The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-08
mIss cLEvELANp,s LECTURE.
Dividing the Human Bace into the q boosters
aud the boosted

aud the Boosted.
The Evangelist OF June %, 1889, contained
the following report of a lecture by Miss
Cleveland, the present mistress of the White
House: The great address of the CON-
mencement at ElmirA Female College was
that before the slumna by Miss Elizabeth
Cleveland, sister of Governor Cleveland.
This was so good that we give your readers
3 full abstract She somewhat resembles
Anna Dickinson IN looks, but her delivery
was very effective. Her subject was
'Altruistic Faith and for her illus.
trst4on of this she took Chedidja. the
first wife OF Mobammed, who was rich q
widow, and much older than he whsn she
married h1ns- When asked why he did not
in later years put Der away and take
younger wife, he replied that he loved her
best because she believed in thim when all
men despised him. This was the fervent
effectual faith o, one soul in another. 1t
was her faith that wrought out Mohammed.
There Is faith in God in self, in humanity.
TIE first produces the others. Give this full
growth aud the others will have full sweep.
Our creed should be enlarged to add to Il
believe in God the Father believe in N.Y.
self, or in you. This threef0ld faith should
be taught,
Faith in Others is faith in humanity, first
in the abstract and second in the concrete.
The first is that general altitude of mind
which is hopeful and expectsnt OF human.
II lOOAb 10 y EOSl Vi uuhl SOOO. III Is
not pessimistlc. Ii believes that life is
worth living infinitely, and infinitely worth
saving. But il must not stop with the 40
stTact. Life is laid out in definite door
yards. a whole milky way of generalities
may not give rushlight to any human be-
ing. 1t must touch humanity in the indi-
vidual II for good. It must look into aims
houses and asylums and prisons and the
darkness OF the cities night.
The faith which believes in another does
cot require negatively, first. that its PROBES
sOr be female, yet it ie oftePer found in q
woman than in a man. Men believe in
themselves, and are occupied with them
selves. Second, this is not inseparable from
the bonds OF matrimony. But she would
have a woman moderately married She
need not be butt0nhole bouquet to q man,
nor be dead in love with him. They may
have faith in esch other. Third, il is not
hero worship; it will serve but not worship.
1t believes that he can be and do one thing.
This was illustrated by Mrs. Carlyle. Ched-
idja believed in Mohsmmed. Afirmatively,
this faith is that faculty OF mind, by which
one discIiminates what sm good for and best
for. 1t sees that this, and no other, is your
way. 1t discerns the ordinary and the ex-
tTsOIdinary in you. 1t dlvlnes you; it ap-
preciates ven. Whence this faith? 1t is the
gift of God. Chedidja is Theodore Miss
Cleveland did not believe in Sslf-made men.
There is at least one Chedioja in every life
Your own faith will at times need the sup
port OF another. This will be when all men
despise you aud you despiss yourself You
will have much hunger and thirst, and will
crave wealth ana health and affection, but
your keerest craving will be for recognition
TO do something, TO be somebody, to accom-
plIsh something, to do good piece of work,
TO DO your best. Is may be ct housekeeping
or dressmaking, or IN literature, or in art IE
is in you, and 1t ought TO come out. You sill
have human testimony TO this. Some one
will gay to you; GO on and you viii con-
q1er." You may listen to and obey that voice.
She despiSed seiisuiiicingness You can
get along alone, but you have no right TO get
along; you were born to show not how little
but how much you can do. We want more
life and fuller, and need all the help we can
get. Men would fail but for Chedidjas. She
would make new classification of man
kind, and divide them into boosters aud
boosted. The boosters are the important and
do the most good. 1t may be we'll to boost
a man, bat better to boost woman. BE
Chedidjss, and do the thing next TO you, and
by your faith assist Others. Altruistic faith
is most reasonable.
This abstract will give but faint idea of
the thoughtful and practical character of
the address.