The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-22
FAMILY LIFE
is DISCUSSED
BY REV. WATER
Responsibility For Mora
Breakdown Of Young People
Laid al Parents Door

The family circle mast be main
t.ined on II basis of honor, for whore
the q is no honor, love and respect
for parents. there can be no real
home life, Rev. Walter +. Water told
u congregation at McCabc Methodist
church Sunday evening in one of a
series Of sermons on 9Th" Ten Com
mandmcnts in Modern Life The
text was on the commandment
"Honor Thy Father and Thy Moth
or"
III fathers and mothers would be
honored and respected by their chli
dren they must be worthy of such
honor" Reverend Water declared
1.-The respect Of the child will al
ways be dependent on the worth Of
the parent. IF children are going to
learn to observe the moral laws of
God and man. as far as ! have oh.
served. they will learn by example
rather than by precept.
Learn by Imitation
"Children learn by imitation more
than instruction. II child is truth
full and honest it is not because he
has been instructed in the ethics OF
honesty and truth, but rather be-
cause he has never seen in his home
II
word. If it be true that your child
looks like you. walks like you and
talks like you. il is also true that
unconsciously in his thinking that
child is becoming like you and your
life is moulding and shaping his.
The problem Of your boy and girl is
in YOU
"if a father and mother hlasphenne
or are given to profanity, little won
der that their son or daughter has
foul mouth. If father has his
boo,legger from whom he buys IL
licit liquor and drinks it on the sly.
little wonder il that son Of his be-
comes addicted and carries hip
flask. II father and mother are
immodest and loose in their lives,
little wonder if son and daughter
become Iascivious and unclean. How
can teaching and preaching break
through the example Of father and
mother in the homer
Pointed Questions
do you know where your son ana
daughter spend their evenings and
their spare time? Do you know who
their companions and associates
are, Do your growing sons and
daughters consult you concerning
Their varied interests Of life? Are
you your boys chum and advisor :!
Are you your daughters companion
and guide? Do you still govern your
home through love and respect, or
does your child govern you? Who
holds the rens in your home When
Inc home fails, all other reformers
are up against we'll nigh hopeless
task"
Reverend Water said that the text
reaches out into the national life in
its applcation to modern life and
stated that at the very foundation OF
the nations life. lies the honor.ng of
those an Cstors who made possible
the rich heritage that we enjoy to-
aay. He declared he regretted that
among multtudes Of people there -
a growing tendency to look upon All
Of the yesterdays "a old fashioned
and entirely out of date.
Flat the High Notes
'.The high seriousness or iitc seems
To have departed from Us and IN It's
place we have put an air OF sophisti-
Gated cleverness and sarcastic flip-
nancy. he said. 1--WE are guilty to.
day Of flatting the high notes OF
life: old fashioned morals and ideals
are flouted, tHuceeHSy S'.iNS w
city streets. and even the so-called
clean play has to be cleverly spiced
so ne to interest the scnsualst whlie
not offending the moralist.
"Mndcrn fashion, particularly IN
the gowning Of women. has lost
much of the modcsty Of the ycster-
DAYS. and one does not wonder that
the fine chivalry Of men has depart
cd. when the old reserves and fine
delicacies on the part OF women have
piyen place in many instances to
coarsencss, brazenness and even Sc
duction. When womanhood has no
shy appeal OF her sex as the priestess
Of idealism, then there is nothing
left to honor, and the way is open
TO looseness and morals arc only re.
rarded as an encumbrance. Men will
Still honor womanhood, wherever
womanhood is worthy of honor.
an the debased views Of the mar
r;age relationship and the CONNER.
cial;zinp of the sanctities OF life anc
the multiplication Of our social &C.
t;v;ties there are some Of the funda.
mentals for the breaking up OF rea
Next Sunday evening the subject
will be "Thou Shall Not Kill