The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-14
SERMON TO YOUNG PEOPLE
Preached mt the First Baptist Church
by Rev. Mr.. Villers.

'"Three-score Queens and Virgins With
out Number" was the unique subject OF
the Rev. Mr.. Villerss sermon at the First
Baptist Church last night. The words
quoted above are found In the eighth verse
of the sixth chapter of the Song of Solo,
mon, which reads: There are three-score
queens and four-score concubines and vir-
gins without number" AT the beginning
lined his attitude towards the much dis
cussed book called "The Song of Solomon"
He said: This is song of love; 1t is
pure love cherished by the king for his
royal bride. Students of the Scriptures
have ordinarily understood that this song
of Solomon symbolizes, as far as the king
and queen are concerned, the relationship
between Jesus Christ as the bridegroom
and the Christian church as the bride of
the Lord Christ
The minister then launched into an elo-
quent description of the true Christian
woman, giving many Illustrations and tell
ing numerous anecdotes of such women
and made an insistent appeal to the women
before him to strive to be noble Christian
women, for, he declared, such a woman is
unquestionably a queen among women.
The difference between the condition of
women in heather and Christian countries
was sharply defined. In MOSlem lands
women are lightly regarded, even when
they have sustained the wifely relation for
many years. A Moslem husband was
quoted as having said that Kidding himself
of a wife was, to a man OF his religious
belief, just as easy as putting aside pair
of worn-out shoes is to a Christian. The
inability of heather women to acquire
learning was also referred to, and story
related of a missionary who was told by
a native of Ceylon that a woman could No
absorb knowledge any more than can a
sheep. In speaking of the virgins men,
the Hebrew word for virgin means
strong" and he declared that the Bible
means for young women to develop all the
vigor of which they are capable. He said
that he was passing by the residence OF
United States senator in Washington one
afternoon when he noticed the senator's
daughters moving the grass on the lawn
in front of the house, sight which filed
him with admiration for the young women
who were not afraid to let the world see
them at work. A glowing tribute was paid
TO Florence Nightingale. whose name, said
the speaker, was selected unanimously by
a body of distinguished Englishmen as the
one most deserving to be placed upon a
monument commemorative of the Crimean
campaign. In closing. Mr.. Villers paid his
respects to men of a certain type. who, he
declared, were like the cane shown TO
Sydney Smith by friend who remarked
at the same time that Ii had been around
the world twice. WELL" said Smith, after
all. 1t is only a stick" Continuing, the
minister said:
There are some men who are nothing
more than sticks, and the young woman
who marries one of those sticks will find
out by and by just what Queen Caroline
said of her marriage. She said: Il am the
daughter of a hero and the wife of a
zero
The impressive baptismal ceremony Of
the Baptist denomination was performed
Of he oil of he Qcfa T,xxrn
young men and two young women were i'm
merSed.