The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-12-13

were interested, ana ne nOped GOd
would make the next few days harvest
days.
Mr.. Ramsey sang effectively that
beautiful song MY Name in Mothers
Prayers, after which Mr.. Stuart be-
gan his sermon to wives and mothers
and daughters, preaching from Prov.
30 :l0-"Who can find a virtuous wo-
man, for her price is far above ru-
bies. The word virtue is a historical
word, he said, and has changed its
meaning several times. In one age it
meant honesty; in another courage;
and iii this age, purity or chastity.
In some places it meant all the
christian elements. In this it takes the
strongest and purest meaning Of the
word
When you find a strong woman YOU
find one whose value is far greater than
riches-the "best thing of her size. "
A good woman is the sweetest and
best thing in the world And a bad
woman is the worst The best charac-
ter in Columbia is a woman, and the
worst character In Columbia is wo
man. Woman lifts or lowers whatever
she touches. A worldly woman mar
ried to religious man will lead him
away. A devout woman can lead a
worldly husband to Christ. A mar
velous power has woman for good or
evil. The world owes much to women.
'Tis true that 1.-The hand that rocks
the cradle rules the world. Let me
mother the world, said Mr.. Stuart,
and / save it.
al, h1 hod nd
ought to know women if anybody did,
painted good, strong picture of a
woman. "A good woman-her hus-
band trusteth in her. 1t is sad day
when doubt springs up in the home
about mother and wife. When a
man says, I've got nothing i'll my
home to honor, he's hopeless case.
Oh, to have a good wife and good
mother She's like the lightning rod
that catches and wards off the storms.
A good woman is ministry of good
and not evil when she touches another S
life and she will do her husband good
all the days of her life.
1t is bad thing for a young mar
ried woman to go to the ballroom
and place her husband in the embrace
of another woman. while she goes to
the embrace of another man.
Mr. Stuart said he had learned two
things: when person left the audience
while he was preaching, he knew they
had good excuse for going, or he had
nothing to kick about there was such
little gone.
People run their card parties, punch
drinking, saloon and theater going in
defiance of warning; but soon there
will be some calamity among themthat
will shock them. Run mp on God,
and the electricity of his Holy Ghost
will kill you. Let those who fear not
God take warning. He has worked
some wonders along this line. Some
thing worse than cyclone will come
to this town yet. God warned you on
one side of the town. He will wake
YOU through the center next
Jordan is hard road to travel for
man who has wife giving card
parties and wine suppers. The down
town gambling hells and saloons don
advertise what they do. The uptown
ones do. The uptown ones are more
to be feared, for they appeal more to
the pride and worldly ambition of
the young people. If the pastors of the
town do not ring the warning out,
their blood is on your hands. We
must do our duty if we do make some
body mad and cause ourselves to be
unpopular What we need is for the
women to say ''no impure thing shall
come into my home. The devil has
a trump card when he gets a woman
on his side. Girls have bad in
fuence upon boys. Girls, because OF
their environments, DO not so easily
drift away. Boys have less restraint
and more temptations The girls OF
today have no ambition. The world
has got down where the girls-anC
their mothers-are content If the
daughter gets smattering of things
They lack genuine ambition. Any girl
can get a thorough education il
she wants it bad enough. Thank Goo
for woman that's got something
higher than an ambition to be q
banged mp fool. How many girls have
an ambition to be useful? So many
women in high society are debaucheC
with 'grog 4" Three hundred saloon
were watched three hours in a city
and during that time 5000 womer
went in. This is gambling age
men gamble on wheat, meat, corn ant
cotton, and everything that is sold OF
the market to-day There is gambling
everywhere rafting for children
women gambling in homes. The worl'
has goue to gambling. The hope o
the country is in the women.
The women of the upper and those o
the lower class do the same things
keep late hours, uress immodestly
drink wine and punch, play cards
dance and go to theaters. Both class'
do it for amusement. The pure womeI
are looking after their children an,
their homes. Mr.. Stuart said he haC
seen the ways of society from the Yer.
highest down to pumpkin cutting
in the country. and high society
was rotten from top to bottOm-rottel
as can be-and 80 per cent of fashion
able women iii the cities drink hquO
like men. Cities are rotten in thei
society ways. The hope is for inlan,
towns like Columbia to keep pure.
Mr. Stuart said he would hit the mai
on the head about these things, thong
il made him unpopular in the town
and he d wear them to the feet Of Chris
, as emblems of truth. The peOpl
! would see some day, if they don
, now
! When God made woman wit
greater religious endowment tina
man. she was his genesis for all goo
! things. She is the devils genesis fC
!. bad things IL Is "A fight betWee