The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-02
THE wOMENy INTERNATIONAL con
VENTIOS.
sunday Session Hymns and Lectures
All Creeds Included In the Salvation.

All 0TGeu- IncluGe0 III fHe >alNAllOns
WAsHISGToN, d. c., April /. - The
Sunday afternoon session OF the Inter
National Council Of Women was opened
with an invocation by airs. John I.
Newman. and the singing of hymn,
after which Matilda Joslyn Gage spoke
of women in the early church, and Rev.
AntOnette Brown Blackwell discOursed
on science and religious truth. Addresses
were also made by Elizabeth BOyntOn
Hurbert, Isabella Bertha Hooker, sister OF
Henry Ward Beechcr, who stated her
faith as that of Christian spirituallst
and her creed briefly as believing in the
first great cause.-The Creator; that the
pains CT the life TO come are to
be abbreviated or heightened according TO
the deeds done in this body. In her plan
of salvation she included Jew Christian,
Pagan, and Gentle alike, and said that
the evolution of the scientists and the
Christian fore-ordination were one and
the same, and that matter not less than
the spirit, is permearcd by the divine
presence. Elizabeth G. Stuart, the next
speaker, announced herself as hum mi
tartan, and her text as the power OF
thought in its relation to the body She
was succeeded by Ednah Cheney and Miss
Francis Willard
END OF THE SESSION.
The Sunday night and closing session
Of the Women international Council
was opened with prayer by Mary II Hunt,
of Boston. Miss Anthony made public
the basis OF organization for Nalional
and International Council, and The name.
of tie officers nominated for these couu.
ellis. to be elected at a business meeting
tomorrow.
Madame Bogelet, the French el,gatc,
read brief letter expressing her pleasure
at having attended the council. Madame
Bogelet said that it was the first time she
had ever spoken in English. Her paper
before the council was read in French
She was succeeded by Miss Allie Trygg
of Finland, and Mrs Groth OF Norway,
who delivered short addresses.
Mrs Stanton delivered the closing ad
dress She said the council had been p
success and had proven that women are
ready for concerted action She com.
2limented the speakers anl the papers
written. She has always looked forward
to going to the kingdom OF heaven en-.
and introducing herself to
ST. Peter at tte gate as citizen OF
America. Women have had To force
their way into every avenue Of work
now open to them 4 letter, she said,
was received this morning from Rus
sian Nhilist which completes the
sending greeting 10 the
Council. The letters sent by diff
ferent countries shows the uuiver-
sal interest felt all over The world in the
council For the first convention held
forty years ago day preparation Was
sufficient but for this con lcil yem ;
was made Sac also con
lrasted the difference with which the
press received the convention Of forty
years ago and the present International
Council The result of The latter must
be of lasting effect, She coHtrasted the
Queen OF Eugland's jubilee with this
jubilee of the women. The Queen, she
said, did not single good thing
to carry down and connect her name
with her jubilee, but. in this,
the women OF Americas jubilee, the
women of the world had brought the
best thoughts ana efforts Of heart and
brain. I'VE have done so much to make
our country proud of u.s." said Mrs
Stanton, and we ask of her Just and
equable laws governing and making her
equal to man, protecting her purity
For the men Of the nation we ash counsel
with wise women In proportion as the
circle Of woman extends itself she will in
spire men with broader views as TO IA
iional and international questions We
ask you TO celebrate this woman ; jubilee
by placing in wOman's hand the ballot. /
When u woman has no care 10 take
part in government Il proves that
She has not ripened mind
woman hedged about with old pre-
JUDGES and sustained in these preju-
iiccs by men Of common sense. We are
scuptors, and our life work is not 10
build up creeds and codes, but to roll OIL
he loads Of superstition aud set the i'm
)risoncd angel free"
At the conclusion of Mrs. S;auton's
address "Auld Lang Sync' was sung,
md the session closed