The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-12-04

CHc WOIc Il itllc Du1cIl ol NlOlt CS, JH0
emblem Of Green-acre, tied with The
white ribbon. The plan of work at
Gods Green-acre AS some one has fit-
ly called it is II large number of classes
for the study of all religious, social
and philosophical questions pertaining
to the uplifting of the race, AS near to
nature as possible. So OIL the banks
of a lovely river, under the trees, such
people as Henry Wood, Abbey Merton
Diaz, Lillian Whiting. Swami Viveka-
nanda, Helen VanAnderson and F.
Hubert James. meet for lectures and
discussions upon questions that dis
close what the future social conditions
may be. One writer upon the work
has said that the ''fruitage of Green
acre wiH be" noble manhood and
womanhood-truer thoughts higher
impulses, a larger fuller more u;,sel-
fish life" There Was no one among
all the noble women gathered there
whose personality was more strikiDgly
the ''living utterance of Truth through
a life of.obedience to its teachlng.''
| The Sunday of the convention al
most marked an era i'm progress and
liherality, and will long be remember
ed by those who were in the city at
the time.
| One hundred pulpits in St. Louis
we've filled by women. who forgetful of
their sex in Il sublime love and faith
in humanity pointed the way to the
dawn of the new day, that is surely
coming.
The notable events of the day were
the annual sermon by Miss Elizabeth
Greenwood of New York, worlds
Evangelist for the w c. T. U. and
the Armenian Mass meeting in the
afternoon.
MissGreenwoOd is an unusually tai
| ringing challenge to the conservatism
and selfishness of the age, which Is
| the great barrier To- the Altruism to-
| ward which the intellect of the pres.
ent day tends. After taking her text
from Eslher-''The King said TO the
wise men who Know the times" She
described ON broad lines the present
| time. Hell first uttrrance attracted the
| attention of the whole audience; she
said The present age is the age of the
people, the sOcialisLic age" Then she
| went On enlargin8 on this idea; show
] ing that 1t is also the transition age,
| when society is divided into the haves
| and have nots; the age when sweat
shops aud chlId labor are disgrace to
| the 80. called civilization.
The age of wide spread discomfort of
which terrible strikes. dynamite, and
the torch, were only the surface indi-
cations, of great movement toward
equality of opportunity. and a living
wage for the workers. An age of work,
of the social settlement, aud AN object
in life. as lnstanced by the teaching of
such men as President Lowe OF Collum-
bIa College; the work of Bishop Potter
of New York in the slums: Of the city.
An age characterized 10y an
enormous growth of wealth, match
ed by deadeniDg growth Of poverty,
and in which for the church to stand
still and preach was an impertinence;
christians must 60 to the people and
work. An age of intellisence; she
showed that when 1.-The Magma Charter
was made Of the 26 barons who signed
it % made their mark, while today the
common peol lie talk of higher criticism
and the rights of the workingman.
An aye of Catholicity i'll thought,
and all age Of woman Here Miss
Greenwood paid tribute to the new
woman, saying she was the old woman
adapted to the needs Of the age, who
will soon have weapon in. her hands
more powerful than dynamite, and she
hoped she would use it better than
man Then she took up the question
OF leaders for this n ew age of electric
, ity. rapid traDsference of thought, aud
said-"Find them among the people
and of the people"
That these leaders must teach us the
evolution from the struggles for exist
eDce and the survival of the tittest, to
the struggle for each other or AlIru-
ism. An essential qualification III h
new leader IS the recognition of the
soul of man; n OF the cultivated ednca-
ted soul but the divine sonl in every
ono I'VE have culture and TO spare
| in this age, said the speaker. what we
need is absolute purity absolute SINGER
ity and more spiritual vision, She
quoted Philip Brooks as likening the
leaders of our great colleges and OUT
educated ministry, to row of lamps
filed with rarest oil, but lacking the
light OF spiritual vision. At the Ar
menisn mass meeting in the afternoon
| the hall WIS literally packed.
Miss Rebecca KrikOliin IA talented
Armenian woman made the principal
speech of the day. She was dressed i'll
her beautiful native costume whose
silken texture waved and fioated
| about her as she recited in tragic lang
uage the woes of her striken faithf ni