The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-18
What Constitutes a Good Daughter.

What Constitutes Good Daughter.
The first essential element in
a good daughter is found in low
ing obedience to the principles
and teachings of a wise mother.
The mother has become enriched
through years of experience
she has fought the battle of diff
iculty and learned thereby how
to win the greatest victories.
It becomes a good daughter,
therefore, to the subject to her
authority, considerate of her
wishes, ready to receive her
councils, appreciative Of her
love and grateful of her assist
ance.
The mother is frequently bur
dened with manifold cares. A
daughter will cooperate with her
from the least to the greatest
service. and thus not only relieve
her mother, but by the law of
spiritual growth, develop in her
selfall that is highest and no.
blest, for every work, however
humble. done in the spirit of
Christ, blesses the worker. AS
Ruskin so beautifully teaches in
his "Ethics of the Dust" Those
who sacrifice all things receive
all things-all good comes to the
unselfsh.' Through the activi-
ties of such a life the daughter
richly endowed for the highest
service. fitted to bless not only
the mother, but the whole world.
To obey the scripture in the
truest sense on this point, good
daughter should form the char.
acter and manifest the spirit
that is in harmony with the
mothers teaching. This is a.
mother honored. Will not our
noble young Y's take these les
sons to heart, faithfully and duti-
fully following theiT mother. the
WIS counsel, sit at her feet, lis
ten to her admotion, warning
and instruction, profit by her ex
perience, go with swift feet to
do her bidding, cheerfully coop
crate in every enterprise and
thus become the blessed sharer
of her penefcence? When she
is burdened with care, present
yourself for service, saying.
s'Here am I. Send me. What
can I do? Let me relieve you,
and with the joyous spirit of en-
thusiastic youth, shed radiance
upon every difficulty Then the
mother and daughter will to-
gether go from strength to
strength, filing the world with
light and JOY and peace! In af-
ter years, when the mother by
Gods ordering passes into
heaven, the daughter, the crown
Jewel of her life, will be thor
oughly furnished unto every
good work" ready not only to fill
her place lie the ranks of service,
but from a thankful heart to rise
up and call blessed that noble
mother who has so fully equipp-
ed her for the battles of life.
The world will also proclaim her
praise for training a daughter of
priceless worth, in her beautiful
fidelity to the cause of truth and
righteousness. Human hearts
will be set to music as the good
daughter passes along the way,
little children and the aged will
lean upon her for strength, and
rejoice at her presence. She
Will cause the waste places to
break forth into singing, will be
an evangel of light to all who sit
in darkness, a binder Of broken
hearts, proclaiming liberty to
captives, giving beauty for ashes,
the oil of Joy for mourning, the
garment of praise for the spirit
Of heaviness. Holy beauty will
adorn her brow, love apparel
her in smiles. her thoughts.
made pure by the breath Of
heaven, will become the gladness
of the world. She will go forth
to succor men, lift the fallen,
cheer the faint and, with tender
hand, wipe the tears from Sor-
rows eyes. She will become the
rarest daughter Of the nation:
robed in light and clothed with
strength, the friends of every
man, calling them to holy pur-
pose and lofty ideals. Being
noble, the nobleness that lies.
In other men, sleeping: though
never dead, VIII rise in majes-
ty to meet her own"
These are the golden posslolll-
ties Of the Y, the beloved daugh-
ter Of the Woman Christian Tenn
perauce Union. J. +. De-