The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-09-15
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The pastor Of the q mmundtv Con
eregational church gave 40 subjec
.cr M opening sermon In the new
n!en scnool building on September 10
heopentng the Wells" the subjec
oeine founded on the portion Of TIL,
scvfipture found In 0enesis 3e.1s sAn<
Isaac dtgged again the wells OF va
ter which they digged In the dyas q,
his fathem Abraham."
The pastor. Rev. G. 8. Marsolf. sale
In part:
This 10 test Of startling impcrt.
ance because Il conveys to our mind,
thought that IL indeed a live one Ii
the christian world today, that 10. til,
coming back to important things.
am sure there never was q time
wnen there were more warnings g.ver
anu greater dangers ahead than at
TINS tlmes there never was q time
wnen danger should be needed more
than now. the whole world today Il
terribly upset, We have been going n
tremendous rate and have not asked
ourselves where. We claim we have
oeen making progress and the world
10 moving ahead but wonder II this
u true. or are we blindly drifting
without no port in view?
presume you will ask at once why
the penstve moods. instead Of asking
Waterman. what Of the night?
do not want to even appear pes
simistfc but want W to look at
tnlnensn as they really are. and I will
NOT conhne myself to the church alone
Tor 1t 10 life we are interested in, and
we are not interested in the church
or anything else only as it touches
some phase Of human life, so for a
little while at least we will forget the
church and think only OF life for am
thorough convinced that our existance
mere Will figure largely in the life to
come.
so II we are going to get an ade.
Quate conception Of the trend Of thirgs
and determine which way the tide is
going we will have to retrace orr
steps I history and see from whence
we came Il am not thoroughly con.
WINGED that the trend mas always been
upward) and one thing that causes
me to think that it has not been ,s
the dissatisfaction that we find RAM
pant IN the world today. People are
running hither and thither like mad
surely 1t did not used to be that way.
and 1 am sure God never intedded IL
to be that way. However. I have some
reasons I win assign for this condi-
ton and in looking over our life L
md some badly diseased roots.
In starting where am about to
start feel I am getting or beginning
at the root Il mean the home.) We
may call 1T progress. advancement or
Keeping up with the times, but | am
NOT so sure but what we are falling
into decay at tremendous rate. We
seem to have forgotten the Importance
OF this institution. and have conceived
the thought that home means a place
to eat part of the ime and place to
sleep the after part of the night and
the fore part of the day. Homebuilding
does not seem to be a part Of our ma
trimonial career.
Il may be thought a fogey and d
back number but am not SO sure
that suffrage was a good thing for our
American life. I voted for 1t because
thought the women wanted it. hu. it
might mean the taking away of the
most Important things~ In, the home.
Il Tear the mothers today are not
giving their largest thought to home
culture. and we have allowed the
training OF the children to be the duty
OF the day school and one hour with
the Sunday school part of the time.
The daughters instead of finding a
and onf1dent in the
are finding companionship
and I find this, that girls
of sixteen have learned from their
friends on the street things they
should have ben taught in the h.me
In the most sacred manner by their
mothers. AS result immortality Is
tremendously on the increase in the
United States. and the divorce courts
are almost keeping up with tire ,~ar-
rage contracts.
"You ask me, do you not believe In
divorce: I do. and II had to do it
would divorce a large number of
the people who are now married. and
then l would start a system Of educa-
ton that would have tendency to
make houses home rather than n
place to stay. / would begin in this
way. by teaching our girls that the
principal ethics OF life are those Of
home building and the most honored
position in the world is motherhood.
II am sure there not a parent
here tonight but what feels as 7 do
that the home is losing Is hold on the
young. the reason for this in part.
many of the mothers are giving too
much time to outside things that are
forbidden to the home. We must at
tend social things so we either leave
our children alone or with some one
who are not interested In them as we
should be: We must have our pleasure.
III we could only realize when we
enter into the marriage contract that
we are opening up an account with
the other world, ad when chile Is
born into our home we have take. into
our care the destiny Of an imrlorta:
soul. think we would act with greater
care and walk with a more circumspect
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