Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-09
NEWS FROM IVES MINISTER.
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Mr.. Duncan was carrying it home
from his fathers home in West Union
last Friday.
Misses Beulah and Francis Ken
drick, who have been the attractive
guests of Mrs. DR.. G. NJ. Walker,
returned to their home in Atlanta
last Thursday.
Miss Annie May Smith, after spend
ing four weeks with her sister, Mrs.
G. G. Moore, returned to her home
at East Point, Ga, last Saturday.
Miss Smith Is charming young lady
and made many friends and admirers
while here
Thos. o. Parker has returned from
a trip to Shreveport, La.
M. A. Terrell has about completed
pretty and commodious residence
on "Hill Top" near the home of w.
l.. England
Miss Rena Harrell left last Wednes-
day for Charlotte to attend the Pres
byterian College of that city.
Mrs. w. w. Turner has gone to
Rabun Gap, Ga, to spend a while
with one Of her sisters. From there
she will go to her home at Athens.
Mrs. Turner Is an exemplary Chris
tian woman, and while in Westmin-
ster was helpful In Sabbath school
work.
Miss Ethel Marett, Of the High
School, spent Saturday and Sunday
at her home in Fair Play.
An Excellent Sermon.
Rev. j. r. Moore, pastor of the
Baptist church, preached an elo-
quent sermon on "Woman's work
and her sphere and privileges" last
Sunday. His discourse was we'll con-
ceived and he paid beautiful trib-
ute to the women Of our land. All
the songs for the service were COM
posed by women. Jesus Saves" and
"The Half Has Never Yet Been
Told" were sweetly rendered. as were
also the duet, 81 Have Never Known
You" by Mrs. J. r. Moore and Mrs.
D. /. Mulkey, and the solo, over
the Line" by Mrs. DR.. w. J. Carter.
Following are some extracts from
Pastor Moore's sermon: 'In one
brief discourse we could nc do JUS
tice to woman, her sphere and
achievements, her influence on the
worlds history, in war, in peace. in
the affairs Of church, State, etc. His
tory is not wanting in record of deeds
of Chivalry and heroism of woman,
but her chief power has ever been
in shaping the lives of those who
held the rights of the ballot and
fought the great battles Of history.
Those men, who in the recent pri-
maries in South Carolina, cast bal
lots for men Of character and nobil-
ity were only putting into use the
principles morality demands for wise
and good moral government, instill-
ed by their mothers. Thus the moth
ers and noble sisters were allowed
the right of franchise more than was
generally supposed. Those men of
greatness in the worlds history owe
much to the women who had in hand
their early training, the forming Of
youthful ideals. Thus, we see, the
hand that rocks the cradle rules the
world. There have been few called
upon to stand out in public view as
Florence Nightengale, but many are
they who have wrought as nobly in
an humber sphere. In fact, many
of the noblest examples of true FEM
mime heroism have been unknown in
history. Those women who kept the
home while husbands, fathers and
sons went forth in armies for their
country's cause make truer examples
Of courage and heroism than those
men on the battlefield. These were
in crowds, led by worthy generals, to
live or die together. The women
stood single-handed, alone in shat
tered homes to stay by the stuff
and guard the precious lives Of the
household, often in the lone hours
watching through the days and
nights some infant life hanging in
the balances between life and death.
In the affairs of church women have
ever taken the lead in the matters
of progress. The layman's move
ment of to-day is only the awaken
ing of the men to realize what wo-
men have been working and praying
for in woman's missionary unions
and ladies aid societies, ETC., for a
generation past. When the church
seems dead and pastor respondent,
he finds his greatest cheer in the
fact that the faithful women in their
meetings for prayer are remember
ing him at the throne Of grace, even
while the men have been over
whelmed in business cares.
Then woman plays her part in
making social ideals high or low. 1t
Is to woman we must look for re-
forms along various lines. AS an
example, woman who Is great
lover of fine hats fee called upon
to suggest In a magazine article the
need Of reformation in the matter
OF head dress for women in church.
1t is time that women should awake
to- the needs Of the hour when the
double deckers that adorn CD the
heads OF women result in eclipsing
the preacher view OF faces of both
men and women at church So,
turning to the ideas of the scripture
lesson, we see the fact that in woman
love stops not to count the cost,
while scheming man, with thoughts
of business, is counting the financial