The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-22

Nil OF LHp&E occupations uiiiI nus beeh
kept in the lead for centuries. But IL we
look az him as he Is to-day, there is but
little hope for HIS future The victim of
II set OF habits that destroys all of his in-
Hupnce for good. he is broken down as n
moral leader OF course there are grand
and noble exceptions to this statement,
Many young men are free from these
vices, Nay. more; some of the brightest
! lights not only OF eloquence, but OF moral
worth are to be found among men. The
pulpit to-day is better filled than it ever
was before. The burning eloquence OF
these devoted men is barely sufficient to
hold man to his present standard of
morality, while woman is clamoring for
an advance in the moral and religious
world. The Christian patriot. there
| fore, as he stands upon the shores of time,
| looking back upon the waters and desc
| late fields of the past will point to woman
as our last hope. Man has been weighed
in the balance and is found wanting. BY
his bad habits he had wcll-nigh wrecked
the moral world. A new star has arisen,
which, in spite OF the SCOTS and sneers
and sarcasms Of the card-player and the
whiskey -drinker, and the profane swear
| er will continue to shine. AS long as
woman is the leader in all OF these things,
with n moral record spotless and pure,
she cannot fail to make her power and in
| tluence felt Her life cannot fail TO be an
inspiration to young men TO lift them up to
higher planes of thought and wider fields
Of usefulness. The secret of woman's
power does not depend altogether upon
her superior traits of character. There is
a subtility of charm and witchery, about
her face which throws n spell upon all
who come in contact with it. Who would
not pay tribute TO the wife and mother?
Who would destroy the sweet pictures of
her home life? The home is where the
affections are planted and blossom in full
beauty. But the young man will say: Il
do not admire this wonderful change in
the position of the sexes. Give me back
woman as she was a quarter of a century
ago. Give her back with her frailty and
her beauty. and her inefficiency and her
idle habits Give her back with her ig-
norance and simplicity as TO the business
affairs OF life. Give her back, O. give her
back, and for heavens sake do not put
her in advance of me- To comply with
your wish would be to bring disaster and
ruin upon you both. Add to the train Of
bad habits, which have become part OF
your nature. the sin OF idleness which is
so prevalent in the land, and your butter
flies would starve to death WheA y
young lady, not long since, saw a man
sitting under a shade tree playing with
his two little children, while his young
wife was scraping cotton. Her heart
, grew sick within her. But there must he
n providence at the bottom Of all this
J thing. Ii God has afflicted the young men
of our land with idleness, their former
habits Of industry have not been lost; they
have been transferred to the other sex.
Gods promises must be fulfilled, and
if man has failed TO accomplish the mis-
sion. then woman must become the in.
strument to make good what man has
failed to do. If man had not become idle,
perhaps woman never would have become
industrious. If woman had not become in.
dustrious, she never could have possessed
the qualifications necessary 10 carry the
Christian gospel to every land. OF course
by miracle, God could carry the truths
of the Christian religion into every land
and country in q single day But the
age of miracles is past. Ia the age OF
, religious darkness God manifested His
/ divine presence by many miracles in order
d to preserve true religion on the earth.
, And the same wisdom which sent these
token before the time Of Christ now
/ withholds them. The needed revelation
being complete, it is best that the uniform
| course of nature should be no more in
J terrupted, lest our confidence in its uni
: formity should be disturbed. Instead
therefore, of a miracle, God is employing
the regular course of nature TO send sal
walton to every nation, land and tongue.
; 1t IS now nineteen hundred years since
man received the commission to carry
the gospel into every land, and to prepare
the world for the promised millennium In
the hands of man the work has been to !,
great extent a failure. This great mis-
sion seems now about to be placed in the
hands of woman. For years woman
seems TO have been i'll training for this
high and holy mission. The intelligent
observer of the times cannot fail to see
her power and influence Her banner OF
! peace and hope and charity is floating
. upon the shore of every land. TWith her
, pleading eyes and pathetic tones she tells
the story of the cross. Her constant
! cry now is Lift up your heads, o: We
, gates; and be We lifted up We everlasting
doors and the King of glory shall
, come in"
: Yes this is her cry and this is her song
, to-day Even among the suffering Ar
menians where man has failed to go, she
is to-day carrying joy to the hearts of
{ thousands. In every land and country
, she is holding in her hand the banner OF
love. To-day she is enlisted as n soldier in
the army Of the Lord. And she is going
, forth conquering and to conquer. Upon
1 the bloody fields of the past, she is fight
: ing her battles with the sword of peace
} and with songs Of redeeming love. And
upon her banner is the inscription Life,
J Life, Eternal Life"
CARLTON
Rehobeth, n. c.
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