Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-01-22

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1880 li ues a CLEVER rtsoIuloIy radl
ical lifIe story end che critics at once
claaoni % with Che African Farm. p
John Wand nud thc renowned "Noh.
cItn Its author. however. has since
ihcn mono far ahead Of Era Dtland.
Mfa Ward and even Olive senreInof
ln fho demonstration Of her religious
convictions With "loro' she bad been
ioltrably ~conrorsnpt ninco her MARRIAGE
in 1903. aud by way ol proving her "a
militrity with "thool0Gy' sho accepted
tho paptorate Of a church in Geneva
MA Up b that time Mira Wooiloy had
had no intention Of entering tho minis.
Try. although always attracted % tho
pulpit and les opportunities Hcr career
NJ q minister has been. however. omi-
nently aoccossfuL She has aroused q
fresh and widespread religions interest
throughout not only her Immediate conn
munity. but Ga Chicago itself, an hours
railway ride distant many persons go
ing ont from that city every Sunday TO
attend service in Geneva. Mira Wool
legs sermons during this as yet brief
p~nstoraio have had q wide range, deal
ing with tho most vital and pressing
problems Of our day, o. may be judged
BY the following topics taken az random
from her past year > calendar; Indus
trial Armies Versus Industrial Citizen
ship Compensation. A" Loved Of
Country, "A Story Of Isben's Brand. -
and pilates Question, What Is
TRUTH IL - interesting to also note
that Of tho three trustees Of her church
two Mra Julin Plato Harvey and Mrs.
Julia G. Blackman, are women Mrs
Harvey Is also well known 10 the world
40 large as the former FIRST vico prcsi-
dent Of tho General Federation OF Wom-
ems Clubs
Mrs Woolley Is By birth m Ohioan,
although removing 70 Coldwater, Mich,
at an early age. With the exception Of
a few years spent as the Lake Erie SEM
inary-ono Of tho Mary Lyons schools
at gainesville O., she was edu Gated
entirely IN the town Of her adoption.
She was graduated from the Coldwater
seminary ia 1855 and two years later
was married to Or. J.. u Wooliey. IN
1879 they removed 70 Chicago, where she
busted herself with contributions in
prose and verse 70 Journals both cast
and west She was the Chicago GORE
epondent Of The Christian Register Of
Boston for eight years, and in 1890
became assistant editor Of the Chicago
Unity. holding the latter position for
nearly three years Her first essay in
Cotton was q short story published in
Lppincotts which periodical has pab-
hehed much other Of her work The
title 81 Love and Theology has, in
later edifiona, been changed 70 Rachel
Armstrong. " while two other novels
FROM hcr pen have also appeared, "A
Girl Graduate and Roger Hunk."
Mira WOolley has been and is a con-
epicuous member Of that conspicuous
organization, the Chicago Woman's
club For two years she was its presi-
dent end sho Is the present leader Of
rs Drowning classes, 4" her long expe-
rIence AS thinker and lecturer amply
1nalifying her for such responsibility.
Within tho past few weeks tho club has
appointed a committee Of 25 to organize
political equality league" Mrs.
WooIley serving as chairman. As q lee
turer and parlor reader she is perhaps
better known in the west than in the
east although she Is always sure TO win
appreciation, whatever the locality.
During a recent visit to Boston she was
the hoEored guest Of those two formi-
dable societies, tho Browning club and
ahe New ENGLAND Woman's club. Like
hor books her talks are q mixture
Of literary interests with social prob
lems Yoltaire, Ihsen, Margaret Fuller,
George Eliot Shakespeare and Tenny-
son each finding place In her pro-
gramme. Mrs. Woolley was deeply in
terested In tho worlds parliament Of
religions which distinguished body she
had the honor 10 address upon "Tho
Worlds Religious Debt to America T"
Altogether It is not as the brilliant nov
elist that she Is 10 be regarded, bat ns
the earnest md sincere thinker, eager
10 receive the truth, strong in tho cour-
age Of her convictions and successful In
q field where but few women have earn
ed distinction. Now York Times.