The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-06

| and women Of the future. She has
the best chance also as she has Them
ut the unreasonable age Her ideas
ana IDEALS stamped on their plastic
hiihds can never be effaced This is
why nome should come first with ey-
cry woman. It lies with us mothers
ehleHy' 10 prepare the young Sc that
,hey VIII be strong, hOme-lovinp and
ho'ne-keeplns men and women: to
prepare them 50 they can fill
"or'h My the best positions our state
ana nation can offer We as mothers
can not afford to indulge ourselves en-
very much in vanity, in excesses If
oleasure-loving nature in unworthy
dHpltlons for social leadership or
course we wives and mothers muct
nave our recrcations, our outings o,1r
lrlends. Our horizons must eynand
ever as the days 60 by, if not we viii
ne'olhe narrow and cramped in o,,r
ives Our SKY must be ever blue and
S'enolng, or We viii. become linn
anu llleless as far as doing good
SUES, Duli tasks may be made tn
"'hle, when tired eyes and weary
minus become rested and refreshed
LINK rest and recreation are iust
as lhuch the duty of mother as is
wcrK. Zoo much monotonv makes
ene NINA clog and the Imagination
~, o'u ana then our souls cannot
ny Inc next duty of woman after
me nome is to the church of Christ 7
VIII tell you why l think so. It is
because we women owe chrjstia n;tv
almost everything we have. All tho
other religions teach the inferior;tS,
and subordination of women In hoo
then lands women are deenieed
abused and degraded. She &C.
the toiler in the fields. the ontc as+
MN ~, society, never a trusted friend.
ne ille VI woman in heather lands
hopeless blank, whose DESTINY is
70 eat, to suffer and then to die. In
Egypt She provided The food, bore the
purdens, and was the body slave Of
ner husband. In babylonia a girl
"hen manageable, was auctioned in
publ1c place to the highest bidder
what are the conditions in Africa, In
ola, emma and all other heathen
atlons today? Travellers and mis-
slonarlles tell us that there are no
marked changes. In all hoathen
lands where christianity has not on
teieo, the women are just where they
were centuries ago. The same down.
trodden beasts of burden, In China
no" man may have his wife uur to
aeath for the most trivial cause She
is owned by him as completely as arc
MS COWS and goats. Thew believe
that women have no souls, and thai
tney are Just born to work for mans
pleasure and then die like dog
al pagan religions teach the same
thlhs as regards women; Confusius
says thev are a lower species of be-
ing buddhism says her highest hone
IS mat she may be counted worthy of
returning to earth after death a. a
man. And thus the history Of wonoa n
IN heatGen lands through all ages ;s
ever the same. We see where we
women would be today if Tho cb
tan religion had not made ne freo
me christ life in the soul is the
oluy loundatlon on which enduring
CHARACTER can be built This is WHY
our men in christian lands treat rs
win SO much kindness, and respect
ana this is why We are happy and
free today. l'
since christianity means so mich
70 us women is it any wonder that we
al"ays expect to see them in the fore
front when it comes to christia n
"crk! IS it any wonder that women
over christendom everywhere arc ca
readv to RESPOND when it comes IN
sendlng out missionaries to foreien
lands where christianity is unknown >
NOT only is it our duty to HELM in
spreading the gospel Of love in hea-
then lands but we should be followers
ourselves because it is the best life
lor us to live. We should erasn
Whatever tends toward making of nc
women IN the true sense of the word
NO one OF the christian graces, saws
one seems more especially christian
tnah mat which our Lord illustrated
when ne washed his disciples feet
me spirit OF rivalry, and strife for
the nigh places he denounced. al
ways. When James and John asked
10 sit one on each side of him in
glory, ne rebuked their ambition
The ideal woman not onjv avoids
strife and display but she is a1wavs
willing to follow leader. even
though this leader is far her inferior
| w. IAS ~ dlSe, tIo glitter she
gives gracefully to another, for her
ambition is not for such as these
service is her only desire.
| Self culture is admirable in that if
Trans the natural powers of the
mind, but self culture is not chris
t1an grace although it oftentimes is
nopelessly confused with it. Chris
t1an character, such as an ideal
woman possesses is infinitely better
than culture because it goes deeper
1T is spiritual deposit in the soul y
Many are seeking the ideal life bur
are on the wrong road Some think
great wealth will bring it. Others a 70
struggling for intellectual fame to
get it, while others expect to get If
from a life of ease and self-indul-
gence. IT we can believe those who had
lourneyed these various roads to get
happiness, and reach the ideal life
we know that none of them are ill.,.
highways that lead to the desired
haven. We hunger for the big things
| because we believe they mean con-
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