The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-19

~ ny PAo'Sill udS liIcy were not Sul-
lshed to begin in a modest way with
their limitel means but pass up tue
stageof rag carpets. etc, and want to
indulge in the velvet with all its ac-
%companying expenses. The Young
lady is not willing to begin at that
point, but desires to take up where
her mother left OIL and plunge into
the whlrl Of society, entertain Law
lshly and eNpensively. This leads to
spending more than the husband
earns and then the temptation to
dishonesty falls in his way, and later
the courts reveals the moral ruin That
has come over the couple which has
followed this path. The following
are some of the interesting points of
the pastors address on "Zeresh-
Misused Womanly InNuence:''
lin view OF the great influence
which oma eNerts over the minds
aud hearts of men that it is a sorry
day for the world when that intln-
ence is eNerted upon the side of evil.
1t seems to be a law of nature that
those who fall from Il loftier height
sink to a more abysmal depth. The
fallen angel is the most active agent
of evil. There is nothing higher in
humanity than woman at her best;
there is nothing lower in humanity
than woman at her worst.
1.-The complaint is often made that
man claims a different moral standard
women. This is true in the case of
a great many men. 1t is also true
that some women co not set a high
enough standard as to the character
of the men whom they permit to
associate with them. Some women,
who would scorn the morally delin.
quent woman-who is recognized as
such-admit. not only into their ac-
quaintance, but as suffers for their
hand, men not only reputed to be
but known to be morally leprous. One
redeeming feature OF men is, that
however low morally they may have
permitted themselves to sink, when
they purpose to establish a home they
say as did Caesar OF old, Caesars wife
must be above reproach. 1t is by no
means a commendable characteristic
of woman that though above reproach
herself she will take these men for
husband. Men are not alone in hav-
ing a different standard of morality
for men and women. Women do not
frown upon the morally leprous man
as they do upon the morally delin-
quent woman-and it is by no means
uncommon for a man whose life has
been lived at a very swift pace to
find it possil lie for him to sue for the
hand OF a pure woman with every
prospect of having his suit crowned
with success. Too seldom is he in
formed that his past life is a Eandi-
cap:
young woman will only marry him he
Will reform. But if he does not re-
form for love OF her before marriage
he VIII not afterwards as many a
trusting girl has discovered to her
SORROW.
my observation goes to show that
the gill who mar1ies a young man to
reform him usually pays a fearful
price for a sample Of hell.
INC one can study the modern
home life without feeling somewhat
of a great deal Of apprehension. The
sc%riptuTal ideal of the home was one
where the children were regarded as
gifts from God: ana a childless home
was deemed to be under the curse
OF God. The hearts OF Rachel, OF
Hannah, and of Elizabnth we're ready
to burst with gladneSS when at last
the curse was removed, they we've
deemed worthy of rearing men, and
the angels slipped into their lap the
tiny babes. When God touched earth
] n the mystery of the incarnation
the point OF contact was the babe.
Ile hottest of women was a mother
and the mother stands revealed as
the hottest Of women. What SPLEEN
did ideal of womanhood is set forth
in the last chapter of proverbs The
heart OF her husband doeth safely
trust in her. Her children arise up
and call her blessed
Eighty thousand homes in New
England alone are said to be childless.
After as wide a charity as we can
commands; after making all due al
lowance for natural reasons; with
all sympathy for those whose hearts
are sorrowful that they shall never
know the joys OF parehthood: we are
yet compelled to state as our firm
conviction that such a condition OF
affairs rests upon the twin pillars of
lust and crime. And back OF the
crime is vanity and s%eltishness OF
women who are more to shine i'm So
cietv than to fulfill the sacred flnc-
tlons of motherhood.
"Sne shall be saved in tn child
bearing" said the scripture of old.
The minstrelsy of the soul Shall be
sweet and clear when tiny fingers
sweep the chords OF love. The gard
ems of tile souls affection shall fruit
full be and fair when played upon by
fountains opened at the touch OF
baby's hand. Sorrows shall be trans
lent while loved ones share it: the
merry laugh Of children at their play
will chase away dark shadows from
the heart and dry the tears upon the
cheek of grief. Age will find it's
heart kept young and its wrinkles
smoothed away when ~trooping loved
ones conue to caress and kiss. The
pitifullest cry that comes from Jot is
that which has echoed frcm every
heart broken mother who has come
to miss the touch of baby hands and
the cooling of bauy voices-''when my
children were about me-" The
cblldlessness OF 50 many homes VIII
bring, in the sorrows, the loneliness.