, 1879-01-18

rrnly. bowInT humhiy, ahc must w1taden# anti
Dl iirccec To says: "Tho female children
were not allowed any instruction except such
as .hey might receive at Aosnc. The e.'nlttion
Of the female SCI, except tho noan1one!! portion
society and from intellectual Improvement, their
t!vca must have been gloomy, dull, aHd tlopo-
less.'
When wc consider the condition ot woman sn
ns asss re sst pot o hs @
would John have her rctnnin In that r1sltlnns
Clearly, he nout'l: but mt 10 hcf CIeator:
lie ilas called her out u former honda9c, an.t
pointed otti to her q higher mission.
it IA worthy af natc that slin writer's ot the
New Tratarncut did mol give ta ''Fhus Aatth
the Lord "witl' any of lhcIr iniaucttons to
woman; nor lid our Savior en3oin aiy sucs
words Of tie Apostles may have bccn proper Ut
1l,r ,nY AM, W.,t.Hs the circumstances ot their
uttesailcc, We >iafn, that tho condition oi
woman 1Ins heen 20 changed, and llcr mind 80
applicable now wv arc told by tue iehns Of
to-day That her condition tnoueands Of 5ears
nEo waa her natural condEiion--ta1nt In Which
tiod placed her ami intended her to remnls'.
by taking her nut of The condition of ignoranee
and dcprayity In which shn thcn existed.
An educated mind cannot be kept in slavery.
Our 4yste.a Ut education Ia nil wrong. II God liz
tended her to remain the ignorant slavc Of INN
si,e then Was How comes 1t, Il TINT WIS her
natural, Gul. .ortlainetl postton thst We find her
condition 40 different At the present day
Whether riplt or wrong, that condition hae
gradually changed ever since the intrminction oi
Christianity. AMI this work, this change. I, not
OF hcrsess, not of man. We must yegogntxe In
her courec the direction anti Euidnnceus higher
power. II thls change, this progress. tend 10
evil ns It's opponents predict, then Hc nho r1lss
avn, hrlngtu1 thr evil upen Tbs world. But II,
| as We 1el,cyr, II Ia for the goo'f, not only ot
woman but of humanity. then, too, ne afiold
recognize the higher nowerthat 50 urders y, ai''t
do what We may 10 help forward Ills wurk. In
| either case nc cannot, by npl,oktlu'. Blbln aI-
punicut, OF Indifference, stay llis wnfk mud WILL
Woman has part t. !as III lifc that y. Faut
never dreamed Of: sntl he who lvca in the Ecxt
generation will scs greatcr shunsrs t!mn tho
past Onr has produced. As well say TINT men
should be md do Us they were and did IN the
days uf Abraham. ~ to say that wnten ti'n1ltl
TIC kept In tfs. state OF bondage III which s11c cx.
istc'l thousand. ot yeArs aco.. The world
moves, and wut.,an ln,lst move With It. She IT,
her!ts thu Aanc blood. the same Apirtt OF liner.
ty, ttlut tlrsvei* to her brothers, af!l fur which
her fatl,erA bIcI nHd dtet1. To fight aRntnst this
ptoqrasson Is like lighting a.hnst the cliatlcl-
patton Ut the slave. a. the chalts Ut the latter
| were hrukcu, ami the opprcAscd set lrec, II
spite VI opposition a,d l'!ble argument, no VIII
the All Father, in flFs own g'txi time and why,
bring about tho emancipation OF woman, mud
| make her the equal with man In power mud DO
n,iniun TINT he proclaimed h,r 10 be at the crea
tlur. tlnt We may have " "EveftWhcf9 two hcatIG
| in council, two beside The hearth, two In tht
tunulcd business u tte world, Two in the ifbcra
offices Vi ltfc.'t
hut mist forbear, lest the apace 1occupJ ex
cIule mo frnsu The Home. a wora on another
subject, rrnler mine. aud then will rrtjrc.
Surprising Candidate to lie a inau, l 40 nj
dressed my remarks in reply 10 him III ias
weeks Home. But In somc, to me, unaecounta a
bio u,at!ncr-whctllcr by spirit or human a1enc,
know not-betwccn mr. desk ali TUE lHInUal
prrss-roon,, "sha" and "hcrn wcro aubsti
tuicd for ahe +" and "htm y all through m
article, giving It n strange reading. 1t ncrcr en-
tered mY head that Candidate Was n woman. 81
um sure that mr pen lid not dD it-u1lles
some evil snrtc blinded my eycs and stale III
| acnscs. Had taken Candidate for Il .yon,nn
st!utltu have treated her casc very differently
beg nv rcat!eFs tn make the correction In tf1''i
own minds, and believe that nm paiucl at til
b1undcr, A. 3.