The San Francisco call., 1896-05-11
MARY EMERSON HAsKINs.

the captive Daughter of Zion to have done
robe herself with the queenly raiment of
dignified self assertion.
"Now, we believe in the faith that saves !;
but we have a right-every right, and
every reason-to believe in the doubt that
saves. If 1 am told by my spiritual guide
to stihe all the nobler aspirations of nv
soul, will ask why. If my political guide
tells me that / can never hope to have a
voice in the framing of the laws which gov
ern me. demand why. Why should
not take up the burdens OF life2 Why
should be precluded from the rights. the
honors and the liberties of a human
being? These questions are symptoms of
the doubt which saves.
Last week a woman came to me, her
face haggard with corroding pain and her
eyes heavy with unshed tears. She told
me she had been robbed of dear daugh-
ter, whose budding womanhood had beer
blasted and whose hopes. humanity speak
ing. had been crushed. Why, ask, why,
in heavens name, cannot that mother
have chance to aid in framing laws to
take the place of the infamous statutes
remedy? The answer is easy. Man does
not wish it. Every man knows that the
will of man is the will of God.
"But let us trust in GOD. In the sacred
privacy of our devotions let US PROSTATE
ourselves in spirit before the divine
majesty of our loving Father. God will
clear away our doubts and fears. He will
shoulder our burdens and show us the
way. If woman Is to advance she must
keep her face ever turned toward the
source of light and wisdom. She can
never progress if she forsakes or outgrows
her early childlike faith in the goodn ess
of God.
"Christ said: And /, if I be lifted up.
will draw all men up to me- The woman
who strives to live and advance in the
light of the divine presence may say: If
be lifted up from the miseries and bonds s
OF the present age, will draw the world
up with me-
"Oh, if each woman here would only
strive to make good use of the graces and
opportunities which are vouchsafed to her,
what an advance would be made toward
the evolution of higher, purer and nobler
humanity.
Oh, uauguter OF Jerusalem, raise the
yoke from thy neck. The worst oppres-
sion comes to thee not from without, but
from within. The woman who has O. free
soul must in time become all free. Not
that she will go through life alone. No,
she will search out and lind souls worthy
of her companionship, and all these grand
souls will work together for the uplifting
OF the human race
short prayer followed the sermon,
after which the Treble Cleft Quartet gave
most artistic and devotional rendering of
Sullivan's Lost Chord"
Mrs Cooper made a short address,
thanking all who had aided in making.the
Woman's Congress the success it was, after
which Miss Shaw in most impressive
manner pronounced the benediction.
In answer to a question as to her future
movements Miss Shaw stated that she
would leave this City to-day or tomorrow
in order to comply with her engagements
IN the interior towns. She is resolved upon
visiting all sections of the State before the
election, and intends that no voter in Cali
fornia shall remain in ignorance of the ar
guments for woman suffrage.
ITS hard task, know, but my heart