The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21
Motherhood.

Among crude nations maternity is
simply an animal function; birth Is OF
the body more than of the spirit 1t IS
inevitably so. The race first needed
numbers and strength. 1t had to bat
tie against the winds and water fire,
famine and cold. Nature must be
subdued and the soil cultivated. Who
cares, then, for weak women and pull
ing babesP Vikings were needed,
swart, brutal and strong. When mas
culinity ruled n premium was placed
upon boys and with the birth OF
daughter, to the mother there was also
born shame and fear. The feeling OF
masculine superiority has not yet died
out. 1t will not until the plow-share IS
beaten into the pruning-hooki until
the finest and most exalted human
powers are near their blossomiug and
the world Mt large recognizes that
these belong to the feminine side OF
life.
During the clangor of war and greed
she was most honored who produced
those types which could best rule their
fellows and dominate nature. Now
that external forms of civilization have
reached high degree of refinement
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cnervating luxury causes the married
to shrink from the care and contine-
ment of children and on the other pow
erty renders them incompetent to give
offsprings a decent rearing, they are
not wanted. And the sun shines on
no more pitiful sight than on an un-
welcome child. OF such come the re-
vengeful, the criminal and the de-
PRAYED.
Naturally another reaction will take
| place and the balance finally be found.
| That will not come to pass till the true
| relation is established between intel
! lect and intuition, Love and Wisdom.
AT present there are mothers who
are not mothers. In the true sense
| they have have never borne the chill
! dren they rear to maturity. Such are
not to blame, they have never learned
what life means nor do they know
themselves. Walking rs in dream
they take the show of things for the
reality. Unwinged butterflies, they
flourish their feeble day and leave nc
impress upon their starved progeny.
On the other hand the unwedded ol
they who have never known q mothers
fruition, often stretch out the arm OF
their spirits to take in all the sad, sich
and weary that dosolately walk The
earth. The mother instinct is then no
narrowed seltishly TO one family bu
T grows broad as the heavens from
which came love so wonderful. |
} takes in whoever needs ''mothering
to shelter on the great heart that wait
not for the human tie before accepting
that of the spirit. Is not this trul.
the highest and holiest motherhood T.
} which woman can attain?
The true feeling of mootherhod still
exists in all its perfection, even thoug
9 the usual exhibitions be generally eX
| ternal. Said wise woman lately, g
never thanked the Great Mystery fo
Jesus till knelt by the cradle of m
J first born. What was it tloated in an
:, ensphered my consciousness but the sui
jectlve revelation of an inexpressibI
and holy love, the conscious throb {
an Intinity rooted in human veins
There is nothing so glorious and awtI
e under the sun, the rejected woman
: hand patiently lifting through the age
10 the supreme Humanity to its throne'
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