The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-09-23
WORLDS GREAT NEED
is MOTHERS, DAUGHTER
OF GEN. BOOTH SAYS

Mrs. Catherine Booth-Clibborn Of
London, England. daughter of Will
liam Booth, founder of the Salvation
Army, told the International Asso-
citation of Women Preachers here to-
night.
This is fact that has been dem
onstrated again and again, my own
dear mother being wonderful exam
ple," Mrs. Booth Clibborn said.
LET me say right here that women
called to the ministry will never as
sent to the claims of motherhood be-
ing neglected.
Owe all know there has been a
marked tendency in civilized lands to
undervalue the supreme vocation of
motherhood, to make wives who will
not be wives and mothers, who refuse
the obligation and responsibility of
being mothers.
"The great need of today, l ans
wer with Napoleon, is 'mcthers.' We
have women who are remarkably eff
fcient in every sphere, education,
commerce, art, science. even the bar,
and parliaments are now open to
them, but as to the training of chill
dren, that is a lost art among us. 1t
is mothers who make men, and |
might add after God, ministers also.
They have a chance which archangels
might envy. That in itself is a Won
derful ministry.
Curse of the World
"One of the deepest causes for the
unhappy state of the world today is
t1e lack of mothers. Spoilt, selfish
children make spoilt, selfish tyrants.
Mothers who are called to the minis
try will realize their overwhelming
responsibility of training their chill
dren for God. Ny mothers eight
children speak for her in the gate;
our ten children also are following in
the same lines, seven of whom have
received seals to their ministry.
"The example of lives of self-sacri-
flee held before growing children has
more power with them than all the
Bible teaching in the world. 1t was
what my mother was, more than what
she said, that influenced us. If for
reasons of health, ETC., it is impossi-
BILE to combine training of children
with the ministry. then the children
must come first, as our obligations to
them cannot be replaced.
"What do we understand by the
word ministry? The highest voca-
ttion, the greatest task ever intrusted
to mortals. 1t is divine calling.
Call Almost Irresistible
"What about the call? How do |
know that ! am called? Not by gifts
,or Bible knowledge, not because min
listers, churches or theological schools
back me. All this may exist and yet
/ am not called. Gods call is almos.
irresistible, unmistskable; the junction
of the Holy One falls upon you. the
baptism of fire and love for a dying
world will burn in your soul and COM
pei you even against your will, as in
the case of my mother, to go out and
seek the lost. Oh, the seal of Pente-
cost, that changes all. This is the all
important preparation without which
you can do nothing.
"The other day when a girl of %
had been in the Spirit doing a wonder
full work for God, ministers united to
request her to take another mission in
another church, when one of them said
4 will not have her in my pulpit
'Why?' asked one. She has not got
her credentials Another replied,
She has higher credentials than most
of u.s.
IF you are called your life will
bear the glare of the public eye both
day and night. Again, if called, the
fruits will be abiding. Then mother
hood and all else will fall into line,
because home and children belong to
God. Education and everything else
will be ordered for His glory. No
compromise, and God himself stands
responsible for your life and will keep
his promise to you and your children"
Foreigners in U. S. Neglected
For long years we have sent mis-
sionaries to foreign fields and at the ,
same time have neglected the for
eigners at our own door," Rev. Lulu /,
c. Hunter of Chicago told the Asso.
citation today. Mrs. Hunter, a men, !
Der Of the Disciples of Christ and
chairman of local arrangements,
spoke on Americanization as a work
of the church and an opportunity for ,
the women preachers.
During the war the people of the !
church developed more brotherly