The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-17

tnen conduct, view the truth of his argument as
was responsible 10 no man or set Of men. hut
was amenable for his doctrines, and the pro-
Judge.
! am opposed to any interference on the part
OF the male population with Gods arrangement,
and to spoil the glory and honor Of women.
The subject Tor discussion Is one of soleinnity,
being OF the greatest Importance, and involving
the interests OF the world fer all time. No living
man, nor child, nor woman there is that has no
care, that Is not interested in the character and
the condition of the female portion of the
dWellers on this earth. The worlds veal or woe
centres IN either the moral or immoral standing
of the women. Her responsibility Is fearful
in the extreme, and 1t Is because OF this that the
important subject as to whether or not the
civilized world Is moving for the degradation of
woman is presented for your attention and con-
sideration. And 1t is the civilized world only,
with all It's boastsd learning and progress, in.
tellectually and morally, that is working and
fast moving for her degradation.
And 1t is our duty to stand up for the right
Any delay or the least hesitation will at once
sho us that the wheels of the chariot will be
broken and scathed, the horses will struggle
with the waves, and the great cause OF right
will be engulfed In the sea OF immortality. The
nation will sink, and the women will fall from
their high estate TO rise no more. All Efforts to
remove woman from her rightful sphere, her
legitimate ife-calling, tend TO the disruption of
society," Mark well this thought-woman is the
baance-wheel of the mental and moral ma
chinery of the human family. Woman is made
the custodian ofthe uniformed and the unde-
yeloped mind and form of the child. whether
legitimate or not, 1t matters nothing in this
case. God says, "Take this living creature that
now lies helpless upon thy bosom and bring. it
up for me.n That is the direction of God the
Father, the Ruler of the Universe.
Look you, 1t is no simple matter to be
mother-but rather to be one who shatl rear
the young, and have it in power to place them
in paths of usefulness or roads to evil and
shame, is of infinite Importance. godly
charge it is for woman to have put INTO her
hands the plastic form, and left to mould the
mind and character of one of Gods creatures,
likened unto the image of the Holy One himself.
Shall she perform her work as He would have
it-endeavoring with anxious care and
motherly watchfulness to judiciously and wisely
arrange the child's life or shall it be that, by
her mismanagement, the youth shall fill the
world with thunder clouds of moral pestilence
and ruin?
Since this is the supreme duty of woman,
with which God has vested her, her sphere of
work is home, that place which is the touDda-
ton from which spring all happiness and JOY.
The peace of our homes, over which our wives,
aud mothers, and loved sisters preside, engen-
ders the peace and happiness of our nation.
The mothers place is with her children; to
shine in the circle of home reations to feel that
her Maker has placed her in that garden for the
culture OF His dear ones; to know that she
wields mighty influence for good which may
lead to the elevation OF those around her moral
ly and be the laborer in Gods vineyard-a
worthy servant-that may lead to the salvation
of many souls. Her avocatioG is great, an
honorable one, YET many LlmeS OneTOuS. Inere
is no mother on earth who has rot had enough
cares, that would have bent an angels back, laid
upon her.
But from the fact that her Master has called
her to this work, she is content to labor, hardly
with a murmur, but borne up with the undying
love and interest with which God, in uisin6nite
goodness, seeing that she would need more than
earthly stimulants has specially endowed her.
And from her youth she throws around her that
soit refining influence which draws the hearts
of the young to her, making her the ft instru-
ment for their moral, spiritual, and physical
training for God.
God has embued woman with all that tender
ness and purifying love, beauty, and grace, and
filed her soul with those ennoOlng qualities to
counteract the roughness and the manners of
| her male companions. She is made to shine in
society, TO give it an elevatng tendency, 10 in
crease its morality, and to cast upon it a lustre
None can fill a mothers place-no help of
| other hands, no words which others speak, look,
| or act can suffice to fill mothers place. You
may transfer your little one to some pleasant
dell, where surrounding scenes, you think, may
wean its affections; but, ah the little one kno VS.
full well that its truest friend is dead.
You may unfold its tiny hands from the cold
corpse now shrouded in death-so white! so
cold land give 1t into other care 1t may be of
kind and endealing friends; but mothers hand,
mothers words, and mothers caresses will be
sadly missed, and the little, wailing cry will go
up, "Motherl" "Mother!" You never can
replace a mothers hand or q mothers heart.
Young men, listenl You will have but one
mother, and when her silent form is passvely
laid in the tomb, the full force of the truth,
which many now may think but little Of will
rush upon you in your desolateness. Young
woman, God never gave you but one mother,
who should guide and direct you with all that
love and tenderness which only a mother
knows Let us, then, take these thoughts and
ponder solemnly upon them.
| glance at the history and biography OF the
world from the day when first note was taken
of passing events, win reveal the glorious posi-
tion that weman has held, and the mighty influ.
ence which she has swayed. None can sum uI
the amount of Indebtedness the world owes to
her. The earth is indebted TO her; heaven, fol
its many angels, owes her an obligation; and
had almost said that God Himself was indebted
to her.
Our Lord Jesus hath said that "for what she
hath done it shall be as a memorial of her.
A glimpse of some of the ancient lights will
reveal how boldly the women of the Old Test a.
ment stood forth for glorious and holy deeds.
Look at Sarah of old, whom we cannot help
but honor, since Abraham, her husband, was
the father OF the faithful
How pre-eminent are characters OF Re.
becca, Rachel, Hannah. the mother of Samuel
the ''man of God," Naomi, Ruth, and hosts OF
Others, who, by their deeds of good, and their
religious zeal, have reared monument to their
memory-not pillar of stone, or polished
marble, iron, or brass, nor of other nutable
things Of this earth, but memory borne high
IN history and craven deeply on the hearts OF
posterity
And in the New Testament what a monument
OF lmperlshable materials, what an eternal me-
mortal hath been erected to the memories of the
Mays, and the Marthas aud OF the woman who
gave her little all, timidly coming into the
marble hall thronged with the rich who were
dropping their gold into the box, and giving her
hath done what she could.n Would to God that
| il could be said oflall at the present day And