Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-11-19

frightfnl Condemnation Of a Mother by He
Eon---What Does IL Mean


Not long ago weeping mother cai,eo to
IBID cool bve to her only son who was soon to
be executed.
! Woman" he exclaimed in a momentary
frenzy, "Woman, would never have Teen
''here had you done your duty by me when
This was terrible partngi II Mortified the
spectators, IL nearly crazed the conscience
striker mother.
One can scarcely overestimate the mothers
influence In the moulding OF the character of
her offspring. But how often, OH how often,
do mothers seem To ignore this responsibility
During recent trip on the rail the writer
made the acquaintance of DR.. A. }. ! encdlct,
of sacketts Harbor, N. Y, person who has
made study OF human development. Re
ferrng to the murderous tendency of the
times, we asked that eminent man II the out
Jock was not dlscouragingi
ut looks So" lie said, "Dut fancy VIC have
a cause aud the remedy for such evils. In my
profess onal career / have found by hard
study that we nave emerged from savagery by
development OF the nervous system and the
intellectual life, and we return 10 sayagery as
we ignore the fact that without the solid,
trustworthy nervous system, We cannot Lope
to save the race Boys stun dime novels, aud
the pistol IS TO them the only resp ctably
glorious instrument TO secure fame. Women
read trashy literature and straghlway Try To
murder their husbands and friends by poison.
Business men Weld TO the tempter and forge
beauty, forget the behests OF conscience. On
every side We see the weakness OF personal In
ieguty.n
'Do you regard 1t as a diseasei''
more especially as the result of disease
which, however, may be prevented"
please define how"
81 cannot now enter into details. Our peo.
lie can see their bodies, their blood, their
bones. They neyr zee ther ,ervss ana c0,.sc'
QusrtttH many do not snppOSe Msy haze any. The
lQrmef'S A n frame
anu yet she dies prematurely. he nerve all
not stand the strain OF continual WORK. The
minister falls dead In his pulpit, but Lie never
did days physical work In lis Lie. Inc
lawyer iaints IN the presence OF the court and
Is soon wreck or corpse, and yet the work
Is nerve work. The man OF affairs is over.
come with apoplexy; the politician and publ!-
cist, with brigtrs disease. The mind oil tnc
untutored man is fired by the exploits OF crime
ana hc longs Tor such fame. These persons
ovcrwork or over-exclte the nervous system
and this fact kills or deInoralizes them"
III all tins be SO how would you r,ctify 1t
them
'l-et ME tell you. few years ago had a
lady patient who was an utter wreck. She
was the mother OF several chiIuren. Sac lost
her mind and imagined she was cursed of God.
She was Il farmers vile and worked carry and
late never saw finer specimen oI pnys.cal
womanbood than she, but she was q nervous
wreck! she became bioouleSs, had the vers
worst OF female disorders ana was in the lasl
stages Of alDuIninuria or Brignts dlseae
This latter disease works particular havoc
with the nervous system and produces insanity
and despair. She was insane ana desperate
and fear tainted the Oood or her ogsDec1tg with
these terrible tendencies. treated her for
several years. One by one the standard RENE
dies OF the schools tailed, but finally cured
her with Warmers safe cure, and she IS to-da
strong and well. Yet thousands of women
like her, every year bring ill-Iornod aud cr.m.
nally-lnclined children into the world. ls IL
any wonder that nervous diseases prevail anu
that Tie whole moral sense is denoralizcd' |
that remedy were generally used, we would
have stronger mothers, stronger children
stronger men and women, anu with perfect
physical and mental health, crime wou Il de-
crease and society DC more secure
such candid Opinions are surely " nth con-
sidcring.