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VOLUME THREE
NUMBER THIRTY -TO}UR
A DELIGHTFUL CONGRATULATION
Just imagine how delightful it is to receive a congratulation like the following from a big-hearted
friend and brother:
Mr. Wm, D. Upshaw, Editor The Golden Age,
My Dear Brother Upshaw : I congratulate you personally on the wisdom of your contemplated move to Texas,
and I congratulate Texas on a closer acquaintance with you and The Golden Age. The opportunity for doing good,
especially in the prohibition cause, is larger in Texas now than in any other state in the South. Then go on to Texas and
jump into the thick of the fight. It will make you a happier man, The Golden Age a better paper for us all, and Texas
a better state now and forever.
But if you go to Texas you will come back to Georgia—and if you stay in Georgia you will go to Texas and every
where else. Count on my friendship wherever you go. God bless you and The Golden Age in Texas, in Georgia and all
over the land. Cordially yours, ROBERT V. PAULK.
Ocilla, Ga.
My birthday will be October 15th. A friendship like this letter reveals, is a good birthday present
aforetime. And others like it are beautiful with good cheer and inspiration.
WILLIAM D. UPSHAW, Editor.
Our People and Their Children—Hl
Tabernacle Sermon by Reb. Len G. "Broughton, D. D.
Steuographically reported for The Golden Age. —Copyright applied for
“Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days
may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God
giveth thee.’’ —Ex. 20:12.
E have seen that the commandments are
divided into two parts: The first four
refer to man’s duty to God; the last
six refer to his duty to his fellowman.
Christ seems to recognize this division.
When asked by the Pharisees and
Scribes, “Which is the first command
ment of all?” Christ answered, “The
first of all the commandments is, The
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Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy
strength: this is the first commandment. And the
second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor
as thyself.”
This division seems to be an important one, for
instead of allowing the distinction so frequently
made between religion and morality, the command
ments fuse them into one. Obligation to God and
man come together, forming the groat arch of God’s
purpose concerning man.
Very naturally the first commandment in the sec-
ATLANTA, GA., OCTOBER 8, 1908.
ond division begins with a law concerning condi
tions in the home. The home is the center of all
life, social, religious, and business. As things go
in the home, so we may generally expect them to
go in the work!. “Show me a child,” said Mr. Glad
stone, “and I’ll tell you his home life.” How much
there is in that statement I
Mrs. Hunt, the great temperance reformer, has
said: “The Bethlehem star of the temperance cause
hangs over the public schools.” With all my admi
ration for Mrs. Hunt and her distinguished ability,
I must beg to say, that the Bethlehem star for the
moral reform rests over the public schools. As im
portant a factor as the public school is to our civili
zation and good morals, there is a more important
factor, it is the home. The Bethlehem star for all
things pertaining to humanity’s good rests over the
home, not the school. And it is well for us parents
today to keep this in mind.
There is too much tendency to shove children off
on somebody else for instruction. Sometimes the
Sunday school is oven abused in this way. I tell
you the home is the most sacred spot for training
and developing the young that God ever created
on this earth. It is well, I say, then, that God has
honored the home in this second division of the
decalogue with the first place. Let us now carefully
consider the teachings of Ibis commandment.
PARENTS WORTHY.
First, we shall see that the commandment pre
supposes parents to be worthy of honor. God never
gave an impossible commandment. Even a child
could not honor a parent devoid of honor. To make
the observance of this commandment possible there
must be, first, an honorable relation between father
and mother. They are the first persons studied by
the child; they are believed and trusted. By their
precept and example he is to get his kingdom of
right and wrong.
Again, there must be an honorable relation be
tween parent and child. Many parents look upon
their children about like a king would look upon his
subjects. The only interest they take in their child
ren is that of a boss.
I read the other day of two little children who
were playing on the street. One of them was a
daughter of a rich family; the other the daughter
of a very poor woman who lived on a back street.
They happened to get together in play as children
will. During their time of play the poor child was
constantly referring in sweet and affectionate words
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