Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-03-09
VICTORIA Woodruff.
An English Estimate of ssrhc Most
Gifted Woman OF the Age"

An English Estimate of ssThc Most
Gifted Woman OF the Age"
We are in receipt of the Christian Union,
an English publication laying claim to
advanced social and religious views 1t
has a leading editorial article eulogistie Of
Clafin- Woodruff. To show how the .old
| graces of q certain class of our British
cousins we copy as follows:
We have with much satisfaction the
| prospect Of the proximate temperance
among US Of one OF the most remarkably
gifted women OF the age. Mrs. Victoria
Claf1in Woodruff, alter q period OF over
two years absolute rest enjoined on her by
her physicians, owing to the fearful strain
she has gone through in advocating her
principles in the United States, where she
sacrificed health and a considerable for
tune to the moral improvement Of her
fellow creatures. is about to resume her
most arduous public duties so far as her
partially recovered strength will permit.
During this term of enforced repose she
has been sought out by the noblest and
highest minded men aud women of this
conntry. ard nothing but their kind and
generous sympathy could have enabled
her to recover so far from the effects Of the
fiery persecution and misrepresentation
heaped upon her by her enemies. Far re-
moved from the arena of that excitement,
they have been able to form a just and
unbiased estimate Of the real qualities Of
this extraordinary woman, and they find
in her nothing bat the most pure minded,
self-denying philsntrophy. her sole ambi-
ton being the ameliorstiou OF the suffer-
ings Of her fellow creatures. Before
returning to her native land she proposes
to put forth to the world some OF her
writings, aud feels that the English people
have Justly . prior claim to her first publi-
cations. Mrs. Woodruff insists with all
the power Of her imprisoned eloquence
upon the evil results to tine world Of inter-
ested and il considered marriages, and
shows what improvement would be effect
ed in society if the s~anctity OF marriage
were better understood and sacredly re-
spected. She believes that woman's loving
influence is to be the great regenerator Of
the human race, and that she, under
Divine guidance, has q mission to instruct
and prepare her sex for the mighty respon-
sibilities which rest upon them. Those
who enjoyed the high privilege OF hearing
Mrs. Woodruff at st. James Hall will
ever remember bow the audience was held
spellbound by her fervid and impressive
eloquence, and her reward was that
parents, sons, and daughters focked to
her afterwards to bless her for thus calling
to their most serious attention matters so
important to their temporal and eternal
welfare. She has always been. even from
her very infancy, . moss diligent and
prayerful student Of the Scriptures, and
as il by inspiration she has been able to
make clear and explain many OF the
hidden mysteries Of the sacred writings,
in q most logical and convincing manner,
and her works are destined to be . lantbron
Of light to those who seek for e~nlighten-
meur on these most vital and moral
subjects. That q woman who has devoted
her whole life to doing angels work should
have been so maligned and presented,
even up to the gates Of justice, where alone
she received 9 verdict Of blameless, ia one
of those marvels which the pages Of history
only can explain. and which show that all
those who have fought for q good cause,
from Saints and Martyrs ac.nwards, have
had to pass through their Gethsemane Of
mental suffering too exquisite for human
ut.erance. She has passed through her
Gethsemane, and when she returns to her
native land her people will vie with each
other to make reparation for the cruel
injuries they have done to the noblest
minded and most self-sacrihcing Of women
whose only fault was that she loved them
too well.