The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-04-24

formatory for women, and Mrs
Frank r. Hill of Tacoma, Wash
president of the Washington Con-
gress of Mothers. Miss Lucy NJ
| Burd, principal of the Home School
for Boys, at Fretz, Pa, will be heard
upon Delinquency in Boys
A tribute from President Roose-
welt to the memory of Mrs. Theodore
| w. Birney, founder of the National
Mothers Congress, was read by Mrs.
| Schoff at the Birney memorial SER
| vices. The president wrote:
Through you express my very
real sense of loss In the death of Mrs.
Theodore w. Birney. Mrs. Roose-
welt and myself had grown to feel
a genuine attachment for her, and |
only regret that it is not in my pow
err to be at the memorial service in
her honor
In opening the memorial service,
Mrs. Schoff said: 1--WE come to honor
! a woman we all loved. We come to
honor woman whose work is to
carry on the work she loved so we'll.
In her last hours her one
thought was of the National Congress
OF Mothers. Her last words were
Whether here or there, | will >be
with you :"
Mrs. Schoff then introduced the
vice president of the association, a
personal friend of the founder, Mrs.
David o. Mears of Albany, N. Y. Mrs.
Mears said "A rare, beautiful, altru-
istic spirit has recently passed from
among us into higher life We who
mourn meet here tonight to com
memorate the memory of Mrs. T. W..
Birney. Deep sorrow and profound
sense of loss fill all our hearts, for
we shall see no more in our midst
at these gatherings the sweet face
OF our beloved friend, and never
again listen to her loving words of
wise counsel, which guided and in
spired.
Mrs. Birney was one of God S
mothers, and she looked about with
pain at the unframed, unenlightened
motherhood of the world, but she
foresaw that brighter days might
dawn for the neglected, helpless, sor-
rowful little ones of earth in the
homes of the rich as well as in the
dwellings of the poor
Mrs. Roome sang Mrs. Birneys
favorite hymn, Lead, Kindly Light"
Miss Janet Richards, a lifelong
friend of Mrs. Birney, gave a brief
history of the congress of mothers,
and told of the great task the found
er accepted when she set out to or
ganize one of the greatest women's
clubs in the world.
She told of the many hardships
encountered and the unfailing faith
OF Mrs Birney, and of her going
to Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst for finan-
cial assistance. Miss Richards said
in part:
Il cannot pay too high tribute
to my dear friend for her unfalter-
ing courage at all trying times and
her sanity patience. She had abid-
ing faith that from stress of storm
and clouds the sun must burst at
last, and that the cause of childhood,
because it was right, must prevail.
Perhaps the main secret of her
ultimate success was her broad and
catholic spirit, her abiding faith, Of
ten expressed. She often said that
however widely divided individuals
might bein opinions and in mere
methods and measures, if they were
one in spirit and ideals, striving ever
for the same goal, at last they must
unite and achieve the end desired.
IF there ever was a woman con-
secrated to cause, heart and soul
and frail body, ever willing to forget
self for the accomplishment of the
high ideal for which she was ever
striving, that woman was Mrs. Bir-
ney."
Mrs. Huntsinger sang the hymn,
Abide with Me-"
Another tribute to Mrs. Birney
was paid by Mrs. William King of
Atlanta, Ca, who said:
THE angel of death never claim
ed nobler woman or lovelier, gem
tier spirit than Mrs. Theodore w.
Blrney. She possessed magnetism
that drew all toward her. She had
a lovely face, and that greatest of
gifts to woman, gentle, musical
voice, and an earnest, loving manner
"a beautiful spirit of love that
made itself felt by all who came in
personal contact with her. She was
woman beyond comparison"
Mrs. Rodger D. McMullen of Chi
cago read tributes from educators
and persons interested in the work
the congress is doing from all parts
Of the country.
The matter of Sunday schools was
taken up at the session of the con-
gress. Papers were read by Rev,
Jacob e. Warren of Cambridge,
Mass; Mrs. ]. w. Barnes, Rev. Rob
ert G. Boville, Rev. Richard M.
Hodge, DID,, of Columbia University
IF New York, and Josiah Strong. D.
D., of New York.
DR.. Hodge Laid much stress on
he benefits of holding Sunday school
eachers' meetings. The importance
II teaching geography along with the
3lble lessons was also emphasized.
The Bible is hard book to teach"
aid DR.. Hodge, because it's ethical
standpoint is shifting. 1t differs in
lifferent books. 1t is difficult for
hose who live in the Christian goth
century to seize the point of view
# the actors in Genesis. The child
must approach the Bible stories from
he standpoint of Christian feeling: