The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-27


choir and Quartette sang several fine
numbers.
Response to Address.
Mrs. Sellers said in response to
the welcome:
Mrs. President and Ladies OF the
| Conference
At such a time, the words of well
come are always welcome, and we
would be untrue to our womenly In
Istincts, II we did not say so. and
proceed to show IL, by taking what
you give with gladness, and salute
!, you as fellow-workers in the Vine
yard of our Lord
| Beautiful for situation Is Paducah,
lat the north side of the conference,
at the meeting Of the waters. where
the clear streams of the Allegheny
and the Monongahe.a, mingle with
the warm floods pouring in from the
Tennessee and the Cumberland. Your
streets are good, your pavements
broad. your homes are elegant, and
your hospitality delightful.
We are a band of women come to
lodge with you, If perchance, any Of
your hearts are cold, or our zeal in
the cause lukewarm, Hike the waters
of the great rivers, while in your
homes, and in these meetings, may
they be baptized into one spirit and
FLOW together in love; than shall we
leave benediction on your homes.
What would women do without a
house or home? For only give a
Igood woman a house and she will
make home. Men and women are
born there, and nations have their
foundation there. God knew this, and
a long time ago had house built
according to pattern.
In Gideon the Lord appeared unto
Solomon in a dream by night
and God said, behold, have done
laccording to my words; 10! have
given thee an understanding heart,
and if thou wilt walk in my Statutes
as my servant David did, then l will
lengthen thy days" And Solomon
Isent thirty thousand men TO hew
cedar in Lebanon. and Solomon and
Hiram sent thousands to bare bur-
dens and hew stones. So that there
was heard in the building neither
sound of an axe nor any iron tool.
So Solomon finished the house. The
walls were Of cedar; the floors OF
Iplanks of fir; the doors of olive
wood; the courts OF rows OF hewn
Istone and cedar beams; the chapters
and pillars with pomegranates and
lily work. carved with knobs and
lopen flowers, and the altar was COW
cred with fine gold. and gold was
fitted over the carvings of Cherubim
and flowers OH It was wonderful
house. Women, II is true, furnished
the adjoining of it, with fine twined
linen and the beautiful hanglngs. but
when the, house was finished, she,
herself was mostly relegated to the
outer courts. (Is 1t any wonder 1t
became den of thieves?)
She had been a great sinner in CIV
ing man the forbidden fruit, and men
said she must suffer for II; so she
stayed in the courts mostly, even un-
I'll the resurrection, while the man,
Peter went boldly into the tomb, the
woman, Mary, remained without,
weeping. But the program has al
READY been changed. God has hon.
ored her by taking her up out of the
dust and making her the Mother OF
His son, our Lord; and He secured
for her a good home for life, when
He was dying. His first word on
the resurrection was, Maryland
He told Paul to tell the world that
In Christ Jesus they are one with
man and, therefore. equal.
Since then. wherever the gospel is
preached tn its purity. She has been
coming to her own. She is a queen
in her home-in her own realm. The
Christian Home, the heart of chris
tian manhood, and long ago walked
by his side to the mercy seat In the
sanctuary.
True, she led him astray from God,
but now, she is potent influence in
leading him back to the Eden Of
Faith, and hope and perfect rest Of
love to God and man. The homes Of
every Christian country are sancti-
fled by her gentle presence and
gracious infuence.--the joy OF her
husbands life and the pride of her
children. She still looks after the
hangings and the adornings of the
churches and affairs, and balees the
bread for holy communion and too