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virtues of cleanliness, the value of truthfulness, regard for the rights of 

 others, disdain for cowardice, respect for elders and superiors, reverence 

 for things high and holy. She will not be cajoled into yielding. Mildred 

 wanted permission from her mother to do something which had been for- 

 bidden. Little Miss Frances Fay, aged 2 and one-half years, gave this 

 sage advice to her sister, "Futh for it, Mildred, futh for it, and you'll get 

 it." Helen, upon being held strictly to account for her actions sobbingly 

 said, "Had I known you were a school teacher, mother, I should have 

 advised father not to marry you." There was a boy once in Judea who 

 was called "Wonderful" and the most significant fact recorded of his boy- 

 hood is in Luke 11, 57, where we read. 'And he went down with them 

 and came to Nazareth and was subject to them." The next verse is a 

 direct result of a child's being subject to his parents and holds today no 

 less than 1900 years ago, 'And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature and 

 in favor with God and man." In the vital part of his boyish obedience, 

 lay the secret of his future perfect manhood. The educated mother rec- 

 ognizes the value of obedience and insists upon her children being obedi- 

 ent to authority. 



The educated mother will not trust the religious training of her chil- 

 dren to others. The religious education of children goes to the very 

 foundation of character and such training is often delegated to the Sun- 

 day School and the church — to any young person who happened to be a 

 Sunday School teacher, thus resigning the sweetest and strongest influ- 

 ence to others. The educated mother will lead the way in this part of her 

 children's education herself and when her children are men and women, 

 yes when they are old men and women, her teaching will be ever fresh 

 in their memories. The memory of Bible lessons at mother's knee are 

 among the sweetest and dearest of life. Sunday Schools have their work. 

 They should supplement but not supplant the work of the home. For 

 children whose religious training is neglected at home, Sunday Schools 

 are a heavenly thought, but no Sunday School or Sunday School teacher 

 can take the place of the good mother who gathers her children about 

 her, and out of the fullness of her love for them of her deep religious 

 convictions and the worship in her heart, teaches those children of the 

 great Father of all and of His love and mercy. 



An educated mother will make home the sweetest spot on earth. It 

 will be far more than many homes are — a place to eat and sleep only. 

 Children will be the ornaments and adornments of this home — a place 

 of order and respect, a temple of love and purity. The place of tender 

 sorrows, of ten thousand touching memories. This home may be any sort 

 Df a house, but the beautiful spirit within makes that house a home. It 

 is in such homes that the fine initial touch is given the sons and daughters 

 that is not effaced through life. In such homes they receive the inpres- 

 sions that make them a blessing to mankind, a power for good, a foe to 

 evil. 



An educated mother will demand and in time secure the ballot. I 

 realize that this is a question upon which women have diverse opinions. 

 Were we of one mind the ballot would be ours now. There are worm 



