The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1899-04-16

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count Of the creation Of woman.
We read in End chapter of Gene
sis that God took one of Adam
ribs and made woman. l shall
depart from the literal and nate
realistic Interpretation, and give
one that win bring out, it seems
to me, the deep and spiritual
meaning. The Hebrew word
translated crib is translated
"side" in every other instance
where it occurs in the Bible.
Translate it side here. You have
God took one of Adams sides
not of his physical nature, of his
body, but of his spiritual nature.
God took one side of his nature
or character and gave it to wo-
man. The first Adam, we be-
lieve, had perfect human nature
human nature in its complete
and entire formal the qualities
Of human nature. God took one
side of this nature and gave it to
woman-took the qualities we
now know as womAnly, and gave
them to woman. We allinstinct-
lively know what these womanly
qualities are, but cannot define
them. The expressions gentle-
ness, tenderness, love, purity and
spiritual insight point to them,
but do not define them. In these
spiritual, womanly qualities, wo-
man differs from man, and not in
mental qualities. Their minds
are the same, but woman differs
from man in spiritual qualities,
and in these qualities she is the
counterpart of man. No human
being can have in their full de-
velopment both the manly and
the womanly qualities. They
were separated and must remain
so, and yet the world is incom-
plete without both. l say HUMAN
being advisedly, for they were to
be united again, but it must be in
a divine person, in the second
Adam, who was given perfect
human nature with all its quail
ties. Christ became not siEeply A
man, but MAN-yea, humanity.
lie took all the qualities Of hui
manity. He was, therefore, a
manly man, and also a wOMANLY
man. He showed in his life how
man should live as true and
noble man-Iive a manly life; and
also he showed woman how to
live as a sweet, pure woman-how
10 live a womanly life. The more
fully and entirely a man follows
Christ in his manly qualities the
more manly will he be, and the
more entirely a woman follows
Christ in his womanly qualities
the more womanly will she be-
the higher and purer will be her
womanly character. Now in this,
it seems to me, consisted the
strength and the beauty of Mrs.
Peyton's life and character. She
followed her Master in his mani
festation of womanly qualities,
and she was truly a sweet, pure,
womanly woman, and through
her womanly nature she exerted
such a strong influence on all
who came in contact with her.
Hers was an influence that can
not end, for good influence touch-
es a chord that vibrates through
all eternity. Those who came
under Mrs. Peyton's sweet, pure
influence need no memorials to
perpetuate her memory. But
there viii come a time when all
who knew her will pass out of
these halls and strange faces will
take their places. For these we
need memorials to record the
life work OF a true woman. A
memorial window is always ap-
propriate, especially in the chap
ell where Mrs. Peyton so often
worshipped. But still more APP
propriate is the scholarship in this
woman's college. That schol-
arship should be anincentive and
an inspiration not only to the girl
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