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er of his country"
Mother Of Wesley was devout wo.
man; given much to prayer; woman
Of blood, learning and culture; high |
ideals and deep conservation. She |
gave to the world one OF the grandest |
characters Of the nineteenth century.
So we find that the mother behind
the scene in the drama of life Yields
that silent but potent influence that
makes or unmakes everything great
in our civilization.
Now, my text says, "She opened her
mouth with wisdom and in her tongue
is the law Of kindness" That is the
kind of woman that blesses a com.
munity. Say, it's this idle, senseless,
nagging, faulthnding, groundless, fact.
less talk that hurts.
That means that she was not one of
these old "gossipers." Say, think
that one of these ,babbling, gossiping
women can do more harm in com.
munity than anything else.
The text says, "She openeth her
mouth with wisdom"
"And in her tongue is the law of
kindness" But listen! You will not
have it in your tongue unless you have
it in your heart.
Whenever you see woman with
vitrol in her tongue, you can be GER
tain that there is poison in her heart
Some women go over a community
with a tongue "sissing'' like that OF
serpent.
Not much hope for you when one
OF these old slander-mongers gets af-
ter you. Many girl has failed to
rise because OF the wagging tongue of
some old gossip.
Wherever you find gossip and SLAM
der on the tongue you will find the
devil in the heart. Put Christ in the
heart and you put kindness in the
tongue.
My text says, "She looketh we'll to
the ways Of her household, and eat.
eth not the bread of idleness." Now.
woman may find thrones. She may
reign in society, commercial life, po-
litical world. But listen! No woman
will come by her great white throne
of power until she comes into the
home and reigns there as mother.
"She looketh we'll to the ways OF
her household. The home. is the
center of everything. Community life
social life, church life, can rise no
higher nor sink lower than the home
life OF community. want to make
plea for the Christian home in which
the vital things Of the Christian faith
are kept alive.
"She looketh we'll to the ways OF
} her household and eateth not the
bread of idleness.". That means that
she is against those things that de
stroy and undermine young manhood
and womanhood. She is against those
things that imperil her boy or girl.
The most natural instinct in the
mother is to give protection to hel
offspring, and any true mother will
; stand opposed to those things that
| weaken and wreck, and will stand firm
for those things that build up.
| If the mothers of a community
: would exercise better common sense
| it would be better for our young peo
pie. When l see the frivolous, pur
poselss girl say, "What she needs is
a mother"
"She looketh we'll to the ways ol
, her household" That means that she
imparts such information as ought to
be given to every child as they steI
J through childhood and youth into
young manhood and young woman
hood. Many times such information is
| withheld with the result that the child
. learns from companions in a vicious
, way what he ought to learn from his
, mothers lips.
'"She looketh we'll to the ways OF
. her household" That means that she
) must open the Bible in her home
Many homes, give no place to the Bi
BILE Family prayer crowded out. Ev
cry home should have family altar
"She looketh we'll to the ways Of
her household" That means that she
must make home attractive.
"She eateth not the bread of idle
ness" Say, why is it that SO many
| women of seeming culture and refine
ment will give place to the empty
: frivolous things that they do is more
than know.
i want to say here that am uncom'
promisingly opposed to cards. The
cards are as much out of place in a
Christian home as fan is in snow.
storm. Many of our young people com
ing ont of Christian homes know more
q ahot,t the mack of cards than thew do