Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-02-05

cinm OF the clergy, their proud forms and
naughty glanceS. 1t was a time of great
soemhity, and ITeftha heard them say
'Henceforth shall the whole Of Chrsten-
dom worship the Virgin Maria, us a divine.
supernatural being, for this has been com.
minded by the Holy Ghost through his
high-priest Pio Nino e i-o 0Ital'
And great festival was ordoined in hon.
or Of the divinity, aud there was great
jubilation, % .......t ............
Herrha heard this with aStonshment, but
rcjoiced at the same time, and bowng with
profound reverence before the venerable
gememun, She said: 'You have exalted
an earthly woman high above the living aud
the dead; of a certainty then you will aid
her sisters, women now on the earth, in the
requirement of the temporal and eternal
rights. or certainty you will give to
them equal rights with men to strive after
liberty, happiness, and a sphere of labor ?
"'Wait a Iittlc,J exclaimed the spiritual
men; that is quite another thing. Let us
seewhat stands written Aud they began
TO turn over the leaves of their biiles, which
lay open before them, till they found u pas
sage which they read aloud ...I ..l
1t stood written And thou shalt be sub
ject to thy husband and he shall rule over
thee ........ .....
With that the fire famed upward in Her
tha's soul and inspired her to say
'You do not give the whole truth; You
speak only from the Old Testameat. But
/ know there is also a New Testament, and
that it there stands written that woman has
been mnde free, and that man aud woman
are alike free in Christ. know also that
it there stands written, that they who are
worthy of the resurrection from death,
neither marry nor are given in marriage,
because they are ike the angels, and are
, the children Of God And 40 we not, III
indeed pray daily that the will of God may
be done on earth as it is done in Heaven
Why do not you, the servants and potcn-
tates of Christ, speak to me the whole
truth p ......-
With this one Of the bishops, liberal
man, raised his voice and said:
,'rhe youhg woman is right, and we have
all done her an injustice She whom Christ
called mother and sister, with whom he
converSed Familiarity, and to whom he re.
yealed himself after his resurrection, she, OF
a truth, has become free thereby her viii
ought not to be subject TO the will Of any
other than that of the Most High, and she
ought to he free to do all which God call;
! her to do. let us enact laws more just a!
regards her than any Hitherto enacted by
human wisdom, that we may promote tht
advent of Gods kingdom on earth as it i
in Heaven fHra ..r
But all the other bishops and spirtua
men became angry at this, and oppoSeC
themselves to him, and called him Secre
Protestant, II newSmOnger. and a visionary
When the noise had again subsidized, Her
tina prayed TO be allowed to say few
words. But the clergy exclaimed with louC
and sternEoiceS, Let the women keep ST
lence in the churches" And they extended
their crOsiers above Hcrtha, and bowed her
to the earth.
DO Grief of soul and noble indignation
caused the fire to burn most hotly in he
heart, aud inspired her TO speak grea
and holy name, the name Of the Savior
At the sound of this name the crosierS
which had pressed so heavily upon her, werC
suddenly raised, so that she no longer fel
them. She named it "A second time, and al
Invisible hand raised her up aud strength
ened her as By magical power Yet thirC
time she named il, and the whole imposing
assembly of cardinals aud bishops robe
grew dim, and seemed to fall together lik
white ashes, and were seen no more.
A manly figure. full of majesty and be
niicence, now seemed to move along owe
the earth, raising all who were bowed dowl
or oppreSSed-th slave woman, the prison
er, the poor, aud the oppressed; thus pass
ed he onward, whilst radinnce dtfuSed it
self as from the gray robe in which he wa
wrapped, until he appeared to vanish in th
horizon. All space seemed with that I,
become vacant aud desolate.
oh 2 thought Hertha, that was tn
Savior, the deiirercr Oh, that could bu
iind his kingdom There would / abid
and labor as the lowestof his servants ?
And her souls yearnipg and love cauSet
her again to float over the earth towarl
the regions where she had seen the SaviO
disappear. .........r.
But below her sounded chorus of fe
male voices, like low wind rising from th
earth, which amenled
Thou wilt seek in vain for his kingdom
on earth. AS yet justice has nowhere oper
ed path for rhe full revelation of love-
Nowhere as yet have mankind followed tn
doctriue of the Savior. We must yet 70
a long time pray, "Thy kingdom come
Pray with u.s.
Yes, | will pray and--die 7 though
IIeriha, aud it seemed to her that all hop
had expired within her, and that her .llf
must eud She felt weary of living.
And now appeared before her inward ey
5 a vision of her native land. She remeH
, bered those gray molS,clad mountains, tina
old eternally greeu tree Of freedom the mu
mur of the Urda fountain, aud the warlis
songs Of the swans. She knew that ther
5 in her Mtherand, women were more oI
pressed, and had less Independence aIlowe
to them, than in any other Christian con-
try; but still it was her native land-a Ian
rich in great memories and noble power
An unSpeakable longing seized upon hC
soul, and drew her hastily thither
, @ She again beheld them those mosS.cO'
cred prlmeyal mountains, aud heard frOl
f. aiar the souuhinp of the mighty branch,