. Te Karere. are to hi- able to ex-plain the -Hspd we must know it our-selves; that requires study and prayerand participation in our Church all. the living of clean, exemp-lary lives. We may sin and think noone will ever know, but God knowseven our thoughts and we will haveto answer for every idle word we mayspeak. Especially should we try to be goodexamples to our children. Not long agoa young Church member told me herfather was driving his family awayfrom him because of his unreasonableand unjust treatment of them. In hiszealousnes> to keep them from harm,he is making the of
. Te Karere. are to hi- able to ex-plain the -Hspd we must know it our-selves; that requires study and prayerand participation in our Church all. the living of clean, exemp-lary lives. We may sin and think noone will ever know, but God knowseven our thoughts and we will haveto answer for every idle word we mayspeak. Especially should we try to be goodexamples to our children. Not long agoa young Church member told me herfather was driving his family awayfrom him because of his unreasonableand unjust treatment of them. In hiszealousnes> to keep them from harm,he is making the oft-repeated mistake• if parents; of trying to force hischildren to do what he thinks is right,and all he is succeeding in doing isto drive them from him and to losetheir love and respect. With a loving heart reason withyour children and gently paint outyour hopes and plans for their happi- (Continucd on Pa^^^>^/:^>^^^>^^^>^y^^^. By Virginia D. Young SOMETIMES mothers try to keeptheir children from marrying,justifying the idea on the basis thatsingleness will save them from theworries and trials of married life. Sheshould not think that by keeping herson or daughter with her that they canbe ideally happy. Marriage is a normal and naturalthing. It doesnt do us one bit ofgood to fight against it for our youngpeople. They ought to marry as soonas they are in a position to do think parents more or less thinktheir children are too young to marryand sometimes think their companionsarent good enough for them. But re-member our children have to live theirchoice so we must have faith in themand believe that they know what theyare doing. Youth is the time to find out aboutthe opposite sex and they go withdifferent types in this way finding outwhich kind they prefer. If they havehad good training and a good exampleset them by their parents, they veryseldom become interested in the wrongtype. But at least we parents
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