Obedience

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Part of The Young Citizen: The Magazine for Young People

Title
Obedience
Year
1941
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THE. YOUNG CITIZEN 213 CHARACTER AND CITIZENSHIP SECTION OBEDIENCE By ARTHUR MEE WE LEARN to rule by learning to obey. One of the wisest of the sayings of one of the wisest men was that we learn to command Nature by learning to obey her, and the progress of the world has proved it true. If we would have power, we must first obey. Of all the things we learn, this is the first; we could not live at all without obedience. We owe our safety, our happiness, our lives to obedience of ourselves or others. We 'must not think that obedience is something to be ashamed of.' · Nothing can exist without it; it is the only law by which a house or a business or a state can be ma{ntained. .It runs through the life of a nation. We must obey those in authority in our homes and schools, and they obey the laws passed for us all. Obedience is simply the way in which we recognize that knowledge is power. If a hundred men want to go to a certain place, and one man knows the way, the ninety-nine follow him. It is the quickest way of getting there; the ninetynine are obedient. It is said that a telegraph operator once saved the lives of many men by being obedient to his orders and sending a message through, regardless of the hazard. There was £ boy who was told by his father to go to a certain place at noon and wait for him until he came. The boy went to the place at noon. The father forgot the appointment, and as the boy did not come home, he went back and found the little man still waiting for him at the place at midnight. Tl)e boy believed in his father and trusted him. He was obedient. He lived to be a· great man, .because he early learned obedience. There was· a nQbleman who was talking with the king, when an insect bit him. The nobleman did not flinch and made no sign. It was the duty of the nobleman to listen obediently to the king. He could endure the sting of an insect in order to be obedient. To know the right thing and to do, to love tn1th and to obey it,. to control our lives so that in all things others may have faith in us-these will bring to us power, ·and,· through obedience, lead us to command. In the Bible we find numerous references to obedience. In the Book of Kings, we read: "If thou wilt walk in My ways, to keep My statutes and My commandments, then I will lengthen thy days." In the Psalms we find these: "Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in His commandments." And again, "The fear of ihe Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do His commandments." St. Luke wrote: "Blessed are they that heareth the word of God, and keep it." And one of the Proverbs states that "Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son." One should begin to learn obedience from the time he is born. We should learn it as children. One must be obedient throughout an entire lifetime. Shame and sorrow come from disobedience. Prisons are filled with people (Please turn to page 220.) 220 THE YOUNG CITIZEN }UNE, 1941 OBEDIENCE VEGETABLES a small egg. Serve it hot (Continued from page 213) (Continued from page 217) with any roast meat or who did not obey the laws with browned flour. Pour poultry. of the land. the gravy over the onions, Cab b a g·e is delicious If early in life one learns set in the oven for two min- when cooked with butter to obey, it will not be a dif- utes, and serve. and flour. Put the cabbage ficult task to be obedient in Rice Croquettes in a frying pan. 'Add a later life. But the child . heaping tablespoonful of who is permitted to have Put th_ree:fourths of a butter and a level tablehis own way, to be ·dis- cup of milk In _a sauce-pan spoonful of flour. Cook obedient to those in author- over the fire with a gener- it until tender. ity, is learning to do that ous tablespoonful of butter, h · Boiled Beets which will bring sorrow a eapmg teaspoonful of and sufferrng to himself and sugar' and when it comes to others. a boil, add a cup and a half .Wash and cook the beets Boys and girls, make this of boiled rice, some powyour rule and never break dered cinnamon or nutmeg it: I will always obey my (if desired), and salt to parents and my. teachers, taste. Mix ~ell; then let it and those. who have right- come to a boil. Add a beatful authority. en egg, remove from the in hot, salted water from two to three hours, according to age ~nd size. When done, throw at once into cold water to loosen the skins. Peel them quickly and slice them thin. Pour over them a sauce made of three tablespoonfuls of scalding vinegar, a tabkspoonful of butter, and a little pepper and. salt. Serve hot. fire, turn into a plate to get SOMETHING TO THINK cold, form into cylinders, and fry in hot butter. ABOUT I. Are you obedient? 2 . .Must your paren.ts obey the laws? 3. Must the president of the Philippines obey the laws? · 4. Must the president of the United States obey the laws? 5. Why is obedience necessary? 6. When should· one learn to be obedient? 7. Read the rule in the last paragraph of this article. Then memorize it. 8. Why will disobedience. bring sorrow? 9. What is a criminal? Ways of Cooking Cabbages S~lect firm; crisp heads of cabbage. Boil the cabbage briskly in plenty of Stuffed Green Peppers wate_r, keeping it closely Cut the tops offthe sweet covered, Or if possible, green peppers and careremove the hard core, and i fully remove the seeds. then steam it. This will I Chop together very fine avoid the odor of cooking. I two peppers, orie smal) When perfectly tender,' onion, and one large peeled chop in a wooden bowl., tomato. Add an e qua 1 Have a white sauce ready amount of stale bread of milk well thickened with crumbs, one teaspoonful of cornstarch and flavored salt, and sufficient melted with nutmeg. Into this stir butter to moisten the mixthe chopped soft cabbage ture. Fill the peppers with Beat it vigorously until it the mixture, replace the becomes pulpy. Add a tops, and bake for half an lump of butter the size of hour in a moderate oven.