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by S. D. Gordon

Week 51, Wednesday

Needs Reprinting

Wednesday. Gen. 50: 1-13.

The family is the controlling unit of life in the Orient. There the family tie is the strongest of all ties. Here in the Western Hemisphere individual initiative — everyone free to swing out for himself — is the controlling characteristic. Both Orient and Occident go to not-good extremes in this. A wholesome blend of both is the normal thing. We need to strengthen’ wholesomely our family loyalties. The Fifth Commandment needs reprinting with big type in American life.

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