The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-17

1870 $1,000
s~ynonyomous Terma.
So, broken homes and wrecked Ivos
seem to be synonymous and insepAra-
Die, and many times sons and daugh-
tiers brought up in ~idleness, unre.
strained in the expenditure Of money,
rapidly acquire profigate habits. and
they figure conspicuously In the dis.
graceful ~escapades In scanduious no.
ciety and they indulge in fast horses
and fast women wines, champagne, the
most costly, from the vineyards OF
FraHae e@.y- -.na the long lists
OF The diversions OF the indoient, idle.
Indifferent. apathetic. stoiid. lazy. n
they go to premature graves and they
are only remembered because Of the
dissolute, disreputable. drunken. licen-
tious, lives they lived.
And of many the women, too
much cannot be said in just condem-
nation. Oh! many OF them. they are
frivolous. and they are sfffy, and they
are extravaganza. and they will throw
to the winds all restraint of modesty
and of prudence, and of religion. and
the many virtues which are so nobfA
and attractive in womanhood. and they
/ allow themselves TO be battered. and
bambozzled, and cajoied by a lot Of
good-for-nothing. eInpty-headed ginks
who call themselves men. They ought
to be arrested for going around dis
tguiscd as men!
You wouldn't Call some OF them men
III they didn't have whiskers and
breeches on--and they loan their pres
ence to vaudeville, have 1t in their
homes; they indulge in drinking and
In gambling and they are more FAINT
liar with poker chips. they are more
familiar with these terms than they are
with English and classic literature
more familiar with the costly brands
of champagne and wines-they know
more about pipcr-Heidsick, and they
know more about the names Of the ex-'
rensive champa Cnes and wines than
they do about the word OF God.
think one of the prettiest pictures
that God or the world ever looked upon
Is to see a father and a mother who
4nrc Christians lock arma- and then faEf-
hold of the hand of the Oldest child
and the next oldest and the next and
then the next and on down to the
youngest; and see the whole family &c
on singing and praying toward heaven.
And the blacklist. vilest picture that
God or man ever looked upon Is a
father who Is not a Christian. a mother
not a Christian, lock arms and take
hold Of the oldest child and then the
next and then the next and see the
whole family 20 shrinking on to he'll.
And tho biggest n,onstroeity that God
or the world ever looked upon Is a
mother with children playing around
! her knees. and they uHever hear from
her lips q prayer. and never are taught
Jesus Christ. Oh. the stepmcther
would be a godsend II she only had
religion. That Is not all II fs a dis
grace to you that II your boy or girl
has ever been saved and goes to heaven
because Of what some stranger taught
them, not because Of what you taught
them. Somebody else, II they ever 20
to h~aarea-t wont be OF
good thing they ever learned at your
knee.
F.ariy Training.
Train up a child in the way that
Il should so ard when ~ IL old N
win not depart from thee. and II they
are properly aim they WIN not often
go astray.
The normal way to get nd ~ drunk
ards is to get rid OF the dirty. rot
ten, shrinking. heIi-holes that are max
ing then-~drunkards. don't know. II
always makes my blood boil to sec .
cop walk up and pinch a drunknrd q
take him off to the police station. whtss
they throw the protecting arm OF b
law around the dirty. sinking hen hole
that sold him the liquor. II gets my
goat. 1t makes my blood boil. don't
You know II. ! can hardly wait TO get
at that dirty, stinking gang.
So the normal way to get rid OF
thieves Is to stop raising them and
when I tell You that th~ree-fen~ths Of
all the girls ruined In this country fell
because Of the influence 81 thc dance
then you know why I hit that 50 hard.
as hard az I know how IND I win give
that institution all that Ia coming -
IT before ! am through
want you to know Lam not q crank !
ahont anything. but l. am the etcfsa1
<eworn. uncomprcrnisfnx. trrevocahte
enemy OF anything and everything that
is driving men and women to wreck
age and making them q band Of dere-
licts ont upon the high seas Of lust
and passion. l am against 4. don't
believe that 81 the way to be decent
Tina. IL al, there 10 to II. ! don't give
three whoors how popular II may b
with you. So. that Is the way to win
producing II all In the world. ana
when the child leaves home n WIN b.
morally and socially and refigfousfy ae-
cording to the influence that sur-
rounded 1t when in the formative
period.
There are m%uItitudes Of families that
lust live. The rearing Of one or more
children II IL is n girl means another
prostitute. II II is a boy X means
another drunken sot. STAGGERING down
tn perdition. and therefore the NATIONAL
life. VIII never rise higher h = ths
home life and never will stink lower
than the homo life.
One of the great papers Of New
York city had a picture while I was
preaching there of a poor hoy with
a troubled careworn face, hfdtug on
a strange doorstep, afraid to 70
home because OF. the drunken father.
and the iook on that boys fare
haunts me vet. There are Thousands
and tens OF thousands In that great
busy. whirl'ng. teemirg, rich. poor.
praying. cursing. %virtuous. iieentious
city.
O. Metropolis n In not yUqr
great buildings: II ~ no our daxziinR
wealth that staryers me. 1t Is not
your Riverside drive with YOU sky
inc of buildings on one side Of the
majestic river, and your palisades on
the other side. II isn't your great
bridges 9leapirg N rivers to defy the
streams of the world: but above the
roar Of the traffic. above the clamor !.
/! OF the market place. above the crying
in the stock exchange: oh. the scbs
Of bows who have n o boyhood. of girlA
who " no gfrIhocd. Of childhood
crushed, bleeding. bliEhted by drink.
N-hi+e-Way that-f but n s-tAe-
faces pinched. pale, wan. anaemic. Of