The Progress., 1897-06-19

how tistresstu1, at the last! tine ground
over which it leads you Is hollow. The
fruit it offers to your taste Is poison. The
promise 1t makes to you Is a lie. Over
that ungodly banquet the keen sword Of
Gods Judgment hangs, and there are
ominous handwritings on the walls.
Observe also in this subject how repel-
ling sin is when appended to great attract
iveness. Since Ewes death there has been
no such perfection of womanhood. You
could not suggest an attractiveness to the
body or suggest any refinement to tho
1panner. You could add no gracefulnesx
to the gait, no luster to tho eve. no sweet
ness to the 'oice. A perfect God made her
a perfect woman, to be the companion of
perfect man in Il perfect home, and her
entire nature vibratcd in accord with tho
beauty and song of paradise. But she re-
belled against Gods government, and with
the same hand with which she plucked
the fruit she launched upon the world the
crime, the wars, the tumults that have set
the universe awaiting.
Fatal Chnrms.
A terrible offset to all her attractiveness.
We are not surprised when we find men
and women naturally vulgar going into
transgression. We expect that people who
live in the ditch shall have tho lnanslers of
the ditch, but how shocking when we find
the refincmcnts Of social life! The accom-
plishments of Mary, queen of Scots, make
her patronage of Darnley, the profligate,
the more appalling. The genius Of Cath
crime II of Russia only sets forth in moro
powerful contrast here unappeasable am
bition. The TRANSACTIONS from the Greek
and the Latin by Elizabeth and her won
derful qualifications for u queen make
the more disgusting her capricieusness of
affection and her holiness of temper. Tho
greatness of ByrOn'S mind makes the more
alarming Byron's sensnality.
Let no one think that refinement of
manner or eXqMsitcness of Taste or su-
periority. of education can in any wise
apologize for i'll temper, for an oppressive
spirit, for nkindness for any kind of sin.
Disobedience Godward and transgression
MAYNARD can give no excuse. Accom-
ptishment heaven high is no apology for
vice bell deep.
My subject also impresses me with tho
regal influence of woman. When I see Eve
with this powerful influence over Adam
and over the generations that have fol-
lowed. 1t suggests to me the great power
all women have for good for evil.
have no sympathy, nor have you, with the
hollow batteries showered upon woman
from the platform and the stage. They
mean nothing; they are accepted as moth
ing Womans nobility consists in the
when see this powerful influence of Eve
upon her husband and upon the whole hu.
man race l mako up my mind that the
frail arm of woman can strike blow
which will resound through all eternity
down among tho dungeons or up among
the thrones.
Woman and Home.
or course am not speaking Of repre-
sentative womcn-of Eve, who ruined the
race by one fruit picking; of Jael, who
drove spike through the head of Sisera,
the warrior; of Esther, who overcame
royalty; of Abigail, who stopped host
by her own beautiful prowess; of Mary,
who nursed the world Saviour; of Grand
mother Lois, immortalized In her grand
son Timothy; OF Charlotte Corday, who
drove the dagger through the heart Of the
assassin of her lover, or of Marie Antoi-
nette, who by one look from the balcony Of
her castle quieted a mob, her own scaffold
the throne of forgiveness and womanly