The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-01-17
REV. HERBRUCK
Presents Ills Views on WOman's Posi-
tiOn IN Social Economy He Stands
on Conservative GrOund-NOt
the Bible But Science
Makes Woman an In
leTiOr Creature,

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for tho fact that she N after hun still
sometime on q mission OF love, ~ Other
timea with u sharp stick. tho lattei
seems " DO tho prevailing occupation
OF AZ leaaL two Of LantOn'a women NJ
tho present time, Ia this pleasant
dlytiaiOn they have been joined by rev
t,sl - MpgtA,23lS VI tho OppOAlto aex,
Onb OF whom always dlpl hih pen NJ
NORWOOD when no wrlIeH about r0lig.
lOu " the church,
Now, ltbL the public put a wrong Ia
depreciation upon the silence OF tho
conservative clergy will you please
allow mo space 10 got forth with "run'
ulng pom the position of Trinity 10.
formed pulpit on tho general subject Oi
Woman IN tho social economy, This
shall tudeayOr % do with the utmost
pollteut6a, yet ~ may DO NJ the
rlBt U! having the Pulpit knocked intu
pieces NJ Inc that II can't DO swept az
Nitll u urUOm,
la the social reform advocated on DO.
lali Ol woman there 10 u right and 4
LEFT wing We, VI course, belong "
lhe wight, as that is where wo always
aim W ue, THIS wing covers four things
especially, namely the higher education
OF Women, the extension OF the range OF
theif omplOymrnA without loss Of caste,
thtif protection rom 6Windltrh Ia th6ll
tenure Of property, and tho extension
OF llolr u~btiulntas IN organized chari'
Lles,
Lack Of time fOrbids any discussion
OF these points aud We need only say
thhl they are SUCH aA TO command lhG
trust aud support Of moderate, Chris
tlun meu,
Tue "left wing" asks for the ballot,
tho power Ol legislation, the full iunC'
IONS Of Tho ministry, etc, Az 10 some
OF the demands ut least we are oOnBerY'
alive, The pulpit OF Trinity ]diaGOuute'
uallots any reform against nature"
but iayOrS any enlargement OF wOman'a
sphere In accord with tho fundamental
idua OF creation, That idea, ~ should
Dc borne IA MUD, however, ~ not the
equality OF tho SexeB, Equal they are
not any more than "a lion Is equal to u
lamb or u pound of nails Ia equal 10 u
yard OF calico" They are different In
KIND and cannot be weighed or meas.
cred by tho mme standard. Alter all
protest aud Chdiierlng the decree Of
creation IL that a man IN u man aud u
woman W a woman. Their disslmilarl,
ty wan diylnOly ordained and should
not be ignored. II IL against nature
for men 10 want TO be wOmanly or
women TO want 10 10 manly. There arc
properties peculiar 10 each aud they
must therefore have their own peculiar
"sphere," Mr. Field 10 tho contrary not.
withstanding, Surely this amiablo gen
llemun viii not Insist that all 0cUupa,
Ji0us nrc alike suitable 10 men aud
women. We remind him that farming,
engineering, war, sea faring, railroad
making, architecture, machine building
aud all such kinds OF labor have been
reserved for man, aud that almost any
woman could feel allrOnted NJ being
asked 10 engage III them.
There is u limit beyond which woman
ought not 10 90. That limit, wherever
II may be, rs the boundary OF woman'G
usefulness and consequently Of wOmun'a
sphere" Monmouth OF male or female
Suemlng can obliterOto that fact.
We assume that there IL still such u
thing as sex, and that wOman'a moral
position iS IN the family. Everybody
believes that God Intended her 10 bp
there, except the extreme wing Of this
modern reform, Nature. scripture and
tradition are IN index pointing her TO
the matrimonial state, We favor any
agltltian that will encourage her 10
enter u aud any legislation necessary
for her fullest protection when th0rc.
A public whipping would In our 0pin.
ION bo q punishment none too severe
for the man who though able.budied
refuses 10 support his wife or subjects
her 70 any indignity, With the shelter
ing apgls Of correct public opinion and
OF stringent laws over her there is no
reason why woman should not be In tho
marital relation unless physically dis
qualified. As wife and mother shG has
absolute supremacy In the realm OF love
and tenderness. She may DO queen In
the homo and reign In the hearts of mon
aud Of children. Hers 10 u silent innu.
ence there by which she can do more
for tho race than many whose namO is
ON every tongue. by moul ing the sons
and daughters of earth SHE sways IN her
hand tho destiny Of nations. What
more could she askp The power which
she does not possess politically is more
than compensated by that which she
possesses in private, by her training IN
the home those who do all the manly 40
well as the womNnly work Of the world.
Old Jeremy 3entham very l0rClhly said
that man, even fine would, cannot keep
power from woman, fOrshO always gov.
ernG tho world, though the power That
she mainly governs by Is love.
10 form the character Of tho whole
human rnCe ID certainly u power far
greater than any which woman could
ever hope to exercise ~ voters for mem,
beers Of Congress Or as law makers"
With this power Bha should be
content, When ] read Of
women In convention assembled,
clamoring for everything Imaginable
except the protection of the marriage
relation, | feel az though they were
blind to their own best interests; when
| hear OF them homeless, %husbundleSs,
childless, |Contending for rights" which
a majority Of their sex do not want, |
cannot help but think of the pregnant
saying Of Margaret Fuller: zone hour
Of love would teach her more proper
relations than all your formulas aud
conventions"
The pulpit Of Trinity observes with
solicitude the tendency of woman away
from the home aud tho hearthstone,
aud this striving after occupations not
In accord with the fundamental idea Of
creation. This Is to be regretted, First.
Because II destroys her refining inlu
enCe. Henry Ward Beecher once said,
"Since the world began woman's lunc.
ton has been to refine society. She Is
Gods yicegerent ON earth for that end,
You may be sure that she has carried
refinement TO the household, TO the
church, to the social life, TO every in.
terest except government, and that she
will also carry IL to legislation aud the
whole Of civil and public procedure lit
is TO be carried there at all" This Is