The Monitor-register., 1896-01-17
Considering Motherhood.

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worthy State-Maine.
Considering Motherhood.
There are two things to be consideret
in relation to motherhood. We hav
heard that motherhood is the creates
crown of glory which a woman can wear
We answer. No! motherhood is not tn
greatest crown of glory which a woman
caa wear. Motherhood may not even b
a crown of glory at all. 1t may becom
a crown of shame. 1t requires that Their
shall be something back of motherhoo,
to define what motherhood shall be, an,
in this something back of motherhoo,
lies that which may make it a crown O
glory. The highest crown of glor,
which a woman can wear is not mother
hood, it is womanhood-true, noble
strong, healthy, spiritual womanhood
the daughter of the King, the child o
God, equal with the bishop or any ma
in the world. If the woman is first C
all a woman, all things shall be to her
crown. of glory, whether it be mother
hood or spinsterhood. The mother hear
of woman, the mother. heart that reache
out to the race and finds a wrong an
rights it, finds a broken heart and heal
it, finds a bruised life ready to be broke
and sustains it-a woman instinct wit
mother love, which is the expression G
Divine love; a woman who, finding an
wrong, any weakness, any pain, any Sol
row, anywhere in TIE world, reaches on
her hand to right the wrong, to heal til
pain, to comfort the suffering-such
woman is Gods woman. 1t matters nc
where she may be-where she was born
under what skies she has lived, she
Gods woman, and at the last she sha.
find her God.-ReU. AnnG II Shaw, III. I
We are indebted to the young Pres
dent of the Stafford Springs, Conn
W. G. T. U. who mailed to us sewers
copies of The Press, of Stafford, in whic
appeared Anna Shaw's lecture, entitle
Goods Women" the above being th
closing paragraph. E. R. K.
The local Union, on the Itch inst, wa
particularly full of harmonious interes'
Several of us, remember, are women VIII
have "views." And when our views al
blended into a spirit of quiet unity, a
was the influence thrown out from th
touching beautiful devotional services
led by the President and assisted by Mrs
Snelbaker, a meeting worthy the name G
our peaceful society is sure to follow
Many papers of interest were read
among them the following:
Important and True.
Mrs. Mabel Mccoy, president. SOM
time, but not now, of the ". G. T. U. c
Mansfield, Mass, and our most recen
accession to the Prohibition platform, ha
taken a tremendous stride forward.
cost her the presidency, and doubles
many friends, but her "Father is rich,
and she doesn't care for expenses.
1t was this way. She was a delegat
to the National Convention at Baltimore
and being a newcomer into the field, wa
deeply impressed by the women she me
there, and what she saw and heard. o
her return home she delivered her annus
address to her union, and among othe
things, usual in such addresses, did
most unusual thing. She recited thi
resolution of the Baltimore Convention
"While We heartily approve of the dc
everything policy of the W. G. T. u, VI
recognize the fact that we were organize
to push total abstinence and prohibition
and we reafirm our allegiance, not onl
to those principles, but also to the Pre-
hibition party, the only poll tical part
with the courage to speak out boldly i
favor of woman suffrage and the tota
humiliation of the liquor traffic." an
announced that in her opinion 10 perso
was eligible to occupy the W. G. T. U
rostrum, as a speaker against the saloor
unless he was a party Prohi bitionist.
Subsequently, at the sa me meeting sh
was unan iously reelected president fc
the ensuing year, and she said, 81 am
busy woman but l love this work an
hate the saloon and am willing enoug
to serve you, but doubt if you have a
yet realized all the bearings of the stan
l have taken. You must understan,
clearly that | mean what I say; a reso
luton to me means a thing about to !
done. The attendance is small, you mus
canvass the membership and think tn
matter all over. Your husbands an
pastors always vote n license for Mans
field, but most of them, by supporting
the Republican party, vote yes to th
saloon every place else. They are goo,
men and you love and severe them, and |
too. refpect them personally withou
reserve, but by the construction of W. c
T. U. loyalty and honor which is force,
upon my mind by the logic OF the situa
ton, no such man could utter his voice
in u name, against the saloon. Tohav
me for your president means that, and il
is not a thing to decide lightly"
So they c~anvassed the town and though
and talked, and they saw with sinkin,
hearts that the foes of the ". G. T. Q
were "they of their own household" l
is a hard heart that would criticise them
harshly, but that is where our fight is
And they could not, as it seemed to then
in the pain and perplexity of the startling
vision, offer her their full support. They
loved her and admired her, and in a hope
less way believed ser right, and if sh,
had been content simply to resolce anc
let it go at that according to the estab
iished usage, they would have stood BY
her to a wom-n. But to resolve and then
do it, that was different.
am not defending Mrs. Mccoy. There
is no trouble. She has had the SURPRISING
grace to do mortal violence to public
sentiment without one word of spleen, OF
the minutest lack of Christian courtesy,
| am simply sending to the Union sigma
a lit of most important rews, adding
only a statement of my profound convic.
tion that lyon alp have got to catch
step with this logical woman and draw
the lines hard and fast between truth and
truce in this AWFUL business. The W. G.