Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-07-20

hence it has been that until very re-
cent date it was unwomanly to be ed.
ucated. But this superstition IS fast
fading away. II is to the glory OF
the women of our own age that they
have demonstrated their ability to
meet their brothers npon the same in
tellectual plane without losing any of
their womanliness, and already one
state has said to her women, "You
may vote" and the men Of Kansas
will say the same thing to their wives
and mothers soon. Rome we can
well say was the last great ancient
people, She and her civilization lived
and endured for nearly thousand
years only to be broken on the same
shoals that destroyed the ship Of
state in Egypt With the fall Of the
Roman republic we find ourselves
faced with a new educational power.
The lowly Nazarene, the child Of the
humble Mary who came teaching the
"kingdom of God" and salvation to
mankind" With meekness and gen.
tility he taught truth which was an
tagonistic to his age and he like
Socrates paid the penalty Of being in
advance Of his times. He was cruci-
fed on Calvary, but while the Jews
could cruelty the progenitor truth,
they found themselves unable to even
dlsfgure the truth which he taught
and the "crown Of thorns" has thus
become a "crown Of glory" After
the death Of Christ the church soon
became all powerful, not without q
conflict, but nevertheless victorious
The war waged upon Christians by
the Roman emperors has made them
the despised of all ages. Finally
Constantine came and with him came
the victory for the church. Persecu-
ton was stopped, the church became
powerful and the capital was moved
from Rome to the "City by the Bos-
phorus."
From the time Of Constantine the
church was the great power IN Eur
ope. She assumes the education OF
the masses. The pope says learning
is detrimental to the "ChurCh of
Rome" and hence it must not be toll
Grated. The Catholic church was at
this time that power which made the
crowns Of kings rest uneasily upon
their heads, yea even caused the
heads Of kings to set uneasy upon
their shoulders, and when she said
that education should not be tolera.
ted" il is not remarkable that at that
time men were not educated. The
Catholic church was at this time that
power which damned up the streams
Of human progress and darkened the
waters Of civilization with supersti.
ton, terror and dogmstism." While
she may be charged with stamping
out education yet we should be just
to Rome for she was that power which
during the first six hundred years Of
the Christian era preserved the relig-
ion of Christ and handed 1t down I'M
impaired, though not unmixed with
much lmpurity to our own age,
About this time another great
church came into existence; the Epis-
copal church, born in disgrace, reared
in infamy and the child Of the lecher-
GUS Henry VIII Of England, yet we
must be just to her, for while her ORR
gin despisable, while her early train
ing was sadly neglected, she teaches
us like many another child that has
been born and reared with unfortu-
nate environments that she Is better
than the source from which she
sprung, and she has been one Of the
great influences for good in the his
tory Of civilization. The world intel
lectually came to a standstill 1.or;ns
the five hundred years t' ,at wa cai
the dark ages, and % stand still is tc