Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-08
AND SON /:
BANQUET HELD At
METHODIST CHURCH

The Mems Auxiliary of the Meth
odist church. held their regular
monthly meeting last evening in the
church vestry. At $50 nearly 100
fathers and sons gathered around
three long tables running the entire
length of the vestry, which were
laden with good things to eat.
The menu consisted of grape
fruit, mashed potatoes. cold tongue,
rolls, pickles, ice cream. cake and
coffee. The supper was in charge
of Amos Winters (chairman). as
sisted by G.. w. Quick, r. II. Rock
wood. c. +. Varnum. B. +. Libby.
r. p. Mortified, and Henry Bon
sale.
After the delightful feast had
been completed Mr.. Winters called
the members to order. saying,
Fathers and sons. it is not COM
mon thing for us to have so promf-
nent a man as Hon. Frank Earring
ton with US, so I will stop and let
him do the talking"
Il can not think Of better wish
than to wish that every town or
city in the United States might have
a fathers and sons meeting. yes. and
a mothers and daughters gathering,
at least once a year." said Mr.. Far
tOll, dltSI DtluS lulIOuuCCu ~
the gathering. 1T makes the homes
more pleasant, joyful and sacred.
There are men here who have their
sons by their sides, then there are
others whose sons, perhaps, have
passed to the Great Beyond. and are
patiently awaiting the time when
their dads will be with them. There
may be sons here who have never
had the joys of fatherhood. but you
must be a dad to another mans
boy. -
II wish" continued the speaker,
that I might be able to give YOU
people here tonight a talk that
would do YOU a lot of good. but all
bring is a simple message that
contains three things. that have to
do with the shaping of our lives and
community, they are namely, Home,
School. and Church.
Have any of you dads forgotten
| when you led the only girl in the
| world for you up to the altar, and
the vows that YOU made at that
| time? Have YOU lived out those OBJ
i legations or have some of you for
gotten them? l wonder if all the
| dads are making their homes full OF
| love for their sons. Are you build
ing your homes on the super-struc.
lure that you made when you took
| that vow? l wonder if you are max
ing your homes more than four
walls. L tell you men, It takes love
10 make home. Is there anything
III your life or my life that we would
! not want the boys to see? It liz we'll
| TO take account of stock of our do
| lngs and actions once in a while.
are we doing our duties to mako
| our homes with strong foundations ?
Durlng the supper here this eve.
! nlng. l was talking with yudpe
| Achley and he told me a storygof p
| Doy who did not get the home love
! mat he craved and when he went
OUT into the world he went wrong.
closely allied to the home is thu
| school. Did You ever think how many
ua!s' weeks. months and years your
boy is spending in school? There is
| no boy here tonight who has not felt
.ne iorce or some teacher. A poor
.edcher can do much to mar or slow up
| the progress of the pupil, and vol,
| should look into the school and Soc
| mat your children have the best.
! There are times when they become die.
| couraged and if you can help them Won
VIII find that they will like their school
! iather than hate it. Now want to saw
10 you boys. do You ever stop and think
tHat your school days are your golden
opportunities, days that will never
come back to you? They will train
you for the battle of life, give Won
| strong hearts. strong bodies and Chris
tlan souls. and those are the weanons
You will need rather than the sword
rine or sabre. The teachers form Quite
part of the home life. You dads will
go to football or baseball game and
Roller your heads of, but do you ever
visit the school?
Now. the church. I don't believe there
is man or boy in this room who has
| not sent up paryer to God during the
last "a hours. From the time we come
| into the world until we leave it we feel
| the presence of something, an uncon-
| scious presence. drawing us to 1t. The
young man will not own up perhaps,
that religion is good; but after he has
climbed hill and starts to descend on
his downward journey into the great
beyond and eternal life he will find
that presence stronger and stronger
every day. I should like to see the day
when once day a prayer will be held
and the Bible read in every American
home.
In conclusion Senator Farrington
read a short four-minute address by
DR.. Frank Crane.
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