Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-05-08
# A MAN INSULTS
WOMAN, THEN GIVE
HIM GOOD BEATING
Advice of Moderator Rev. Dr..
Mark Matthews to the Busi-
ness Men at Their
Luncheon.
IT'S A PREACHERS DUTY
Says Most of the Girls Gone
Wrong Are Directly Charge
able to the Mems Per-
sistence.

Sioux City. Ia. May 7.-"I have dealt
Just as much as any man, and 1 have
no sympathy with the remark that
our girls are all going wrong,
said DR.. Mark A. Matthews, mod
orator of The Presbyterian gem
eral assembly in an address before "A
large gathering of business men at the
Commercial club today noon. DR.. Mat
thews arrived in Sioux City this morn
Ing and delivered the dedicatory adj
dress at the ,lnvejling of Prospect Hill
monument at 2:30 o'clock this after
noon
"If the internal men who are after
the girls all the time were handled
right there would be few girls go
wrong. Ninety per cent of the fallen
women of today are subjected to their
lives OF shame through the persistency
OF men. Men are. entirely to blame for
the condition of women in this coun-
try. A man--prcacher or no preach
er--who would not knock man clear
across the street for insulting q woman
ought to be put on chain gang for
life
Parents Can't Dodge Duty.
Dr. Matthews talked on the theme
OF personal and practical evangelism
among business men. He declared that
1T was mans personal duty to intll-
ence his employees into Christian chan
nels. He scored the bankers who seek
fore employing him, but who do not
Investigate their Christian lives.
Parental neglect was emphasized as
common falling.
We have truant officers, juvenile
courts: curfew laws and other unlim-
HfE.fl- -fNrf 'r,f
form the function that should be taken
care or in the home" he said. God
Will hold you personally responsible for
your children. and YOU can't shift the
blame opta the shoulders of your
: wives. w God tlacreed YOU the head of
.he damllN n,,l;i. and you can not shift the
responsibility. You may give your
wives the power to vote and take part
In the governing of your country. but
while they are doing it, they too. are
neglecting the home alter while their
children go to hell"
Takes Rap at Elders.
Dr Matthews declared that 60 per
cent Of the school children in this
country today are prone to telling lies.
He gave as the reason for this the
fact that not n book in the public
schools deals in the least way with
Christian teachings.
The elders OF the churches also came
~! ioI severe crluclSm by him. He de-
clared that If they were not going TO
perform their duties az elders they
should at least have enough conscience
left to give up their positions and
take one where they could sleep and
feel that they had performed their
duty"
The Unveiiing.
IN his dedicatory address at the un-
yelling ofAthe monument this afternoon
Or. Matthews reviewed the life of
sheldon Jackson, in whose honor 1t was
erected. Sheldon Jackson and two
other preachers held long PRAYER
meeting on Prospect hill on the eve
of extending missionary work into the
western country, April 30, 1869. From
this point as far north as Alaska and
for hundreds OF miles In other direc-
tons jackson did great missionary
work. He was at one. time made gov
ernor of Alaska, receiving appointment
from the president. and in 1897 was
appointed moderator of the general as
sembly. All these points were re-
viewed by DR.. Matthews. He also
spoke of the wonderful development,
spiritually and otherwise. of Iowa.
Rev. r. D. Echlim, chairman of the
t1nodical committee. presided at the
ceremony G. H Cummings delivered
the historical. address. Baby Margaret
Eehlin. daushtcr of Rev r. d. Echlin.
unveiled the monument