The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-12
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sy WILLIAM T. ELLA
A distinguished scientist was speak
| ing tosa large company OF influential
men. and a. he met one eminent citi-
zen after another ihe Was .yisibly Inn
pressed. The scholars embarrass-
ment was rather anusing, for, after
al. these men TO whom he spoke
We're at the wrong end ;of the 70-ysar
span TO be psrnsnently Influenced
by his message. He might more rea-
sonahly have been overwhelmed had
he been talking TO the same number
OF children. For It lathe person who
innuences childhood who affects the
future a. the world.
That scientist's mistake 10 being
daily repeated by the organized
church. She Is running after the
great and mighty. She II more
pleased 70 have the partial approba-
Non Of 9 millionaire or q statesman
than 70 have the life devotion OF .
Rhild. Down In Augusta. 80 years
hgo, two persons we're taken into the
Presbyterian church.: one an old man
bf 20. and the other little boy.
Pastor and elders were delighted over
The accession OF the old man: Il was
victory for The church. The other
was only q boy" The old man has
He'd long since. but that little boy
% the leader OF the organized lay
nen OF the Southern Presbyterian
church. who are assembling tnis
month IN two great conventions In
The southland. A Scotch minister
bnce said TO q friend. who asked him
kbout his accessions at the preceding
Communion, .Only boy" But that
boy was Robert Mcfiet. the great mis-
ionary.
The bsautifuI story from the Old
Testament. which Is the days Sun
lay school lesson, calls Us back TO
fundamentals and to the relative Inn
bortance Of the mother, the celo
md the church, the three greatest
actors IN civilization. A study OF
his idyl may freshen our ideals Tor
ur own times. and turn some per
ons back to reading OF the stories
{ the Old Testament. which make Q
permanent impression on the mag
hation Of childhood.
The seamy Side Of PoIyoamy.
Our latest problems may gain
Ight from this old. Old story. There
) no denying that the tendency to-
ny II to loosen up historic family
Les, and TO return, outside Of the
hw, to the laxer code Of the polyga-
hist's days and lands. Advanced"
hinkers on social questions who are
liking 30 loosely about the relation
Z man and woman. need to look
eeper into what IL involved In plur-
lily Of wives. or q multiplicity OF
afinities."
The under side Of polygamy 10
cumCovered with the worst senti-
hents OF which the human mind 10
hpshle. Jealousy, rivalry, fear and
eceit 70 hand-in-hand with plural
harriage or u- equivalent. Elkanab
ad two wives. Hannah. the child
kss one. he loved the better-for no
han ever loved two women alike.
he rival jeered and tainted the
hildless favorite, and none OF the
|othep and Jewels that the husband
lvished on her could compensate TOR
kck OF 4 child at her breast.
What the shrlnes Signify.
Hannah In normal type OF WON
MOOD. not only fif her religious In
Knots. hut also In her yearning tor
81 own children. The woman who
ilfully turns aside from motherhood
Z worse citizen Of her country than
e bewhiskered anarchist who throws
bmbs and breaches revolution. That
ne OF womanhood Is commoner In
ese artfnciai. modern days than
Fer before.
The deepest desire of the women
the world, taking them In the
RE. A to have sons. Before my
ina there. pass pictures OF the
rines at which Il have seen the
pmen OF many races praying for
n supreme boon. One Japanese
rine IN lovely Mike was broken
wn with the weight of inscribed
noden prayers heaped upon II. The
bmen OF BGbylonia make Pilgrim
sSto the reputed tomb OF Ezra on
. Tigris river below Basdad; 70
ay for sons. ] have seen oiack
danese parents travelling to the an
huities at Cairo TO make the same
The Answered Prayer.
Many childless women are as grew
ally misunderstood as Hannah wnen
was worshiping in Shiloh. Every
re Of her being breathed one over
hstering petition. In the outer court
the tabernacle she WAS praying
IN such intensity that she forgot
surroundings. Her lips moved
NO words came forth. Watchful
Ell tho priest, thought she was
Eoxicated and rebuked her. Thus
~ the lowest motives be attributed
hiGhest actions. When he learned
truth he, like every true minister,
nforted the disconsolate worshiper:
EIannah's prayer was answered and
=. coyenanted with Jehovah that
SON should be His for divine ser
. All his life.s Multitudes Of men
IN the gospel ministry today be
Iase their mothers dedicated them
childhood. It impart1 new sane.
20 motherhood TO train her child
God and country. This high ser
u exaits life and calls forth the
kloof passions. II was only yester'
q that a father told me that he had
Fen two Of his sons to the army OF
: OF the nations now at war and the
niger to the deadly artillery: he
"a. sws believe II IL . sacred cause
The Child In Church.
rhe beautiful picture Of the child
muel ministerfng in the taberna
Il loved by artists, and story-tsll
and teachers and childhood. It Il
obvious reminder for our own day
K the cnild should % churcn
k,th,s FAIR Mowers are q better tenn