The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-15
DR.. BR0UGHTON'S SERMON

DR.. Len G. Broughton. pastor of the
Tabernacle Baptist church, of Atlanta,
IN his series of sermons on the representa-
tive women OF the Bible, took as his text,
And Miriam answered them, Sing We to
the Lord, for He hath triumphed glori-
ously: the horse and his rider hath He
thrown into the sea EXODUS XIV, p.
The pastor said:
From the jokes gotten off at The ex-
pense of old maids they are regarded as
sort of disappointed Gisgruntled set.
This is not so. Many of them are among
the happiest people the world has; GER
tainly many of them are the most useful.
They realize that it is not the purpose of
God that every woman should marry, else
He would have made moro men. AS q
matter of fact, there are moro women
than men,
Many of them are unmarried not be-
cause they had not had a chance, but
because they have not had 81 satisfactory
cnance. 1 remember hearing lazy, good
for-nothinG backguard cracking jokes at
the expense OF a groupe of so-called old
maids; and felt like saying, the rea-
son those women are not married is be-
cause they have got more sense than
your wife had when she married Be
1ulS dIy VI Us Iiltil get OIL <tiy liOlo "ttNAA
jokes on ola mails let us stop to think
Of this. l had rather be an old maid
with false teeth than to be the wife of
many men l know Think of a good
woman tied to a drunken. lazy wretch.
Who had rather not be an old maid than
III her place?
More Important Than Marriage.
Some women have never married be-
cause they have felt that God aad some
other work for them to do. l know they
say: The only woman who won't marry
is dead one. but this is not true,
Doubtless many of our old bachelor
friends will agree with me. They know
that the girl that bounced them was
not dead; at least she did not talk like it.
MANY of our best women today have
deliberately decided to remain alone that
they may do what they believe God
wants them TO do | personally know
many of them. God bless them. In
many cases they are true angels of love
and mercy.
i believe this was true OF Miriam l
never can believe that one with 50 many
Graces lived without chance at mar
lage. Her life was tuned to another
key. The mission that fired her was
leadership. She wanted 10 shape meas
ures and movements. She figured in
q bout many important events AS ANY
Bible woman that we have studied. she
was a strong character. Everything in
her life showed her to be a woman OF
wonderful generalship.
First, She was a woman Of good blood
I know there is a disposition 20 sheer at
blood 1 myself sometimes tire OF the
talk of ancestry / am sure that good
ancestry has been the curse of many
young man / woman l nave in mind
now one of the most distinguished fam
fly names in the south There are quite
4 number OF the family NOW living IN
different sections Of the country, but IL
can truthfilly be said the greater part
OF them is under the ground know
several of them. and not one would
trust with empty purse. iheE nave
relied on their good blood rather tnan
themselves Such course VIII always
END in ruin Blood can't do il ali. but
blood can help along considera5le way
Miriam WAS Of good Hebrew stock
= stock though despised in Egypt. It
was loved in heaven. She was the SIS
ter of Moses. The great law glVer ana
Aaron. the great high priest. We would
all be willing to trace our family tree
10 this point. Her home tor the present
was in Egypt, on the Nile. she was
there with other Jews because OF the
famine that ragged in Canaan.
4 Mothers Devotion.
Pharaoh. the king of Egypt, fearing
the rapid Increase of the Jews. ordered
mat every male child born should be
east into the river and destroyed. This
was the decree the fond mother had to
face when she gave birth to Moses. Bur