Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-11
WOMAN RAISED
FROM BONDAGE
BY THE MESSIAH
DR.. c. E. LOCKE breaches
SERMON TO MISSIONARIES
SAYS LOVE AND DUTY ARE MOST
IMPORTANT WORDS OF ALL
Denounces Mrs. Eddy, Mrs. Tineley,
Emma Goldman and Annie
Besant and Puts All In
Same Category

Jesus has highly exalted woman. He
has made her the custodian of the happi-
and peace of the world. Next to
Christ himself the divinest Influence MAX
ing for the regeneration of mankind is a
good woman."-Rev. Charles Edward
Locke. D. ID.
DR.. Charles Edward Locke at the
First Methodist Episcopal church yes
terday morning delivered the anniver-
sary sermon before the great national
convention of the Woman's Home Mis-
sionary society, now being held at the
First church. His theme was Love
and Duty" and his text was: The
house was filled with the odor of the
ointment" John xii 8. He said in part:
Love and duty are the two most
important words in the Christians vo-
cabulary. Love is an attribute of duty.
To the extent that we love we have the
divine nature. Love is the handspring
of civilizations it is establishing the
parliament of man. Love is strength;
it is a token of refinement. Cruelty,
bestiality and selfishness go out when
love comes in. Love is sacrifice; it is
faith, hope, light, life, beauty and
peace.
OuIy IS d l6Sl VI OuI pIOleSSiOll VI
love and loyalty. If a man says he
loves his country and would not fight
for it; if he says he loves his home and
neglects his family; if he says he loves
bis God and makes no sacrifices, all
of his assertions are grotesque and
meaningless.
Duty Reveals Truth
Duty reveals truth, dispels doubt.
Tho n ha hnl Of hn1ias
is by the way of the via dolorosa of
duty and sacrifice. Daniel Webster said
that "a sense of duty pursues us ever
The month of October shall see again
the anniversary of the battle of Ira
falgar, where Nelson shouted to his
men, England expects every man to do
his duty To have our faces set like
a flint to do our duty will quicken
our consciences, strengthen our cour-
age, hasten our victories and establish
our characters.
I'm sweet Mary's exquisite ministry
love and duty were fragrantly commin-
gled and the house was filled with the
odor of the ointment Christ has done
much for woman. The crowning act of
Gods busy week of creation was the
making of man. Four thousand years
later out of the tragedy and triumph
of Calvary a new order Of beings came
tianity has emancipated woman. An
cient civilizations assigned to her
servile place. Socrates thanked God
he was neither a slave nor a woman.
Paganism would perpetuate this
shameful anachronism.
There was great unused force in
the world which had never before been
applied-a good woman-until Jesus
Christ utilized this mighty influence.
Woman Is Recognized
DE Toqueville said: The sing -
prosperity of America is due to the
superiority of her women Christian
ity has recognized the social claim of
woman. In marriage woman chooses
her own husband, and the diabolical
atrocities of paganism, suttee and little
widows are not known Christianity
advantages; has recognized the home
to be woman's supreme theme has
made her a factor in church and state
and has increasingly regarded her
legal rights.
Jesus has highly exalted woman.
He has made her the custodian of the
happiness and peace of the world. Next
to Christ himself, the divinest infiu-
ence making for the regeneration of
mankind is a good woman.
"What has woman done for Christ
She has brought her numberless ala
baster-boxes and the world is being
filled with the odor of the Ointment e
She has brought her wisdom, her gem