The Press., 1893-07-13
 w. C. T. U. DEPARTMENT.
A Vision of Humanity.

nais' "Paroles dun Croyant," by Rev. Walter Rauschenbusch, of New York City.l
 had seen the evil that is done on the earth, the weak oppressed, the good man begging for bread, the evil-doer raised to honor and rolling in wealth, the innocent condemned by unjust judges, and his chil- dren homeless under the sun.
 And my soul was sorrowful and hope ebbed away on all sides as from a broken vessel.
 And God sent upon me deep slumber. And in my slumber saw shining form standing before me, spilit whose sweet and searching gaze sought out my most secret thoughts. And I trembled, not with fear, nor with joy, but with 8 feeling that was a strange mixture of both. And the spirit said said to me: "Why art thou sad?" And answered weeping: O behold the evils on the earth"
 Then the heavenly form smiled a strange smile, and this word came to my ear: "Thine eye sees only through the decep- tive medium men call time. Time exists only for thee; there is no time with God"
 And was silent, for understood not. Suddenly the spirit said: Behold"
 And from that moment there was no longer 8 fore and after for me; I beheld in one moment what men in their weak and failing speech call past, present and future. It was all one; and yet, to tell what saw, must descend again to the bosom of time and speak the feeble speech of men.
 All the human race appeared to me like single man.
 And this man had done much evil and little good; he had known many sorrows and few joys. There he lay in his wretch edness upon an earth that now froze him and now scorched him; suffering, fam ished, enfeebled with weariness broken only by convulsions, loaded with chains, that had been forged in the habitation of demons. His right hand had herewith loaded his left, and his left hand had herewith loaded his right and in his evil dreams he had so rolled himself in his irons that all his body was covered with them and stiff. For if they but touched him they adhered to his skin like molten lead; they entered into his flesh and went not out again.
 And that was man. knew him. And behold, ray of knowledge weut out from the east, and ray of love from the south, and ray of strength from the north. And these three rays united upon | the heart of the man. | And when the ray of knowledge went out, a voice said: "Child of God, brother of Christ, know what thou oughtest to know"
 | And when the ray of love went out, a voice said: "Child of God, brother of Christ, love whom thou oughtest to love-"
 And when the ray of strength went out, voice said: "Child of God, brother of Christ, do what thou oughtest to do."
 And when the three rays had united the three voices united also and formed a single voice which said: "Child of God, brother of Christ, serve God and serve none but him alone"
 Then that which had seemed to me like one man, appeared to me like mul- titude of peoples and nations.
 And was not deceived in what I saw before; nor was deceived in what now ! saw.
 And these peoples and nations, awaken ing on the bed of their anguish began to say: "Whence come our sufferings and our weariness, the hunger and thirst that torment us, and the chains that weigh us to the ground and enter our fiesh?" | And their understanding was opened, and they understood that the children of God, the brothers of Christ, have not been condemned to slavery by their Fath- CT, and that this slavery was the source of all their ills.
 Then they all sought to break their chains, but none succeeded.
 And they looked upon one another with great pity, and as love stirred within them they said We all have the same thought; why should we not all have the same heart? Are we not all children of the same Christ? Let us save ourselves or die together"
 And when they said that they felt with in them a divine strength, and l heard their chains snapping, and they strovefer six days against those who had enchained them, and on the sixth day they con- quered; and the seventh day was a day of rest.
 Il And the dry earth blossomed, and all could eat of its fruits, and go and come, and there was none to say: "Whither go ye? There is no admittance here" And the little children gathered flowers and
 brought them to their mothers, who smiled upon them.
 | And there were no longer either poor
 men or rich, for all had in abundance what they needed, because all loved and helped one another as brothers. Il And voice, like the voice of an angel,
 resounded through the heavens: "Glory to God who hath bestowed upon his chil- dren knowledge, love and strength Glory
 to Christ who hath given to his brothers liberty!"
 WHICH WoMAN.-"A woman's place is at home." So says the publican. Does he say it to his barmaid? Does he say it to the poor wife out washing, earning money which her hus-
 band spends at the barr Il Does he say 1t to the poor, lost girl
 spending the price of her shame in an- other glass of his fiery liquor? Il No! he only says 1t to the women who, constrained by love for home, come forth to save and protect the home.-Er. YES AND No.-Are women citizens2 Yes! when they are required to pay
 taxes. No! when they ask to vote. Does law concern women? , Yes! when they are required to obey it.. No! when they ask to have a voice in the representation of the country. Is direct representation desirable for the interests of the people,? Yes! if the people to be represented are men. 
 No! if the people to be represented are women.-Eg.
 ) We have all heard-I am sure have } ever since I can remember-of the "su- , perfuous women of New England; co.,