Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-22

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teach child to love truth and hate lie,
| to love purity and hate vice, Is greater
| than inventing n flying machine that
! Will take you to the moon before breaNs
| fast. UnconscIously you set in motion
| influences that VIII damn or bless the
old universe and bring new worlds out
Of chaos and transform them to God.
| "A man sent a friend Of mine some
| crystals from the solentihc American
and said: one of these crystals as large
as Din point will give distlngushable
| green hue to l16 hogaheads Of water
| Think Of i'll Power enough In an atom
to tincture 16 hogsheads of water There
| is bower In word or act to blight boy,
, and through him, curse community
There Is power enough in word to tine
ture the life OF that child so It will be-
come n power TO lift the world TO Jesus
Christ The mothers will put In motion
Influences that will either touch heaven
or hell. Talk about greatness!
"Oh, you walt until you reach the NOUN
tains Of eternity, then read the mothers
names In Gods hall of fame, and see
what they have been In this world Walt
until you see Gods hall of fame; you
won't see any Ralph Waldo Emersons,
but you will see women bent over the
whshtub.
II want to tell you women, fooling away
your time, hugging and kissing poodle
dog, caressing a 'spitz,' drinking society
brandy mash and a cocktail, and playing
cards, is mighty small business compared
TO molding the life of n child.
Tell me- where did Moses get his faith7
From his mother. Where did Moses get
his backbone to say: Il won't be called
the son OF Pharaoh's daughter?' He got
1t from his mother. Where did Moses get
the nerve to say, Excuse me, please to
the pleasure of Egypt? He got 1t from
his mother. You can bank on 1t he didn't
inhale 1t from his dad. Many a boy would
have turned out better IL his old dad had
died before the kid was born. You tell
your boy to keep out of bnd company
Sometimes when he walks down the street
with his father he's in the worst COM
pany In town His dad smokes, drinks
and chews 1 would not clean his old
splttoon. Let the hog clean his own
trough. Moses got 1t from his ma. He
was learned in all the wisdom of Egypt
but that didn't give him the swelled head
START CHILDREN RIGHT.
when God wants to throw a world out
into space. he Is not concerned about 1t.
The first mile that world takes settles
Its course for eternity. When God throws
child out into the world He Is mighty
anxious that 1t gets right start. The
Catholics are right when they say Give
old and we don't care who has them
after that The Catholics are not losing
any sleep about losing men and women
from their church membership. It Is
the only church that has ever shown us
the only sensible way to reach the masses
that is, by getting hold of the children.
That's the only way on Gods earth that
you will ever solve the problem OF reach
ing the masses You get the boys and
girls started right and the devil will hang
n crepe on his door, bank his fires and hell
will be for rent before the Fourth of July.
"a friend of mine has little girl that
she was compelled to take to the hos
ptal for an operation. They thought she
would be frightened, but she said: I
don't care If mamma will be there and
hold my hand They prepared her for
the operation. led her into the room, put
her on the table, put the cone over her
face and saturated 1t with ether and she
said: Now, mamma, take me by the
hand and hold It and I'll not be afraid
And the mother stood there and held her
hand. The operation was performed, and
when she regained consciousness they
said: Bessie, weren't you afraid when
they put you on the table?' She sald
NO, mamma stood there and held my
hand, I wasn't afraid
MOTHERS INSPIRATION.
"There is a mighty power in mothers
hand. There's more power in n woman's
hand than there is in a Kings scepter.
"And there is n mighty power in a
mothers kiss-inspration courage. hope,
ambition, In a mothers kiss. One kiss
made Benjamin West a painter, and
the memory of II clung to him through |
life. One kiss will drive away the fear
in the dark and make the little one brave.