The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-22

no longer only our family, but
Gods family and a symbol of
mankind.
Spiritual sensitiveness must be
| present in the house of everyday
living and the mother must awak-
en- it. In such spirit Joyce Kill
mer. wrote:
because the aOay ,Oas steep
and long
And through a dark and lonely
land,
God set upon my lips a song,
And put a lantern in my hand. :
Women who believe that the
home is the foundation of society
and right living should be deeply
concerned with intelligent equip
ment for moral discrimination
We cannot compel or tell men to
be good. The need is to find out
what good is and it's effects and
rewards on life.
Someone said, "The greatest
problem for school, home and
community today is not raised by
the small number of criminals. 1t
lis raised by the moral unenlight-
eminent Of the much larger num-
Der of quite respectable people"
Z Sabbath observance is being left
to the individual. The perfect
Sabbath which prophet had in
mind was one on which all flesh
would come and worship before
the Lord. Unfortunately our mod
erns have lost the art of worship.
This is a great loss to one and a
great loss for the church and the
synagogue which have let them
drift away. But all households
have one Sabbath privilege at
least home joys and family affec-
tons. The father who is away at
work all week will use his whole
day of rest if he makes the ac-
quaintance of his children. In
Longfellow's "Children's Hour"
what beautiful picture we have
of his leisurely household. Every
!, home should have several such on
the days of rest.
/ Sabbath rest is one of the
supreme blessings handed down
to us by the Hebrew race. One
day in seven is free from the
daily business of life. 1t makes
little difference whether it be
Saturday or Sunday, for the Sab
bath was made for man and
through the guidance of Provi-
dance it was made by man and
can be re-made by him. Yet W
an Orthodox Jew it is almost i'm
possible for him to transfer the
sanctification of his Sabbath, to
our Sunday. He will keep his
Sabbath at all costs. For the ma
jority of the Jews there is no
solution of the problem, except In
the Jewish homeland.
The Bible, containing litera-
ture of great people, needs 70
be read for culture. Without a
knowledge of it one cannot APP
preciate the meanings of the il
lusions, quotations, and references
from the Bible in modern litera-
ture.
Rich imagery, beautiful poetry,
lyric songs, hyperbole, thrilling
stories from the Bible enter into
and color all our literature. The
student of today knows the Greek
Land the Latin classic, but the
bible classic he hardly knows,
and modern literature draws from
this rich storehouse.
Unfortunately, the Bible is not
read There are two reasons for
this. It's literary value was neg
lected, therefore it is not judged
by literary canons but purely by
a religious standard. This remov-
ed it from our public school,
young people losing much of
beauty and literary value.
/ The method of printing the
Bible, making it unattractive and
difficult to read, has unfortunate
i ly caused its neglect in the home.
Happily, however, the Bible is
now being printed in attractive
modern form. At least one Bible