Woman's enterprise., 1922-05-05
WHAT WILL BECOME OF
HOMES AND FAMILIES?
(Communicated)

time for the country women to wake
up and call a halt upon the actlv'-
ties of their city sisters. Otherwise,
there is no telling what miseries they
will inAict upon US. They forced
suffrage upon US, and, because we
quietly submitted, they propose to
bury US under an avalanche Of duties,
for which we are totally untitled by
nature. The women at large, who
constitute a majority, have not auth
orized these suffragists to make laws
for them, nor have they sent them to
lobby in the Legislature and Congress.
The suffragists claim that we are ig-
norant and behind the times. Thank
God we are behind the times they
advocate, and we may be ignorant
of some things, but we are not lgnor-
ant of the teachings Of the Bible,
Gods word, and so far, we have tried
to follow its instructions, to the ex-
tent of staying in the sphere in which
He placed US.
Our lives are full of God-assigned
duties, and we have neither the time,
strength nor inclination for mems
work. 1t is very evident that a lot
of women have fallen down on their
Jobs for juvenile courts and more re-
formatories for both boys and girls.
There is sore need Of "Back to the
Bible" clubs, instead Of Suffrage, New
Thought, Psychic and Bridge Socie-
ties.
Is not the Saviour saying to US,
as he did to Zaccheus: "Make haste
, and come down, for to day | must
abide at thy house,? He is ready to
! bring US a blessing as he did to the
} little home at Bethany. Will He fine
US at home waiting to receive it? DC
YOU women Of Louisiana think he
. would approve of the suffraglsts ane
their platform, women retaining thel'
: own names after marriage, having
, their own domiciles different from
!, that of their husbands, sitting OF
!, juries and holding Offices?
What will become of the homes ane
, families, under SUCH conditions?
> What will the next generation
know of "Home, sweet home" an(
e what will they care for the Heavenl!
Home? "The hand that rocks tn
. cradle rules the world" The famil!
5 is the symbol Of government In
4 man is the head of the family a
J.. Christ is the Head of the Church. /
q family can no more have two head
o than can a government. Who eve
= heard of even a committee without
g chairman, club or society without
president or a government without
. head, though it be but figure-head
. ;. "A house divided against itself mus
fall" So saith Scripture. The ma
- " is head and winner; the woma1
- his complement and cradle-tende
. One trouble is, so many women o|
y iect to the cradle because they
. not wish to lose their youthful appea
ance, nor be tied at home. They d
Il sire "to be free and live their ov
Il lives, a la modern fiction heroine
i hence the advocacy Of birth-contr'
Il All honor to Archbishop Shaw for h
II bold, uncompromising stand on tn
III subject. God honored women by ma
\ ing a woman mother of His Son, b
no mere man was allowed to be H
II father. Other object to rocking t
II cradle, and so leave the sacred ia
| to alien hands. "Train up the chi
II in the way he should 60, and when
II is old he will not depart from it,"
precious Bible promise.
If we assume mems duties and lea
our own to alien hands, as we W
II be forced to do, what can we S
when our husbands and children ri
up in the Judgment day and conder
II US? We are not needed to do mel
work. Our men are on their 10
and are fully capable Of attending
them.
Il Deborah is the only female off
holder mentioned in the Bible tn
can recall. We are told that the
was but one man capable of leadi
the armies Of Israel to battle, and
refused to go unless Deborah agre
to 60 with him. No such conditi
confronts US. Our men have alwa
been strong and capable and the ira
ing and experience of the late W
made them not only more able,
more earnest and serious. They cal
back ready to respond to the call
better and higher standard of !