The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-06-09

Ol mlnl- stun ana VlDfaIlllS llUS Dc-
comes au enduring influence. The
secret thoughts in the tcemlng brains
of TODAY, by this law, will become
part of the intellectual atmosphere OF
future thinkers, to be breathcd i'll
and re- used rs new matcriul-Will be-
come iusistant guests at the opening
doors of every mind builded upon the
fashion OF like form. Whose thinks
lives for others no less than whose
acts. As Won have been thus adding
yonr busy thinking, feeling, and de
tCrmining to the surrounding influences
talking to the spheres i'll language
anything but silent, rs the chemical
rays from the depths of space are the
reverse of dark as they stream through
the Notwithstanding thus, with the
past pressed almost out OF sight, hold
ing with one hand the present, with
the other reaching out To the future,
the air around has become thick with
calls to new aCtiOn-with prophcsies
HAT are no longer vague. To eyes that
see there is ceaslcss march to the
rear of old, out worn, battle. Scared
ideas. At the same time solid pha-
lanX of the new and strong rush in,
bearing upon their banners legends of
higher human needs, soon TO take form
as better human acts.
Should the question be asked "What
is the shibolcth in this army of advance
which admits to the passage from the
old to the ncw?" | think the All
swcr of this half of the century can
but be "the higher education of
women" Great issues lie folded III
the full meaning of these simple words.
Like the innocent looking bottle upon
the seashOre some Sinbad has but To
draw out the stopper to release tow
ering column of startling pro-
portions. II would require hours TO
only touch this subject OF woman's
need of the widest educational advant-
ages. A subject whose significance to
future human development, and whose
relation To the splendid material civil
| zation of the present is as the fair
beauty and symmetry of shapely edi-
| flee Ia its strong, but rough-heWn sub
| structure.
Underneath life is secret force
which seems to be related to its OK
preston in visible forms rs is the soul
to the body III man. 1t is the Tui%OH
Gci1'c of the world of phenomena. Ii
wells up through the ground floor of
our plane of consciousness in all forms
of civilization. in all intellectual and
moral movements, rs If to find the
level of higher source of outflow
than physical phenomena. This hid,
den, subtle power, behind matter,
treighted with the largest possibilities,
the fullest meaning, and rushing ire
sistibly on to expression has been, all
along the ages, taking form in human
government, literature, religion, art,
| philosophy-in short, in human civii'
cation.
Has not the expression of this
mighty aud bcncticent power, III the
adjustment of man to the conditions ol
life on his planet, a meaning which
can he relatively understood? Can tho
intention be other than the rounded
development of the intellectual, moral
and spiritual powers in humanity?
| Ii is long since any searcher after
| truth has thought TO come upon sim
pie substance, aud unrelated idea, q
| plane OF life unimked with others
The orderly procession of all things
through the established continuity oI
cause and effect forbids the idea of the
| disruption of any state from that
which preccdes and follows it. Through
out the ilIimitably extended chain
from the first ripple upon the ocean OF
| life TO the completed fullness OF that
mconceivably large oneness of all
things which we call the universe
procession, each state depending upon
| that which is beneath itself making Il
| possible place for that which is above,
| the order of proceeding being from the
| over to the next higher. Within this
chain the direct linking of intellect into
intuition--twO planes OF consciousness
rs closely allied as man and woman-
furnishes the key for understanding
| the prOphesy OF Il new stale of things
founded upon and held in closest rela
lions with the old
| The promise of the future is given to
The iniuiiiondi half of humanity.
Physical intellect has lowered into
\ civilization so splendid that it a:naZes
by lis rapid advance from the marvcl>
II Yesterday To the greater nIarvcls OF
to-day. But il gives, in all lis range OI
accepted proofs Of what is true, nC
hint, no iaimIcst whisper of the inctfa
BILE truths of the unseen. 1t lacks tho
kew note which alone can turn lis dis
cord into harmony. Upon natures
instrument this phase OF development
has run the scale of the intellectual
powers in man the major scale of the
harmony. Shall not the time Oc when
the Infinite Player, touching the minol
scale, shall bring out new chords o.
| I,.I M, al oil a.,
full in man, in The very nature o
,hings, is obliged to add the chord o
woman, an octave higher.
| All order of advance is from bcneati
upward. and linked into the reasoning
intellect, and acting upon different
plane by different methods, are Tho
iurccs OF the intuiliOnal intellect. III!
i force destined in the future to dca
most thoroughly with some conditions
OF life which sit upon the shoulders o
the representatives OF that other imme
diatc link in the chain " it'll the ease o
Il comfortable garment.
| AS thought Is expressed through tht
molecular changes in the brain; u,
Infinite thought is expressed i'll IhI
Cosmos through nil the forms OF life
so pressing from within, now come
the advance waves OF the, as yet, un
expressed intuitIomal forces; force
which are already busy in shaping
new phase of hnman rights. The gate
way To this new Inheritance is through
the higher education of women. The
idea cannot be pressed back amongs
The unarisen stars, through the portal:
of the day! Lift up your heads, "
gates! II is the day dawn of woman,
era. The spirits of the morning are
standing, robed like Angels of Annun
ciation, upon the mountain tops Th6s,
are not made OF the earth "elcments o
wind and fire." but "some divine
dream element Towering in thcil
midst il IL head OF majestic beauty
strong with powers that are unfamiliar
Upon the clear, wide brow is traced ,
legend easily desciphcrablc. II read,
Cone mOrUt law for man and woman.
| is the typical head of the man of the
new civilization. Strong with tho
strength OF justice! gentle from th,
pcrmeatiOn of his being with purity!
A curious appeal appeared bat yes
tcrGay III y BOSi"m publication. Al
appeal tO women, that in the rapiC
adoption OF pursuits for self IuvciDp
mcnl, and their growing desire To Ill
places Of new nsctulU;a5 thGy woul,
nnl forget that there are others IN the
field beside themselves that there arc
arm to he remembered
80 amazing was This that, ior
moment, / though. II local rarihuuak,
must have shaken the Hub! rcmail
bcwiIdcrcd, and would he glad of any
| iuicrurntutiOu which couIn throw liubI