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June 21, 1953
Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
What is this article about?
Article urges parents to prioritize children's spiritual and moral development over physical health, referencing the biblical rich young ruler's lack of religious principle. Emphasizes that Christianity must emanate from homes as the foundation for national ideals.
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MAJORING WITH MINORS
CHRISTIANITY IN THE HOME
Parents are conscientious and energetic in looking after Tom's teeth and eyes, Mary's hair, tonsils, and nasal passages, but seem utterly unconscious that mental rickets and curvatures of the soul are far more deforming than crooked teeth and adenoids!
Do you remember the reply that came to the rich young ruler, "Go sell that thou hast and give to the poor, and follow me?" We can see now, that the thing the young man lacked is the thing our young people lack today; namely, a ruling religious principle in their lives! The church in all its agencies is alive
through their leaders, are seeking to instill it, the institutions of learning for it. And the whole spirit of the nation is demanding its practical application in working out national problems.
Only just now have we become vividly alive to the fact that it must emanate from Christian homes; that all our other social ideals when they most fully embody and most nearly approach their units are but copies of the home, the interdependent relations to the home.
CHRISTIANITY IN THE HOME
Parents are conscientious and energetic in looking after Tom's teeth and eyes, Mary's hair, tonsils, and nasal passages, but seem utterly unconscious that mental rickets and curvatures of the soul are far more deforming than crooked teeth and adenoids!
Do you remember the reply that came to the rich young ruler, "Go sell that thou hast and give to the poor, and follow me?" We can see now, that the thing the young man lacked is the thing our young people lack today; namely, a ruling religious principle in their lives! The church in all its agencies is alive
through their leaders, are seeking to instill it, the institutions of learning for it. And the whole spirit of the nation is demanding its practical application in working out national problems.
Only just now have we become vividly alive to the fact that it must emanate from Christian homes; that all our other social ideals when they most fully embody and most nearly approach their units are but copies of the home, the interdependent relations to the home.
What sub-type of article is it?
Religious Editorial
Moral Essay
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Family
What keywords are associated?
Christianity
Home
Parenting
Spiritual Development
Moral Principle
Bible
Rich Young Ruler
What entities or persons were involved?
Rich Young Ruler
Where did it happen?
Christian Homes
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Rich Young Ruler
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Christian Homes
Story Details
Parents neglect children's spiritual health despite attending to physical ailments. Biblical reference to rich young ruler illustrates lack of ruling religious principle, which modern youth also lack. Church, schools, and nation promote it, but it must originate from Christian homes as models for social ideals.