Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-06-04
DIR. YEaMAN,s SERMON.

Doctors theme was Woman's Glory.
His text was found in the 7th
verse of the 11th chapter of | Cor
inthians. "But the woman is the
glory of the man."
We regret that we have not the
space to publish in full this dis
course. The general sentiment of
the great concourse who heard the
sermon is, that it, should be read by
all the people. 1t was a timely,
practical and philosophical discus
sion of a vital subject in the line Of
current sociological problems.
The speaker discussed his subject
under three leading propositions:
First, "there is law Of social con-
servatism;' second, s'the modifying
power of true feminine qualities up
on masculine eapability makes the
woman the glory of the man."
and third, woman can conserve
and manifest her glory by being
and acting in harmony with the
law of the natural social economy"
He entered upon the discussion
of his subject by showing that there
are different, but not conflicting,
objects and spheres Of glory. All
stars are stars, yet one star differs
from another star in glory. There
is a glory OF Jupiter and another
glory of Venus. But no rivalry; no
conflict. Each is complete in its
own glory, and neither detracts
from the other. They are both
parts of a system; either out of its
place and the order Of the system is
disturbed and the glory OF the par
ticular star has departed. He pro-
ceeded to show that the order of
human society had its different fac
tors of glory. The glory of the
woman is distinct from the glory OF
the man. Yet each is a part of a
system. They are opposite poles in
the sphere of humanity. Their
provinces are not the same, but diff
ferent.
The speaker insisted that all
views and aims of life should be
suggested by and adjusted to the
laws of capability, relation and de-
sign. Otherwise the natural order
of the social system is broken, and
the glory Of the revolving factor has
departed. Providence has wisely and
beautifully divided and classified
inherent eapahlity, instinct and
taste SO that each pole in the sphere
of humanity, moving IN harmony
with natures economy, blends
necessary diversity into the har-
mony of unity SO as to effect the
highest and best conditions of the
whole system. The Doctor illus
trated this harmonius blending of
diverse qualities by beautiful and
eloquent description of the personal
nature and character of Jesus Christ.
In Him is found a living representa-.
tive embodiment in humanity of
the social conditions that should
ever mark the characteristics Of the
man and the woman in the social
organism. In Christ were all the
best and noblest qualities Of mas
culinity and all the tender and re-
fining virtues of femininity. In
Christ there is neither male nor
female. He was not the son of q
man, but the Son Of Man. His hu-
manity is not distinctive, not pecu-
liar, not limited. 1t is universal.
In Him we have in one the two poles
of humanity, without any jarring
conflicts, without any warning an
tagonisms. So should it be in hu
man society. So it must be without
disturbance of the laws of sex in
dividualfy.
The conservation of energy is a
natural law that needs to be con-
suited in the social organism as
really as in physics. There is no
such conservation of energy where
a given tendency is permitted to act
without the concurrent action of a
modifying force. Steam and elec-
tricity, unless held in restraint by
other forces, would soon waste them
selves or work havoc to other sub
stances. So fancy or imagination
unmodified by reason, would de-
generate into incoherent extraya-
ganees, and wreck the thought pow
er cf the soul.
The spheres OF humanity with its
opposite, but not opposing forces of
masculinity and femininity, can be
kept moving along the lines of true
progress, only by each observing its
place and function i'll the natural
constitution Of society. Whenever
femininity predominates in the man,
or masculinity distinguishes the
woman, there is to that extent a
social abnormality that mars the
symmetry of life and obstructs the
movement of natural means for So
cial improvement. The restlessness
that comes from the spirit of insub-
ordination to natural order threat
ems serious social disturbance. This
restlessness is not confined to the