Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-24
ONE MAY MAKE
OR BREAK MAN
WOmen's Power in Affairs
Sermon Theme.

Vancennent from the position of a chattel
TO the throne of woman suffrage to see
the privileges which have come to woman.
But with her privileges come great re-
sDonsibIities. Women who have sought
nothing but luxury have driven men to
destruction. The craving for Outshining
her neighbor and the spirit for display
has brought ruin upon many a wifes
husband"
That the religions ideals Of men are
easily changed and influenced was the
statement Of Or. Fifer who pointed out
that a lack of fellowship in religious
thinking has caused the ruin OF both
home and business.
There is no privilege so great as that
OF saving 4 man from his cowardice, and
the greatest privilege is human devotion
tSat comes from the love that q man
bears a woman. Examples of this are
in the daughter, who never gives up her
father. the wife who still hopes for her
husband and the mother who prays for
her son"
MAN SHOULD
STAND ALONE.
"A man, however, should stand alone
for he is not to be excused entirely on
the ground that he was tempted by
woman. Still it was Gods ideal that we
should stand together, work together and
live together. The hut which is like
palace to its occupants is only the one
where there is love"
Then taking his women who determine
the destinies Of men from the parallels,
DR.. Fifer drew the caricature Of the
woman who had It in her power ito draw
an angel down"
The woman who ruined a man-her
name is most often Beautiful Such
woman was JezebeI of Tyre who, endowed
with beauty and intelligence, had it with
in her power to make her name memo
rable in the history of Israel. With all
her bad qualities we cannot help admir-
Ing her for the courage with which she
met her death. Knowing that she was
about to die she determined to die as a
queen. 1t is to be regretted that her
talents Of oratOry were not applied 70
making Israel great as Greece was in
art and Rome in law, instead of running
not only her husband. Ahab, but also the
whole Of Israel"
DR.. Fifer showed that Ahab, having
every opportunity to make his kingdom
a success, failed because Of his political
marriage.
Marriages Of today and yesterday"
declared Dr. Fifer, (which are not for
love. always fail Marriages made for
wealth. political and commercial OBJ
jectives. always spell ruin. and so Ahab's
marriage to his queen for the purpose OF
opening a way for his country's exports
ended unfortunately"
He pointed out that the fundamental
cause Of a woman's destruction OF man
is extrava gance, showing that JezebeFs
desire for luxury caused her to break
the law OF the country which even the
king had not dared TO disregard
WOMAN WHO
SAVED \ MAN.
"And the women who saved a man
her name is Love. IN the old Testament
she IS probably named several times
Deborah is, without doubt, one OF these
and the man she saved was not her hus-
band"
Or. Fifer showed the analogy between
Deborah, who saved her country through
puttinr confidence into a mans heart,
and Jezehel. who ruined the same gov
eminent because Of her wantoness- lie
showed that the two held a similar Pc
HticaI pOsition and that both had equal
opportunities Of doing good
Modern men are ruined ne SAID
ssand modern men are saved by modern
Jczebels and modern Deborahs. The
mower which women have over men Is
the same which il has been through gen
eratfons. There are hundreds Of honest
men going 10 ruin because they are in
fuenced by an idle woman and there
are hundreds Of others who are being up
lifted by the high ideals OF a good
woman"
With the addition Of ffty-four new
-lembers TO the Boys Big Meeting or
ranization at the meeting at the audi
forum Of the Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION Sunday afternoon, the total en-
zollment was brought to more than four
hundred.
A plan has been arranged that the boys
Of the city viii be the guests OF the
Big Meeting members this week. The
following schedule has been arranged for
entertaining them: Grade schools, Tues
day and Thursday, to > o'clock: Satur-
day. 9 10 II o'clock High schools, Non
day. wednesday and Friday. 3 to 3
O'Clock Employed boys, Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, to s o'clock.
DR.. ". L. Ewing addressed the boys
meeting yesterday. his subject being the
life Of David and his youthful training
from the standpoint OF the modern boy.
Musical numbers were given under the
direction OF Paul Birchfeld, and Dick
Cox showed Il number Of motion picture
films. Mr.. Cox Will show similar films
at each Sunday meeting.
At the Mems Big Meeting at EngIIsh's
Theater Sunday afternoon Miss Margaret
Stahl, reader, gave John DrinkYater's
play, Abraham Lincoln" The play.
which is divided into six sections. was
given by Miss Stahl with vivid depletion.
The dramaCzatiOn opens with a scene
at Lincoln's boyhood home in Springfield.
Ohio, and closes with the tragedy scene
at Ford's Theater the night Of his death.
The attendance was !, 265 and a collec-
ton Of S11S.S3 was received. The speaker
next Sunday viii be Bishop Edwin NJ
Hughes of the Boston area OF the Meth
Odist Episcopal Church. Bishop Hughes
who was formerly president OF De PAW
University, viii speak on Are You a
Coward z"