The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-10
Churches of Birmingham Observe Programmes In
 Honor of Mother
HOLDS HER PLACE
 BY DIVINE RIGHT
Idle To Discuss Whether Woman Or Man Is Superior, Says Dr. Eos ter, as Theirs Is Joint
 Rule

Churches of the nation yesterday celebrated Mothers Day and joined in paying tribute to the mothers of the people Special programmes were pre- sented in practically every church Tn Birmingham.
 At the First Presbyterian church pr. John S. Foster preached a sermon on ,he subject of "A Mothers Contriou- tion," which attracted especial coin- ment for the beauty of the tribute pail to motherhood and the feeling mani fested.
 Those who spend their time in dis oussing whether woman is inferior or superior to man are giving themselves to shallow form of entertainment, said pr. Foster. "Bsth are strong in their own spheres. One is the compie- ment of the other. Each is help meet for the other How can there be inferiority when the rule of them both in the house is not as autocrats or as independents but is a joint rule?
 '"rhe place that mother occupies is ners by divine right, by the exercise but the expression of a principle of life inwrought into our very being"
 pr. Foster spoke from Proverbs sl:2S. Her children arise up and oail her blessed her husband also. ne Eraiset her"
 Dr. Fosters Sermon
 His sermon was as follows:
 "The great Greek historian said that womans highest praise consisted in not at al hat w ura .ble to say with Holland
 'O woman-mother O. woman-wife- The sweetest names that language
 knows,
 is due to the gospel of Christ To hold a service in which the honoring of motherhood is given exalted emphasis is consonant with the mind of God. Her children arise up and call Ter tlessed' At the altar of our mothers we are to tarry today in memory add fond devotion. The poet and the novel, ,st may speak of attachment to moth CT as sentiment or passion but sansr thought should designate it principle in which both sentiment and passion in their holiest aspects find a habitat,en, When one thinks beneath the surface of things he is carried by an unbrok en chain to recognition of an intimate relationship between the honor and reverence we accord our mothers and +se will of God thereto. It is son."- thing more than sentiment, something deeper than passion, aye, it is divine Inspiration that leads to the exaltation et mother It is the harmony of man S nind with Gods
 What is the basis of this asser- tion? To comprehend it cannot dim but must intensity the affection in which .I,.s t1o,. i, vii nod Trt1a mo if han hood begins in the home and home is an institution of God If We did nc. have 1t we should have to invent 1t for sthe welfare of mankind It's cree ton is not accidental but in accord with the great purpose of the Lord for his earth and his people. In his word he tells us, God setteth the acl- itary in families It is the statement of the principle upon which the church. the state and society emerge. Home be- gins in the protestation of love Tn ts a lurest form and of honor in it's deep est meaning for woman from man. considerable part of the first two rages of our Bible is made up of informa ton about the origin of the family the dwelling place of the mother Let US give heed to some of 1t and catch ss We proceed the successive steps that lead to the enthronement of woman. And God said, Let us make man Tn our image, aIIer our llkeneSs. oo Ssou created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him. And the Lord took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to dress and to keep it. And the Lord God said, It IS not good that man should be alone I will make him a helpmeet for him.
 Is Joint Rule
 'Those who spend their time in dis cussing whether woman is inferior or superior to man are giving themselves to a shallow form of entertainment. Both are strong in their own spheres. One IS the complement of the other. Each is a helpmeet for the other. How can there be infertority when the rule of them both in the home is not as autocrats or as independents but is a joint rule? There may be subordination in station, but there 10 no inferiority in essence Thus, in the creation of woman God lays the founda- tion for the honoring of mother
 And the Lord God caused a deer sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept and He toon one of his ribs and closed
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