New Britain herald., 1925-05-25

 necessary, and although l am not a blue law man, and do not believe that a man should hold q Bible all day Sunday, l don't think that lying in bed on Sunday, that doing odd jobs on Sunday. or polishing the car or building a chicken coop Is of,more importance than building up the spiritual life of the community. The spiritual side Of your life IS para mount and if that side is taken care of, somehow there will be time to build the chicken coop and do all the other things that are necessary; and vet so many of us use the poor, puny excuses have mentioned. Fellows, If you have a real good excuse don't he afraid 10 state it, but If you don't have any better excuse than these, forget the superficial things and stand by the church life In tho com munity.
 "l speak 10 you men because VIC have not held up our end In the past. In this part of the community life, and in tho course Of my stay here, whether 1t be long or short, in this class or in this city, that will he one ot the things l shall try 10 put across in the life Of this church and city. And then I speak 10 you men be- cause of the power ot example.
 Your example is the powerful tn- luence that you men have or that you know anything at all about. Just an ounce of example can do more than 10 tons of advice in this community. In giving advice. fl you do not live it out you are not setting a good example. There isn't any influence that is quite SC powerful as the influence of the eX- ample,
 Urges Fathers To Set Example
 "I am now talking to the fathers here--I would like 10 think that all Of you are fathers but l know you are not. Tn some cases your boy walks like you, but there are great many fathers, some Of them sitting in this group. who cannot set that example for their boys. So choose carefully go that your boy will b' safe 10 walk in your footsteps.
 For, whenever a boy finds tha his father is not the kind of man h' thought. he picks somewhere a mar and makes him his model, listens tr Ithe things he saws watches the wa, he walks, and patterns his own ht' after the life of that man. and al .unbeknovTl to you, Every single on' of you may be hero 10 some boy il 1this city who Is watching you. An 50 I wish to speak of the exampl' you set in your con7munit" both II and out ot church and Bible class.
 The father uields a great dea more power among the hovs in th
 communttv than the mother. Tn
 hoy watches what you do and lis
 tens 10 the things youtsay. If fatho never goes 10 church, he makes hi boy feel that it isn't necessary for boy 10 go to church. Certainl father knows the things that ough
 to be read. and if he doesn't read th
 Bible, the hoy feels that thor
 mustn't he anything In it wort while.
 "If you are not changed in you
 living. i. after you 20 out from in class this year and every year, yo are the same fellow. I am aImo' tempted to say you have wasted yot <, own time and the time Of the cIas :, When you go home from church (
 Sunday. as soon as you are in Il 2 home, you say things and do thinj { so that the hoy in that home Y 3 gain the impression that ths Bib
 class is not what 1t should be. / . you leave this place Of worship, yt should feel bigger and stronger al 9 more manly because Of what w [ said 10 you this morning in th D service. 1T you get up on Sundi 5 morning and go 10 church and tht
 come home and take off your reli | ious aspect. just as you do your owe { coat, you are making trouble f
 that boy"