The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-04-26
Woman and Her Work.

Rev. Henry MackaY, rector of st. An
drew's Episcopal church, preached u
most eloquent sermon Sunday evening on
and throughout the discourse was lis
tened to with deepest interest by the en-
tire congregation. The subject of the
discourse was founded on the Esd chap
ter of Luke, and the 55th and seth verses,
which read: "The women also which
came with him from Galilee followed
after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how
his body was lad. And they prepared
spices and ointments; and very early on
the first day of the week they came un-
to the sepulchre, bringing the spices
which they had prepared, that they
might anoint him."
The occasion of these words, said the
speaker, is well known to you, and need
not be stated now. They, with many
more instances, show the higher and
purer spirituality of the woman above
that of the man. Let it be understood
that there is an ascending scale in nature
and that this rise is evolution and
this evolution is progress. By
this he said he might mean,
or he might not mean, the evolution of
scientists, which, however, should not
brighten people as it does, for we have
true evolution stated in the book of
Genesis where it is written that the
earth and water brought forth living
creatures after their kind. We
need not fear to grant the evolu-
Zionist all that he claims,
for, lying behind the lowest as well as
the highest forms of creation, is the
creative cause, whom We call God. When
the creation began is not stated in Holy
Writ, and II might have been longer
Or shorter period back when the begin
ming was is unknown, and. no doubt, is
unknOwable 10 man.
The speaker gave very interesting
diagnosis of the successive stages of
creation until ne came to the GROWING
glory of Gods work on earth, the crea-
tion of man, so high IN nature, so fiue in
spirit, so wonderful in intellectual en-
dowments-the only creature of earth
who knows its maker, and sees in Him
both God and Father. Separating the
human race into sexes, woman was con-
sideEed the highest, noblest work of the
Almighty; her spiritual nature was
vastly superior to that OF man, and had
she not appeared the earth would have
been peopled with men of war only.
The highest spiritual nature of woman
kind was, no doubt, the mother of Jesus
But of woman in general it is true that
the womanlY attributes are, as
they might be styled, divIni-
ties. Her plsce. therefore, in
nature, is very high, and this place she
now mainly holds through Christianity,
and though she was formed from part
of man. she still is superior in spiritu-
atty, and this is seen in the charm and
love of her motherhood; in her holy and
gentle ministrations at the bedside of
the sick, in her sweet sympathy for the
poor and afflicted. See her as sister
of Christ, and as Florence Nightingale,
and many other noble women within
the memory of all. What man, with
all his strength and powers of endur-
ance, would endure what his finer
nerved and weaker companion endures
Said the speaker, wise as the ancient
ideal republic-maker was, he did not
seem to to know that woman's nature
is debased when subjected TO the rigor
and hardsh:ps of the battle ground and
the farm. Mans rougher nature fits
him for these pursuits and women should
not be forced into them 1t does
not lessen her to say that man is, by his
nature, better fitted for political life.
philosophy, warfare and oraiory, than
she. But we may not draw dividing
lines between her and him; for if he is
her superior in some things, she ranks
with him grandly in others. Being
taken out of the man, shows that he ana
she are one. Some, too, claim that men
who are mild and gentle in manner, are
so because they have more of the femIn-
inc than of the masculine nature in
them. Whatever may be said on this
head, one thing is certain, that the man
Is not complete without some Of her ma
ture in him, nor is she complete with
out some of his nature in her. Still
there is glory of the woman, and there
Is gloly OF the man-also each is
great in his and her own way. but neith-
or alone makes humanity at once strong
thoughtful, loving and pure.
/ Finally. concluded the speaker, sister:
in Christ and sisters all: To yon /.
our appeal for the coming year; w
know not what shall be on the Eaorrow
and As the night of death draws neal