The sun., 1890-09-21
SHE WILL SPEAK IN CHURCH.
MRs. RENRETT or sr0NT BROOK AND
HER INTkRPRETA TTON or PIUE.

The people OF Stony Brook are to have one
more excitement before they enter into the
sleep of the long and dreary Long Island
winter At O'Clock In the afternoon Of Thurs
day next Ella May Bennett is TO he ordained
preacher Of the Gospel according TO tho Uni
versalists. II the ceremony takes place. she
will be the first woman preacher ordained on
Long Island.
Mrs. Benneit's maiden uame was Hawklna.
She Is n half sister to Senator Edward HHw-
kins. and also to OK x-Senator Simeon Hawkins,
who was beaten by his brother Edward In the
last campaign She ls married to William Benz
nett, the steward Of Mr.. Harry Laws yacht.
She has three children, and contributes largely
to their support
She Il woman whom you would notice IN q
crowd. She is tall and slender, and we'll
formed. Although her oldest child II nearly
IA, she ls not much over so and she looks even
younger She has smooth. dark skin, and
co!or In her cheeks. Her eyes are blue-gray. !
large and full OF life and Intelligence. Her
head Is covered with mass of curling black
hair, which she wears short. Her bang II
heavy, and descends to her. eyebrows which !,
are Rrched and give to her face an exprossion |
OF sentiment Her face is oval, and her neck
shapely. Her hands are long and narrow. and |
| the long fingers ara constantly In motion. 7,
| We're it not for the traces OF care In her facO
| beauty. Her manner Is vivacious. She has q /
| fine command OF language and great readls
ness in argument.
She is graduate OF the womens College "a
| Bordentown, N J. All her life she has been
| looked upon as an intellectual prodigy. She
| was never satisfied with the ideas laid down
| by custom for the minds Of young women, butsl
preferred independent investigation. When1
| she was eleven years old she had written q!
| eto ch oh N n m
| zine Since that time she has earned some
money by writing stories and poems, although
| her household duties have seriously interfsred
| with her literary work.
Wien she was Just past sixteen she married
William Bennett, u young farmer. This match
| was not regarded with favor by her relations,
but Mrs; Bennett has never regretted It. Her
was % the butt Of her rid cuie because Of his
awkwardness. But he loved her when she was
y little sonoogrl, aud persisted until he wond
her They have three children, the youngesT'
being a girl OF seven. 4
esting to her from childhood. As she grew
older the question Of eternal punishment be-
clared thar she hated God because he was go-S
drifted cTf away from religion altogether and be-
came an infldel Her mother. who was and
Srievei Sft over This state Of things The MetSo1l
dist people of the village were scandalized anda
then pa ed a Bible in her daughters hands,
stniea Hff it tai and became @ a Universaiist -n'
&s a%%bss I Ss SsG sdSsc5 hs 4
in meeting and PHfd the he mSE rs
scandaous belief of her daughter had received
in na sstsz she rose
Bible INTO her hands, praying the Lord to illp-
inmate, inmate It's pages to her undSe;rstahTdhinS She
Ella May Hawkins and ner heterodoxy.
w. d' and !emetimes {. the H ends don't meet clear
across Work is scarce in Stony Brook, and
ear vne Ss sao Mr doss
her own housework makes makes her own and
an" and iron irons on She iinds time 70 write great
deal. and the Bible her mother gave her Ia
HSsated She reeoas @
controversies, and has written several PAM
The reporter visited her the other day at her
homo in stony Brook. She lives in Q yellows
The parer Is well urnshed after % the fssen
OF stony Brook parIors. There are four Uni-
% tsSFs .sSe sa Mss e ah %shes
was simple and unaffected.
How do you write your sermons" was
Well 1 don't know how l do it exactly. L
generally get them up % on Sunday morning be-
dren and the housework keep me busy all the
week until late on Saturday night. and have
o. tS Uth tn the hes ehdTen hanging around and
worrying y,I - me ne With. with nsequests ana with their
small fist was thrust in 1t was a little Firl'S
But she would not come In, and made her
brother, come to the door and take the cont to
there was great sound Of sweeping in the
next room. followed by a crash and a subdued
saying the hab9 hsd ys To
sweep with the big broom and had trinped on
M she was doing the housework ior mamma. una o'''O
The w2man preacher took the baby on her
You see how they interrupt me; | never
could take dnd charge &c ia lar il irom home: Ny
lieve that man IS the head OF the family and
HS the aOnG DO work only
not be found to do it-n, the new places or in
You don't agree with Paul about women
keeping silent IN the chure hes I"
was the T friend Of the Women. and that these s
She sent her older boy for the Bible. opened
t. eepd read the famous tpree verses Of !: Cor-
faces Of women since they first began to assert
themselves
churches, for it is not permitted unto, them to
speak; but they are commanded to be under
| ODeulente as also Shltll tne lhW
And il they will learn anything, let them
ask their husbands at home for, IL is shame
| for women to speak in the church.
What! Came the word Of God out from you (;
or came il unto you onyg"
Now, think of the two first verses in the
light Of the third. You can see plainly that
Paul meant to speak sarcastically, because In
the third verse he comes out and mocks at the
cOnceit Of men in supposing that everything
must come from them. l don't care much
about voting, as l don't care 10 choose between
rascals. The newspapers generally show that
both candidates are rascals. don't theyT
| DO YOU always read your sermonsY'
Yes. for have no time 10 commit them.
But believe preach better when talk ex-
temporaneously. am more fond of argument
than of anything elise, and ! should like to de-
| bate questions Of theology"
| What DO you wear in the pulpitr
| Dear me, have worn my wedding gown
turned and pressed and dyed THUG lar I als
ws,S e o@etas T,a1 SlssK SSt a. ss
Where do YOU expect 70 preach r