Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-11
THE PRESIDENTS SISTER.
Miss Cleveland On the Rosfrum-Some
Thoughts Suggested 10y Her Lecture.

Miss Cleveland On the B0s frum-Some
Thoughts Suggested by Her Lecture.
In June, 1883. Miss E'z ibeth Cleveland,
present mistress Of the White House. de-
lvered an address before the Elmira \.
i Female College, which the Preshy-
terian Evangelist pronounced "great'-a
deserved compliment to an excellent
woman. 1t was entitled "Aluuistic
Faith" and for her illustration she took
ChodIdja. first wife of Mohammed. who
was rich and much older than he was
when she married him. When asked in
later years why be did not put her awav
aud take a yOun 1er wife be replied mat
he loved her hest because she believed in
him when an men despised him. Chedid-
jas faith made VI manned.
There is faith in God, faith in self, and
in humanity The first produces the
others. Faith in humanity believes that
lite is worth IVipe ard worth saving.
You will have much hunger and tairst,
will crave affection when the bloom Of
youth Is supplantcd by tho ashen hue Of
are: will crv aloud for help i'm intirmities.
must needs come, because those on whom
women rely. though themselves power
less TO relieve them Of their intolerabln
aches. pains. prOstratiOns, slcepless
nights OF agony. and DAYS Of distress
because Of the narrOwness Of their code
and the salG-hnes ~ their purpOse-re-
strain them from esnrting to those
agencies which may lift women to a
plane OF greater usefulness, and to a
nohler life.
Eanv woman lacks the faith Of Che
didja. II they had faith in their own re-
serve of physical power, confidence in
| the personal experience of others wonld
| follow, and instead Of a race of suffering
| mortals-slaves TO the prejudices Of those
/ whose only int rest in them is bounded
/ by their professional fees-we should sea
/ nobility Of station reinforced by nobility
/ Of mind. and robustness OF life.
/ The power to rid themselves of the
| aches. pains and desperate despair, which
/ a1nct them. lis Ia women, and ought to
! come out. You all have a countless
/ amount of testimony" Some one will saw
to YOU 500 on and you will conquer"
"HowY Do as your sisters have done
/ Have faith in their ndisputabe expert
/ ences. We want more life and fuller, and
! need all the help we can get. Men would
/ fail were it not for the Chedidias. There
! is much in good digestion to keep a
woman sweet and lovable. There is
more i'm thorough action Of the great blood
/ purity ING Organe-the liver and kidneys,
/ for if they are deranged woman cannot
/ have the PHYSICAL comfort so craved and
prayed for. To secure this, the help they
need-the help that thousands have al
ready used and to which they say
they owe all they possess
Warmers safe cure. Mrs. Maria c.
! Treadwoll, Stamford, Conn. President
| Of the State W0man's Christian Tenn
perance Unlon), a well-knOwn leader
saws: 1T is the only thing which seemed
"a reach my case" These unprejudiced
thousands have blessed the world because
they have become Chedidjas, who have
felt it their duty todeclare their own faith
and to inspire their sisters with conf
! dance in the extraordinary upbuilding
energy OF this wonderful discovery.
Miss Cleveland has evidently an Origi
nal ana fertile mind, and we are indebted
to her interesting lecture, a few thoughts
from which we have copied. for a text out
Of which the above suggestions have
| crown.