Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-07-09
THE NEW WOMAN DISCUSSED
The Subject Of a Lecture by
Rev. Mr.. Copeland.
BEGINNING OF WOMAN'S ERA

The Lecture Was One of Scholastic
Merit, and Was Eni husiastically Re-
ceiyed by an Attentive Audience.
Salem, July Am interested audi.
ence this evening assembled at Unity
church, to hear what the Rev. Mr..
Copeland had to say of 1.-The New
Woman, Selected by God to End the
World" The lecture was one of
scholastic merit, and was enthusiastic.
ally received. In fact, one of the very
best Mr. Copeland has ever delivered.
The text was: For the Marriage of
the Lamb has come, and his wife has
made herself ready, and l, John, saw
the holy city coming down from God
as bride adorned for her husband"
In beginning his lecture, the speaker
called attention to the very general ex.
pectation of the end of the world at the
close of the century, prevailing
amongst all religions, and sustained by
men of science, as we'll as by preachers
of the second advent, He quoted many
prophecies proclaiming that the end o,
the world was at hand, some of which
are new and gathered from ancient
books. He quoted from the Bagavad
Gita, the words of Krishna: 81 pro.
duce myself among creatures, when
ever there is decline of virtue, and an
insurrection of vice in the world"
That such conditions prevailed was de.
tailed at length in the strongest pos.
sible language. The darkness of the
picture was relieved by calling atten-
tion to the coming reign of woman in
literature, art, society and politics.
The causes of woman's emancipation
were indicated, and her influence in
every department of life depicted. A
new race was in the process of forma.
tion. which should develop the feminine
side, and be fit to use those inner forces
which the tx" ray and the Kelley
motor indicate are to replace the com.
mon electricity.
The past centuries have witnessed
a steady progress in the delicacy and
spirituality of the forces used: From
horsepower to water-power; from wa.
ter-power to steam; from steam to elec.
tricity; from electricity to etheric
vibration, which latter cannot now be
used, for man is yet too material and
selfish, and would make this power
which dwarfs electricity only rivet the
despotism Of the few over the many
beyond any power to break. But whe n
the old dispensation has ended, then
may we have the use of the new force.
We have seen what changes have re.
suited, from the substitution of steam
for horse and water-power; we are
witnessing the changes made by re-.
placing steam by electricity. shortening
the hours of labor and making life
easier to live. What may we not look
for, when we replace electricity with
interetheric vibration, or as Bulwer
Lytton, in his Coming Race" calls
it, 'Vril, which he very significantly
places in the hands of woman, and
which she uses to restrain selfishness
of the male part of the race, not yet
raised to her high standard of morals. ~
The lecture concluded with the fol.
lowing sentences: Lo, the sign of the
Son of Man in the heavens, ending the
language Of barbarism. Clad in new
bodies made out of finer elements, be,
cause born of love, those souls have
passed through many incarnations
marked with much suffering and tribu.
lation, shall dwell in the New Jerusa.
lem; which shall not be here or there
but everywhere. OF this city the in
dwelling God, now in control of the
old.time, cruel and rapacious animal
who preferred darkness to light, shall
be the glory.