The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-06

right forward TO serve Christ and the race
by u grand and glorious service, i say;
THAT woman is a queen" and tho ranks
OF heaven look over the battlements upon
the coronation; and whether she came up
from the shanty ON the commons or the
mansion of a fashionable square, ] greet
her with the shout: can hail, Queen
Vashd." What glory was there ON the
brow Of Mary Of Scotland, or Elizabeth OF
England, or Margaret OF France, or Cath
crime OF Russia compared with the worth
OF some OF our Christian mothers, many OF
them gone into glory2 or OF that woman
mentioned in the Scriptures who put her
all into the Lord's treasury or OF Jeph-
thah's daughter, who made u dcmonstm-
ton Of unseliish patriotlsm2 or OF Abigail,
who rescued the herds and llocks OF her
husbandg or OF Ruth, who toiicd under n
tropical sun Tor poor, old, helpless Naomi
or OF Mrs. Adomnin Judson, who kindlcd
the lights OF salvation amid the darkness
OF BurmahP or OF Mrs. llemans, who
poured out her holy soul in words which
will forever be associated with hunters
horn, and captiW's chain, and bridal hour,
and lute's throb, and curiew's knell ut the
dying day? and scores and hundreds OF
women, unknown on earth, who have
given water to the thirsty, and bread TO
The hungry, and medicine 10 the sick, and
smiles TO the discouraged their foot
steps heard along dark lane, aud in gov
eminent hospital, and in alms-housc cor
ridor, and by prison-gato2 There may be
no royal robe-therc may be no palatial
surroundings She does not need them;
for all charitable men will unto with the
cracking lips OF fevcrstruck hospital and
plague blotchcd lnzarrtto In greeting her
assho passes HALL HALL Queen Nashu.
Among the queens whom | honor arc
the female day school toachcrsof this land.
put upon their brow the coronct. They
are the sisters and the daughters OF our
towns and cities, selected out Of vast
number OF applicants, because OF their
especial intellectual and moral ondow-
mcnts. There are in none Of your homes
women more worthy. These persons,
some OF them, come out from aillucnt
homes, choosing teaching ~ n useful pro-
fosson; Others finding that father Is older
than lac used 10 be, and that his eyesighl
and strength are not ~ good rs once, 60 10
teaching 10 tighten his load. But | tell
you the history Of the majority Of the 70
male teachers In the public schools when
| say: Father Is dead. j" After the estate
was settled the family, that were comfort.
able before, are thrown on their own re-
I sources
II Is hard for men TO earn living in this
day, but II Is harder for women THEN
health not No rugged, their arms not NJ
strong, their opportunities fewer These
persons, after trcmblingly going through
the orlcnl of an examination IN 90 their
qualifications 30 teach, half bewildcrcd
step over the sill Of the public school 10 do
two things instruct the young and earn
their own bread. Her work IL wearing 10
the last degree. The management Of forty
or fifty fidgoty and inlractablc children,
the suppression OF their vices aud the de.
Neloplncn',o i their eXccllcncics. the man
/ az mcnt ol rcwaIds wtu puninii,ncD,e, thi
sending ol M many bars of soap aud lime
tooth combs on bcnignnnt ministry, th,
breaking Of ~ many Wild colts for thl
harness OF life, sends her home at nigh
weak. ncumlgic, unsirung. ~ that OF nj
/ the weary people In your cities for hy,
nights OF the week, there nr none mon
weary than the public school teachers
| Now, for Gods rake, give them n iail
chance. Throw no obstacles in ihc way
II they como out ahead In the ulcc, chccl
them. II you want 10 smiie any. smit,
the male teachers, NJ they can take up III,
cudgcls for themselves. But keep YOU
hands off dcicnseleas women. Father may
/ be dead, but there are enough brothers loi
10 demand and scc that they get Justice.
Within stones throw Of this building
| lhop died years ago one Of the principal,
Of our public schools. Shc had beer
twenty-five years nj that post She ha,
left the touch OF refinement on q multitude
Of the young She had, out of her slender
purc, given literally thousands Of dollar
Tor the destitute who came under her oh
seryaiion ~ q school teacher. A deceased
sisier'g children were thrown upon hcl
hands, aud she took care Of them. Sh,
was n Kind mother 10 them while III,
mOihercd whole school. Worn out will
nursing In the sick and dying room OF ON,
IT the household, she hcrscl. camo Ia die
She closed the school book andat the sam,
time the volume Of her Christian fidelity
and when she went through the gates they
cried: These are they who came out o
great tribulaion, aud had their robci
washed and made white In the blood o
the lamb"
Queens are al such. and whether IN,
world acknowledges them or not, heaven
Acknowledges them. When Scauon, the
wit and ccclcsiastic, m poor M he was bril-
liant, was about 10 marry Madame Il,
| Mainicn0n, ho was asked by tho no
iary what he proposed 10 settle upor
Malcmoiscllc. Tho reply was; "lmmor
ialilyi The names Of tho wives 81
kings die with them; the name II the wife
Of Scafron will live always" In q higher
and better sonse, upon all women who do
| their duty God will settle Immortality
Not the immortality Of earthly fame
which ~ mortal, but the immortality &C.
lcslial. Aud they shall reign forever and
ever Oh, the opportunity which every
woman has Of being n quconl The longcl
I live the moro admircgood womanhood
! Aud have como 30 form my opinion o.
the character Of man by his appreciation
or non.apprcciniiOn 81 woman. II man
have n depressed idea 81 womanly character
| he u a bad man, aud there IN no exception
10 the rule. The writings oi Goethe car
never have any such attractions for nae NJ
Shakespeare, because nearly all Of IA,
wOmanly characters Of the great German
have some kind Of turpitude. There u
| his Mariana, with her clandcsiino schom
| ing, aud his Mignon, OF evil parcnlagc. yc
worse than her ancestors, and his Theresa
the brazcn, and his Aurulia, oi many In
trigucs, and his Philina, the tormigani, ant
his Mclina, the tarnishcd, and his Bar
oncss and his Countess, and there " sci
dom womanly character in all his vol
luminous writings that would DO worthy o
residence In respectable coal cellar, ye
pictured and dramaiized and omblazono'
IN all the literary world N compelled 4
ecc. No, no. Give mo William Shake
apeare's idea oil woman; and ] nee II h
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