The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-09

can n0s. and all the experience IN the
past and observation IN the present
gees "a the support Of this position.
IL Is aufy too notorious that whenever
aud wherever women have joined the
conaEacn lostse and struggle for exist
rure with men. they have come out OF
II wi1a The hiooE gone and without
ffuFs0vfng either their own or men ;
u,pFafs shut vour eyes to IL as yon
HAY sA.s j. the too sad fact which no
eiittefing rwnersiities or notable ex-
ceptioas can destroy
Nos tnru to the New Testament.
hgist loved 20 have women following
hins. influencing. persgaGing. minister
sng. Ihiz was ia harmony Nifh God :
original decree for her. Did Christ
reverse the Fathers actions Did He
commission woman a. one 81 the
twelve To what Office in the infant
church did He. dying, appoint Mary,
His Blother-she no had been thought
~ 70 hear, % rear the Savior Of man
kind All. lie consigned her % the
loving care Of the beloved disciple.
that she might have a man ; strong
arm ever 70 lean upon, and that she
might fit John 10 become the
great apostle Of love. 60 we
need not TX upon Paul alone the
wisdom that foresaw and the voice
which protested against woman in the
glare Of public life Kick against II
a. You NAV. the fact remains tiFfu and
inYincible that God at creation. Chrlst
at redemption, and 81 Paul as tbe ex-
roneut Of the new religion. each tier
ated and emphasized woman's place
in the home, In public life, Ia the
church. Ifthese conferences OF women
are prepared 90 insist upon the ballot
are they prepared to repudiate the
bihleg IL certainly seems 70 us that
there Is no middle ground here, and
that the species Of liberty which
makes Il possible % tamper with the
bible AT any point Is the FIRST danger
ous step on the way toward is over
throw altogether. Else, where viii
one stop7
The very movement which finds its
latest continuation in the conventions
OF which We have spoken IL sD Illus
tration which besets the paths OF
women gho lend themselves toaisc0n-
tent and unrest, and to the begetiing
OF spirits kindred to their own in
Others Well do / remember the de-
light with which ! contemplated the
% the Womau's Christian
Union in Louisville. Ii
was In its infancy, and had the rare
pleasure OF forming the acquaintance
ii is honored president. As far as
could then see and hear politics was at
hat time wholly foreign TO is purpose,
It was branch Of the Church OF
christ, in perfect harmony and
Herewith. II proposed
10 reuevate from within. IL
.Ook for is field Of labor the
i0me. and by beginning especially
gith the young, and cooperating in
ill good words and works with the
mothers. II hoped finally to conquer.
Ii desired 20 take the LORDS way.
gradually ieavening the whole lump
and cOnquering, without 80 much a
possibility Of family clashings. Ii
seemed to fully realize that society
never rises higher than the conditions
seen in the home. IL was a gathering.
and with a purpose fair 70 see. II
his be true picture OF the W. {. L.
then. it is only necessary to COM
pare il with the present in order 10
earn the whitherward for all women
who do not keep entirely to the we'll
defined courses OF the bible chart. We
lpprehend no graver menace 10 the
really excellent work that has been
ont and done By this body OF
than is 90 be found in this
growing tendency to strike hands with
the equal-sutFrari,ts
In closing we wish 10 protest against
these women's congresses, assuming
to represent US as their constituency.
They no more reprSent the great
body of women in the nited states
than the two or three women who de-
seats in the Methodist confer
ence represented the great body OF no
BILE. conservative wives and mothers of
the Methodist church, out of whose
bodies and hearts have arisen the
bones and sinews, the thews and
Drawn OF the men who have made the
Methodist bishops and ministers pio-
ueers of religion in the waste places of
the earth. In the quiet homes of the
land, where the silent influences Of
1000 mothers are developing, mold
ing, enrolling, governing men, and
laws for their highest eyOlu-
ton, the very names OF these leaders
are possibly unknown. These moth
ers too well realize, as one OF them has
lptly said, that the higher the evolu-
ton OF moral power, the more perfect
" il Is emancipated from the methods
OF force, the more entire It's reliance
upon higher and purer methods
FANNY CAssEpAY pUSCAN.
Louisville, Ky.