Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-25

should all be dumped into hell. =
said Mr.. Sunday last evening in adj
dressing a meeting for women only
at the tabernacle. speaking on the
subject, Maid. Wife, Mother" Con
tinuing he said;
, Second Kings 1925: is il we'll
with thee: is it well with thy hus-
band: is it we'll with the child?"
You remember the prophet
Elisha and his journey to the
school Of prophets up to Mt. Car
mel. There was a woman who no.
ticed the actions and conduct of the
man of God and she said to her
husband, Il believe he is a man of
God. Let us take him in" And
they did. and furnished him a
room, and ever afterwards the man
Of God enjoyed this hospitality. l
som etimes thought she might have
been a new woman of the older
times, because no mention is made
Of her husband
You never hear of some old lob
sters unless they are fortunate
enough to marry a woman who
does things and their name is al
ways mentioned in connection with
II you will lay aside your preju-
dice, syou little frizzy-headed sis
tiers, I Will help you so you won't
make the mistake your ma made.
Crimes have been and are being
committed, hands are stained with
blood and that very crime has made
France the -Charnel house of the
world. Ten thousand six hundred
new babies born in one year were
f1shed out of the mouths of sewers
OF Paris. l am not talking OF
France. 1 mean Paris, and that
crime is well nigh making America
the charnel house of the world.
God has nothing TO do with wonl-
en- who are guilty of this terrible
crime. Malpracticers should be
treated the same as other murder
ers. I don't believe there is an
angel in heaven that would not
come to earth and be honored with
motherhood II God would grant
them the privilege. Like produces
like, in animals and in human
beings. Blood will tell in horses,
sheep, quadrupeds and in human
beings.
Time to Lay Aside.
It is time to lay aside mock mod
esty. You can't trif1e with Gods
rules. Society has Just about put
maternity out of fashion. When
you stop to consider the average
society woman 1 do not think ma
ternity has lost anything. The
child OF affluence is turned over to
the nurses at birth and is fed on
prepared foods and knows nothing
of its mother. The children 81
humber homes are raised by their
mothers, instead of being turned
over to the governesses. These
mothers spend their time in bridge
parties, gadding and fOndling pet
dogs; no wonder men go TO clubs.
No man wants TO play second fiddle
to a bow-Iegged bulldog. am
sure 1 would not.
There are too many girls who
marry for other causes than love.
l think ambition, Incidence. ava
rice, laziness and Indifference
lead more girls to the altar than
love. Girls not actuated by the
noblest of human feeling, but
simply willing to pay the price for
a good time. They are not moved
by the nobIeT desires of manhood
and womanhood. Maternity is the
highest possible gift Of God to-
women. The up-to-date women
pride themselves on their criminal
knowledge Some girls marry for
society, some marry for home. some
marry for ease, some marry to re
form a man-she's the biggest tooi
of all. He wouldn't marry you 10
reform you-sissy. 1t is no easier
10 make q hngly husband out OF
a beer-soaked cigaret smoking
specimen of e man than a pros
tituta can make a queenly wife.
You mothers are fools to en-
courage your daughters to marry
some old lobster because his father
has money, and when he dies may
be your daughter will have coed
clothes and ride in an automobile
instead Of hothoOfing 1t.
If a man has a right TO buy her
favors for money, she has right
to sell her favOrs.
Woman lives on a higher plane
morally than man. No woman was
ever ruined that some brute OF a
man did not take the initiative.
Women have kept themselves
purer than men. l believe a good !
woman is the best thing this sHe
of heaven, and a bad woman the
worst thing this side of hell l
think they rise higher and sink
lower than men. l think she is the
purest on earth or the most de-
graded on earth Our homes are
on the level with women. Towns
are on the level with women Ma
lions are on the level with towns
What our women are the towns
will be. The devil and women can
damn this world and Jesus ana
women can save this world. The !
womanhood of the world has to |
settle the destiny of the world. l
believe there is something unf1n- |
ished in the makeup of girl, with |
the absence of religion. The aver
age girl of today no longer looks |
forward to motherhood as the
browning glory of womanhood.
As Mothers See Us.
/ wish l could make girl that |
flirts see herself as other see her |
If you make eyes at the man on !
the street he will pay you back. 1t |
means that il you don't care any /!
more than that for yourself. why /
should he? II takes a lot Of nerve .
for a fellow to look a girl in the
face and say "Will you be my wife |
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