MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
THURSDAY, JULY 12. 1962
A 5
Religion in America
Religious Training for Child
Big Responsibility for Parents
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By LOUIS CASSELS
UPI Correspondent
If there is one responsi
bility which terrifies the
average parent more than any
. l other, it is the
religious nur
ture of ehil-
(Iren. Most
parents today
i are aware that
' s j .religious
I training must
begin at
m e. But
ey a r e n t
casseis sure how to
go about it and are afraid
they'll bungle the job. Judg
ing from their anxious in
quiries to pastors, many have
the notion that they may
blight a child's life forever by
using the wrong words in
speaking about God. or by
failing to give just the riaht
answer to a question about
death.
Such parents may find a
measure of comfort, and a
great deal of helpful advice,
in a new book entitled: "Your
a.sk further questions about is not, in Dr Miller's opinion,
God. They should make clear i quite as essential as some
that people hold different con- anxious parents believe. 'It
ceptions of God, and that no cannot be demonstrated that
one knows all the answers be- the early use of prayer by the
cause the reality of God is too child makes any difference in
f " h o n
Lit lhQy
great to be put into words or
reduced to simple explana
tions. "Let us be sure that the con
cepts we share with our chil
dren are such that as they
grow older they will never
need to unlearn them," says
Dr. Miller. "They are going to
have many mistaken notions
that need to be corrected, but
there is no reason why par
ents should contribute to these
m i s conceptions by watered
down views of God or erron
eous ideas that sound cute be
cause they are for children.
We must never make them
feel that answers about God
are easy to come by."
A child won't find this ap
proach evasive or confusing if
his parents are themselves
convinced of the reality of
God, and if they make clear
by their actions that they
trust God and attach great im-
Child s Religion, A Practical
Guide For Parents," by the ! portance to doing His will.
T, ; ,V. K?01ph 5 r" m P How Child Learns
TV Miliar ic nrnfncr ..t
Christian education at Yale : r?!,i,sio'uf.. teacl?ing
Divinity school. He has six i
children of his own.
"Most of our fundamental
says Dr.
Miller, "is not our conscious
effort to tell the child any-
! thing,
his later development,' he
says. "It is much more im
portant for him to see his
parents pray, and to become
aware of their relationship to
God. than it is to say a few
words in the form of prayer
in order to satisfy his par
ents." That brings up the ques
tion of family prayers. Dr.
Miller thinks they are desir
able whenever they are "per
fectly normal and natural,"
and he points out that any
family can share the act of
prayer involved in grace be
fore meals. But he adds:
"I think we need to be per
fectly honest here and say
that In many families any
kind of group family worship
in the home is almost a com
plete impossibility except on
special festivals. And I am
not sure that this is something
to be regretted. There have
been many times when a fa
ther's compulsive desire to
lead his children in prayer
has led to extremely negative
results."
Sunday School Important
Although he is fully aware
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He points out that God is the parents whose principles
but is the unconscious I nf ,h iimila(io f ih
age Sunday School. Dr. Mil-
not an idea to be talked about j propagate themselves even
, so much as a personal reality without their desire."
to be experienced." He Teaching a child to "say
"comes to persons through j his prayers" at an early age
, other persons." He is present
wherever there is a loving re-1 , .
lationship between human be- j Preference fcriven
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A child first encounters God
in his daily life "through the
love shown to him by his par
ents." Thus parents become
, "mediators of God to their
children" simply by loving
; them, "long before any words
are possible."
, As he grows older, a child
. can learn to identify the spirit
of love with God. Parents can
point out that no one has seen
. God at any time but anyone
- can "discern Him at work un
derneath the s u r face of
events." They can also help
, the child to discover God at
work in the natural order of
the universe, of which he be
comes aware quite early in
life.
Glib Answers Unneeded
Parents need not have a
ready stock of glib answers
when a curious child begins to
Of Junior Rank
Ann Arbor, Mich. - (UPI) -The
Literature Science and
Arts college of the University
of Michigan has decided to
give preference in accepting
transfer students to those of
junior rank.
The college, which studied
the transfer situation for two
years, determined that stu
dents who have completed
two years of college provide
broader evidence of sustained
competence, can make the
transition into their major
field, would be unlikely to
be making just another stop
en route to another college
unit. Also, enrollment pres
sures are less severe at the
junior-senior level than in
freshman-sophomore, classes,
the college said.
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munity" of a church congre
gation. "Start attending Sunday
school with your child as soon
as possible," he says. "Make
this family attendance a
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parents. Maintain this regu
larity through the years, so
that even if a teen-ager rebels,
he will have had the exper
ience of the organic unity of
a Christian family in the
church."
Dr. Miller discusses the
"teen-age rebellion" problem
at length and suggests var
ious ways of coping with it.
His first-hand experience as a
father is reflected in the ob
servation that there is no
sure-fire formula for dealing
with teen-agers - "We have
to play it by ear."
"We also have to remem
ber," he says, that "no one
can compel another to have
faith in the God of Jesus 1
Christ - not even God Him
self. Faith comes by grace,
and God gives us the freedom
to resist His love. We must
give our children the same
kind of freedom, in the hope
that they will respond in faith
to G 'd's grace."
Hog Farmers
Seeking To Avoid
Over-Production
Washington - OIPIl - The Ag
riculture department says hog
farmers appear to be using
caution this year in an at
tempt to avoid over-production
and consequent lower
prices such as occurred in
1955 and 1959.
In a review of the livestock
and meat situation, the de
partment predicted the 1962
fall pig crop will total about
43 million head. This would
be about 1 per cent above
1961 and the largest fall crop
since 1943. But this expand
ed fall crop, added to the
smaller than-expected spring
crop of 49.6 million head,
would produce a total for the
year of 92.6 million head.
Such a crop would be a little
below last year and the small
est since 1959.
More Red Meat
The department said domes
tic red meat production dur
ing January-June was greater
than during the comparable
period last year. The rise was
due to increased beef and
pork production. Veal, lamb,
and mutton were down com
pared with the first half of
1961.
Imports of red meats during
the first half increased suf
ficently to provide one pound
more meat per person for the
year as a whole than in 1961.
This meat was imported be
cause of demand and favor
able prices to the exporters.
More Beef. Veal
The department said meat
production during the last
half of 1962 also likely will
exceed the July December
output of 1961. The increase
will be due to greater produc
tion of beef and veal. Pork,
lamb, and mutton production
will be below the last half of
1961.
The outlook at the begin
ning of 1962 was for an in
crease in the total meat sup
ply about equal to the popula
tion increase. Per capita con
sumption was expected to be
slightly below the 1611
pounds used last year. But
with the increase in imports
the first half of the year, per
capita consumption of meat
for the year as a whole pb
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thatof Ia.t year.
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