, 1864-01-20
THE WOMEN OF THE BIBLE.
Rev, L. =. IIALsET, DID,, AT RRT'
AN HALL,
Lecture in Aid OF tho ErrIng Women's
Re9uEe-EInmple for Wo.
mems Guidance

The eccoEd Lecture Of the series given in Bryan
Hall for the benefit Of the t'EHtng Women's
Ee5rse," was delivered last evening by Rey. l.. J,
Ha,Ecy. ID. Tho attendance Was not 20 large nj
was hoped tor, but Was far from being small. The
lecture wa. listened to with great interest," and the
lecturer was loudly applaudcd at Its close.
Tie speaker waa introduced by Rev. z. II. Hum
phrey. pastor Of the First Presbyterian Church.
The following is an abstract Of tho lecture:
bic I'LL angela; bnt still with an origin which
seems 10 bare touched the finger OF Jehovah, they
form galaxy, We gaze on them as the starry arm'
nment, which h1B not lost any OF Its brightness,
curing The lapse Of centuries More patriotic than
the women Of The revolution, mere queenly than
FL the queens Of tho earth, more beautiful
a1c :boes women of the Bible. They hsvc been
the models who hare appeared tn history. and the
countless millions unknown 70 fatne, have been
sphere. Thus BY being The models Of the women
at al aees, more potent than any classic hclicon
the dsnghtcrs OF every land have CONC TO drink
hare o,igirated every queen who presides at the
The number of women mentioned In the Bible IL
t;ua.tiIee. We have, therefore, about one hundred
Hho-c nanes nre singled ont and len for onr model
End hare ncguired separate and distinct tndtT.d-
thousand years, and their records for o-e
iloussDd I'VE hundred yeara. There 10 no con-
aisicn Of wealth Of 1owiiness, In which so1e Of
enure 1eS ol
ever endured. They l:ayc stood In every position,
from Esther, Queen Of . hundred provinces, 9owa
TO The poor widow casting hef aste. No asld M pse-
eions Of the human heart. Look az Jezebel as
cortrasted with Martha at Bethany. Loox st Mary
az contrastcd with Hcrodias.
four classes. Ffrtt-thc wicked, whose character
was held forth as warning: Among thea: a-e
were converted and brought to the grace Of God.
Of these nre Jael and Sarah, the only one men
tioEed In the Ep!st,c. Maeaa,an and the naneless
woman whom Chris1 told to 20 and Rln no more.
From this class the wisdom Of the world has been
disposed to turn away tn sooFn: The third class
u sns 9Th eo6d Ths
manity now Is rot different ftona that of the cd
eiassed aeone heae The oa6 n6 esss Comprises 2
fae aua Il ansed purity lsf nuts II 81 ase seea no
Hsnpah. % abigal. Il Ruth % Esthe1, IA AIMS, the Props.
ee'ss 81 St: s 3ohn. i vas Was ineo!ts1! tstt
u a women. o they stand there to show The he wsrid
whnt woman mny become, and w!.at she will be-
come IN q world hfee from sorrow. They. stand
tie Fst r. asf %s s5 Sssa q & he wd ha s
mother Of CM!sf, is Eve, Here :.ls one that was
ernokled BY uio position Of q 1nlGhtier haad-one
ron Rno9 " the Aat'ons Q. lne eatn IRE sprung.
oa.S Tins E,EJ ullc1t!J !o1t4 !lul1 uou.
Iaik Of happinetr. Here ie one alone o. Toman. y,
who knew xhati It Was to live without sin; Talk
wc Of bcauty: Here is one with the
Nett oi heaEen IN hcf egg. 1he artists o. cfcfy
generation yie 70 make the canvas SPEAK With the
showing Eve ID a1t the glory Of creation. The Eve
Ct Milton is tic nohlcst testimony crer given on
the altar Of wonsnly oeaTty, which TIC poet puts
no further in the conception of finite na.ure than
on the morning Of Esesa creation. Wll for US that
lie len nc1t Fl ie ssfah, lie vie - of W Abraham Who Is
represented as wotnau Of exceeding beauty. The
came God that made wonaa's beauty made the
1soman thsn In the rose. Be.uty ia fadus. i: Il a
ifsnccrnns rim hut not Iees 50 tbou falclle:t Or
faiaSta 1zhtSh may i,e nrostifutnd This beautv