Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-11-13
g 0uL Of Lheir Sphere

Within a few days past, two toomen have
been enlightening the citizens of Cadiz, by
publicly addressing them-one on Science,
the other on Religion. The first, Miss PIKE,
gave last week, two free lectures on the sci
ence of Unem0hics, with the view Of forming
a class to instruct in this science. We heard
one of her lectures, and feel pleasure in say
ing that she gave evidence that she is COM
petent to teach what she proposes. Her
style is simple and %forcible, aud her subject
interesting; and we thought the audience did
not consider themselves ''out of their sphere"
nor she out of hers, ia receiving and commu-
~nicating such information as was given.
The second, Mrs. riley, a regularly licen-
sed L. Methodist minister of the Plush urg
Conference, preached three or four sermons.
We heard her last Sabbath night preach to a
full house a regular old-fashioned Methodist
sermon. 1t was done in a plain and earnest
manner, and we thought her remarks made a
salutary Impression on her audience. She
was calm and self Observation-Disclosures a
hymn and lined it out-prdyed and preached,
and concluded just the same "a other Metho-
dist ministers do. And although many went
to hear a womdn preach, we venture to assert
there were hut few who considered her scout
Of her sphere" when she was using the tai
Ciho Bl'Sh hCl W lit SltdNOi IL tiluOd ing
to persuade a sin-Tuined world that 1.-The end
of all things is at hand; be ye therefore sober
and watch unto prayer"
We notice these things for two reasons
the first, to call the attention of the public
to them, and TO add our own testimony to
their propriety and usefulness and second
ly, to ask those who thought Abby Kelley
Foster, while l~ecturing in public on the sub
ject of Slavery, tout of her sphere'l wheth-
or their objections did not arise more from
her faithfully rebukIng the pro-slaveryism Of
the Church and State, and proping that the
ministers and members ofthe different church.
es in and about Cadiz are guilty of uphold
ing the abomina Bile system of American Sla-
very ! or whether ii was because they consid-
cred it improper for d iUOmGn to lecture in
public ! We dom believe the latter is the
reason with q good many, for we noticed those
who objected to Abby lecturing in public,
giving countenance and aid in furthering the
objects of both the first named Ladies (; and
a clergyman, who a short time since told us
he was surprised to hear that Doct. Wilson
and A. F. Hanna actually went to hear I'D
by Kelley lecture on the Sabbath day, we no
ticed particularly olicious in aiding Mrs. Ri
ley in her duties. We thought it right and
proper for him to do SO; but we could moi
help thinking at the same time with what
contempt he expressed himself at the idea of
-1bGy Kelley leciuring Oh the Sabbath day.
We thought if he considered it right and
proper for Mrs. Riley to preach publicly on
the Sabbath day, he certainly could not con-
sistently object to Abby Kelley Foster doing
the same. But he may say the one breaches
the Gospel and the other lnfdelity. Judg-
ing by what WI heard from both, We give
Abby the preference, so far as preaching a
practical christianity was concerned. Mrs.
Riley's was good so far as it went; but the
others was equally good, and went much
further-she had moral courage enough to
expose the pro-slaveryism of our priests as
well as people, which is more than nine,
tenths or ninety-nine hundredths of our pres.
ent ministers dare TO do, and which, in on
estimation, is the main reason why objections
are made to women lecturing in public.-Lib
.1dpOcdte.