Arizona republican., 1910-05-09
Fitting Services A Tempe
 Churches Yesterday THE WHITE CARnA1|OA
Was in Evidence On All Sides - Special Services At Congregational Church in the Morning and Union Services At Night.

Noth.rs' dav was appropriately ob- served by the churches of Tempe yes terday. All the protestant churches oi the tov. united in the evening m a union memorial service in honor oi mother at the Baptist church This service was held under the ausp'ccS of the Modern WOodmen of Americd. !. and was attended by the members oi that lodge in body
 The Congregational Church maue special observance of that day anu children's day in the evening. ihe chiIdren's day exercises were iptcrcst- ing and well prepared and were foilo"- ed by the Mothers day services. Rev. John Harden, the pastor. preached an excellent sermon, taking for ms sup- feet. The Syro- Pheenician Mother. and for his text Mark 1:24-3O.
 He spoke in part as follows: lhe governors of many states and the may ors of many cities have this year, ls- sued preclamations setting apart Sun day. May Sth. as Mothers Day. to be celeDTdteu Douci oA lhCthN&''N wearing the white carnation and Dy sending to mother, if living. some toh- en of affection or a letter or message of love. So speedily has the idea oi Mothers Day grown in favor thronSh- out America since Miss Anna Harvis' of Philadelphia. conceived the Idea some three years ago.
 Speaking of the Syro- -Phoenlcian mother. the pastor continued: I'll was at the feet of this friend of woman- hood that the Syro- -Phoenician mother bowed Jesus had sought retirement was seeking to conceal himself among strangers. but he could not be md from the eyes of this woman She vas a mother with a mothers problem m her life. There are no eyes like the | eyes of a mother with problem and | there is no problem like the problem of a daughter. and this mother had ' daughter. The tiny being whose pulse i she had first felt in her own Neins | she was now carrying in her heart 1 She had given many years to tha' ! daughter These years were large sec 1 tions of herself and the more she gave of her motherhood the larger ano { stronger became her womanhood.
 l That is why childhood is so pro- tracted X long childhood means 1 long motherhood. The value of humaf life lies in that long period of depend | ence: therein lies the advantage O. man over beast. Motherhood is mould
 ed and tempered during the tedious years of childhood and the value of [ ! child in the family over d beast in th' jungle lies in those years of enforced 1 association with the mother. The chile | is born of the woman, but the mother 1 is born of the child
 1 The Svro- Phoenician mother ha. | once a daughter herself. She had n' problems then. She probably marvel ed at her own mothers solicftude, Sh' was the same. woman still. yet not th' same: the same woman but new heart She had the same eyes. inc! had new vision now. She was Twin: in the same world but it meant mor' now for she had daughter running | at large in it. It takes a mother t' see life and the world and discov I. ,t problems. a These teachers and professvr5 ar'
 college presidents think they are wis and that their problems are great a.i'
 perplexing: hut only mothers nav wisdom and eyes and hearts aud prob lems. The father and the men ana the big brothers think they are wise and that they carry heavy burdens ant
 that they wrcstle with intricate prot lems: but their problems are or'' questions of bread and butter. wh;. the mothers problems are the prob lems of life and death. of characte and destiny Whether Jesus carrie that day in his hand the white carrc ton. I know not. l do know he lcve' the flowers and sat at their feet C
 learn their sweet lessons of beaut.
 and fragrance. I do know that h. transferred their beauty 10 his lif and their sweetness to his heart An' | it is beautiful coincidence that tn history of the white carnation is con temporary with the emanciapatiol
 of motherhood by the Grea | Friend of womankind. So dow
 through the centuries have cope tn
 white carnation and the Christ idea o
 motherhood, to come into their owl
 in this our day-the Christ ideal to b
 forever cnshrined in our thoughts an the white carnation forever enthrone
 upon our breasts.
 Mrs. Baker P. Lee. wife of the recto
 of Christ Episcopal church, Los An
 geles. a well known singer and com
 poser. has composed a song entitle
 "The White Carnation." which ha
 been adopted as the Mothers Da
 ode It is beautiful composition. an
 as conclusion to the services at tn Coneregationai church yesterda
 morning was sung by Miss Vera Buci