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Show ,1 - I Adopt a Lonesome Boy I EVEN IF ONLY ONE DAY A WEEK H Professor McKeever Cites an Ex-H Ex-H ample Which He Hopes Many Families Will Follow By Dr. W. A. McKeever. ! One of the "Vatlon Be1-Known Se- oioJoBicai Writer. I ttrT.NTED Younc man livlncr X away frmn home, for social I companion of fannlyonSun- I day. Good time. Apply by letter, I Hating business and giving refer ences i I have Just now mot a youth who I In response to ft call substantially I given above has been for three II months the regular Sunday guest at commodious home in a largo Western city. T,et us spread the R Idea abroad and try to multiply this 9 interesting case Into a thousand l ThT are to bo found In our larger citlos many thousands of H well-to-do homes where the social and Intellectual atmosphere Is a bit I stale and set because of the fact l that the members of the family are somewhat shut In and limited by a narrow programme of vocational ftnd daily habits, r There are likewise thousands of fine oung men and youths who are I employed far away from home and j who suffer more or loss from Sun day despondency because of their j having extra time on that day to I ponder over the familiar scenes In ' connection with the dear ones back Some of the families referred to above are literally hungry for the good cheer and the stimulating ' ideas which a young Sunday visitor J could bring thorn. -Some of tho young men referred to suffer from an almost painful remorse -on Sun-day Sun-day from lack of the cordial and familiar family associations to fl which they have been accustomed. Now, it is my idea that these two mutually attractive human elements Hj should be brought together for a I rpular Sunday meal, for an after noon of social recreation, for an attendance at-tendance at -church, for a drive about the city. Tho cost will ho only slight to all concerned while the good benefits will be Iromcasur-able. Iromcasur-able. My young informant from tho West stated that the family whlen called him adopted him spiritually Into their home circle. "It was tho B greatest thins; that has ever hap- B pened to me while away from B home," Eatd he with enthusiasm. "J soon learned to count Sunday as a day of genuine uplift and Inspiration." Inspira-tion." 11 would also he commendable for the young man sBWay from homo to take the lead in this matter, to write his own want ad and to make his appeal for a social and spiritual Sunday home If he can establish Ihe right rela'.ioihlp to a c" 1 family the affair will prove to be ft I real epoch In his life The family which seeks to adopt J a youth for Sunday company should keep In mind tho idea of a possible I service to the young man himself. a6 well as that of their own chcor ! and spiritual nurture Strange to say we often learn most from those Whom wc serve best. So, to a lonesome youth for a regular Sunday visit one who is a bit "green" and 111 at case In com- i pfthy, but who has a good, younn heart, one who is eager to learn, to be understood and to understand ( others.. one who Is anxious to rr-late rr-late his trouhles with the world Without and to find sympathy and encouragement for mastering these difficulties; one who desires to cul- 1 tivate- the spiritual elements in his I own Mfe and to be able to Impart psychic influence to others. Thus a seemingly light Sunday : affair might conceivably develop Into a thing of great spiritual significance. sig-nificance. Who will be the next to try itt |