The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-10
WOMEN m SESSION.
Proceedings Of the Presbyterian Asse-
eiatiOn-MEs. Greene On Rlexiea-Ads

The following is the address or vel
come delivered Wednesday afternoon to
the visiting delegates by Mrs. Sauer-
Der:
''Mrs. President, Delegates and Fellow work
As children of the King we are glad
to meet you, to talk and plan about our
Fathers business, and we pray that
his richest blessings may rest upon us
all, so that we may do naught but His
sweet viii. And in the name of our
society, our church, our homes and our
city we bid you most hearty welcome |
to our midst. We may have little of |
fashion or Gel emony' with which to i
greet you, ,a but We trust snas y you VIII viii
are welcome hither, as is the spring to |
earth.n And though we may have but |
''sman cheer to give, we have great
welcome" and that always makes a |
merry feast" And so we open our
hearts and our homes and write over
our hearthstones the assuring senti-
ment, Welcome ever smiles and
| Farewell goes out sighing.'
Fellow workers for the Master, l
cannot but felicitate you on the grand
eur of the work in which we as women
are allowed to have a part.
In the ages long past we were
naught else but slaves and all our
work was drudgery. But the duties
now assigned US, and the task we are
permitted to perform are all ennobling.
and we esteem them the most precious
of privileges. We are workers to-
gether with God.'' How grateful we
ought to be to the Christ for the honor
conferred upon us. We who
once were supposed to have no
souls, and fit only for slaves,
are now queens in the realm of our
God Tna6o an hU hia revelation and
best of all, through his dear Son. What
shall we render unto him for all his
benefits? The best we have to give
our lives. Let us cOnsecrate them
fully to his service and devoutly thank
him for giving us part in this great
and glorious work OF bringing the
world to Christ.
The work is great, because it looks
} to the conquering of all nations and
tongues. There is no race so far OF,
nor so low down in the scale of civili-
ZatiOn, but what we should take the
gospel to them. For he bids us go
} Unto all the world and preach the Cos
pei TO every creature, and the promise
, comes to us that ''he is able to save
them to the uttermost, that come unto
God by him." 1t is glorious, because
, it transforms the savage tribes into
, noble men and women, helping for
ward instead of hindering, saving life
instead of destroying. Because 1t
takes the lowest in our midst and
makes him before God the equal of
the highest, an heir of Heaven and a
child of joy and peace. And in this
: great work we, who once were shut out,
are now permitted to have an honored
part. Surely none ought to be more
diligent in the work than we. Graft
tude and love should both move us to
do the best we know how or can. to
speed the work. Were it not for the
religion of our blessed Master, we
would not now be crowned as queens,
and honored as such by our husbands
and brothers, but looked upon as slaves
and menialS.
There are those who speak of civil
cation being the cause of woman's ele-
walton; but we we'll know from history
that in order to this it must be Chris
F tian in character. Rome had high
degree of civilization, but wOmanly
purity and honor was scarcely known.
And in the temple of one of her deities,
: Venus, there were over one thousand
PriesteSses whose lives were given up
to nameless sins. Athens the 'eye
of Greece, mother of arts and
eloquence," high as she stood
among nations, was no better. Her
great women were courtesans and glo-
ried in their shame. And thus with
, women wherever Christ is unknown.
And how is it NOW in China, in India
! and other lands not yet redeemed? The
same sad wall comes up from out these
l orient lands. The hundreds of thous-
l ands of widows in that one dark coun-
2 try living lives of fearful shame, and
: of sorrow so intense that every plsa
| for help seems charged with tears of
r blood-these all tell us how awful the
: conditions OF our sisters where the
Christ is not.
: Shall not gratitude to our Divine Re.
2 deemer. and love for those for whom
S he died, move our hearts SO that we
shall do the best we can to save them
e from a living death here, and an un
, ending one in the world to come?
The more so since there is such 9
great work for us to do, one too which
: if WE fail to perform, will not be done
at all; at least not SOON, for our broth
ers cannot enter homes where we art
Y allowed to go.
You have all heard how the needle
:, of a missionary's wife opened al
q oriental zenana; so that she might
: teach her secluded sisters the art Of
e embroidery. And then as she taught
! this art, she worked the scarlet, dyed
in the blood of the Lamb" into the
/ more delicate fabric of their hearts ant
: lives.
The same thing is true here in oul
G land.
We can go where men cannot, anC
reach souls, that but for our efforts
= must be unsaved.
q In these DAYS we hear mucl
about wOman's sphere, and therI
j are those who find fault because
g they say it is too circumscribed anC
II narrow. But who among US thai
h wishes to work, cannot find a field o.
labor both wide and useful in it's char
acter?
t Why, sisters, the field is as wide al
e the world, and as high as our talents
/. can soar. And it does sometimes seen
It to me that if we all spent more time il
quiet, earnest, womanly work for Chris
l. both at home and abroad, and less il
=, trying to find a sphere" for Wo
u mans talents, which to say
u the least seems not ordained by
% God. that the world and ourseive:
would be the better and the happier
for it. And it seems as if the centu
r. ries of the past had run together an(
crying to us for help, and as though
% the future pleaded with its most pite
: Gus tones for that help which we, a!
e women, only can give. And if Oul
y hearts be all aglow with love to Coz
- and for precious souls for whom Chris
e died, we can find sphere If W.
q want field of labor we can find il
anywhere.
Let us pray for the guidance of thu
N Spirit, the help of the Father, and the
10 love of the Son, so that our planning
:, and talking here together may help u!
u all to do the work as shall most glOrifN
e the Master, and honor his blessed
i name.
If All along the line encouraging words
greet us. All the churches of the lane
seem filed with greater missionar,
Re zeal than ever before, and best O
all the Lord is richly blessing i
in the conversion of souls anC
e the building up of his Kingdom.
II Our own church is pouring out he
treasures in lavish profusion. Thu
home board told us two weeks ago tina
the $500, 900 was already reached with
O in small amount. and the foreign
- hoard ntanOlIracrao No To boliorn that fin