The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-12-21
THE IDEAL WOMAN.
AS THE REV. DR.. HAW-
THORE PAINTS HER,
The Scene at Bethany Recalled,
In Which the Woman Annoint-
ed Jesus's Feet---She Did Not
Preach in Public, Nor Make
Herself Prominent.

date, puhlishcS the following synopsis
OF sermon preached in that city by
the Rev. DR.. J. b. Hawthorne 1t
says:
Dr. Hawthorne announced as his
subject :: The Ideal Woman," based
upon the text, Mark xiv:8-9:
She hath done what she could She hath
come afOrehand to anoint my body to the
burying. Verify. | say unto you whereSo-
. ever this gospel shall be preached through
out the world, this also that she hath done
Shall be spoken Of for memorial of her.
Proceeding thereupon the Doctor
said:
y few days before Jesus was taken
by His enemies and condemned and
CruClhed, He was at Bethany in the
+ house Of Simon the leper. AS He sat
1T meat there came a woman having
al alaDaSter box Of ointment of spike
/ nard, very precious; and she broke
the box and poured 1t on His head.
I There were some unspIritual and sordld
people present who condemned her.
. They pronounced her expensive act of
! devotion waste of precious material.
But Iesus, seeing the faith and affec-
/ ton OF the woman, said: Let her
! alone She hath wrought a good
I work on me-
The Master had told His disciples
how, after few days, He must go up
to Jerusalem and be condemned and
put to death This good woman, de-
/ string TO show her faith in Him, and
her love for Him, anointed him with a
costly aromatic oil in advance Of His
! burial
Here we see woman in her divinely
appointed sphere, and in her highest
estate Such a woman is mans angel,
! a waysidc sacrament, handwriting Of
God, a window opening toward a
world of Cherubim.
She was profoundly reverent. She
recognized in the man whose head she
anolnted, not only the perfect pattern
of humanity, but the Son Of the living
God, and she honored Him with the
best gift that her pure heart and del
| lCate hands could bestOw.
TIL. WOMEN TO BE CONDEMNED.
\ woman without reverence for
goodness and greatness, woman
whose heart is a fountain of malice,
and whose tongue is laden with venom
and vituperation for Gods truth and
Gods servants, though she may be
externally beautiful, 's is a savage beast
that nature has lodged in a painted
house, or a case covered with precious
stones to preserve a dunghlll. H. A
woman who. has degenerated into a
termigant-a public scotland who
borrows the language of the prize ring,
the fish market and the brothel, to eX
press her hatred of the world and her
defiance of God, because they forbid
her to unseX herself, is human mon
strOsItv, for whom all virtuOus men
and women have no other feeling than
horror and loathing- This woman
served and hOnored Christ in a true
and womanly manner. She did not
mount the rOstrum and make a speech
before the multitude IN the interest of
His kingdom, nor did she go into the
synagogue and preach sermon on
some attribute of His character, or
some feature Of His gospel. No, if
she had done either, He would have
rcbukcd her for violation OF both
natural and revealed law But she
came in silence and in all the mod
eSty, deliCaCy, refinement and humility
characteristic of true wOmanhOOd, and
gave expression to the faith and devo-
ton OF her heart by quietly amounting
His head with fragrant oil. SO ap-
prOpriate, SO beautiful, SO womanly
was the act that Jesus bestowed the
highest praise upon her and gave her
immortal fame
The woman who would serve Christ
in way to secure His appreciation,
and make for herself an envable and
enduring name among His followers,
must serve Hlm harrnoniously with
His will, and consistently with the
laws of her own being.
SOME WOMEN OF MODERN STYLE.
Whoever thinks of the notorious
Mrs. ease as a servant of Christ?
Where is there an intelligent and self
respecting Georgian who did not look
upon her with disgust and loathing
whe1 she came into our State to make
stump speeches in the interest of
political party? Where is the true,
modest, vlrtuous Georgia woman that
did not look upon her as violating the
most fundamental conception of true
Christian womanhood? Who ever
thought of DR.. Mary Walker as an
ideal Christian woman? Where is the
decent man or woman in this land
who does not repudiate even her
claims to respeCtablllty
The true men of this country divorce
from their respect any woman who
will condescend 10 come before a
motley, excited, noisy multitude and
make d stump speech.
They brand her as an enemy to re-
Iglon, a betrayer of her sex, as false
to true feminine instincts as the painted
and plumed pageant who walks the
highways and invites the noon day to
witness ber shame. & The
woman who anointed our Savior
taught lesson that needs, especially
in our day and generation, all the EN-
phasls that earnestness and eloQuenCe
can give to it. Her kindncsses TO the
tolllng, weary, self-denying Redeemer
of men were not post mortem. Before