Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-26
SUBJECT:
SUBJECT:
SIS Tt Well With Thee7 Is It Well
with Thy Husband7 Is It Well
With Thy Child7"

With Thy Child7"
',ATy text is taken from II Kings, iv. 26
Ta It well with thee; ia Il well with tn,
husband; is II well with thy child7
.You remember the Prophet Elisha ant
mis- Journey to the school OF prophets uI
to Mount Carmel. There was woman
who noticed the actions and conduct o.
the man Of God and she said to her hus
hand. Let us build little room ant
mace therein bed, and bowl and pitch.
ar, that he might make It his home
aThe suggestion evidently met with the
approval of the husband, because ever
afterward the man OF God enjoyed thi,
bospitality. I sometimes thought she
might have been new woman of the
oden times, because no mention is made
OF the husband.
'rYou never hear OF some old Holsters
unless they are fortunate enough to
marry woman who does things and
their name is always mentioned in con-
nectlon with what the wife does.
"lf YOU will just lay aside your preju-
dice, you little frlzzy headed sissies, will
heip you so you won't make the mistake
your ma made
you know there are homes in which
the ndvent of one two and possibly three
children fs considered a curse instead of
often denied the honor of maternity to
eome women. But there are married
women who shrank from maternity. not
because of i'll health, but simply because
they love ease, because they love fine
garments and ability to fit like but
terhy at some social function.
'Crimes have been and are being COM
mitted; hands are stained with blood and
that very crime has made France the
charnel house of the world. And Amer
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wealth, we are fast approaching the
same doom, until or unless 1t behooves
eomebody with grit and courage to
preach against the prevailing sins and
run the risk of incurring the dispeasure
of people who divert public attention
from their own vileness rather than con-
denim themselves for the way they are
living They say the man who is preach
ing against 1t Is so vulgar, rather than
the one who did 1t was stlnlSing and vile.
II want to tell you women that have
never delivered this sermon In any town
or any place where 1 have been without
feeling embarrassed, but 1t has to be
done, and l will tell you right now II
you think YOU won't like what 1 say you
can go now, or else keep your mouth
shut when you get out OF here
IT am sure there is not an angel IN
heaven that would not be glad to come
10 earth and be honored with mother
hood If God would grant her that privi-
lege What grand thing 1t must be,
at the end of your earthly career, 10
look back upon a noble and Cody life
knowing you did all you could to help
leave this old world to God and made
your contributions In tears and in pray
ers and taught your offspring to be God
fearing, 80 that when you went you would
continue to produce your noble character
In your children.
FAULT OF SOCIETY.
Society has just about put maternity
out of fashion. When you stop to con-
Blder the average society woman do not
think maternity has lost anything. The
humber children are raised by their
mothers instead of being turned over to
governess.
There are too many girls who marry
for other causes than love. I think am
billion, indulgence and laziness lead more
girls to the altar than love; girls not
actuated by love, but simply willing to
pay the price of wlfehood to wear fine
clothes, They are not moved by the
noble desires of manhood or womanhood.
Some girls marry for novelty and some
girls marry for a home. Some fool moth
ers encourage girls to marry for ease so
they can go to the matinee and buzz
around. Some fool girls marry for money
and some girls marry for society because
by connecting their name with a certain
family's they go up a rung In the social
ladder, and some girls marry q young
buck to reform him and they are the big
gest fools in the bunch, because he would
not marry you to reform you.
You mothers are worse fools to en-
courage your daughter to marry some
old lobster because his father has money
ana when he dies, maybe your daughter
can have good clothes and ride in an
auto instead Of hob-hoofing 1t.
aAHr ~.
Today Look at the awful battle the
average stenographer and average clerk
nave to fight. You cannot work for 50 a
week and wear fine duds and be on the
square as much as you are without hav-
ing the people suspicious.
In letter to Miss Borson, President
Roosevelt said: The man or woman who
avoids marriage and has a heart so cold
IS 10 know no passion and a brain so
SHALLOW as to dislike having children Is,
In fact a criminal
APPEALS TO MOTHERS.
"As a mother, is It we'll with thee?
Are you pure or are you guilty? have
seen old wrinkled hands go around the |
neck OF the firstborn and kiss planted |
upon 1t, and I believe that a child be- |
gotten Of holy love and brought forth |
OF desire to glorify God-I believe those |
snhdren VIII no more be lost than the |
Bon of God will be lost.
is It well with thee? Is it well with |
yeur husband? The best man in the
world your answer. Very WE'LL is 1t we'll
with the chlld7 | think its responsibilities
ave equal, If they don't outweigh, its
privileges, and when God is in the heart
y the child, l don't wonder that that
nome is haven OF peace and rest.
nave no motive In preaching ex-
sept the interest I have in the moral
welfare of the people There is not
money enough to hire me to preach.
ssn YOU ladies, We have to do something
,noie s than wipe our eyes and blow our
noses and say Come to Jesus Go out
and shell the woods and make them let
{oa know why they don't come to
say Il is part Of the Gospel to in
,iaet' ,st' We take children and turn them
.oose al school and they herd on the
sanlpus and keep company and there Is
s selae fellow there. loose In his language
~ sseuna home. and he sows the seed there
dns. you want TO instruct the children
-tdut ana YOU can't hagi, 100