The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-05-07
MOTHER. THE UNcRowNED QUEEN

By MISS b. A. JORDAN.
So many Names so many flames.
Have echoed through the earth;
So many deeds; so many creeds.
So much of change found birth;
But thru the Eons onward Whlrled
vaultered undefiled
Two figures dominate the world
A mother and child.
Whenever royal persons are en-
throned the whole world is agog WIN
the news of how they We WIN eacl
other to excel in the display OF pahlp'
splendor and elegance ana TOT ,s5nvI
ations after the story Is handed down
by those who are so fortunate as 70
possess inside information ana Set
how seldom does one of the m0haI
chs meet all expectations ana leave
record that stands clear cut from
the ruins of others as momuElent
to those who would benefit theretrom
come today to herald one whose
coronation, attended by the pomp;
splendor and display that the world
demands, Is yet to come, put WHO
just as surely and truly rules the
world as did ever any monarch grace
the throne of any country-athh ,yorid
monarch who has ruled the WORM
from ages, cons old to present time
and who bids fair to extend TINS rulS
as long as time shall last; speek Oh
erful on the coming destines OF the
church and the world. 1t Is she VINO
farms the ministers the rules and in in
cidentally the coming mothers. me
men of the nation. women TOO, az
but what the morthers make them
The voice of those who speak Win
expression of power and govern wise
ly or otherwisely Is but the voice Oh
the women who have ana Drea mem ar,
and there is not an unpreverted man
or woman living who does not ieei
| Indebted to mother for whatever good
is in his maite-up. rms oue 'ierr =
enforcement is complete, her Leisn
unrivaled and the moral issues
of her empire eternal. Her sublects
are rebellious at times as all earth-
| ly subjects are but seeing all thlHSs
| with a mothers SIX sense that Is pIlnu
| to jealousy and meanness and men IN
their true light as naughty chlidreh'
snatching, biting. bitter, but with
hidden side that is quickest touGheu
by love, she rules with patience, ten
derhess and undying love- Chrls'ioh
love and yet she rules.
And may l say here to all mothers
it is your opportunity. You are the
divinely appointed teachers. rules and
guides of your children and any at
tempt to free yourselves from your
duty Is in direct opposition to the will
OF God. If you neglect them the con-
fearful they are let those broken hear
ted mothers tell who have bowed in
anguish over their wayward and lost
children.
Napoleon once said. 1.-THE Great Need
of France Is Mothers" Our whole
country and especially our race Is
another France We need mothers. We
need mothers who will watch anxious
ly for the first risings of sin and re-
press them: to counterfeit the earliest
first beginning of rebellion against
rightful authority. We need mothers
to teach implicit, unquestioning and
cheerful obedience to parents and to
future allegiance to the requiremnts
of the laws of the Great Ruler and
Father in Heaven. We need mothers
to punish for faults because they are
of God, to say what they mean and in
fallibly do as they say. To be indus
trious. not a drudge nor a slave but
to employ all helps possible in rear
ing her children, most mothers need no
council along this line as their very
lines attest their faithfulness in their
maternal duties but we need and want
more Of them We need intelligent
well Informed as mothers They must
rear their children for this world and
the next; rouse the timid child and
push him into activity for the mas
tiers Kingdom; keep back the toward;
know Christ and practice this religion
that there may be fewer little feet
starting on the wrong road. a mother
may have the best culture and most
brilliant surroundings, but there Is
something woefully lacking and she
is unfit for her duties unless God is
there. | thank God that there are as
many praying mothers as there are.
The weight of responsibility is so
great that they must have the Divine
hand to help. the Divine voice to COM
fort and the Divine heart to sympa-
| thize. To the other anxious mothers
who know nothing of the infinite
you. Hannah, the pious mother of
Samuel and her God. The only cure
for disorder whatever it may be is
the grace of God, the love and friend
ship of Jesus. You are just as incapa-
BILE of keeping shame, woe, crime and
death from your innocents as you are
to turn back the hand to time to
erase some indelible mistake made by
YOU in your ignorance but the mother
in her office as queen of the household
holds the key of the soul and she 1t
is who stamps the coin of character
savage but for her, Christian man
Then crown her queen OF the world.
To us who lay our claims on moth
er's involves the duty Of respect. The
aged mother of a grown up FAMILY
needs no other certificate of worth.
proved and warranted. The most gre
vious of the ills of life have been
hers, trials untold and known only to
God and herself, she has borne in
cessantly. She has fought the good
| fight and has come off COnqueror and
is more honorable and deserving than
any victor from any battlefield. Others
may love you but never q owe as that
of your mother.