The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-17
DR. CHAPPELL DELIVERS
FORCEFUL SERMON ON
CHILD Rem At THE
{ Y { \ | \ 6 SERVICES

The services at the Broadway
Methodist church began at 7l5 with
a Commute organ recital by Miss
Ann Thompson which was thoroughly
enjoyed by all. The house was
packed to capacity and scores of
people We're turned away because
Of lack Of room.
Dr. Ashley Chappell's subject for
the evening was "The -Four Children"
He spoke first of the child that
never was, He said that every man
and every woman is a father or a
mother in some way The woman or
the man who has never married is
the mother or the father of the
child that never was Oftentimes
when one speaks of an unmarried
woman as an Old maid there is a
litter Of laughter Though she has
no children of her own she is the
mother Of the child that never was.
She should go out and find mother
less and fatherless children and care
for them, There is so much work
to be done along this line and much
happiness could be derived out of it,
Next Dr. Chappell dealt with the
child that was, Many parents have
had children and kept them for a
little while and then they were taken
| away from them into the great be-
yond God says suffer little chill
dren to come unto me for such is
the Kingdom of Heaven Though
they are gone the parents hearts are
forever filled with love Of them.
| There is work for the mother or
father who has lost a child, or who
! is the parent Of thet child that was.
There are so many little children
who have no home and who long
| for the love OF a mother and father
The parent Of the child that was can
| relieve the ache in his OF her heart
to some extent by going out and try
ing to make these homeless children
happy.
Then Dr. Chappell spoke on the
child that is. He said: Wonderful is
the child that never was and won
derful is the child that was, but most
wonderful of all is the child that is.
Because boy is mischievous he is
not bad. Or if = boy is hard to deal
with, he is not all bad. The child
that is needs a Christian father and
mother a man came TO me not long
ago and said, Il don't like the church
and / don't like the preacher and /
don't like anything about the church,
but | go because my little girl wants
me to-" Another man came 10 me
and said Preacher, when ! was a
boy ! picked thorn and put it in
my pathway / didn't realize what
was doing. didn't think of to-
morrow, | thought only of today
put a stone in my path and boul-
der in my way. Now ! am stumb-
ling, sfalling. fainting. bleeding my
way over the stones, boulders and
thorns and ! am going to hell" We
parents should help our children TO
thing Of the tomorrow. Don't live
just for today The child that is
needs Christian father md mother
Let us live better for the sake of the
child that is"
Lastly DR.. Chappell spoke Of the
child that IS to be. Someone noce
said a child must be very careful
about picking its grandparents. The
child to be is absolutely helpless in
this choice, so we should be exceed
ngly careful in making it for him
Let the young girl be careful in
choosing a father for her children
and Jet the young man he equally
as careful in his choice OF a mother
/ Tor his children Let us live a Chris
tian life for the sake OF the child
that is To he"