The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-18

he Will say II Is
like "one big DR.. Foreman
happy family" On the other hand
the home is very difficult place
to live. just because those who
make il up are so very different.
Anywhere else in the world, for
instance, q man has other men he
can team up with but in the home
father is the only man. He has only
q woman and children for com
pany They love him and he loves
them. but they arc all so different
that they are hard to understand.
Social Justice 10 The Home
II Is hard to comprehend the
meaning OF social justice" IN ~
ciety at large. The whole thing IL
10 complex and enormous that We
seldom feel certain Of the an
swers But when we look at a
single home, the problem IA "
some ways clearer. For example:
The home makes II plain that jus
tice" IL not the same thing as
treating every one precisely alike.
A good diet for mother may be q
poor one for father. and what
both Of them eat may be poison
for the baby Father. mother and
child have different parts To play
in the home, they have different
contributions to make, they need
from the home different benefits.
The Bible At many points deals
with the home, and II what Is said
sounds too simple and common
sense for inspired Scripture, W
must recall that the home itself
which We take for granted. j. IL
SELF a product Of the religion 81
the Bible One thing the Bible
makes plain is II the essence o,
justice: rights and responsibilities
go together. The father and the
mother between them furnish the
support. they command and teach
The Teaching Neither
No one will try 70 make light
OF A mothers willing sacrifice in
bringing a child into the world.
But il all n woman does for her
children is 10 give them birth she
is not the Bibles idea OF good
mother. A woman who has child
who. because Of her neglect, u
~ \. t.,A
better NOT have had the child at
all The Bible CAS- in Proverbs)
often brings out directly or in
directly the Importance Of a good
mother in a child's life And the
thing often mentioned is her scrv-
ice rs teacher. She is the principal
teacher-or she can be, " she
gives her time and mind to it ~
OF her child for his hrst six years.
What has all this To do with
justice" This much, at least.
One important feature Of justice.
in society or in the family, is CIV
ing each person an opportunity to
render all the service OF which ne
is capable. Hence II mothers arc
going TO be good teachers, we
must see how important the edu
cation Of girls is. Educate = boy
and you educate a future man
Educate a girl and you educate q
future family" II mothers are TO
be teachers, then justice requires
that everyone, husband and COM
munity alike, give them every CO.
couragement and opportunity to
live with their children.
The chiidrsa
In the Bibles teaching about
the home, one feature is stressed
which is not At all popular today.
though our country would be q
better one II It were more pop
ular: namely the idea Of obedience
What is the best contribution 4
child can make to the weT-beinx
Of home? Two things every
child can bring: Cheerfulness, and
obedience. And what has this to
do with justice? It should BE- OBJ
vious: Justice does not require
that everybody in given group
or situation should Be the equal
Of everybody else there. There IS
such q thing as subordinaton
which is fair and right. Justice IN
the home does not call for chill
dren to be treated like grownups.
There is no conflict whatever be-
tween love and obedience: indeed
the best obedience is the obedi-
ence Of love.
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