Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-24
SERMON !.
On American Queens
Attracted Attention at
Cleveland.
Few. Pickard of the First
Baptist Church
Criticised One OF the Banes of
Society.

tist church, Cleveland, preached an
other sensational sermon last night
on "The American Queen"
'Tn our search for the gold we have
bored through the dross," said DR..
Plckard. 81 am going to try and show
the ideal of woman have been
speaking of all these weeks. She is
the woman who has worked for her
laurels, the kind Of woman every pure
man will honor and admire, the kind
of woman that Christ admired.
American womanhood presents
many queens. There are more queens
among American women than have
ever been born OF any government,
under all the stars In any age. Every
queen is woman, but every woman
is not necessarily Il queen. My crit
les have said that / denounced the
classes; rather 1t is the tendencies in
the classes.
''The throne of an American queen
many persons think is tho haven
where she may sew, cook, scrub, rock
the cradle and care for man and his
children. This is not so. Her throne
Is not I'm the home nor in the palace,
cottage, teachers chair, storeroom,
factory. law, medicine, society, as n
is not in any temple built with human
hands. But the throne of the Amer
ican queen Is In the hearts Of pure men.
In the last analysis will be found the
true reason Of womanhood In the es-
timnte of her character by true men.
If she relgns in these hearts she will
reign universally. Otherwise she will
not, and her beauty, wealth and bril-
liancy will avail her nothing. She
must be Of all things modest. Men
are not expected to be as pure as wo-
men, and she must enthrone herself
to gain mans respect. II a woman
lives q true life man will honor and en-
throne her.
1T is difficult to be what she should
be In some positions. II matters not,
though, what walk In life she follows,
If she Is the embodiment of true wo-
man she will succeed. 1t is easy for n
woman to be hardened. The practice
OF law and medicine hardens rapidly.
There are many women In law and
medicine who are queens, but | pray
that we may have fewer. 1t Ia the true
ana gentle women which men admire.
For girl who IL forced to earn n
living In store 1t Is hard thing, but
II she Is modest In her demcanor be-
hind her counter there are pure men
who would enthronc her and stand
with her at the peril of their lives.
We all know that there are men who
are waiting to lead them astray. These
beings are nends and some OF them
figure up their lives by their deeds OF
infamy. Earth's laws have no pun
ishmcnt too severe nor has holl n fire
too hot for man who viii suggest to
a girl an easier path OF livelihood NJ
the cost OF her chastity. A man who
takes advantage of woman is n
nend incarnate. | plead with the
women In business to lead such life
as will cause men TO enthronc them
In their hearts,
I'm reference to the society queens
Last Sunday my sermon brought forth
some criticism. know my words
were strong, but they had been weigh
ed and considered and they wer,
meant, and all but the babes in tn,
woods and blind society knew tolt
the truth, but only one-half of II. Th,
criticisms were compliments to thu
power OF the society woman, else
would have passed them by unnotced
THE social queen whom all men ad
mire dpes not drink intoxicants. no
does she turn her receptions Ino drink