| Show we have made american family life a matter of individual convenience by DR 0 A ELLWOOD in central christian advocate tho the chief thag wrong with american family life is tho the individualism of our standards with reference to marriage and the family we have made these things matters of individual convenience instead of M matters concerning the welfare of humanity and of our highest ideals and values we have tried to build the family life upon selfishness and we have failed the family life must be centered in the child for the child stands stand for humanity we need more christianity in the american home not simply to make marriage and the home life more stable for adults but above all to make a proper environment for the child we will have a christian world just as soon as all children have the opportunity to grow up in a christian atmosphere it is superstition to think that it is human nature which makes us so often behave like pagans if wo we behave like pagans ans it is only because wo we grow up in an atmosphere in which pagan traditions such as self interest power and pleasure as the ends of life are tolerated |
