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THE 20TH CENTURY SON. 
Interesting Sermon by Rev. T. L. 
Frost at Manchester. 
_ At the Baptist church, Manchester, 
last Sunday evening, the pastor, 
Rev. Theodore L. Frost preached a 
very interesting sermon on ‘‘The 
20th Century Son,’’ the third in the 
series of the 20th Century Home. 
The text was taken from Genesis 
26:18, ‘‘and he ealled their names 
after the names by which his father 
had ealled them.’’ Also from the 
Gospel of Luke 15:13, ‘‘the younger 
son took his journey into a far coun- 
try and there wasted his substance 
in riotous living.’’ Mr. Frost said 
in part: 
‘*A son or daughter is the product 
of many lines of influence, and no 
man has any right to bring into this 
world a son either physically or men- 
tally deformed. We cannot always 
blame the parents. Some of the best 
parents have bad sons and daugh- 
ters. I have no doubt that the father 
of the ‘prodigal son’ was a God-fear- 
ing father, an indulgent parent. In 
spite of all this, he took his journey 
into a far country and wasted his 
substance. 
“The 20th century son must be re- 
spectful .and~. obedient. The first 
command in the duties toward men 
wiieh God gives us is, ‘Honor thy 
father and mother.’ If the sons of 
the 20th century would only live up 
to it, we soon would see the King- 
dom of Ileaven upon this earth of 
ours. The morals of this age show 
signs of decreptitude. Some believe 
that a boy of nineteen years knows 
more than his father at forty. The 
emancipation of youth is one of the 
signs of the times. It is the father’s 
duty to see that the son cuts a glori- 
out figure in this world; to see he 
has plenty of time for golf, tennis, 
poker, ete. What can you expect 
when a boy brings up his parent? 
Do vou know our American sons are 
the most irreverent sons in this 
world? Our children seem to have 
ro respect for the feelings of for- 
eigners. Parents should make their 
ehildren mind what they say. If 
they disobey the first ¢o1amand, let 
tiem repeat it very plainly. 
if the command is disobeyed, there 
should be an application of the re- 
ligious strap to that part of the 
son’s anatomy where it wiil do the 
most good. ‘Train up a ehild in the 
way he should go, and when be is 
old he will not depart from it.’ This 
is well worth considering and follow- 
ing in this generation. Begin early 
and you will have no trouble, 
_ idle. 
Then, 
‘‘Young men cannot afford to be 
The 20th century son should 
look for opportunities to help. 
There are sons who think it a dis- 
grace to have the sleeves rolled up 
for work. Sleeves go up quick 
enough when it comes to rowing or 
baseball. No young man cuts such 
a ridiculous figure as the ‘fop’ 
the ‘sissy’ whose sole ambition 
seems to be to dress flashily, strut 
around with a cigarette in his mouth 
—or perhaps a pi < around 
with the girls. What kind of a busi- 
ness man or a husband ean one of 
these lazy, ‘merry widow’ concoc- 
tions that wear breeches make? 
Don’t get fooled, young ladies! All 
is not gold that walks on two legs 
and glitters, and is called by the 
name man. 
‘““This is an age when people 
should know something. The young 
men must be trained if they wish 
positions of usefulness. Look at 
those great men, Lincoln and Gar- 
field, how they spent hours of work 
striving for an -edueation. They 
used it for the advancement of their 
fellow men and the well being of the 
country. It is a disgrace for young 
men to know nothing. 
‘‘Character is more than an educa- 
tion. The life must be trained to the 
principles of morality. It is time 
parents changed their minds in re- 
gard to their sons. Some have the 
idea that their sons must sow their 
wild oats, and it doesn’t mean much 
if they do. Parents who believe this 
will have much to answer for. There 
is only one standard of morality for 
both the son and the daughter, and 
that is purity and cleanliness of 
character. That is the kind God 
wants. Some sons are on the street 
corners, in ‘public pool rooms and 
bowling alleys. Their lives get con- 
taminated, impure and profane. If 
the 20th century sons know any- 
thing, they will keep away from 
such places and their associations. 
They are open doors to hell, and de- 
moralize those who step inside. | 
must speak of moving pictures. The 
time is come when we must raise 
our voices against them. No harm 
in good pictures, moving or station- 
ary, but moving pictures of bank 
robberies, prize fights, and of those 
who have gone wrong, are demoral- 
izing, yet these are what the exhib- 
itors call high class pictures. What’s 
the low class? Look out, where you 
go, what you see, that your lives 
may not be contaminated. Millions 
of dollars go up every year-in smoke 
—tobacco smoke, Many people en- 
joy their pipe, their cigar or cigar- 
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Orthodox Cong’] Church. 
Rey. L. H. Ruge, Pastor. 
Sunday morning worship at 10.45. 
Sunday school, 12 m. Evening wor- 
ship, 7.00. Prayer meeting. Tues- 
day, 7.30 p. m. 
Baptist Church. 
Rev. Theodore L. Frost, Minister. 
Sunday morning worship at 1045. 
Bible =school, 212. m>.. By osbeeus 
6.00, in the vestry. Evening wor- 
ship, 7.00. Prayer meetings Tues- 
day and Friday evenings, 7.30. 
Sacred Heart Church. 
Rev. Mark J. Sullivan. 
Sunday Masses: 7, 8:30 and 10.30 
a. m. Rosary and Benediction of 
the Blessed Sacrament, Sunday af- 
ternoon at 3.380. Week-day Mass at 
the Chapel at 7.30 a. m. 
The Japanese Tea Party to be held 
at the chapel on Thursday, June 2, 
ought to prove a popular attraction 
for Manchester people. It will be 
held under the auspices of the Har- | 
mony Guild and will be in the form 
of a Japanese gift shop. At the 
meeting of the Guild Wednesday 
evening the young women were 
busy making the decorations, which 
will be unique and attractive, we 
understand. The next meeting of 
the Guild will be on Monday even- 
ing, May 23. 
First Baptist church, Sunday, May 
15. The pastor will speak on ‘‘The 
Tliidden -Manna and the White 
Stone;’? in the evening on ‘‘The 
Twentieth Century Daughter.’’ 
The Ever Ready Cirele of King’s 
Daughters will meet with Mrs. Levi 
IIlarvey, Monday evening, May 16th. 
ette. 
away the time. Do the sisters and 
wives get much enjoyment? | The 
20th century. son should not touch 
intoxicating drinks. The time is 
passed when a man can take liquor 
and be considered refined by so do- 
eines 
‘<The 20th century son should by 
all means be honest; without any 
suspicion whatever of taking what 
does not belong to him. All moral- 
ity must be rooted in God, else it is 
only half moral. ‘Remember thy 
Creator in the days of thy youth.’ 
When we forget God, the years of 
trouble roll up. 
‘“Be a son of God; be a brother of 
that Elder Brother who gave his life 
that you might be free from that sin 
which drags us down to death eter- 
nal,’’ 
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