New-York tribune., 1879-01-15
PAULA AND JEROHE.
DIR. JOHN LoEDs THIRD LECTURE.

DIX. JOHN IOItIjS lilllAD LIN ] \ M
An ELoQUtNT PICTURE OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN
Tue sEXEs-wOMAN's True SPHERE ~ Iua
ELEVATION oF rHE RACE
Another large and intelligent audience
greeted Dr. John Lord at his third lecture in Chicerrua
Hal, vest, rlly morning. and ladies' began 10 arrive at
the hall twenty minutes tcore the appon MED hour and
&C II o'clock every unresery'd seat was occupied 4
few ades who came late tOck possession Of tie seats %
the balcony .ises. Tie lecture differed essentially
character and treatment from tie two previous ones
was less political more personal and social II was
discourse the beav and .neiceut intnenee oi plIe
and unseldsh friendship between Cuc sexes.
Paula, said the lecturer, was an illus rous Romaa
Iiy ot rauk and wealth, who Will be spoken of IN this
lecture esppriHy with reference 10 h-f rrnaI Atpe
II eusaiD jerome IN the Latter part OF the i0dr1
century wien CuTlsiI .ny Wa tue established rchOn
0 the crumonuy EMPIRES Of tUc Romans. II from hcr
We DO not date first great change n the social re,i
tons 81 man Wh No ou'H' sue - IT ic'o. ~ % U.s.
orble example that can Il o. tnai exalted sentiment
ilcn Christianity called ont IN tie inteoursr Ol lLc
scxe~ and whcl "a, dou" moro or the ee 'on ., -? ~
crtY than any other sentiment ncN 10 tclEinh l'-ei
Ftual fIcnd-hO must eSer nave adorned ara cHtettd
I,c world IL naturally sprug> iroIn the depths Of
womau's soul. However dark ana d!smal sociey nay
nave pcen II age oI bar ar,h or aqper'1'.,n, u y
% I'm ~ t,' mn atd ~ ma, to eOmIn,
which was not intensified ON the passion o, love.
select Paula To SLOW tHat iri"hdship t"c hoOes
quality OF woman, was not common until CIt's,lany
mad greatly modified tne opinions and hablts OF society
Paula Highly favored as wcl as a hlshD gll.ea
WOMAN, aud was born A ID. 3l7, at Rome. ebe vs.
married al seventeen 10 Io&atus, "r The stl mco
llustrIous JUuau ,amy. She hYed on AouAt AFens..o
city in Italy. Untu her husband died shc was mol US
unuisncd other Roman ladies' OF RANK except lo
the spiendor OF her palace anu me e.e ol a.a "a
She wls INST Won by the virtues OF the celeoaara a
Narcela aud hastcned to enroll ntrselt with Ief I've %
daughters as pupils OF the learned wOldu Ou net
conversion she distributed TO tue poor ,nr greater par
OF ue immense income She became nurse ., @ tnc .' 2
her pety could not escape the aSeene sn c @ VA. body
Sac lived bread and a ltue oil, wasted be' % pp
with fl,ungs, and dressed hAe . servant let nss @
y Of al I'm Nltrpl
woman was lost ~ the saint. She sOAe tN' 49,
language an Enghsn or Russian noDRmah sp 80.
m 1% understands German II was when Rome was 'ns
hed charities that she fell under the lnnu'n'' u
81. j, rome. . -. M, ,h. mara
Jerome was Of rank and fortune Ike the ni'ts =,
fauuus OF the Fathers, bat gave away as is
tho poor. Ills accomplishments ana MS tAalS' ~
him the leading spirit at Rome Learned, pou i ' n
his manners, eOqucat IN his teachhS'' n't 6s no.
came a fayorte those hlGh circles "heIe I." u rIa
adorned Dy plety and culture AT ne hoi1a "' ,,oa
he Vas lRe Whitehead with tue Countess OF huA'inN
or M!caac Angelo IN tne paltce OF Vturl' t0.ouA1, -
frcud, teacuer and ~ oracle. The l-LdSn.P ,sut
mmOrtazed Paula and j rome rArey eAs eAS's ee'1,r
with equals. They spent theiT leisure hddi' lOe''nr
read the same books and kindtd al the same - ~
mnnts. Weary Of the honOrs ana e1c"eu,en5,s and
grcat civ Jrrotpe embarked for the EA>t l 50 "a
Two yrars aitcrwEd Paula. wth her daugnitt' 'am
hn at Antioch and they hnaly settled Al ,cs
winch jerome ma tho'rn as ~ , nu ,or. DUNG
Here ne performed MS mighty literary "a :, ,htr
and ina the prrv.OHs sixteen years 81 Rome ue' n,
a scandal arise base suspicion eAsi ia "a !.
y
Was nothing IN 10 OF that fiat0ulc sentihc"idhy -.
masked the medieval courts Of love. nor mere M,
tual aiIull alton. Paula dci ~ toe axe ~ u'P =.
jerome closed her owes. The church has ever an.
/ cherished Arr memory and raised >Aruts AM ~ ~ -
ments IN her rOnUr. jerome survived her hitth a
We ~ev PHuis lie tui1t uUrlc sentiment NniS" =
the first development in wumdu's ItugrtS, nom ' N
1t Christianity ~natcheI her from IN p'lu ou
Pa AMI she Is made tptbio ot trcn s-iP V' 80
without sullying her soul giving occas on ~ tns
pIOacA. Rarr ami difficult as thIs seutnehi - bf,
choIc -, flower tAat man hnds IN the pAt' -, IA
! raItulY pilgrimage. Woman may SIFt W. ui N
great pIlzes bestowed on genus ana lenf ins %" .
NATURE cannot be hilt-deyeopcd, her cpae'"'' -, IA
with nan IN the fire interchange of those S'"'.
winch keep the soul awe ana whira suWat.' LA
noblcst powers Then only does she reanLc lei a.
mission. Then only she RI" { tDc Gi- il' -. -
guardian angel eduCa or o. t4c heart. lht W n
sluu ot woman Is tO administer the tntGrl' 10 ~.
which LABOR made sEtct, pain as,Ul -eu, 'o'"a' "A
tlutd truth made beautiful and duty hit~r go a
Woman made clt strlue forward irum lie 100" r.
and slaYrlirs OF The ancient world wAVu sIc pt"' b
sell capsbr OF pure aui Lofty friendship Wlt"""'
coming tutang ed IN tAe Uf an eaftHiy ","
uil. make sun gr 4 stride when Out cA u ca
shall com rrhend that /, rot for ne grdtH -
passing VANITY Or foolish peasurr or mi'riwo@ a a. IN
that she extends nrr h,nd OF -cuer0i' c"u',' -, "a
but talt lie may De aided by the strenGth sio ye.
weakness, encouraged by tnc smiles she ne'o"S ~ ga
| patly, aud cnls sAtened ~ the Wisdom sAe Lac s'
ny inspiration.