The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-06
THE CHRISTIAN HOME IN The
UNITED STATES g; .s..

Dr I.acv T, Little of Mount Gilead IS a
widely known and distinguished minister
of the Presbyterian church. He has maze
a short contribution to the correspondents
columns of The Charlotte Observer winch
outlines the platform upon which restora-
ton of satisfactory conditions in this eoun-
try must ultimately rest. Addressing the
public through The Observer, Dr. Little
says:
eff the writer were called upon to name the one
Institution most intimately related to the stability
and prosperity of our nation he would without
hesitation point to the Christian home.
..The history of our country is unique in that 1t
records the fidelity of the early settlers to the
World of God and the emphasis they laid upon
religion in the home. The teachings of the Bible
formed the foundation for the stalwart character
of those heroes of the olden days who labored So
faithfully and so we'll in establishing Christian
homes and chapels and churches and schools and
colleges and universities and theological semlnarles
' in which their sons and daughters were trained
/; Cor the service of their country and the world
Of fundamental Importance in this preparation
for life service were the lessons daily Impaired
around the family altar during the plastic years
! of childhood and youth These constituted the
warp al wool of the finest culture received IN
all their years of training. Our country has been
, outstanding among the nations of the earth be-
! cause it was founded upon righteousness, and
! Righteousness Exateth Nation
: "Our people have wandered far astray from the
principles and practices of those early days. Very
I earnestly are our patriots and statesmen engaged
in quest for the secret of our former greatness
! and power New legislative enactments and new
economic measures looking to the relief OF the
impoverished masses of our population will be sue
cessful just insofar as they begin with the Chris
tan culture of the children of our land In very
remarkable set of resolutions has the legislature
of South Dakota pointed the way for the recon-
struction of society not only in that state but in
every commonwealth in the United States Of
America.
"Observe the following resolution proposed to
the South Dakota legislature:
"'Resolved That the people of South Dakota
be enjoined to at once address themselves to re-
newed effort to restore the balance between the
spiritual and the material that our children be
! reared up in the precepts of fundamental right
eousness.
: "'That the churches and Sabbath schools be con-
strained to intensity their work and to extend it
to every child within their respective spheres of
influence
That parents be adjured to exert every eff
fort to restore the old-time influence of the home
in molding the lives of their children, for the de-
velopment of conscience and morality; that the
family altar be restored and that in selfsacricng
love the little be trained in the simple vir-
tues of truthfulness, honesty and respect for the
rights Of others. -
That the schools promptly reform their meth
DDS so that the rudmentary studies as we'll as the
science, be taught only as subordinate to right
eousness. That the emphasis be placed upon NOR
ahty, good conscience, respect for parents, rever-
ence for age and experience and that all learning
IS but the handmade of eternal goodness For only
upon the lines herein suggested can the true bal
anee De restored and the crime wave checked and
civilization preserved ~ E>H' -,
What finer contribution to the uplift of on,
people could be made than would be brought about
by the adoption of similar resolutions by the legs
latures of all states and by the incubation OF
these principles in the homes of all our people:
viii not the Christian leaders in our legislative
halls to it that action of this kind is taken il
every state of our Union and will not our Chris
tian people back them with their influence anc
their prayers?"
! The foregoing resolution of the Legisla
ture. of South Dakota deals with the foun
datlon principles which must control il
any civilized, Christian country. if tha