The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14
The Warsaw Gate City
Warsaw, Ill, April II, 1915.

character and the personality OF
Christ cannot properly be credited to
his mother. Christ became not the
savior OF mankind because OF the In
f1uence Of his mother, but because ne
was appointed to save the human
race before the foundation Of the
world.
Mothers Of IIiustrlous Men.
A. Derksen referred to the fact that
most of the great men IN history as
well as of the present time have con-
fessed that their mothers influence
was a mighty factor for the success
of their lives. Washington, Lincoln
and Hindenburg have given testimony
to this fact. The mother is most I'M
portant for the preparedness OF life.
Jesus was educated at home by his
mother. Ask those brave soldiers IN
the trenches Of whom they think first
and most when they are In danger;
it is mother.
Rights OF Childhood.
e. Grimpe said that the fathers In
fiuence should manifest itself In
every phase of development OF the
child: Physical mental and spiritual;
physically as a child Of nature. men
tally as a child of man, spiritually as
child of God. Not only part OF
the child but the whole child must
be educated. There are rights of
childhood which the father must re-
+, spect. Why unwist the morning
glory when the sun rays will unfold
it in all its beauty? Woe unto the
father who robs the child Of its child.
hood by way OF his vicious habits and
Incidence. II the fathers would do
their whole duty and thereby exercise
that influence on their family as they
should, the child labor problem would
to great extent be solved Let the
fathers influence over the child be
positive, not always negative-"don't
! don't" Cultivate the chiid's sense
| of observation, which Is naturally
| quite keen. Fathers, keep your hearts
| open wide for your daughters; don't
leave this all for the mothers. Get
down to the level Of the boyhood OF
your son and bring him gradually NJ
to the level of your manhood. Don't
! look down from the second story win.
dow of your fatherly superiority and
example Sidney Smith says: III
you make children happy now you
/ will make them happy twenty years
| hence by the memory OF 1t.
Causes Of Delinquency.
The care for physical development
| of the child is important Physiolo
gists know much about morality. The
vices which drag men and women
I! into crime spring as often from un
| healthy bodies as from weak wills
/ and callous conscience. A chile
| learns by invitation and it viii be in
fiuenced for the good, IL the parent
gives a pattern by doing things thai
are enobling and eleyating. Yer!
| often fathers not only neglect theil
own religious education, but also thai
of their children. No well rounded
efficient and progressive citizenship
in the future Is possible with religion
! left out And since our public schools
do have to leave religion out. the
| Sunday school becomes CRITICAL,
important factor in the life of so
ciety. If a man wilfully disavows bi:
responsibility. neglecting his task Il
| influence the development of hii
child physically. mentally AMI sririta
| ally, he fails in his duty as a citizen
as a parent and a christian.
| Mothers Eternal Love.
| Judge Crawford maintained tina
the mothers influence is purer thar
that of the father. as men have more
bad habits than women. Under al
| conditions, at all times and places
children go to mother in confidential
matters. The speaker referred to The
legend of the angels who were sen
on the earth to bring up three swee
things. They brought sleeping child
| smiling in it's dreams, a beautiful
| flower, and a mothers love for hel
child. The smile Of the child wa!
soon gone, the beauty Of the flower
withered, but the love of the mothei
lasts for all ages.
The. motherhood that fingers
In a happy woman's eye,
II amt a smile exactly
Yet it's trimming full OF JOY.
And melting into sunshine
When she bends above her boy.
Or girl, when it's a-sleeping,
When it's dreams told in its face;
She smoothes it's hair, and pets l
AS she lifts it to it's place,
II leads all the expressions,
Whether grave, or gay, or wise
The MOTHERHOOD that glimmers
In a loving .woman's eyes.
There was no jury to render dc
cision. since the purpose of thes