Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-09
MOTHER EFFORTS FOB PURITY.
Abstract Of talk of Mrs. Clara Holbroc
Smith to the Wichita morhers.)

HIM anu sing him 70 sleep. OueF Kim the
alteration OF mothers love, misunderstood
Him, chide Him, forgive Him even for
fancied wrong. IL was as Il He said: I'VE
shall no more offer vain sacrifices 10 one
who needs them nos--.-I Will need them
so require them at your hands VIII hua-
ger and thirst and be naked
and cold and We shall minister unto Ne
Sacrifice shall be no more a symbol, but
real giving unto God; and then | return
unto the Father, inasmuch as ye do 1t 10
one Of the least of these ye Go it unto Me-
Oh, mothers, loving mothers who minis
ter unto the little ones, can not you even
now hear, ''Come We blessed OF my Father.
inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation OF the world?'
This week have had the sweet privilege
of assisting in the care OF twin babies who
have been Ill, and as looked into their
beautiful eves-knowing eyes that seemed
TO reflect souls not yet imprisoned. those
words ''inasmuch as ye have done Il 10
the least Of these, We have done unto Me,
have flashed through my mind and made
nj heart bound with JOY in service 1t
seemed sacred place, as il | was handling
the son Of God, and was, for these little ones
are part of HIM, created IN His image and
likeness, perfectly pure, as yet wholly IN
sullied BY sin.
How soon do they begin TO be s1llied by
sin? How soon do the original forces Of
our nature begin 10 war with the dlvines
Especially, as today we are 20 consider the
subject OF Purity" let Us ask how soon
does that part of our nature which has
shown the deepest disorder begin to need
abe watehfuI supervision Of the mother
heart?
God has suffered mighty empires and
whole kingdoms TO be wrecked on social
impurity. What part have the mothers
OF today IN this last effort Of God for the
human race" as Emerson putsit?
In the deep stuiy I have given this
thought the past year or two. would be
perfectly appalled, at the Hercules task
had not had personal experience in the
undermining power of little things IN
other seemingly impossible undertakings
so let us consider some OF the little
things % during the short hour allotted
Us, and see if we mothers of Wichita,
of Wichita that has accomplished so much
in the beginning TO overcome the twin
evil of social impurity -intemperance-
cannot make possible q future purer at
mosphere for the breathing in OF our little
ones coming 90 rapidly on t. future citi-
zenship. First on the list l have worked
out for systematic thought.
The nursery-U nreportable.
School days-I know a mother, a wise
mother, VINO took her S-year-old boy upon
her lap the night before she started him
to his first school and reyerently spoke to
him of the law of life. She began by
explaining TO him the organization Of
plants, and told him the same divine laws
OF birth and life and death, OF fructifca-
ton and Of reproduction are in operation
with them as with the human race-that
plants have fathers and mothers like our
selves Then she led him step by step 20
the browning structure of man. She tried
TO instiI in him the thought of the sacred
ness of the subject, that it was not to be
talked over with his companions, only
with herself In after talks she explained
the laws of health. and that infringements
of these LAYS would produce disease.
Emerson says: You send your child to
the school master, but it is the school boys
who will educate him. You send him to the
Lat class, but much of his tuition comes
from the shop windows on his way TO
school" Then, mothers, have we not to
do with the shop windows With the ad
vertisement pictures there? The DrOprie-
tors see nothing but the printed words of
the advertisement. Our boys and girls see
not the advertisement but the half nude
figure too often accompanying it. Our
cigar shops especially should have the at
tention of the officers of the law called to
them The morning | spoke in the Bap
fist church on this theme, | had placed in
my hand perhaps a dozen advertisement
pictures given to purchasers OF cigarettes.
You would be appalled, at the sight OF
some of them. Your boy perhaps does not
purchase cigarettes. The one who does
will be very apt 10 show your boy, in a Sc
cret, behind the barn manner, what he has
gathered. Have you prepared your boy TO
scornfulIy reject such methods OF educa-
ton.
beard of gentleman in this city Civ
ing this little conversation between two
little boys walking before him: Il found
a bird 5 nest and il had one egg in it. l
did't take IT, l thought / would wait
until there was more, and when a few
days after found there was more, | just
thought l would wait and get the little
brides: and the next day the little brides
come, and I thought [ would wait a
few days until they were prettier
and don't you think when / went again
they had al flown away, and lost them.
wish hadn't waited"
Mothers, isn't that the way with the
Tlo-a On lar
pre-empl the hearts with pure thoughts;
create such pure moral tone II. our boys
that thoughts Of vice viii have no room TO
grow. Let US quick, before we lose them.
another educator we have to battle
against Is immoral advertising. Even the
best OF newspapers occasionally fail Us.
Right hera l want to speak OF the daily
EAGLE II is the purest daily / ever had
in mr. hands. We mothers OF Wichita
have reason 70 congratulate ourselves n
having this strong help in our efforts for
purity.
Last year IN many Of the best papers,
notably in the Youths Compauion-that
paper we have IN the past so rejoiced IN for
our boys-Jhere appeared that advertise
ment Of the Ivory soap with the large pic
ture OF the almost nude woman ready 70
step into the bath. The f4-ysar-oid son Of
one OK my scquaintances carried u 20 his
mother with the remark: Mamma, is1't
it a shame such picture should be IN or
splendid paper"
This one subject. my dear sisters. shoald
occupy several Of cur meetings With es1-
beavers % plan how We can check this pro
ll1c source Of evil. ! VIII only mention
one more OF seTeraI things enumerated
rr1fsr This hfszJ and that l. the revelations