The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-06

not to give up Christianity and cleaVe
to the world nor hold to the world ana
give up Christianity. This is Gods
world and it is the duty of every indl-
| D.idunI christian who DrayS 'Thy
Kingdom come' to strive to make TINS
world a place where Gods will is done
as it is done in heaven. The first need
of all mankind is to be brought INTO
faith in Christ. When this IS done
the relationship between man ana man
will be brotherly. This is the primary
function of all Christian activity. The
first commandment is love towards
God but the second is like unto it, Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thYseII'
The social teaching of Jesus and the
Hebrew prophets summarizes the duties
of all Christians. Much inspiration Is
gained by study of Hosea and lsaEh
but when it comes to the actual work
we must know ths needs of the com
munity in which we live.
The Missionary Federation Of Ard
more which represents the strength Of
Christian womanhood in the churches
should be dynamic force in the moral
religious. ana political conditions of our
city 1t iwll be found on reading the
history of the world from the earliest
civilization to the present hour that
woman is due half the worlds atten-
ton. Courage. devotion, learning, ao'
venture. are recorded in the lives OF
Joan of Arc Isabella of Spain, Cath
crime of Russia, Christina Of Sweden,
Cornelia Of Rome. Marie Antonette OF
France. and in Englands daughters,
Elizabeth and Victoria.
Shall modern women. who are heirs
of all the noble that have gone before,
be les,s courageous? TFJ proposed
Federation offers unparalleled opportu-
nifty for the women of Ardmore who
believe in God and prayer to covenant
together for a purer and better city.
The Welfare League which was recently
| Incorporated into our city governing mt
| offers far reaching opportunity FOR
service to the Christian women of the
| cty The ordinance paISed by the
CITY council covers the following points.
Ito investigate poverty and its causes;
to enforce school attendance; provide
proper play grounds and amusements;
to regulate labor conditions among the
women and children; to look after charl-
tabt, institutions; to suppress Nag-
rancy: to cooperate with the probation
officer; health authorities; to see that
all taxi drivers and others in public
service are fraa from communicable
disease. 1t goes without saying that
those entrusted with the above duties
will need the hearty cooperation of the
best citizens of Ardmore. The enforce
ha at Shollld
challenge every mothers heart, every
philanthropic heart. every heart that
longs for Il better and purer public
arena in which our children grow into
manhood and womenhood.
Another opportunity facing the Chris
tian women of Ardmore, who become
members of the proposed Federation,
will be to begin now to work and pray
for the best type of Christian manhood
to fill all offices of the city. | say un-
hesitatingly that the Christian women
of Ardmore and vicinity can, by their
ballot and influence, elect any man
to any office provided they take God
with them in their choice. IF God be for
US who can be az ainst US "On- man
of YOU shall chase a thousand for the
Lord your God he il is that fighteth
for you, as he hath promised you,
we're the words of Joshua to Israel but
the conditions were, Take good heed
therefore unto yourselves. that ye love
/. the Lord your God" This brings us
again to the statement made in the
, beginning that the success of the pro
posed Federation will depend upon how
. much we take God into it.
Charles Lamb tells an amusing but
an exaggerated story of Samuel Tay
lor Coleridge. One morning as Mr.
Lamb was going to London Mr. Color
iige seized him by the button, and began
to discourse. Mr.. Lamb was sure his
story would be endless. SO he quietly
cut off the button and sped away to
London. When he came back from
London in the afternoon, there was Mr.
Coleridge in precisely the same attitude
holding the button with one hand and
saving the air with the othT. Mr.. Col
erdge had little care concerning the
relation of that thought to others. He
was so absorbed. that whether he told
II to Mr. Lamb or to vacant air, II
mattered not. Coleridge's inrsrtions
were good but of small value because
he did not put his plans into practical