'ts' for Parents.
He gave some specific 'Don'ts'
for parents.
The perpetual scolding," he eX-
claimed. don't do il! a child eve
should be told they arr 10 be seen
but not heard. OF all the SENTENCES
that crawled out Of hell. / think
that is n rottenest. Forget it.
Don't tell your children what you
don't mean.
Don't wait on them too much and
don't make them wait on you all
the time.
Don't break a promise.
Don't talk about your neighbors.
Don't hurt their self-respect by
Furnishing them when company is
present. Wait until the company is
gone and dust them if they need il.
Don't overdress them because
YOU are able and thus shame your
ueighbor, who has "A big brood that
hans't got so much as you. for it
will make your kids feel they are
above his. and this will create strife
and enmity."
Billy charged that the downfall Of
most fallen men and women can be
traced 10 some defect i'm the home.
"All Once We're Pure
Every gambler leaning over his
card table and stalking his soul on
the next showdown he said. every
drunkard. reeling and staggering and
jabbering and Numbering and NUT
tering and vomiting and spewing and
puking. and every roma merchan-
dising her w-omanhood for gain in
some dark. rotten, fostering spot OF
a great city. once was as pure az
the mornings dew. They knelt by
their mothers side and perhaps
said. Now 7 lay me down 10 sleep;
I pray Thee. Lord. my soul to
keep"
A sheer that a boy is tied 10 his
mothers apron strings" Billy said,
is designed TO create a loud mouth,
staggering tough with the vocabu-
larry of "a Bowery bum inc all the
refined tastes Of a wharf rat" the