The national Republican., 1869-06-26
SUNDAY READING.
SAnnATH MORN.

o. hAloweu uayI u, sweet Hme p'''' w
Into Thy pcrfec, res, lie, weary souls be
Up from the carnsl life into the realms Of
Lift US Up, llft us up, Angel of Morni
o, fair, brlsh, day o, golden day dropped
ny angel, from the far blue skyi
| out rom the shades OF night into Thy dawn
Lin thou our thoughts up, place them on
high!
50 that when day is done, so that when eve
Visions of peace m,y over atoundy
50 that when ,erapha 81 20 40 that when clear
Earth m,y 30 allied with c.s h,rmouIou,
soupdi
That, when our voice we lin upwnri our souls
Au earnest Of prayer to the great King,
That when we sleep, that when Ia slumbet
Peace her white mantle around us may nlng.
A POLITE AUDIENCE John Wesley al
ways preferred the middllng and lower
classes to the wealthy. He said; III might
choose | should still, as have done hitherto,
preach the Gospel to the poor Preaching
In Monktown church, q large, old, ruinous
building, he says; Il suppose 1t has scarce
had such congregation during this century.
Many Of them were gay, genteel people, so
spoke on the arst elements Of the Gospel;
but was still out Of their depth. oh how
hard 1t is to be shallow enough for polite
audience'
BIsuoP SIMPSON, In his address In support
OF the clay delegation" movement In the
Methodist Church, delivered In Music Hall,
Boston, on the 17th instant, incidentally
spoke OF woman's suffrage as follows:
"An additional interest has been excited
by asking the vote Of the women alio. We
seem to be realizing the apostolic declara-
tlon, There Is neither Jew nor Greek, there
is neither bond nor free, there is neither
male nor female; for 70 are all one In Christ
jesus Whatever may have been the design
this vote Is opening new era. II may have
been supposed that as women had never
been caiicd upon TO vote tnoy would naturally
oppose a change. So, doubtless, the oppo-
neuts reasoned. But they forgot that In
woman's bosom there glows an Instinct for
liberty, and In every struggle for freedom
she has been the friend OF the lonely aud
the suffering. VIII she not read In this the
dawning Of brighter day for hersel1 The
more civil freedom has prevailed the higher
woman has risen-she occupies In America
the loftiest position, because we have the
greatest liberty for the masses. And In the
church Is It not sol VIII not every extension
Of freedom elevate heri Be this as II may,
she will read and study. Appealed to once,
why shall she not be spoken to againl She
will learn that the ballot In her hands Is as
potent as In the hands of giant. II called
upon to decide great questions OF church
economy, why may she not in othersi You
are training her for the ballot. A new day
| is coming. Gracefully and noiselessly as
she stepped in the aisles Of your hospitals,
when ministcrng as an angel Of mercy to
| our dying soldiers, she may approach the
ballot-box and drop from her fair fingers the
| slip OF paper which shall fall silently as the
snowflake upon the bosom OF the earth. But
| open that box, and that noiseless slip shall
sound as loudly through the world as though
1t had been cast by the strong hand OF the
noisy politician, or by the hero Of hundred
battles. 1t Is moral power against brute
poweri and the day may come when, amidst
the fierce storm Of passion, and the tempests
of vice, womans sweet voice may be heard
In whispers, but In power, peace, be still.
hope that on the hrst ballot she may speak
| wisely and well for the enlargement OF our
Zion, and for the elevation OF humanity"
THE vigorous style Of DR.. Duff Is shown In
the following extract from his late address
on missions before the Free Church Assem-.
bly, Of Scotland. Amer severely answering
the Duke OF Somerset's success against
missionaries, and referring to the worldly
spirit which refused faith In the practlcR.
bility Of obeying Christ's last command, hC
said:
81 have gone to men In the hope OF get,
ting fl0O, or 1t may be more. But, seeing
from my dress or appearance that | am q
minister, and smelling something Of what il
coming, tapplause,l they start up will
started hair, or q nervousness like q persor
struck with torpedo. You begin to argue
It Ia utterly vain aud useless to attempt 1t
The vanity Of tho thing Is perceptiblc
Then you go to another; but he has set hi
mind upon accumulatlng u certain amour
before he dies, that he may be spoken OF b.
the world. You go to another, and you hni
that he has added, at great expense two o
three splendid horses to his stud, and ho hai
nothing to spare for the perishing nations
Another one wants TO add ship to an al
ready magnificent fleet. and he cannot spar,
the sum OF G500 for the purpose Of missions
So on 1t goes. Another one, not conten
with mansion that has long pleased hi
ancestors, desires to purchase some land a
great expense, that tho value Of his prop
erty may be added 10. He spends som
10000 or Gl5,000 upon this, and yet h
can spare nothing for the cause Of Christ
Another will sayi Il am not content will
the house Of my fathers. have been add
ing to 1t, putting up turrets, making wings
and refurnish ing my drawingroom. hay
a heavy bill to pay, and have no money l.
spare for Missions So on 1t goes. asl
another II can expect anything from sucj
and such a mani but am told that 81
wont be bled.' This looks like slang, bu
1t 10 very correct. He won't DO tled, for h
cannot lose any OF his corporeal blood. HI
would no more part with little of his none
than cupful OF his blood; even though hi
doing so in the one case might save his life
and doing so In the other might secure
blessedness for his spirit"
| UssExISG WoNBS.-The Increasing intel
ligence OF women Is destined to have an i'm
portant influence upon the American family
ltsis In vain that men cry out against tn
j emancipation OF women from the narro'
bounds OF the past. 1t Is destiny, II Is Go
that Is calling, and women must obey. Tn
world has unrolled and unfolded until tn
time has come. II Is natural law, and nc
the turbulence Of dlscontented fanatics, tina
calls for a larger development aud culture
The work Of history has travelled in one d
rection. Woman began at zero, and has
through ages, slowly unfolded and risen
Each age has protested against growth a
unseNing woman. There has been nothln
that men have been so afraid Of as unse,
, ing. All Gods work was too well don
/ originally for that. In spite Of centuries {
unseNing, women retain their sex, and the
will. Every single football forward on tha
long journey which they have pursued ha
been football that was supposed to be
deviation from the proprietics OF their sex
I If you should take to Turkey or Greece tina
which every man In his senses allows to b
proper IN woman, II would bo consldere
monstrous. And still, In earlier age
through hundred degrees of development
woman has been met with the same cry
that they are STEPPING beyond their spher,
, It is the cry to-day, as woman, taxed, puT
lshed, restrained In all higher industries
asks that vote which carries with il contrC
Of circumstances. II Is unsexing woman
A citizen in our day without vote Is like
smith without a hammer. The forge is hot
the anvil waits, the iron Is ready, bit th
smith has nothing TO smite with. The yot
Is the workmau's hammer to- day.
, woman's nature will never be change,
Men might spin, and churn, and knit, an
, sew, and cook, and rock the cradle for
hundred generations, and not be women, an
women will not become men by external o.
, equations. Gods colors do not wash ou
Sex ls dyed In the wool. Nay, the men thu
are themselves nearest women are the yeI
ones who are the most afraid that wome
, will lose their sex 1t Is latent rivalry