Pocahontas star herald., 1924-05-23
Wake Up

other way while he lives" This sug-
gests the need of an awakening. That
We need not expect to succeed at any
thing without an honest and intelli-
gent effort, working and staying by
the job, for great things do not hap
pen by accident but they are the re-
suits Of honest effort and wise expend-
itures.
If we want better homes, better
schools, better churches, and a better
town we will have to work together
every one in his place and contributing
his part in systematic and cOnstruc-
tive way for the good of the future
generation.
The greatest menace to the future
of either of the above mentioned in
stitutions is too many consumers and
not enough producers, too many want
ing entertainment and unwilling to
help furnish entertainment, too many
wanting to eat and at the same time
don't want TO help produce the eats.
Mr.. Babson has well said, while fifty
one per cent of the people have their
eyes ON the goal of integrity, our in
vestments are secure; but with fifty
one per cent of them headed in the
wrong direction our investments are
valueless. The first fundamental Of
prosperity is Integrity"
Now when the majority of the people
in any community have their heads
and hearts set on lifting and upholding
the home, school and the church, the
moral welfare of that community is
safe.
Babson has spoken another great
truth, 1--WE have gone daffy over things
like steam, electricity, water-power,
building railroads and ships, and for
gotten the human soul. upon which all
.hese things depend and from which
all these things originate" If we are
to continue to be a great and the lead
ing nation, we must take care of our
moral life, and if we conserve the
moral life of this nation we must
take care Of the morals Of our boys
and girls. The day of the track meet
a gentleman remarked, referring TO
our boys and girls, Preacher, there
the opportunity Of the preacher and
teacher. We old fellows are set in our
ways | concur with him that it is
IA fact that the hope of our nations
future is bound up with our boys and
girls, but il is also fact we hold in
the largest way Of determining power
of what their future will be to this
nation, and that is TO be determined
through the home, the school and the
church. This being true is behooves
every man and woman to give their
active support to the proper mainten-
ance Of these fundamental institutions.
The dangers that threaten any com
munities are the neglected boys and
girls. VIII you contribute to these
dangers, or will you endeavor to elimi-
nate these by helping TO give proper
training TO the young life in your com
munity? What do you say? If we
neglect them there win come to the
future more crime and shame because
Of our neglect of our boys and girls in
the home and school and the church.
If you want your boy to be an ideal
citizen you must live il before him.
If you want him to be an active citi-
zen encourage him to take part in all
the community interest. If you want
him to go to church and Sunday school
go with him. Don't send him and you
stay at home reading the Sunday paper
or down town ON the street or out on
the farm rounding up the stock or
looking over the crops. If you want
him to grow up a law abiding citizen
you had better respect and uphold the
law because he will, more than you
think for, pattern after his daddy.
The time has come for us to awake
to the great opportunities in our boys
and girls. They are our greatest pos
sessions, not your glittering dollars or
broad acres of land. The great indus
tries Of America are the homes, the
schools and the churches. Their finish
ed products are noble characters.
Babson says again: This religion
which we talk about for an hour
week on Sunday is not only the vital
force which protects our communities,
but 1t is the vital force which makes
our communities And the power Of
our spiritual forces has not yet been
tapped" c. Z. Gray. Pastor.