Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-10
POSITION OF THE QUEEN OF THE
HOME DEFINED BY REV.
w. II. HORNED.
TRAIN THE GIRLS
Minister Urges Men to Keep Daush.
ters and Sisters from Factories
and Stores That They Be
Given Higher Education.

1.-THE Influence of Mother" was the
theme of Rev. w. H. HORNED in the
East End Presbyterian church in a
sermon which held closely the atten-
morning. The service was one in which
Mother" was honored and the well
! known minister eloquently extolled
! the office of mother and told Of the
sphere of woman in the home. Higher
education and the keeping Of the girls
out Of the factory and stores that they
might the better learn the lessons of
home and future motherly qualities
were matters dwelt upon by the pas
| tor.
The text was IF any man would be
first, he shall be last Of all and serv-
ant of ALL" Mark 9:35. Mr.. HORNED said
| in part:
"Few, if any among men and wo-
men would hesitate for moment to
give mother the highest tribute that is
given to mortals. Nothing appeals to
| all that is noblest and best in men for
Christ and righteous living, so much
as an appeal that Is made to the mem
DRY of faithful mother. If you love
your mother. meet her in the skies,
are words Of hymn that is popular
in the worshiping world. Both poetry
and song have freely given the highest
praises to mother. When God made
| woman as helpmate for man, he
made a superior being whom man IN
| his sober moments has never ceased
to admire and wonder at. God made
her Of such high qualities and heaven
1y capacities because of his high es.
| TEEN and love for man. God saw that
it was not good for man to be alone
! so he made noble womanhood to help
| him be at his best. Man can never
again be free from the snares of the
devil without the help Of free wo-
| man.
Has Highest Position.
| "None under heaven has position
equal to mother. In nom Christian
lands almost invariably, women have
the last and least place among men.
Apart from Christ and Christianity,
she is made the mere tool and servant
of man. Our highest ideals of mother
! and womanhood come from Christ.
Our missionaries tell us that the diff
ference between the homes of Christ
endom and heathendom Is the differ
cree in religions. Christ always eman-
+! cirates mother and gives us home life
| Make mother free to be at her best
and with Christ she is glad to take the
last place and be the servant of all. AS
| a rule mother is the first to begin the
duties of the day and the last to lay
her burdens down. Even while the
household is at rest, on the cold win
ter night. she steps softly about the
| beds of her children to see that they
are all snugly covered. Others may
forsake the objects of her love and de-
| votion but she, never. Therefore Satan
aims his hardest blow at woman and
mother. He knows the power Of her in
fuence for freedom from the power 8
| that bind men. The brunt Of the evil
Of intemperance is borne by mother.
Thank God for the many noble moth
ers who stand like heroines between
their children and the devastation CT
alcoholic drink.
Fathers and brothers, as we love
| and honor motherhood. let us be the
sworn foe to the drink evil, for moth
ing handicaps mother and grieves her
| love like drink and it's associate evils.
/. "The greatest privilege of heaven Is
given to mother in the responsibility
and training Of the children. Christ
said, He that receiveth one such little
child in my name, receiveth me: and
| 0hosoever receiveth me. receiveth not
me but him that sent me. None 9TH
er has this place Of influence, and the
mother who receives her children in
the name Of Christ and trains them
for him, receives God, the greatest gift
that man can receive Happy is the
mother who is in such case. Thrice
happy are the children who have a
mother that knows God and has him
in her life.
Train Girls at Homo.
Our girls must be prepared for
such great privilege. Fathers and
brothers. let us do all that is within us
by the grace of God, to support the
home and give that sister and that
daughter the best opportunity to fill
the place that God created her to full
fill. Her best training school is in the
home and not in the factory or the
store. The noblest traits Of wo-
man are not developed under the
eye Of factory boss or the
| floor walker Of some department
st,re, but under the eye Of loving
and wise mother in some home. Home
keeping and home making are best
learned in home where devoted
mother leads and directs. Men today
would receive higher wages If women
and girls were not in the factories and
shops in such large numbers. Any
home can we'll afford to walk on plain
| floors without carpet or rugs and do
without other luxuries, rather than
allow their girls to be deprived Of the
privileges of a higher education. A
million foreigners with more Drawn
and muscle, with cheaper living, are
coming to our shores each year to
compete for our Jobs. The world over,
labor Is valued in proportion as 1t is
mixed with brains. We cannot afford
to mortgage our childrens future for
some present selfish gain. Is 1t worth
while to make great present sacrifice
in order that we NAV lift our daugh-
tiers on to a higher plane Of oppor-
tunitv.
"Some girls and women, because Of
circumstances, must work in the
stores and factories, yet let not par
ents yield easily to this demand. BY
the faith that is in Christ, there is
many a difficulty in the home that
may be overcome without sacrificing
our girls and young women in the
most formative period of their lives.
Men. let us do all within our pow
err both by teaching and by our votes
to give woman her rightful place
among us, and as much as in us lies,
let us guard her from every influence
which can hinder her from being at
her best in the home which she loves
and for which God has pre- eminently
fitted her.
Let us be always the sworn foes Of
the drink habit. for if we could see the