Attitude of the Church Toward Divorce and Family Life
The article argues that church leaders should view divorce as a social issue and not legislate harshly. It urges monogamy as Jesus ideal, urges ministers to refuse to remarry divorced parties, and seeks to shape public opinion to reduce divorce while teaching Christlike living. The church should save people for heaven by guiding their earthly conduct.
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Lergymen
Jesus
Church
Valley Forge remembered as Washington leads endurance through harsh winter
The piece recalls the 1777 78 Valley Forge camp where Washington and 17000 soldiers endured hunger cold and hardship. It notes huts built from logs the generous pay incentives for hut building and Surgeon Alligence Waldo diary entries that reveal daily suffering and humor amid the siege and retreats.
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Ability of the Married Woman to Teach and Its Defense
The argument against married women teaching rests on two points: they have home duties or take spots from unmarried teachers. The piece rejects these limits, stating that personal fitness should decide teaching ability, not marital status, and that excluding married women harms schools and individual excellence. Marriage should not define a woman’s vocation or reduce teaching to servitude.
The Curse of Modern Prosperity
The essay laments the loss of reverence and family bonds in modern prosperity. It argues that independence and self assertion erode home life and religious teaching, urging desecularization of education and a return to the home as the altar of religion and family responsibility.
Road Weaves Through Long Night of Dreams and Love
A collage of verses and notes from the Milwaukee and New York papers, mixing a sorrowful road poem about lost youth and love with brief letters and observations. It includes F. Griffin’s verse, a father’s dedication, and a child’s street scene as seen in Appledore’s magazine.
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Will F. Griffin
Milwaukee
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