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Show ,).4h " i i LIONISM AND THE HOME t Lionism, briefly stated, is a busi- j ness of building unselfish citizen- I 1 ship, manhood and character. Lion- ism inspires men to reach up to j great heights of unselfish service, j f Yet Lionism realizes that the true J test of a man is in his home. Pa- ; tience and courtesy and love often j I mark a man's conduct among his f j fellow men, but unless such virtues 1 1 are carried with him into his home, that man's character is mean and 1 j ? false. ' All of the worth-while institu-' institu-' i Hons of life had their beginning in t the home. There religion and citi- , zenship were born, for there the family assembled to worship under the ministry of the father, and as ' citizens of the family circle to ack- nowledge his leadership. There education began at the mother's - knee. There the inelustries came . into being with the whir of the , spinning wheel and the scrape of the carpenter's plane. There love . was dreamed, love of man and ' wife, and love of parent and child. I A home is not just an inhabited house built with sticks and stones; it is an ideal built with love. A house may be destroyed, but a home with love, never. House is the kingdom of the wife and moth- er and the haven of peace and quiet and happiness of the husband and father. Many things in modern life tend -. to weaken or even destroy the in-j in-j I flenee of the home. The extent to J which the home inflence is preserv-i preserv-i f ed determines the extent of the na- tion's progress and spiritual secur- ity; the extent to which that in-l in-l f lence is weakened or destroyed cle- ! f termines the extent of the nation's ' I decay. Without the true home, Lionism must fail, the nation must T fail, life must fail. |