St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17

the past will show that her power now
must be in pure service.
In no day in all the woudrous past.
past which has seen every sort OF
| of change, have there been so great or
SO numerous possibilities as are present
now for every woman who knows how
to read the open book Of progress. The
educated sense of all mankind is in her
favor. TO her are open doors
| of usefulness, at rates of pay
| which would have made our
| grandmothers open their eyes with
| aStOniShed delight. Literature, law and
medicine. the lucrative places of sale
and profit, are III large measure open
to woman, ana every year we see her
| opportunities being enlarged. We are
in time OF transition, aud we'll will it
! be If grave mistakes are not made. 1t
| Is not in a noisy claim of an equality
with men that the best results will
come TO woman, but rather IN the pru-
| dent. wise, holy. cheerful doing of the
duties near, that the sphere of her power
will be vet further enlarged, and its
foundations made more sure. A WOm-
an who thinks the more manly she
looks and is, the more powerful she be-
comes, has made very great mistake
mistake fatal to her purpose. Such a
woman does not understand the alpha
bet of her true power. Men do not
want. the world does not need, and,
hence, will not permanently reward,
manly women. 1t is against nature
that 1t should. Just as well might
we say the world will reward
eifeminate men. 1t does not
want or need them. What is
necessity most pressing is that it shall
be universally understood and accepted
in such manner as to profoundly lntlu-
ence the lives OF all woman, that here
and now we need the true culture Of all
the power Doubtful Creator has given
them, whether of head, of hand, or
heart. When we see this, and just in
exact mathematical proportion as the
world is made to see this, will it be
purified. Darkness cannot withstand
light; coarseness will not abide in the
presence continual of woman'S refine
ment; impurity will hide Its head in
shame before the perfect character of
such wOmanh0Od as we have right
10 look for as the nOblest result OF the
Christian culture of the gospel.
LET not any one woman say, Yes, L
see the goal at which you would have us
land, that it is difficult one to gain,
and when once there, L could do little
alone; my life is spent in a narrow
sphere; my home is nearly my WHOLE
Have you ever once thought of the
cumulative power of influence? No one
can by possibility tell the result of any
one deed. How much less, then, the re-
suit of one life. In your daily toll, what
ever it be, the common task, be 1t in
office or shop, or room or kitchen, you
are marked and known. Your power
ff, &c, nd will
never die. 1t is not given to you to see
how and where your influence will be
seen, but that does not change
the fact. Your daughters, sons, brothers
and friends, persons you know and
persons whom you do not know, as truly
and surely feel your influence. noble or
its reverse, as the tides are affected by
the moon. or the spring flowers by the
sun. This new day, God-given and
man-blessing, of the worlds great on
ward and upward march is rich with
every kind of opportunity and blessing
for gracious and pure Womanhood
which Is with all its might intent upon
teaching the eternal lessons of right and
nobleneSS which will set its face very
sternly against meanness and sham and
pretenSe, which will teach mankind the
true glory of work, which will look upon
not disgrace. and encourage the
needy by loving words and help
tul deeds to rise into comfort.
A wOmanhood which ever sings
and prays, and hOnors God and blesses
men, which fills the world with music,
is IN the divine order of Providence the
greatest treasure earth has to show.
From such women spring every sort of
just reform in church and state, be-
cause all beneticent change in law is
the outcome of Improvement in man,
and the life and heart of progress are in
the home; and here it is the women are
the power behind the throne. 1t is not,
then, in the active political arena. On the
platform or in scenes of strife, that the
women of the land will find the nObleSt
wishes realized; bnt in the quiet, yet
all-pOwerful. paths which God has
marked for them to walk in, and which
are, in result to them, "a crown OF
glory and a diadem of beauty"