The Newtown bee., 1899-10-27

say ne IS intellect and feeling and will. All these faculties are made emphatic by special occasions.
 Let us cast this light upon one thought of God. The scientist may speak of Him as creative source and immanent power 1; one in need may look up trustfully to a Father; the acquaintances of Jesus, through his redeB ption, learn to know him as Son; while one who like Peter has been cleansed and sanctified by his grace real zes Him as also Holy Spirit. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit, our names for Him according to the view point from which we consider his reIati n tn us :; this Trinity of "personslities," God il all three, and each in the other insepar- ably, psychological distinctions to draw out the whole soul in the worship of communion. We know that the Creator must have present in himself an adeq equate source fer all his creatures. Everything that is worthy in human nature must have it's archetype or image in God. If the1 on eSr tn we find distinctions in mother. hood to separate it from fatherhood, iD that wealth of nature
 FROM WHICH ALL GOOD PROCEEDS
 Motherho as well as Fatherhood?
 EFC1 wC to &O 1lgO 0IO IL AtO"~ ing questions would require answer: Is the mother to be distinguished from the father not merely in body but also in vii tai spiritual qualities of mind and heart which are eternal? Are her characterize tics as divine as those of man? Would it then follow, that if both are in His likeness, that these distinctions pass on into the nature of God? If we answer the last question sffirmatively there arc two possibilities His life may contain both fatherhood and motherhood so that we may think tour Father" and "our Moth CTS" or motherhood may be comp rised ip fatherhood so that when we say tour Father" we i'm llde the thought -four mother" Perha some light may be thrown upon these questions wh we tion: Why Fatherhood and not M Mother- hood has received the emphasis in relig- ion.
 From the way in which the idea of God has grown. Whether by the powers of nature working havCc or withholding rains the mind of man was drawn to the conception of God or whether revelation came through the family drawing his fear and obligation toward One who was greater than any patriarch and who was Father of the tribe, it was ever the powerful, the creative, the manly quail ties in Deity that were recognized. In all Oriental peoples woman is held in low esteem and genera 1y her lot Is one of seclusion and serviitty. It ia true that the bounty of harvest with some
 native peoples was traced to Astarte or Venus. But to the purer Jews, with their women supremely desiring man child, there would be little thought of predicating the distinctive womanIy na- t1re in God. A conclusive req on for the emphasis is that Fatherhood is the final idea of God.
 Beyond that the human mind in it's re- ligious conception cannot go. While in
 earthly relations, mother may be the
 dearest name, in spiritus reality, Fathe I
 is the final thought. l. Fatherhood is
 supreme, all ruling. Let us notice it's
 spiritual significance among men. Not
 only are their physicsl l differences be- tween the eexes,, there are mental and spiritual distinctions just as fundamental
 It is of the nature of man to create, to
 change, of woman to store up, preserve, | enrich. Man introduces variation, Is the
 radical who tfanaformR, woman is the
 balance wheel of society, the conserva. ! tive who carries on the good of the past 1 It is then to the man we look for creation for providence, for changes uf progress God then, who is creative, original, DOW. erful in his Providence,
 IS NOT BEsT MOTHER, BUT FATHER. Men gre the more positive, women the more negative in morality. Women em. phasiZe the keeping of the negative
 commandments, ''Thou ahs l. not, ; mer
 sometimes neglect them in bold effort
 after achievement and success. h their retir sment women are the more spot Issf and pur3. Men, more active, face more
 evil and frequently succumb to tempta. | tiOn but their fall is often fall upward
 in renewed power and mighty victory
 In these earthly differences we point out | supe rior excellency on neither side. But
 in the spiritual as in the Godhead where the weaknesses a0d errors oc
 cur not and the spotlessness of woman. hood Is to be found, we see that the male quality goes ahead, for it achieves
 is strong, is virile, 1t progresses. As in woman perfected there is no taint, bu,
 the achievement of man is anperadded in the power of 8 mighty positive holiness The supreme, because all ruling, name
 for God Is then, Father.
 2. Fatherhood in God includes moth.
 erhood. As g preface tc thIa point, let us rid ourselves of any
 thought that there Ia in God what
 Is known as sex to us. He is beyond
 male and female. His char acter is withou,
 the limitation that inheres in those terms What we mean in applying the terms to
 him Is that In His life are to be found the qualities that correspond respectivt1g to
 maA and woman. Such terms as Father.
 hood and Motherhood are conceptions oa
 human life carried on into the aodhead for the help of our minds, though true when freed from human limitations. We resume our point then In the state menf that Fatheyho0d in God include