The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1922-02-21
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Sermon to Women {

,s Sermon, to Women
|, Ghel afternoon sermon was preached
from the text In Proverbs 81 1927 2&
"She opened her mouth with wisdom;
and in her tongue is the law OF kind
ness. She looketh well 10 the ways of
her household, and eateth not the
bread of idleness. Her children arise
up and call her blessed; her husband
also; and he praiseth her," Rev. Lam
phear spoke In part as follows:
Solomon was the author Of the Pro.
verbs. He had great deal to say
about woman. None had better right
to speak about women The average
man learns a great deal from one wife.
But Solomon had TOO wives. Now,
strange to say, this man who had all
these wives had good thing to say
of the right kind of women. The text
puts high valuation upon the .virtu-
Gus" woman.
l don't think the character of King
Solomon ever rose to higher heights
OF grandeur than it did when he pic
tured the qualities of noble woman
hood.
Here is man holding in his hand
tho scepter of king. The head Of a
famous imperial dynasty-a man who
has at his disposal the treasures of
an empire-a man surrounded by the
glory of an ancient court, and guarded
by fighting battalions--he stands forth
and makes this declaration to the
world that the thing of greatest value
is not fighting battalions, not palaces
of splendor-not the majesty of i'm.
perial dynasties-but the thing of
greatest force in all the world Is
strong womanhood d--the woman of vir-
tue.
And the declaration of that old king
has been verified by history. What
was the matter with Rome? Rome
fell in the beginning because she
lacked women And when Rome STEP
ped to the throne of power and from
her seven hills in purple splendor
ruled the world-she fell because she
had too many fast women.
When Napolon was asked what was
the greatest. need of France, he an
swered Mothers" = strong woman
hood!
There is nothing today that will
send this country tottering to hell
faster than a weak womanhood, and
there is nothing that will save it more
quickly than consecrated woman
hood. l am not forgetting the raw
ages of wine! Wherever you find the
ravages of wine you can find traces OF
fallen women! And without a conse
Grated womanhood the redemption OF
human society stands as an impossi
bility.
no town ever falls below it's worst
women. No town ever rises higher
than it's best women. Do you know
that Christ and women can save this
| Ne-A
damn it! The devil has made his first
: attack upon this world by capturing q
woman. When God wanted to re
deem 1t He "sent His Son, born of a
woman, born under the law" etc.
! go woman has been the battle
, ground for the forces of good and evil
; And upon the authority of history
| say that women will determine the
, destiny of this country. And the wo
: men of this town-the girls of today
) will determine the moral standards
and the spiritual life of this town fol
tomorrow. I'D
} Now there are certain words which
, always elicit universal response
) Jesus, heaven, home, mother. The
| world owes a great debt to statesmen
; diplomats, inventors, reformers. But
} the debt to mothers" is the greatest
J Charles Kingsley and secret of his
success, etc.
] The mother occupies the most eX
alted place among the worlds great
: History gladly lays its tribute al
} her feet Roots Of civilization traced
in all ages to the character of the VIC
: men that have been its mothers. Roll
J call of the worlds immortals-and
they would testify to the fact of a
mothers influence.
: While the names OF immortal moth
! ers. grace the'pages OF his history, and
their mission 10 tho; world is written
IN letters dE tadeles.s glory, yet those
pages aAesb!acksnsefh fhT the names CT
, thpbe whoSaieEnnwo,,h Thy ofSsuch hon
/ RIMother,,of Nero was murderess
land she gave to the world the cruel
, hearted, bloodthirsty warrior, who
! found delight in staining his course
; with the life-blood of foes.
The mother of Il ord Byron was a