The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11

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artists, bankers and CAPITALISTS, who
brought up their children under the IA.
fernai delusion that Il was not hixh
toned for women to learn q profitable
calling. Young women, take this affair /
u your own hands and let there be an
lnsurrection IN Al prosperous families In
Brooklyn and New Yerk and Christsn-
dom on the paEt Of the daughters Of this
day, demanding knowledge IN occupa-
tons and styles Of business By which
they may be their own defense and their
own support II all fatherly and husbandIy
and brotherly hands forever fail them.
have seen two sad sighfs-the one a
woman IN all the glory Of her Young lsfe
stricken by disease. and in week life
less In home Of which she had been the
pride. As her hands were folded over
the sfill heart and her eyes closed for the
last slumber, and she was taken out amid
the lamentations Of kindred and friendz
thought that was sadness fmmeasura-
bic. But / have seen something CON-
pared with which that scene was bright
and songful Itwas young woman who
had been all her days amid wealthy sur
roundings by the visit Of death and bank
ruptcy to the household turned out on
cold world without one lesson about how
TO get food on shelter, and into the awful
whirlpool Of city life whcfe strong ships
have gone down, and for twenty years
not one word has been heard from her.
Vessels last week went out on the At
lantic ocean looking for hIipwrecked
craft that was LEFT alone and forsaken on
the sea a few weeks ago with the idea Of
bringing it into port. But who shall
ever bring again into the harbor Of peace
and hope and heaven that lost womanly
immortal, driven in what tempest, afame
in what eonhagation, sinking into what
abysss o God, helpl o Christ, rescued
Ny sisters, give not yonr time to learn
ing fancy work which the world may
dispense with when hard times come,
but connect your skill with the indis-
pensables OF life. The world will always
want something to wear and something
to eat and shelter and fuel for the body,
and knowledge for the mind, and reli-
/ gion for the soul. And all these things
win continue to be the necessries, and if
! you fasten your energies upon occupa-
tons and professions thus related the
world win be unable to do without you.
Remember that in proportion as you are
skillfui in anything your rivalries become
less. For unskiIled toll women by thG
million. But you ma5 rise to where
there are only a thousand; and still
higher until there are only hundred
and still higher till there are only ten.
and still higher in some particular de
partment till there is only unit and tina
yourself. For a while you may keel
wages and place through the kindly
sympathies Of an employer, but you vii
eventually get no more compensation
than you can make yourself worth.
Let me say to all women who hav'
already entered upon the battle Of life
that the time is coming when woma1
shall not only get as much salary anG
wages as men get, but for certain style
Of employment women will have highe
salary and more wages for the reasoI
that for some styles Of work they hav'
more adaptation. But this justice vii
come to woman not through any eenti
ment Of gallantry, not because woman
physically weaker than man and there
fore ought to have more consideration
shown her, but because through her fine
natural taste and more grace Of manne
and quicker perception and more delicat
touch and more educated adroitness sh
viii in certain callings be to her employe
worth 10 per cent more, or 20 per cent
more, than the other sex. She viii no
get it by asking for it, but by earning il
and 1t shall be hers by lawful conquest.
Now. men Of America, be fair am
--iss =, '...,s..st glnuIoal Are ~
Wqrk ana hence harm your, pro.s.,..=....
Remember that there are scores Of th-,..'
sands of men doing women's work.
not be afraid! God knows the end frSb
the beginning and he knows how manl
people this world can feed and shelter
and when it gets too full he will end thl
world and if need be start another. Coz
viii halt the inventive faculty, which
by producing a machine that vii
do the work of ten or twentl
or a hundred men and women, vii
leave Slat number of people withou
, work. hope that there will not be in
: vented another sewing machine, or reap
! ing machine, or corn thresher, or an,
} other new machine for the next 50l
years. We want no more wooden hands
and iron hands, and steel hands, an,
! electric hands substituted for men an,
women who would otherwise do tn
work and get the pay and earn the live
lihood.
l But God will arrange all, and all W
have to do is to do our best and trus
him for the rest. Let me cheer al
. women fighting the battle of life alone
{ with the fact that thousands of womel
l have in that way won the day. Mar
{ Lyon. founder of Mount Holyoke femal
q seminary, fought the battle alone; AIDE
laide Newton, the tract distributor, alone
, Fidelia Fisk, the consecrated missionary
alone; Dorothea Dix, the angel Q
3 she insane asylums, alone; Caroline HeI
/ schel, the indispensable re-enforcemen
e Of her brother, alone; Maria Takrzewska
/ the heroine of the Berlin hospital
alone; Helen Chalmers, patron of sewin
{ schools for the poor of Edinburgh, alone
1 And thousands and tens of thousands Q
Q women of whose bravery and self sacri
b fee and glory of character the world ha
j made no record, but whose deeds are i
i the heavenly archives of martyrs VIII
o fought the battle alone, and, though III
n recognized for the short thirty or fifty G
= eighty years of their earthly existence
: shall through the quintillion ages Of tn
higher world be pointed out with th
! admiring cry, These are they who cam
d out of great tribulation and had thei
e robes washed and made white in th
2 blood of the Lamb. >
! Let me also say for the encouragement
u of all women fighting the battle of lii
u alone, that their conflict viii soon enc
!, There is one word written over the fact
4 Of many Of them, and that word is d
q spair. Ny sister, you need appeal to thu
a Christ who comforted the sisters of Beti
# any in their domestic trouble, and WI
in his last hours forgot al the pangs ,
d his own hands and feet and heart as
e looked into the face of maternal angus
d and called a friends attention to It,
S substance saying: John, cannot tai
; care Of her any longer. Do for her as
Il would have done if had lived. Behol
l. thy motheri'' II under the pressure
Is unrewarded and unappreciated work yol
-e hair IS wh..ening and the wrinkles com
y rejoice that you are nearing the hour
escape from your very last fatigue, al
!, may your departure be as pleasant
), that Of Isabella Graham, who closed b
n life with smile and the word peace.
/, The daughter Of a regiment in any arm
n IS all surrounded by bayonets Of defens
ID and, in the battle, whoever falls, she
A. kept safe. And you are the daughter
d the regiment commanded BY the Lord
10 Hosts. After all you are not fightil
if the battle Of life alone. All heaven
ip on your side. You viii be wise to q
le propriate to yourself the words Of sacp
ie rhythm:
il One who has known IN storms 70 sal
u I have on board,
- Above the roaring of the gale
hear NY Lord
a He holds me. whsn the bIIous smits
- / shall not fan
= II short. lis sharp. II long. lis lights
He tempsrs all
9e A buzz saw broke while running at
q hizh rate of speed in Corvallis, Ore.
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