The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-03
wOMAN's WORK IN THE WORLD.
Able Address at the Method w oman's
Missionary Meeting.

Able Address at the Methodist w oman's
Missionary Meeting.
The Columbia River branch of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
the Methodist Episcopal church opened
its second annual session at the First
Methodist Episcopal church last evening
with devotional services and a brilliant
address by Rev. Charles f. Locke, ID. D..
of the Taylor street church in Portland.
The pulpit and ratings had been bsautified
by the members of the local society
with evergreens, ferns, flowers and
autumn leaves. The handsome church
was comfortably filled with delegates and
members of the church. Mrs. Ella NJ.
Matthew, president of the local society,
occupied seat in the pulpit and presided.
assisted by Mrs. A. J. Hanson, of Puyal-
iup, the conference secretary. Right and
eft of these ladies on the pulpit were Rev.
w. L. Ford. pastor of Grace church OF this
city; Rev. w. A. Shanklin, pastor of the
First church. and Rev. DIR. C. +. Locke.
A well-rendered solo by Mrs. L. Hudgin
10 the organ accompaniment of Prof.
Sharpe, added much TO the interest of the
services. Mr.. Ford gave the prayer and
several hymns were sung by the con grega-
CATION.
DIR. c. T.. Locke then made the address
OF the evening. his text being. THE Modern
Deborah" Woman, he said, was ut once
the source and the cause of the present
Christianity. She had ever been appreci-
alive of the blessings won through Christ
"a Deborah leading when men were
afraid of the battle. Much was heard to-
day of woman's sphere. Her sphere was
wherever her tastes and capabilities led
her. He called woman a modern Deborah
because she had always been aggressive In
enterprises.
Three hundred and fifty avocations were
now occupied by her. against eight or ten
fifty years ago. Gen. Spinner employed
1000 women in the treasury department,
and testified that they were more accurate
than men and had never bsen proven dis
honest. He instanesd their journalistic
abilities. citing Frank LcsIies, The Ladies
Home Journal and about a dozen other
papers IN which women In part or entirely
occupied the editorial chair.
TINS modern Deborah had made great
progress in all intellectual lines. We
were told that her brains were less in
weight than that OF man. lis the smaller
string of the violin less important than
the larger?" asked he. How much did
man owe TO the George Eiiots Margaret
Fullers. Helen Hunt Jacksons, and the
Tahlheimers. DIR. Wheeler, ex-president
of Allegheny college, had recently stated
from his broad experience Of years as pres
ident Of co-educstionaI institution that
''the mind power Of the age was passing
over 10 women"
This modern Deborah was a factor also
in society. Emerson said: Society is the
influence OF women" As mother and
wife she was the mightiesl force In the
universe. The sphere OF motherhood did
not interfere with her other spheres of
usefulness, and woman was yet to have a
place ia the state. for 10 was IAN infamous
anaehronism that she is not citizen"
she was entitled TO citizenship because
Legislators would not recognize her until
she was given the ballot. Hsinstanced in
proof of this the statement of John Bright
the more legislation IN favor OF the work
ingman had been enacted in England in
the ten years Immediately succeeding 1860.
when he was given the franchise, than in
the 80 ears Immediately PRIOR thereto.
She needed citizenship TO supplements the
training in the home.
He then dweit at some length on wo-
mans work in the church, the fact that
women made heroic Christians and that in
the zsnanss Of heathenism there was work
that could only be done by wornen for
women. lie then gave facts relative To
the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Of tue Methodist Episcopal church. IL
was nov ia its twenty-sixsh year. il had
sent out $50 missionaries, and last wear
alone had raised about $4,000. The Co
lnmbia river branch Was the Youngest
branch. just closing It's second year. Last
year tnls infant branch had raised over
s. 90. and from It's territory had sent out
last year TWO young women as missionaries
10 foreign fields. Dr. Locke then closed By
saying:
I'VE pray that the noble women OF thi,
society may ali render such efficient
service that at last the Master will say OF
each, she hath done what she could.
Mrs. A. J. Hanson. OF Puyallup. fol-
lowed DR.. Locke with an interesting re-
view of the womsn's work on the Coast.
The first auxiliary on Puget sound. she
said. was organized twelve years ago In a
little white chapel that stood on Second
street somswhere near where the Boston