New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-20

and Judith how clorousy they illustrated the power Of aau
and illuminated the gloom Of dark with the radiance
OF their virtues AS the old dlsenaton Is passing e"ay
and the morning twgh. is blushing with the rising
pendor Of the new day. there stand before us two women
and Gods angels them Elizabeth and Mary are inc
shc OF hone AMI salvation When the Christ began his
WORK. the women gathered about him AM "iey
never left Him when possible for them to be Wild
Him. OF only two classes people is IL said That they
.mlnstcrcd unto HIM.. one class Is composed oil inc
angels the other OF From tnat day 70 THIS
no voice the imrerishobe loyalty Oh "on'e"
as the voice Wherever He has gone INTO ha'oh'
state or tribe lie lifted and crowned her wiA
| power How faithful remained to Him while lie "aS
Oh the earth ,,..
The soilci Of passion, the demon'possessea 'saA
lem the toing weary Ma tha the modest widow dropping
sacrcd treasury tn brokenhearted m0s~
az the gate Of Noin the brave syro-Phoencian - NV
s the tender and pure Mays found in Christ the inter-
prefer and nsprer Of their womanhood An HOW they
repaid Him. The devil could find no woman TO beuay
| Him. Judas had counterpart. When the plot OF
and hypocrisy thckened It's block eonsunmation
and no voice OF man was raised in His behalf woman
dared plead for His life. When the hoaise cries
Of the bloodthsty hounds of bigory filed the air. far
above clamor in the Of history has risen the cry
Of the weeping daughters OF jerusalem
HERoINEs BEHIND THE HEROES.
Behind the heroes world have been the heoiness
mpartng light and cheer The greatest ,ctors for truth
and acknowledged that the keynote OF
the martial which impeei them TO triumph was
sounded by the voice Of woman Behind Augustine
stands Monica behind Constantine Helena behind White
field the OF Huntington behind the Wesleys'
/ sanity Susanna. 1t the Saxon Kings wife who
placed on the brow Of England the chrsm OF Rome's
Christianity. 1t Joan OF Arc who heard the mys'
terious voices and only delivered her country, but
became herself a of q new civilization Consider
how the reforms phanthropes OF our ag are served
nv women The Increasing eGulgence OF wonan's truth.
faith and love making this respondent with glory
uncaua,d by any former period OF history Already We
see John here plainly tells that the mai trumpns
are TO be along the line OF the womanly virtues Inc
world to be gored with the dominating grace OF moro
and more exalted woTanhood Woman is not to gain hef
Anal victory lift the world 10 its fu niennai Spehoor
by in sense more masculine but by becoming
more wononly.
Hear the summary OF truth have IL here. Once
again repeat alternative Malevolence benehcence
Evil good The stability OF society is thr aened by the
forces OF perverted womanhood. One cannot ooh GOWN
into any DEPTHS and fetid corruption In this city
that ne does degraded woman directing the
damnabc forces From the coarsest 10 the most
refined every stratum of society not only DO We ma
deludu and deceived but delrding ana dece'mS
| women Every OF youth must warn against the
designing siren There is moro coarse and foul oas'
b,my that es than that which falls from
womans There is horrid brazen ont oil oeast
illness and anarchy that does not reveal some WOMAN
features sophisty OF society that does NOT
harrow some faacions charm woman's utteranee.
The revolving filth the French ball covers the shame
less woman and bespatters the equally shameless 'n'
Thera no potion hell commended to the lips OF youth
that some woman mingled the deadly poison ana
ptoered the cup John perhaps In more horrd forms
than we ever that persistent and fatal form
of devillsh mastery the subtle fascination OF the
| dauphters OF sin. They almost ruled the world upon
| which he then looked Everywhere he saw what we
| NAV 500 Beauty and the Beast But he also that
pcauty revealing with the Beast has her hour Aye her
into The forces she evoked with wanton wand are
,hs forces of her destruction. 1t is all true -
symbol and prosaic fact.
| woMAN's PART IN MORAL ELEVATION.
Sad would IL be for humanity the only type OF woman
were this mistress scarlet colorcd beast For NOM
Ing IS palmer than that the moral elevation Is "p'ss
,ubout that OF woman. Thank God, there Is another
woman in this wilderness world Inc de|hs hoous "a"
never oyerwhelm her going forward with inereas'
inc mower and beauty her Bridal with the I@mo Inc
virtues OF woman are the triumphing virtues Oh he
Ch,,,,, humanity They ale conquerng virtues o
OF sefsacrifce than selfasr'ioh !"
through suffering rather u'an by 1at'ie glow
The darkness the wilderness Is hummer ny INC "'
| Of her fidelity. - -.
There is no danger that wohan hat' not ofa'ea !"
,,m,nI,v Persecution hath RACED against her with swora
sra .na Wild boast She has not shrunk from any
ncd OF war or field Of toll where she might serve Zoo
,a humanity She has made her beauty benediction'
nd tho music OF has sounded the noc Oh nope
rho beart OF the lost her love. her
,, have scented irresistible hcroism She has gone 70
h owest levels OF misery with tho ranhgung grace Of
v and purity There is stratum OF society where neg
genius for goodness been felt There Is no agency
GOOD which has not gathered efficiency from her de-
| yo,ion She Is Organizing victory nov and giving us
avery once in while eanets OF final complete dsenthlal
mont from evil. "A great sign was seen IN heaven,
woman arrayed with The SUM- and the NON under hes
Zoo, and upon her head a OF twelve stars" HeS
triumph is triumph Of Everlasting Light