The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-08
TnE W0MEN OF AMERICA,


last evening a large audience assembled m
the church of the Rev. DR.. Smiley, corner of
Eleventh and Wood streets, the occasion being
a lecture, entitled 1.-THE Women of America
nv that gentleman. The utmost attention pre-
vailed, and when the lecturer uttered some of
HE most eloquent passages the audience were
moved to tears. When some palpable hit was
made litter could be heard throughout the
house. The lecture throughout was the best
one we ever heard on the subject, and from the
commencement to the peroration exhibited
deep thought and degree of logical excellence
rarely excelled. We regret exceedingly that q
Derbdtim report cannot be given, as our space
viii not allow it, The lecturer, on coming for
ward, proceeded as lollows:-
Ladies' and Gentlemen--I feel happy to see so
-aanv OF you here tonight. The groundwork
Of the Divine artitcer IN the terrestrial creation
man a Species Man was not the original name,
INIT the appelative noun for the original species.
lie apnIication to the first man is distinctive,
In Tie inspired account of the creation, you
nave il most distinctly stated that the term
"Adamn included both the male and the female,
20 the terms are in the original man and
maness lust as the term lion comprehends
both the lion and lioness; h me WORD 'Adam, 4ia ~,
eimnlv mean the male Adam, nor yet the
female Adam alone. but 1t was used generi-
man i'm His own image, in the image of God
created He male and female. Here you have
fbe annlication of tine terms male and female
"Adam :" and the plural pronoun then shows
thatit is used generically. .
The mode of mans creation was wonderfully
Atfferent from that OF the other creatures. God
created one person, Adam, but lie created
him wondrously both male and female IN one.
Rhe history of the separation OF woman from
the man and the bringing of both together,
and the recognition of them in marriage, Is one
of the most Interesting subjects in the history
of man The animals were created before
Adam. The OK and tnel lion, the pelican and
the eagle, the countless varieties were al mated
and passed in review, each equipped with It's
fitting consort and all very good. But for
Adam there was found no helpmate for MIN.
To remedy this deficiency to, meet the eXl-
Repcy of the case the Divine Being said, 1T is
not good Tor him to be alone; Will make
helpmeet for him - and as the result of this
Divine decision, finer and beauteous woman
was produced, separated from the side OF man
the last production OF the ArtSGs skill; the
last effort of His wisdom and Will. The queS-
lion is often asked "Is there an inequality be-
tween the sexes" that is, is the female intellect
inferior to that of the mans? This question
seems to us to be about as invidious as would
be TO ask which Is the most important, the
light or the heat that emanateS nom the sun
or which the most necessary, the ram orsthe
sunshine to the flower. In regard to man and
woman, one is but the complement Of the
Neither sex alone is the standard of human
nature. At the commencement Coo made
Adam male and female, but des1gnedy made
neither complete. He left great want in each,
that the two might coalesce into one; and that
combined one presents the perfection of the
Divine design. Neither sex alone is to be
looked at or regarded as the standard ofhuman
nature. Woman, abroad from man-what is
she? A beautiful vine, with all its tenderest
Boiage, without the oak A man, abroad from
woman-what is he? Franklin's homly COM
parison is apparently "a right one, when he
says that the old bachelor would do very we'll
TO scrape muSh-pot
The entire constitution of man, organic ami
NAL, sensual, reflective, rational, voluntary,
and moral, was designed by Omniscient Wis
dom to be the complement OF mans organic;i
nature and so strilzlngly true is this, that ifyou
find anything that is peculiar or specific in the
one you find its counterpart in the other.
The physical condition, the size and strength
of man, is relatively coun terparted in the other
The second, weak, looks to The strength and
courage of the former for protection and sup
port. He bold as the hawk, she soft as the dove
Jeremiah TAYLOR saws, "Man is strong woman
is beautiful; man is daring and confident, wo-
man is diffidentand unassuming; man is great
in action, woman in suffering; man shines
abroad, woman at home; man talks TO con-
vince woman to persuade and please; man is a
rugged mate, woman soft and tender one;
man perfects misery, woman relieves 1t; man is
science woman is taste; man has Judgment,
woman sensibility; man man Is q being OF justice,
II appears to us that this matter can be easily
solved by single reflection. What more odious
on earth than bold, masculine woman?
Nothing except it be q feminine man, q soft,
delicate, be-powdered, long pink colored gen.
tleman, quirling q reflection of o moustache.
IaughteTl When either sex seeks to infringe
or encroach on the other, the result is always
1nierlor1ty, incongrulty ana an tantagonlSm Tag IN OF
man. and man is never perfect for resembling a
woman. The differences between the sexes are
among the most wonderful OF natural phe-
nomena. Woman fills up the vacuum in man
absorbs the excess of his cares, balances his de-
1ects, reduplicates his joys
If man is lock, woman is the key, Divinely
lifted, and without which the lock is worth
less. If man is harp, woman is the hand thai
tunes it and calls forth its richest music, ol
rather, she is the melody that flies from iti
strings Woman started in the great career o
being the equal of man. and but for sin woulC
have walked side by side with man Throughout
times pathway, each the equal and help of the
other, fulfilling the benehcent design of the grea
Creator. This design was, to certain extent
frustrated by the fall of man, and just as MAJ
wandered from his God and abounded in sin, 81
was woman degraded and debased
In considering the history of woman, we shall
divide the nations Of the earth into three classes
the primitive nations, the derivative nations
we mean such nations as the Assyrian, th
Egyptian, and the Hebrew. These nation
received their knowledge and historical exist
ence from common source and q common
period. Immediately subsequent to the Delug
they seem to have had knowledge of the arts
and rude modes of society. The Paganism O
tnat period had common origin and q common
philosophy.
The derivative nations are those whose origil
commences at a much later and more obscure
period, by colonization from the primar
nations. The most remarkable of these are tn
classic nations-Greeks and Romans. Thei
knowledge of the arts and laws We're more o
less derived. at least in their rough eement [,
from the primitive nations, especially TIA
Egyptian. The third form of civilization
Christian; The Christian IS, 10 certain exten
ciety, but in great many things 1t is RADICAL
and effectually different In barbarous nation
every cline, woman has not only been subo
dinate, servile, but she has been the Verie
Slave-but little above the beast or burde
They were seized, carried of, and bartered q
goods-degraded by polygamy-debased |
sensuality.