The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-11

dcm has beard, and whose .cerss have
rsAcned the isles OF the sea.
Al humanity knows il, for
BANDS grow more hopefu,
Voices grow more tender
It IS the same that eighteen centuries Gso
was chaDted by angel voices ia Peace on
earth, good will to men," translated anew 20
rs as Love" There was something
in that sound that resched
fore, for woman is the mother-the m9thsr
Is lite, and lie is love. IL the rule Of God is
love, the rule CT humanity il love; for If
humanity reaches il best estate 1t must be
atone meas with God. And we climb su-
other round beyond the Brotherhood OF mao
TO The sisterhood OF woman. II seems strange
we Did not always know il. but we die not.
As il almost another race Of creatures. neces-
sary TO the life and growth of the world, AMI
3 part CT the world, woman was yet apart
from the world, and more than all, apars
from each other. Ii is e familiar truth tina.
until only about thirty years $50 was there
much TO signify bat tha. women were a dif.
fereDt class, having few interests IN common
with men. 1t IS hard to beiisge that IN
America woman was ever this silent factor,
now that her thought n labor psrmeateS
and ~yitalizes ell life. Too much a silent
factor still, yet thirty years have brought
such wonderful chsnges that one, looking
va AaaS nv 1a0 GAtAa 10
Woman's Century,
Is it from the mountain-top Of vision that
few great hearts have seen this dawn OF the
woman's century? Nay, in thousands o.
great hearts lis light is shown. Not q home
in America bat has felt its power. And
women that sit IN the darkness OF heathen-
dom have felt the marvellous light Of a sis
ter's love as she tells OF a home and Christ
Enough has been done in missionary worY
alone, to mark this country as womsD's.
Her touch has swung open the doors of col
leges and schools. They swung back tafdIIy:
but the hinges are forgetting their rusGine>s.
1t IS no longer q wonder IL women are pro-
~fessors, and III. DIS, aud d. D.s-no marvel ii
they sIe artists and wIiters and successful
business managers.
Questions came up yesr by year Cor solu.
ton. Why should such a difference be
made 2 the laws that govern man and
as veil, be worth only hall pa psyP WI WY 's are
not her children hers by the laws OF the Ian
as by the laws of Cod? Why should the
world De full Of pitfalls for childbood's feet,
Why ful! OF snares for womar's life? Why
should the weak be tempted, why should
they be condemne1, and the strong go free?
AL these questions awakened womsnhocd
Aas aszedd, and Today is answering. They
ask other and solemn personal questions:
What is home Where does the home
influence end? Am / NY sis
ter's keeper? Am I chiidhood's
guardian? What does the future de-
mand Of my life and labor The nonther
heart hears the tramp, tramp, tramp Of lit
tie feet in lar away years TO come. How
shall the path be made for them straight?
For love is service. Love must lift humanity.
poer, dwarfsd humanity TO tia level OF the
true home. Slowly is woman understanding
her rightful place IN the world. Slowly. Lus
surely.
When great need comes there is a great
soul to meet it. AS true of woman's work
to-day as OF man's. When the cry OF war
sounded, and We gave our best beloved -
the strife, there was no Red Cross AsseciE-
ton to carry its humane r~elief,-but there
was o Clara Barton. When the crusade bsnd
stepped from the shelter of home to pray for
the orunksrd, they had no thought how to
keep the drDnkard from being made. Lol O
Frances Willard has set up the white ribbon
banner in every state OF tie broad United
States. and q heroic baDd Of God.feariDg,
manity-loving women held up their 81 y.
nal lights at 1000 posts. And. where, in IN
weary struggle for bread 80 many poor mo-
men are in want or overtaken with tempta-
ton, the motherly hand o. the Woman's
Christian Association extends its help. Aud
the Women exchanges.-0ases in the Will
defness OF cities-open their rooms OF cheer
and instruction TO the stranger and the ig-
norant, and make q market place for the
! sale OF womaH's work. For the poor, q
Bohin's Bower springs up, with Jennie Col.
lins as its founder. Through aud through
the cities are the homes for the children,
the rest places for worn out pilgrims, and the
kindergartens where poverty forgets its
Loneliness and childhood It's sorrows.
IN Congress and Convention, leading
women meet to discuss great social Ques-
tions, and it is no longer q marvel. Churches
that wsulG have felt desscrated If O woman's
! dress touched the pulpit ioor-not many
years ago-now ION Convention occasions
at least) bid her cordial welcome. Prison
and asylumg know OF her sisterly care;
| schools are made more practical by Der
counsel, and churches more charitable bg
her influence. Says one Of the truest lead
ers OF thought: Woman Will make home
like every place she enters, and she will en-
ter every place on this round earth"