South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-12

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The Sunnydde Presbyterian church
Rev. NJ NJ Rodgers. the pastor. tooN
for the subject 81 his sermon a
phrase from the Bible. What have
they seen In thine house ~ lie said
After representatives 81 the King
Of Babylon had visited the King
Hezekiah. the prophet Isaiah came
10 the king and asked him. what
have they seen I'm thine house II
some one should come % your home
and spend one week with you. what
would he see I'm your aomeF II
Jesus should knock at your door
this afternoon. and you <hOuld have
Him as a guest for week, what
would He think OF your home
Would you have the right sort OF
reading material for Him Would
lie be satisfied with the religious
life Of you rhome2 I believe that II
tie were AZ your home you would
90 at the evening service with Him
believe YOU would not think OF re-
naming away from the mid-week
service next wednesday. or from the
sunday school next Lords day.
The home is the most sacred OF
all institutions u f. more sacred
han the school, the church. or the
state. The home IS 20 the child the
first school, the first church and the
first state Before the children go
10 the kindergarten they are IN the
school OF the home. before they
can understand the meaning OF wor-
ship IN the church they may learn
20 worship In the home. Every re-
lationship that Is 20 be found In the
state or civil power - to be found
also IA the home. True citizens are
made very largely IN the home. In
the state We have laws 20 be obeyed,
officers who exercise authority,
rights OF others which must be re-
spected In the family. all these re-
lationships arc TO be found. The
child who learns his true place IN
the family will find his proper place
az citizen OF the state. Citizens
home.
Children bring a tremendous re-
spOnsibility TO the home They are
exceedingly initiative. and so what
are either made or unmade In the
parents do they will do again in
their own lives. Children are in the
homo at tho impressionable age.
They are like pliable clay. Parents
are entrusted with the task OF fash
ioning those pliable souls into YES
sells or honor. and ht for the Mas
religious. The Creator has so made
them. II IS as natural for children
To develop into true men and true
women as for "a bud 10 unfold into
the full blown flower. If the bud
IS not surrounded by the proper con-
ditiOns, 10 may not so unfold. And
II the child IS not properly trained,
ne may not develop into the fine re-
ligious character that God would
have him be.
What the home is. Is determined
by the husband and the wife. the
father and the mother. We can
scarcely think OF a home without a
mother. When Napoleon was asked
the greatest need Of France, his
prompt reply was. mothers" BY a
mother L mean one who thinks more
OF children than she does Of poodle
dogs and more OF her Preside than
she does OF the card table. We may
take II for granted that home needs
"A true mother, a mother like Joco-
bed the mother OF Moses. a mother
like Hannah the mother OF Samuel.
a mother like Mary the mother Of
Jesus. But want today 20 empha-
size the fact that the home needs a
true father. The word husband"
is contraction or the words.
mouse DdnQ- me nuSDhnQ IS en-
trusted with the responsibility OF
maintaining the integrity OF the
home. He IS as essential 10 the home
as the slaves are TO the barrel. II
the father Is the law OF the home,
the mother Is surely the gospel OF
tho home. Too many husbands and
fathers have taken the old hymn.
Take Ny Life and Let II Be Con-
secrated, Lord. TO Thee and
changed the word life 10 wife and
SO they sing. Take my wife and let
her be consecrated. Lord. 20 Thee
The home needs good reading
material. Through literature we
learn the best thought OF all genera
lions. and we may become acquaint-
ed with the finest characters that
ever lived. The home needs the
open Bible, that Il may be a lamp
unto our feet ard a light unto our
pathway. What would you think OF
a person who had his home wired
for electricity, and who could have
the bright light throughout the
home by pressing a button. and yet
would burn only a tallow candle?
More foolish is he who has the
Bible. and yet gets all the light he