Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-10-27
The first autumnal session Of the

| Aho AiSt duIumuul ScSSiOu VI Tic
Woman's Club last Saturday afternoon
was highly favored with the presence of
Mrs. Harriette X. Shattuck, President Of
the Political Class, Of Boston, also the
founder and president of the ,Woman's
| Club, "old ami new" of Maiden. 1t was
by earnest solicitation that Mrs. Shuttuck's
services as an instructor were obtained.
| In her audience were women from Blue
| hill, Surry and Sedgwick, who came to
learn her methods in parliamentary usages.
The limit of one afternoon necessarily
abbreviated the drill" but q great deal
was explained and practiced relative to the
methods Of organizing meetings, choosing
| officers, making motions and rules and
orders OF debate, ETC., by calling different
ladies to assist in taking part, which
proved very educating and interesting.
Mrs. Shattuck's Manual Of Parliamentary
Law" recently published, and now adopt
ed as authority 10 more than two hundred
women's organizations, was asked for,
and the very few copies she brought
were quickly taken by our ladies. Having
to remain over Sunday, our women asked
as special favor, that Mrs. Shattuck
should address them on some moral or
religious subject. She consented with the
understanding that she was not a preacher
had never preached In her life-but would
submit some impromptu ideas on the sub
ject Of The Mission Of Women consider
ed in the light Of the Christian Revela-
ton" Mrs. Shattuck had a fair-sized and
very appreciative audience, at the Uni
tartan vestry. She said: II l were to
preach l should take for text the words
of st. Paul: There is neither jew nor
GENTLE, bond nor free, male nor female.
but We are all one in Christ Jesus" As,
however. l am not to preach, | shall
merely use the words as q motto. The
applicability Of the motto to woman is my
theme. We have accepted these state
ments as truth. except the one which de-
clares There is neither male nor female"
Let us see what this part of the text
means. What is the christian revelation?
he show us that God is and man i-f The
subject divides itself into three great
truths. First, there is a personal God,
who Is our Father, an active thinking,
cresting Power, not in the oriental sense !
of person with hands, head, eyes. ETC.,
but that which in a better sense cousti-
tutes personality. The second truth is
free humanity. Man was created entirely
heaven or hell, and by heaven and hell
do not mean places beyond this world, but
that We make our heaven and hell here as
well as hereafter The third truth is the
uniting Of God and man IN the bonds of
love God is love; man becomes godlike
by loving. Charity, or as the new version
gives 1t, lore, is the central truth of the
christian revelation. Love, or charity"
Is the underlying principle of all life.
God loves us; We love our brother; all are
one in love. Everything given us here is
for the development of love. This is true
of losses, griefs. errors, mistakes and even
the fruit OF love; but We should guard
against a misunderstanding of this term.
The young lady who marries man to re-
form him, has poor idea of self-sacrifce
True self-sacritce would require her to re-
fuse to marry such u man, for true love is
sacrifice for the good Of the one we love.
Let US consider woman's mission in the
family, society, the state and the church
In the family She occupies subordinate
position. In society, womsn's mission is
to uplift and change in every direction in
reforming society, and she has been con-
sidered unequal TO 4 successful career in
medicine, teaching, the ministry. &C. In
the state her mission is supposed at pres
ent to be indirect influence, by which she
makes public opinion and trusts to man to
enforce il in law. In the church her mis-
sion is 10 raise money and do all The work,
but she is not allowed ordInation to
preach, nor TO be church official. nor a
delegate to convention. She must con-
tent herself II she can by being preached
at as An inferior. Now this is all wrong,
and contrary to true love. We must 20
back TO Christ TO find the true doctrine.
The early church recognized women as
preachers and equals with men. In all the
relations of lite there should be perfect
equality between men and women. With
out that equality there can be no justice to
women. there can be no real christianity as
Christ taught it, for the doctrine Of per
feet equality is that there is "neither male
nor female" and that is the doctrine
which requires US to love one another.
Mrs Shattuck is an able. impressive
speaker and her address was replete with
undeniahle truths.