Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-10-19
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mony. This Is the-
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| where the mother was officiatine
clergyman at the bridal OF her child
and lady who was present said Il
was one of the most touching and
impressive sights she ever Witnessed
The elegant parlors were filed with
the personal frien1s of the family
many of item Mrs. Hannaford's par
ishioners: the air was heavy with the
perfume Of the bridal flowers which
loving hands had brought to profuse-
ly decorate the home from which the
fair young bride was going out like q
birding leaving the parent nest, to
plume her flight for her own home
nest. God grant that her song may
never be sad nor her wing weary in
its flight, and that she may, in hel
beautiful womanhood, soar as near
the gates of heaven as her lovely
mother has done, lifting the eyes OF
thousands to the glory gate. Rev.
Antoinette Brown Blackwell, OF Son.
erville. New Jersey. has a noble, beau
tiful face, which bears no trace Of the
conflict she has been compelled to
wage with the worlds prejudice and
Ignorance that she might open the
door for all women who coming after
her, should feel that God has called
them to preach the Gospel. i.,.,
Her face, calm and tender as the
summer sky, with never q cloud to
dim the heavenly blue, makes you
wonder if she has learned to shut the
door of her heart to all OF life's petty
cares and wearisome crosses which
write the sorrow lines so deep In the
faces Of some OF u.s. She was the
first woman ever ordained to preach
the gospel in America, but to day the
inspiration gathered from her cour-
age and grand example has placed in
the pulpit hundreds OF eloquent wo-
men, who have proved that St Paul
was not aware that the 18th century
was going to bear such wifes and
mothers, or he would never have
written, -"Let your women keep ST.
lence in the churches" and passed 1t
down for quotation by the ignorant
pretenders who are fearful that the
eloquent sermons OF Mrs. Blackwell,
Phebe Hannaford, Elizabeth Smiley
and host of others should take the
places Of their drowsy, sleepy, sing
song dissertations. Verify the world
moves. and the world of women are
putting their shoulders to the wheel
of human progress. We have law
yers, doctors, divines, editors, manu-
facturers, authors, farmers, teachers
in fact 1 think there is no trade or
profession that is not represented In
our Woman's Congress, and here Is
the place to learn what the world OF
women are doing. A paper on finance.
read by Mrs. Cleveland, OF Perry,
New York, showed that one-fifth OF
the deposits in the banks of America
were made by that "pauper- class
womenl" Many women connected
with the Congress are by their talents
and energy earning salaries OF from
two to ten thousand dollars a year.
Dr. Mary Stafford Blake has the larg-
est practice Of any physician in Bos-
ton. ..afr.f,.,t
DIR. MARY THOMAS,
or Richmond, Indiana, stands in the
front rank in her profession, and told
me she was $50 busy she did not
know how to get away even to attend
the Congress. DR.. Marie Zacrzewska
pronounced Zackehaftska), Prus-
sian lady, eminent in the school OF
surgery, unexcelled in America, has a
fortune OF her own earning. Mrs.