The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-02
MISSIONS.
AUXILIAR
MY IDEAL WOMAN.


This is q thing thai is hard 10 do 4
put down in cold words "my ideal " o
man" But the thought that comes t. sa'
nearest TO expressing it is summed "
in the one word "Mother." There
no word ip the whole language tr Isl
brings with it more feeling and appe as
to more people. No name is more sw ad
or precious, or expressive of more ts-
portant things. The queen that sits le
on the throne of home, crowned ud
scepsered as none other can be l; s.
mother.
! Think of the trust committed to er
an immortal soul lnhabiting q mo rita;
body, to be mused and trained and de
reIoped and educated for time and 'as:
pirv: 2 soul to be saved from SIN ant
SaIan: 10 be fitted TO bless the gor4C
aud 10 be forever blessed 10 eter EiIST
! Is not this the duty of every woman Gahc
has a precious child entrusted TO, &el
keeping? And what greater couldl snY
woman do?
| Napoleon knew the power OF rno'shers
wh-n h. said the great need OF + rance
is mothers"
Scotland knew also when she insists
san ounce of mother is worth pound
of clergy"
One of the ancient orators in speak
irg of the Roman mothers said. "th
emp re is at the freSide."
Mohammed expressed a great. truth
when he said, paradise is at the feet
of mothers"
John Gray said :'the hand that rocks
the cradle is the hand that rules the
world "
In studying the biography OF great
men, they nearly all give the credit OF
their greatness to their mothers.
Henry Clay, the pride and honor of
our country, ever spoke of his mother
as his model.
Brpi. Franklin referred to his mother
in the tendrrest tones OF perfection.
Thomas Gray reVerred bis mothers
memory. After his death her gown and
wearing apparel we're found IN his
trunk just as she left them He looked
To her as his model.
Francis Marion, "The Swamp Fox"
gave his mother credit for his greatness.
In Bible history, Judah's wicked
Kings and their awful reigns were re-
Election 90 their mothers.
Who does not give Mrs. Wesley a
share in her sons' greatness?
John Randolph was once heard to say
that the only thing that saved him from
atheism was the remembrance OF the
hour when devoted mother, koeeling
bv his side, took his little hand 10 hers
and taught him to say, Our Father:
who art 10 Heaven"
And what Of our own experiences?
We see what the mothers empire is.
OF course she has to be qualified for it.
She does not have to be the best edu-
Gated woman in the community (the
better educated though, the better;)
she does not have to be the wealthlest
woman in the community: she does not
have to be the handsomest or the best
dressed woman 10 the community: She |
does not have 10 be the most popular
socially; and God deliver Us from the
suffragette who can Quaf the cham
payne. handle the poker chip, puff the
cigarette, indulge in profanity and such
things that are entirely un-womanly.
But the broad minded, unprejudiced,
unsel6sh woman whose great heart goes
out to humanity aud is ever ready to
lend a help ng hand, who is kind and
gentle, and who takes deep interest in
the religious life and whose heart is
ceutered on God. who is loyal to her
tiresde, who keeps in touch with the
Soci.. life and gets all the Innocent
pleasure she can cram into her life
without a. sacrifice of other essential
things; who keeps herself Informed as
far as POSSIBLE and her mind bright
Such a woman, whether she be a
mother 10 reality or not, is mother in
spirit-such woman is my ideal wo-
man" Long may the memory Of
mother linger with US and the gener-
ations 10 come and keep our ideals and
our lives on higher plain.
Mrs. OLIVER O'BRYAN.