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Show ChurchEdition Hon THE DESERET NEWS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9.' 1943 Jn War Jln CkurcL This is another in the current series of radio addresses by Elder Richards presented over KSL each Sunday at 9:15 p.rn, American family life vanishes BY ELDER ing can take Its place." - Home, The Foundation noth- What was an old fashioned American home, or rather I should say, Of the Council of the Twelve . what is it, because I 'am thankful to note that there are still some such jrOOD friends of the air: A noble nahomes left in the land. You know tion of ignoble households is im-what It Is. Tou know that it is not just ' possible.'Tn war oFpeace the coopera-'tionand imposing bf Oie home is indispensable." Just as the borne is the foundation the house may be and however em- stone for the structure of government bellished It may be with costly and society, so toe are religion and ture, rich- - hangings and floor cover-- Per- the church the firmest props support- - ings woven of the tiil of You know that it is not a mansion sia. this instituancient and sacred ing wherein reside and a woman, tion.- under of a mar- bonds the fretting is It because I am convinced that these things are true and vital that I riage contract, a poodle dog and a reti- . nue of servants whose chief function propose to discuss the home as the first subject in this series of talks on it is to see that the three chief of the house, the man, the wife The Church in War and Peace. In and the dog, enjoy equality of right my judgment the formulation of any and privilege. And you know that program for either war OR peace such an home is all too -- which does not take into consideration the influence of and the effect seldom located among the costly resiupon this basic institution would be dences of the rich. You know that it is usually to be found among the mod-- , inadequate, if not entirely futile. est and humble, but not among the According to sacred history, the poor of the land for they are not truly government initiated in and growing poor who maintain & real borne. You out of the home was the first Amerknow that in-- an known form of human government ican home you will find a large fam-ilThe head of the family came to be of and girls, for whom the chieftain of the tribe or clan and father happy boys and mother willingly, patienthis lineal descendants were accorded the inherited right of sovereignty. The ly and lovingly devote lives of toiL and service; not and not only prophets, patriarchs and the gratification of selfish pride were to will whose they lawgivers desires but to fulfill high conceptions their peopleswere submissive. In of duty and the laws of God. this respect earthly governments came The cry of the world is for real to be prototypes of divine governmen and women. I know of no place ment, for the very genius of divine where they can be- - found except in recis a fatherhood and government homes of the people. The homes the ot the family relationship. ognition real men and women which produce the is the the God, Creator, Father, over and maintain-- ' be must presided Proprietor, and the Ruler; men, the men of and courage, ed by strength filial of children, bound by the ties obligation, are the subjects who ""should ever be amenable in all re-- " spects to the will of the Father. Then too, throughout the history of civilization, "blood ties and race BY ELDER JOHN T. WAHLQUIST cohesive fachave been Editors Note: Tomorrow , Suntors in the grouping of society. Many day, January 10, is Bring a - of the greatest nations have been but Friend to Sunday School Day enlarged families with blood strains of throughout the Church. This is J. the last article by a General Board remarkable purity. member developing the theme. The home has ever been "the center of economic interest. It has unCVERY day brings additional evi- - ' doubtedly produced a greater part of has also wealth world of the and it dence that the United States is esthe spent it sentially a religious nation. In a cur. .It is. the primary educational insti- rent issue of Life (December '28, tution. Important as schools have 1942), John' Foster Dulles recalls the been they have never occupied a posifact that when a nation is at war ma-- , be sacrificed. tion more than complementary Jo the terial hings-must, - -- home, which is the nursery not only-- - .Money, goods, Jife itself, are poured then of all human beings but of all virtue. - into the fiery - furnace.-M- en Governments which have attained as the for only grope spiritual things high place in the .worlds history and available alternative. affairs have, I think without excepIn a recent issue of Newsweek tion, been those which have given (December 28, 1942) Raymond Moley due recognition to the home a S a states a neglected truth namely? that fundamental institution of society. democracy is based upon religion. IIis They have enacted laws for its protect of democracy takes him back tion "and advancement and crimes- - analysis to two religious concepts: (1) equality against the home and its sanctity have . of the soul imbedded Jn the Declara- been regarded as among the" most" tion of Independence by Jefferson" heinous offenses. and (2) the religious idea of perfectiIn this connection I recall the of men which kept civilization statement of an eminent mart who at bility enturie-o- f darkness.-- alive through one time, speaking in the British If history Dulles concludes, House of Parliament against the im- no nation that teaches anything, it js position of a tax on the homes of the is are imits unless, peoples strong home . poor, said, in substance,- My shows a also bued faith. It ' that may be a poor" and rude one; the roof no with can he nation great, permanently ...may leak; the' wind may enter; the or permanently strong unless that rain may enter but the King of England with all hls army cannot enter. faith be a righteous faith that is compatible with the welfare and the digMy home is my castle, sacred and innity of others. violate to me and my family' Such There is considerable evidence that a conception of home has lain at the even in peacetime Americans are es. very foundation of English and Amer-lealaw and thatconception is inho sehtially religious. If we want to see we should inve-- , small way responsible, for Jbe .rights what parents-valuand liberties which we now enjoy. tigate what they attempt to build into What is its prospect in this drama- - the lives of their children. Most parents make an effort at one time or tic evolution of persons, things and institutions which is. now in process? I another to send their children to Sunwould not venture a sure prediction day School; this is true of the intellec- but I do agree with Dr. Henry Van tual adult who prefers his own Dyke who said that If old fashioned thoughts to the thoughts of others, of STEPHEN L. RICHARDS -- 'I . - 1 -- -t- . - r " - . n e, Ml s nature, are spiritual. Soil is here in the humble and yet eXaTled institution of the hornet h;it I find the greatest opportunity imdmis-siofor men and women. I am sorry however, that therccord does not in all cases disclose a very creditable re)onse to this big opportunity and, obligation. Modern education has met Junclaif and-Ahe- of its products n to-a- y, " -- depends on it. Do you know that statisticians have scientifically calculated that the United States will support a population of not to exceed two hundred million people, and that we are very rapidly approaching this point of saturation? The character of the nation and its destiny depend almost entirely on the the families who shall make up the two hundred million. Will they be families descended from the old stocks of America who set up her great institutions and who have fought for and fostered her liberty, her equality and her justice, or will they be families in the stream of whose blood does not course the great -impulses, the -- indomitable will, and. idealism which have been and are the genius of our Democracy? Such ques- tionsmust give pause and concern to- every lover of America. .5rtencl (faring sure-- " -- the-chi- ld - ts -- -of -- - -- the-sins- - -- are chiefly attributable to his or her own bad example or neglect.- Criminologists tells us that most of our delinquencies originate in bad or neglected homes. Economists say that the training of the home is largely responsible for the thrift, industry, and prosperity of the nation Doctors advise us that the health of the people depends on its care and teachings and the eugenisl assures us that the whole trend of human happiness, Intelligence, goodness and endurance that- - y-do-, an e To the- members of our Church the home has an enlarged significance that is subordinate to nothing else in life, fqr it constitutes not only the source of our greatest happiness here ' in this life, but also the foundation of our exaltation and glory in the life to come After all, it is essentially-- a religious institution It has its origin,- . ln re-- 'ffious yryyny- - h Tnenl divine" command. Its gavern- - of virtue and of vision, and by women of tenderness, unselfishness and in-- : finite patience and love endowments of God for the motherhood of the race Good living is the first require., ment of every parent God pity the realization, as some day all must far-of- f y ' ' unfortunate parent whoconus to the " " occu-pnn- j Pc School the tired business man who likes his, Sunday morning game of golf, of the " professional man who. feels that he with the cannot keep up profession unless he makes his regular Sunday morning trips to the office, and, above all, of the mother who sacrifices clothes so that her childrens Sunday best may be cormsprable to the clothes worn by other children . Tomorrow (January 10, 1943) is another opportunity for all parents. not always produced good home makers Unfortunately the degree M. A. rntherseldom spells Ma. Published data informs us that" the average ,mimber of children in the families of the bootblacks of America is slightly over four, while the average number of children in the families of school teachers is slightly under two. Now it may be that two "bool teachers exercise more and better influence than four bootblacks, . ,)l,t bovv long will it take on the present respective rates of increase for the bootblacks to crowd out the school . teachers?-- I present -- this illustration from a popular scientist, not in derogation of people who follow humble vocations, but to emohasize the fact 'it the world supply of intelligence, eoodness and beauty is largely a matter of propagation. There is in this respect a traditional and rather well advertised dis- tinction which our people enjoy. They have Iiecn.noted for their large fami- lies and had they been better understood they would be famous for their good familiesr Children have been our best crop and in the good old homes there has been an abundance of them Eight, ten and a dozen in a family were common numbers. M hat families they have been! In days of privation and striving how they have stood together! The sacrifices which they have made, one for another; the love, the service, and nobility which have come from these great homes will probably never be known to many, but those who know of it apd speak of the accomplishments of our Church in the. first cen-tur- y of its existence, mention first It has been- designated as .Bring a the --noble- fathers and mothers "who Friend Sunday. The Deseret Sunday in log cabins of the frontier or manSchool Union has developed elaborate sions of luxury have served faithfully-n- s plans for - this occasion (see-t- he priests and priestesses in the I Church'ethtiondf'The Deseret "News pie o? the home. for January 2nd). In the morning it is Our Church calls to its members hoped that teachers and pupils will and to all people to maintain the inbring friends to Sunday School. I .oral tegrity. the purity and the high superintendencies have been instructof this sacred institution. I trust ed to majfe the preliminary exercises that our and our copntrymen as nearly perfect as possible, and jwill not people to sp the insidious ap yield es-teachers have been a.sked Jieals of selfishness, vanity, and the " ion-- wr,(l pecially well pre oared At this as ,0 be sweryed from the teachers will preview the lessons jng for 1943, and, it is honed,, the. visitors g ea anger I must will be properly motivated and, wher- ever possible, enrolled for 1943. If our world" is to be made sqfe -- - -- . . pur-nos- to-b- e' -- ideasm-uVon-- d, which ,t bl,;Hed must he ' ht to every citizen. Inasmuch as the fundamental concents of democracy are religious it is ddiibtful that .democracy can lie truly and protierly taught outside of the home and the Churchrin the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints the Sunday School has been assigned the responsibility of teaching the gosnel of Jesrrs" Christ Jo eyery member. This is he . charge that every Sunday School officer .and teacher constantly has in mind. But, this task cannot be executed unless the members of the Church are in attendance. It is for this reason that we appeal for your support In the Bring a Friend to Sunday School project. Remember the date, tomorrow January 10, 1943. y T a goodly children, I hope, I pray, you will not deny them entrance. If you should, it would cause you infih - ite sorrow and remorse. One has said that he could wish his worst enemy no more hell than this, that in the. -- life to come someone.might approach him and say, I might J have come down into the land of America and dmo good beyond computation, but if I c4m at all T had to come through your home and you were not man enough or woman enough to receive me. You broke down the frail footway on which I. must cross and then you thought you had done a clever thing. I said that for our Church the home had a great religious significance. 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