Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-11
WOman's Mission.
(By Mrs. Crews Carlson.

We scarcely know who is to blame
for woman's downfall, as we are sure
God made her for a great purpose.
She was his crowning work, for he
made her last
We see, as he progressed each day,
his creation grew better and better.
When he finished Adam he said his
work was good When he made Eve
he remained silent, for he knew it
would never do to tell Adam that
was good or better. But he left that
for us to find out ourselves (and we
only dare say it among ourselves).
However, man cannot change it,
Gods word will stand, but all else
will fail
We think the devil put woman
down, for he saw she was going to
seek for knowledge, and he was de-
termined to make her pay dearly for
it.
Dear women, we have been slaves
for 10 these six thousand years, and
now, thanks be to Him who doetn
all things well, We are almost free!
God is putting it in the minds and
hearts men to see that it is to be,
that they must see, that they need
the influence of the wives and moth
ers of our nation, to quell the grow
ing evils therein. They now are
made to realize that the one who
bears the great rulers of our land,
and the hand that rocks the cradle,
must know what the fathers know
and do what the fathers do, to be
able to teach her children and fit
them for the battles to be fought.
If, by mans ruling, the evils of this
world have and are multiplying; if
| by men alone the world wakes worse; |;
then it must be there is a great
wrong somewhere. Might it not be
that it is because he has kept his
| helpmeet in the background? You
will hear a wife say, Husband, you
ought to tell me about your business,
so if that heart failure should take
you off, would know how to defend
myself" 20 well, Sue, I'll have
things fixed so you will have plenty
all your life, and no one can take it
from you"
Yes, and how many poor ignorant
women have lost their all and come
to poverty on account of husbands
Indifference to her knowledge of bus
mess!
l will ask, do you think a woman
is competent of advising her boys, if
she is kept in ignorance? The faith
er is generally out all day and too
tired to bother with them. Then
whom will they go to for knowledge? 4?
Or must they go out into mischief
and worry their neighborsi If
Mother knows how to interest them
in the different things to fit them
for higher lie, teach them to write
or debate upon the different occupa-
tions in life, that will bring them to
a higher understanding, be it doc
tor, a lawyer, a merchant or a chief.
We are sure that any sensible hus
band and father will agree with us
upon this subject. There is no man
who has tendency to higher and
nobler life but that he wants his OIL
spring to become useful, and surely
no woman, especially those who have
children and have their future at
heart, could or would oppose wom-
an becoming interested in the men
who rule our country.
Those who never have had to rear
family can never know the anxiety
of a true mother. They have never
felt the anxiety for the future well
fare of darling baby. Really a
father never can feel that same ten
der love for his child that is given
to a mother, for she can look upon
it's tender form and say, | have suf-
fered death that you may live. Her
eyes are upon it. She hears it's
breathing; she watches every move
and ministers to it's many needs.
We would naturally ask, why so
many shallowminded people in this
world today? Because of the condi-
tions of the mothers before they are
born.
Give the mothers a chance. Give
her knowledge, and this knowledge
must begin at the beginning. Then
with good common sense and wit the
child is ready for its training, and
can be interested in things that tend
to bring it higher.
Now We do not expect the whole
generation to evolute to a perfect
ness in one day neither in one gen.
Grafton, but it must have gradual
development. We do not expect
woman to see and learn it all at once.
Neither will she at the first election
do all, perhaps, she should. Like all
other creatures, she must feel her
way. And while we are being edu-
Gated how to come from under the
chains of darkness, we have to edu-
cate our men to see the need of us,
and show them 'tis Gods plan, too.