Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-02-17
The Marietta Daily Leader.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1901.
SOME REASONS
Why Every Mother Should Join the ". c
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u, Mrs. NJ d. Ogle, president of that
organization, read the following inter-
estng paper on "Some reasons why
every mother should be a member of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union:"
In all the world there is nothing so
strong or lasting as a mothers love.
From the time the tiny babe in her
arms looks up in her face with its in
nocent smile, nothing ever changes
her love and watchfulness while life
lats no task is too hard, no sacrifice too
great for her, if only her child's health
or happiness is secured.
Not many years ago few Christian
mothers who had heard the voice of
broken hearted women, of starving
children, and had seen the extremes of
poverty and wretchedness that always
exist wherever the saloon flourishes,
to strive against this evil. They have
proved that lin union there is, strength,
for the little band has grown into q
great organization, world wide in its
power for uplifting humanity. The
cultured wealthy mother in the palace,
the poor uneducated mother in the
hovel, unite in this great work of saw
ing their dear ones, for no child, rich
or poor, black or white, is safe from
temptations.
Emerson defined civilization as "the
power of good women" We know that
only through organization can the
greatest power be obtained. We must
be trained in self control, honesty of
purpose, careful judgment and well
considered methods. There is signifi
canoe in the name of this organization.
1.-THE Womans Christian Temperance
Union," with the emphasis always on
: the "Christian."
1t has been said that the moral con-
dition of the world twenty years hence
will be what the women oftoday make
it. What a responsibility for the moth
ers! They should see to it that their
sons held just as responsible for the fu-
ture of the commonwealth as their
daughters. If mothers would only rea-
lize that it is in the nursery we have to
begin the training, that it is easier to
save than to reclaim. You can not
straighten the tree that has started in
the wrong direction. 1t is so easy to
} be mistaken in the process of govern
ment one decides to pursue. 1t must
,. needs greatly vary with each small in
y dividual, else the result will be worse
|. than failure. There is just as much
/. difference in character and temper
ment between dozen children as
there is between as many grown peo-
pie. They are not as set in their ways
perhaps, but the individual tendencies
are there quite as strong and must be
a met understandingly if they are to be
successfully managed. Then what q
help it must be for Christian mothers
y to talk and plan together how best tC
c care for their dear ones.
% Organized mother love will save the
o nation. Every mother wants her child
y y to escape all evil. We should be as
L? watchful in helping our own and oul
neighbors' children to be pure and true
y as the saloon keepers are to drag then
e down. Christ warned us against of
&c Tending one of these little ones. CaI
&c we shut our eyes and hearts against tn,
: many enticements, the many snare
that surround them and call ourselves
'c guiltless?
&C There are two things we can do b.
~ becoming members of the w. G. II. L
c We can always wear the little white
&c badge that speaks so earnestly for pur
lr homes, flor consecrated lives; then w
! can always remember the noontid
J. prayer, that God will bless us and hell
us, that we may continue in faith ant
II prayer for God and Home and Nativ
:, Land, until the entire destruction o
g. the liquor traffic and all its attendan
% evils is fully realized. We could tel
y you so many things that busy mother
o might do, but this one thing has beel
to enjoined upon us "bear ye one another
re burdens" We cannot live for ourselve
alone whether we will or not; our in
fluence goes on all the time. Thel
with the Masters help let it be one fo
good; let it be said of us "Well done
thou good and faithful servant, in a
q. much as we did it unto the least G
= these ye did it unto me-"