Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-13

mills. HOW IKE you nc AA
lowed his Creator in the paths o.
earth and sky. His telescope has
searched the blue above. his ear mas
heard the whisper of angels, ana MS
imuatient soul has taken wings not
waiting for translation and has soareu
past the eagle into the heart Oh Ae
sum-
Glory
"No wonder the daughter beheld the
glory OF her father. creator. lover ana
protector. To her worshiping soul ms
giant shoulders were the ladder oy
which she climbed to meet her rather
God. He had not only breeathed INTO
her ~nostrils the breath of life but she
fed from his hand from the fruits n
delicacies of every cline and iand. tiis
| arms encircled her in home as safe ana
sheltered as ancient rock and castle;
he taught her the wisdom OF the Worid
and she opened to mind and heart the
refinement of the university and all OF
the soul expression of the church ana
a perfected social life. In her admir-
ing eyes he was to her the embodiment
Of strength. conquering power ana
truly the complement and the worship
full ideal of a woman'S heart.
so she called upon her pastor, the
church and all child and woman kind to
put the key on the arch that IS to pc
over the door of the mighty Temple OF
the Human Race where the redeemed
soul enters that Mystic Temple and the
White city where Man again dwells with
his God redeemed from all of his weak
ness. sin and death.
''The Young Mems Christian assocla-
ton took up the idea and now it has
been established as Fathers day and
has gathered into Father and Sons
week and a thousand masculine de-
lights.
so the calendar of delightful days
has been completed and we rejoice III
the long day that father has been given
a.week instead of a day. Dear old dad
keep up with his elegantly dressed wife
and accomplished and refined daughter.
Fathers Day
80 far as history reveals the first
especially designated Fathers day was
suggested by Mrs. John Bruce Dood of
Spokane. Wash, to the Centenary
Presbyterian church, Rev. Conrad
Bluhm. pastor, This man of vision at
once saw the significance and the Jos
sibilities stored in the idea, so the
church appropriately observed it with
honor to their men and fathers. Next
year LDt iSItDEdut lcuIlS VI . Shi''
tian association gave Fathers day for
NAL Endorsement. Mayor N. S. Pratt
followed with a commentator and that
was indorsed by Governor NJ. e. Hay.
In June of that year the Spokane Min
l~isterial Alliance approved the plan and
adopted the third Sunday in June as
Fathers day. But that day and that
month was evidently too full Of flowers
and weddings for dear old Father, so
the day has grown into Father and
Sons week and that has been appro-
priately placed in the month of No
vember, after all of the harvests of
October have been gathered and the
long winter days have begun when the
husbandman sits on his proud throne
by his fireside in the midst of his well
filled barns and rich stores of conquer
ing effort. and an American family Of
stGlwart sons and adoring daughters
and a wife who is a fit helpmeet for
him and queen of his love.
Bible History
Fathers day is new and yet it is
old. The Bible is essentially a mans
book. The word father is found in
the sacred book 1860 times: mother.
81. Man was nightly made in the
image and likeness of the Eternal
Father. He was clothed with power
and was sent forth to "subdue and
have vicegerent rule over all of the
wild and untamed elements of nature"
That was the dawn of Fathers day.
It was Fathers day when Noah built
the ark for the saving of his family in
that dark deluge of sin and turbulent
waters. 1t was Fathers day when
Abraham, at the urge of his God, left
= the idolatrous and enervated society
! of Ur of Cha!dea and went out to q
, new land and to establish q new dy-
! nasty of simple righteousness that
, should bless all of the nations and
r families of the earth, giving from his
r loins a host of noble men of God, as a
! David, the singer. statesman and SOL
. der: Solomon, the wise; Isaiah, the
, prophet of the race: Moses, a law
should regenerate a wicked world and
=, set a new age that shall eliminate in
I the perfection of the elect of all ages
I and races. 1t was Fathers day when
! Jesus organized and sent forth His
a church to be the model and the exemp-
/ LITIGATION Of the family of God in heav-
| en- and in earth.
> ut was Fathers day in the early
$ church when the faith of our fathers
was forged in the fires Of persecution
r and was tempered in their hearts
Il FltDeSt DlUou. III WAS f0LD9f \ udy
when the intellects of the early church
wrought matchless creeds and consti-
: %tutione, held cGunsrts and conventions
e thai framed the constitutions of
v democracy wrote declarations Of inGe-
:. pendence, bills of rights, and broke all
: of the chains of stacey and the BANDS
that h'ruered democracy p
Outlook and Endsayor
{ 1T vas Fathers day when Martin
! Lutaer, John Calvin and thu tefum-
= ers gave the world the inestimable
{ gift Of "a free church in a free state.
q 1t was Fathers lay when the Pilgrims
= and Puritans followed to i new weird
of outlook and endeavDr. II was
! truly Fathers day when Washington
and the patriots of the revolution dyed
= a flag Of freedom in their own blood
{ and gave it to the earth. It was a
terder Fathers day when Abraham
, Lincoln surrounded by nuG0.0 GEO unior
soldiers signed in tears Of gladnesf
tn emancipation proclamation for a
whole race.
1T was Fathers lay when The MI.
Ions Of the sons of democracy met
on Flanders Field to consummate tht
progress of the lges III breaking the
power of militarism ard in crownine
n democracy as the ideal ot the ages tt
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