Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-07-12

l&#< strong man ~
sE& A M business or civic
life who was not
made 81 In the home. IL is true that
sometimes We iud men Of character
who never had any true home inilu-
eEces. hut when You find one man
who has developed into real inail'
hood without true home influences.
you find hundreds. who because they
never had them. are moral wrecks.
a.ct the home b.. what IL should and
the product turned out will rarely be
disappointing. Our furefathcrs were
abb. To lny substantial national
foundation because they were made
stnlwart. God fearing men through the
Influences OF the Christian homes in
which they were nurturcd.
When fathers aud mothers take heed
to the words of Jesus seek ye first
the Kingdom of God aud his right
eousneSS" and make him first In the
home, how glorious are the results
IL they have family worship and seek
Gods help and guidance daily for
themselves and their children and all
their affairs. they lind 1t unfalingly
true that God Is faithful" that his
promises never fail. that their every
real need is supplied and that his
favor and blessing surpass all OF
carth's riches. God is love, aud the
home In which he Is made first is
home filled with love. Fortunate is
the community and tile nation which
has many such homes. The men and
women nurtured IN them are "the salt
OF the earth Without such. cor
ruption and decay inevitably ensue.
Supporting the structure of all that
Is good and true and noble in the
world is the godly home. Remove 1t.
and our social and national life will
soon morally disinlcgrate.
II ii seem that we are giving the
godly HON, more important place
than the gudy individual. where. we
would ask does Tie godly individual
come from II not from the godly home?
What Workshop produces him! Ger
tainly not the schools. the shops, the
market place nor even the church.
withnu, the hclp OF the godly home.
A nail factory turns out nails; shoe
factory, shoes; Il wagon factory.
wagons; and u home humanity.
The ideal for commercial factories
should be To turn out the best product
they can. This though. Is not always
their aim. for low prices and compe-
tition create demand for articles OF
an inferior grade. There Is no such
demand, however. for the product Of
the home for no quality Of character
Of an inferior grade meets the de-
mands of God or OF the times. II a
manufacturing firm aims To turn out
the very best product they can pos
sibly make. its members are always
studying the problem of WAYS and
means to enable them 10 approximate
their ideal How much more should
parents study with Gods help 10 turn
out into the world the very best prod
ucti
In thinking of the home nv turning
out into the world product called
humanity. We should ever bear In
mind that its product is 10 endure
throughout the ages. This leads us
back To our very first proposition.
that II there IS any place more than
any other on this earth where Jesus
Christ is needed ii Is the home. With
out the help and direction OF the
master workman. godly character can
not be- produced.
The Scriptures tell us To bring our
children up in the nurture and nd.
muniiion Of the Lord" but this We
cannot do unless we are ourselves
Christians 50 back ~ the product
Is the producer. with nl the con
sequences involved in parenthood. IL
seems incredible that men and women
will assume II without being them
selves in n position In give 10 their
children that which will make them
the very best product. namely godli-
ness. The child is not so much re-
sponsihc for what he becomes Ms is
the parent IN whose care and train.
Ing he Is brought mp. We cannot get
away from the scripture. which says:
"Train up a child in the way he should
60 and when he Is old he will not de-
part from it,; or, MS the little girl
put II, Train w child In the way
he should 20 and when be 10 old he
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