The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-05
MINISTER TELLS
DUTY
Fathers and Mothers Scored
by Bloomfield For Not *
ercising Authority.

M erclSlng Authority.
S 5s35 WARRINGTON. May 5-One Of
Il The first questions asked by Dr. :.
&c. Broomfeld at the First Presoy-
terrain Church last night was
what is a child?'' His lecture On
child life or childhood was the
4 opening address OF the Children's
4 Week Campaign IN Warrington,
Yand was aimed directly at the
parents.
Re- :..15When you look into the face OF
child you are looking upon the
$Ereatest mystery OF life" decla--
1ed DE- Broom field. The future
occupants Of the penitentiary at
sSMAundsyille, the future denizens
Esof the red light districts. the
;ture statesmen and great men OF
ymerica are in their mothers
lsBSs3riaY now, he declared. and
Istrongly urged the parents to
pSrecognize the posi- bilities in their
Nchildren and to influence to the
greatest extent their future for
good.
,ssas@ Childhood, said DR.. Broomfield,
5sSsj ST urrounde ed by four walls-the
4 bone, the church, the school. and
sSssthe state. His talk was built
around these four factors in the
child'ss Ife. n
The Home
The home is the first echool of
1.-The child. he declared. and begged
s that this school teach only those
things which go to make better,
81 bigger, stronger lives.
#5# The home is also the first sane
tuarys for the heart of the child. he
kaid,s and it is the first form of
with which the child
VI comes IN contact
If your child is taught to res
y pect and obey the laws of your
Ss home you have started him on the
4 road to right manhood and good
HI citizenship declared DR.. Broom
field, .sbut If he is allowed to
haunt the laws Of the homo and
11snorc It's authority he is more
Siikcly to do SO with other author
- hen grown tc mankoacd..'
The Bible was designated the
8 greatest treatise on psrenthood
lever written, and the best text
book on the rearins Of children. 1t
w as pointed out that authority
q OF the home and parents is
given emphasis oil through the
Bible, and DR.. Broomfield express
Is ed his belief that modern parents
should exert that authority.
ssEi ust as God Numbered his COM
Il mands to the ancient people from
ia the mountain top, parents toaay
Unjust thunder down their author
ity, else they are not fulfilling
I$ Gods plan OF life, he declared.
Hessald there never was a time
so much was being done for
N the child as today, and neither
was there ever a time when chill
dren were permitted to run loose
asythey are now. He spoke of the
ss55s time when parents had a hard
Il time to N manage their children, but
& said children now had hard time
GA to:manage their parents. Mention
was made of certain children IN
Farm ont who, DR.. Broomheld
said, controlled their parents just
Il as surely as parents ever controll-
4 ed their children.
} One reason for the rebellion OF
children against fam
nj " authority it was stated, is the
81 system inaugurated in the schools
seight or ten years ago of allowing
nothing to interfere with the per
sonality and will of the child.
q Much emphasis was given to the
alues Of consistency in the home.
!,Attention was drawn to the effect
Fin after life of the memory OF
honest parents, even in the small
sests things, and In their honesty OF
sSs purpose. God bless the child who
" ESs finds consistency in the home, :
Broomfield said
With reference to home lie, the
speaker mentioned a gathering OF
young people recently addressed
81 by5shim He asked these young
AZ folks how many OF them had
5 family prayer in their homes, and
not one OF them said
The Church
The church was strongly fndfct.
ed for not nH..~- provision fol-
the comfort Of the children in the
way OF proper seats, and declared
that seventy per cent OF the chill
dren ultimately left the church
This should not be true, he said
and the church was somehow lack
Il ing In the fulfIlment of its duty.
n The School
Dr.. Broomfield scored the
schools roundly for not teaching
more of Christianity. For i've
days in the week, he said, you
send your children to the public
5ss and high schools, and they learn
;4s "a great deal about many things
but not one word about Jesus. He
said the Bible is being taken gu,
or our schools. yet in so-called
heather countries the Bible and a
81 book on morals is taught as text
# book
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