The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-21
IL Is the Mans Place, He Says, to
Work for and Protect the
GentIer Sex.
MEMORY OF JAMES A. MOUNT
Offering for Homo Missions ut the
First Baptist Church-One Day i'm
the Local Houses of Worship.

Rev. w. A. Quayle, pastor of the Me
ridian-street NJ. L. Church, preached 20
congregation which filled the church
70 its doors last night. from the text, PAY
me that thou owest." Matt. xviii %.
He said, in part: 1.-The words Of the text
are, in the phraseology of the twentieth
century, a dun, which we are in duty
bound to pay. The nineteenth century is
dead; the twentieth century is here. The
old king is dead, and the new king Is upon
the throne, and IL is as though We owed
debts to the father which we are now to
pay to the son. l assume that we are man.
ly men and womanly women, and, there
fore, that we see our responsibilities.
II presume that one of the chief 1ebts
we owe to the coming century is proper
appreciation of the character of woman
and a final determination Of her proper
sphere in the worlds society. A depreci-
ated currency is not half the menace to
society that the deprecated character Of
woman is 1 stand by the theory in
economics that the worlds work should be
so divided that the greater portion should
get the greatest benefit from the work
the world has to offer to man.
WOMAN'S SPHERE.
Assuming the theory to be correct, is
it best then that woman should become
mans rival in the field of labor or should
she occupy another sphere in life? In our
chivalry toward womanhood, have we not
been unfair to manhood? There are women
holding positions in the world to-day which
rightfully belong to men. There are not
for hot
must therefore encroach upon and crowd
out the other. Woman was not created
by God to support man, but, on the other
hand, God intended that man should love,
support and protect woman. Let us con-
slider for a moment what is the best place
for woman. Is it best that she should en-
gage in business, or would ii be better for
her to be a business mans wife? l main
tain that there is nothing better for a
woman than marriage, and the same thing
is true of man. But the men of to-day can
not marry because they are crowded out
of their positions by women with their
cheaper labor. Are we, in our chivalry,
doing the best we can for woman by al
| lowing her to crowd out of work the man
whose wife she should be? Nay, not so.
| to work for her own living when the same
| position would afford better wages for a
man, who would thereby support both
himself and the woman. I say in sober
earnestness that IL is not fair TO society
| that there should be a double employment
| the ability to go out in the world and make
a living for himself and his wife, and he
| should not be deprived of his opportunity.
/ maintain that a woman should give a
L 0f err n
the matter before she seeks a public posi-
ton in the world.
TO MAKE A HOME.
woman was created essentially to make
the home place of happiness. and man is
well enough repaid If he finds her there
at eventide with the smile of love in her
eyes and a welcome on her lips. i do not
| say women have not brains enough-they
| have; do not say they do not make good
employes-they do But the field of business
and public position belongs to man, and
| a woman's entrance therein works both
of them an injury. Woman has never in
creased. but has woefully decreased the
keeping power of the world. What we are
to learn is that by no sort of jugglery of
| speech are we to change sex life. What
plead for tonight is that woman shall en-
| ter in the coming century. her rightful
sphere-in the home given her by honor
able marriage with the man she loves.
'"rhe next thing i think we should in
sist upon in the coming century is re-
| ligiousness in education. / do not believe
that Methodism, or Presbyterianism, or
any other one creed should be taught in
our public schools, but do believe that
any school system that eliminates the Book
/ of God is unsafe and works a menace to
the country. The Bible should be taught in
| the public schools as Jesus taught Ii.
/ Ethics is Gods first thought, and 1t is the
| honorable obligation of a country to see
| that the book of God has a place in the
public schools