The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1890-08-20


"uxilbry.re Lave ,he Bibie, disnih3
'edEtn nessly every Tune Ia the UiiI,
ed Sta .es ard 7 have just shpwn VII
the high staaaaraof Amenican civi;;s
zatiep. Now thai you may he's, ...;; q;
a5le to see the i,.fusncasof this a; n
bot.psyff ipiuSes 90 tt:isa clSi:s,
izaIiun, Jet me d raw thip picture &
ask you 10 note it well :: Supposs.lbe
Amerioan Bible Society blotted al
Nof exiseepce., GO farther aud suppost
the Bible swept outoi our country a.
hy'a mighty whirIwinI( (srdswe shupla
only he lett in theschnditi9a s,f se6fes
fof nations.) } Let nc sSbw .
gimpse OF the pictere pow
| folIoms the speedy, decline and
down allpf chs,siiaaity, sssas
| Among tHe rhapy eviieR
tion the consplsfs
| desTaiW6 Of @omas'
know History tells sss.
stand out as indisputsbFsk sencs rs rs
In all communities, and cities ana
States and uAuors where the Bible Is
read and Christianity prevails woman
is h0nored in Al thousand things and
D:. Iaiulage says, "evoIY gentleman
takes of his hat before her" To YOU
the name of mother, sister. wife, ,dsugh.
ter, suggest tender feelings aud pleas.
ant surroundings. Among The best
Institutions Of learning ia this country
are the semiusfies for women aud in
everything except the ballot box she
stands OH All cqnai footing with the
stronger sex. Aud in America she
wants 70 stard just little above him
How is 1t where the Bible and Chris
tiauity are IittIe known? How is it
IN China, In India, in Tnrtary, iu the
Barhary States and the Pacific isles /?
Wives and daughters are sold os slaves.
they ale totally excluded from socir-
ty. lis made cause worthy Of dh
v"Tce with the Hinduo wife 10 evuo
begIn her meal Uelurc her husband
finishes HE. See ihr Chiuese !no,hg-
rs she walks down with white bundle
under her arm Uud casts il into Che
river. What means it2 Intnrticide|
intnnticide; ; destroying female child
simply because il is female, Her.
birth misfortune, her death q rc2ict
What would arouse the righteous in.
dignalion "f you fathers aud husbands
and brothers quick-r than the thought
Of making your mothers and wives and
sisters slaves and oulcast? There is
not CLe "f you would not march tu
the very mouth Of tie cannon and IN
I" the cery jaws uc death against shv
enemy If society who should attsn,rt
knowledge end Bible guidance is ius,
such IN enemy, under the power Of
''s '''' NCtpttE. compare taCSg two
conditions Of society. Can American
civilization and American woman
hood return t. that debased coudi.
tion? Yes, Its merely a ua,ter of
gravi,atiou. If you Htt an object o,
your hand, and your hpnd be with
drawn, how long will the ohiec, remain
at that point? II will fail immediate.
ly to the point from which it started.
So in our land the Bible and Chris.
tiarity have exalted woman o. her
lofty height. Ifthat eleva,ing infu.
euce be Withdrawn she will return To
the depths frum which she wa, ele-
waited. But degrade w0Insn from her
sphere III the home and take away
from society her refining touch End n
sad spectacle follows. Whv ,,u,,
YOU see that long uuhrnko on cbai, oF
causes and flecis, the one re.u,,ip,
directly and umavuIdably frnm the
other, till YOU see the wheel of n,o-