Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-05-31

~eS@ANA haoAtJ w NAtAA 0Aan~es
In the name of Father, who stood
loyalty by her despised race; in the
name of the Marys and Magdalenes,
who chung to the cross, Obi cultured
youth, come nearer thy sisters cross
and help her bear 1t. In Gods name
go out from these halls OF learning
and WELD thy acepteF and all the
world viii follow thy Leadership and
thy flag. To-day you are permitted
the privilege OF sharing with your
brothers the advantages Of higher
education and culture; you are per-
mitted to stand shoulder % shoulder
In all the reforms and battles Of the
century, and to direct the forces Of
science, philosophy and religion into
more glorious achievement. Chris
tianity has made 1t possible for the
Esthers Of the present age to enter the
kingdom TO serve God and humanity.
Woman will have a grander and
higher mission in the forthcoming
century. She has only entered the
gateway of Christian progress. There
Is a great moral upheaval now going
on; the social and the civil fabrics are
lettering. In these days Of peculiar
unrest, when the high tides Of sin are
casting on q shores the filth and
impurity Of foreign lands, it is oppor-
tune time for educated, courageous
women to take the helm and guide
the old ship of state into the port Of
safety and prosperity.
But our educated Esthers have an
other sphere In coming into the king
dom at such a time as this. / believe
1t win be her special mission In the
twentieth century. She has done
much to save man and rescue nations;
to put life and spirit into the church;
to shoulder the responsibilities of the
home, and to inspire her brothers
and fathers in the great struggles for
civil and religious liberty. But the
hour lie at hand when she must save
her own lex. As Esther came into
the kingdom In the time OF national
and racial exigencies, 80 the coming
woman must stretch out her hand to
lift up her own kind. The class Of
1900 of Hardin College Ia not entering
upon an era when IL will not be mere
girls play. The past has not achieved
all the moral and social victories.
You are to join the forces Of woman
kind for the elevation Of the women
of America. Go back a moment to
Calvary. There is one character who
worships there whom the women and
Slmons have Stunned all these dark
centuries. She had been commoner
OF the streets, yet she had bathed the
feet Of Jesus with penitentisl tears.
She vas the type Of the worst OF sin-
ners among women, like the thief
among men. The heroines Of the past
have done much 10 redeem the drunk
ards, the thieves and the criminals
who have infested the lower and upper
order of society. Like royal pRincesses
Of God, Christian women have sought
to reform them and place their feet
on a rock. Sublime missionl Glori-
Gus servicel For this, Obi women,
we crown thee and place thee on the
throne of our admiration and appre-
citation. Now lend a hand in the
name of God for the salvation OF the
tens of thousands of Magdalenes and
you will have the praise of angels and
the "well done" Of the Lord Of heaven
and earth. |,
Young women Of the class of 1900,
will you do your utmost for the social
and moral upIift OF womanhood9 wilt
thou come into the kingdom Of Ameri-
CO at such q time as this with the
principles Of Christian aItruism
thoroughly EMBEDDED In heart, con-
science and brain? yield to no man
In pure admiration to royal, womanIy
character. l take of my hat in pro-.
found reverence to the fair daughters
of our Republic. There is real lnspira-
ton In the presence OF a cultured, I
refined and educated Christian grill
There lie no pearl ore radiant In all
natures realm than q pure, loving, I
sympathetic, Christian womanl III
would give my life and voice for the
protection of the fair sex, and shield I
her from the wrongs OF q profane, ]
passionate world. But as an honest
man, I must say that / have been be-
wildered more than once at the
weakness Of woman's sympathy for !
her own fallen kind. Ibid you, there ,
fore, in the name of the Christ who !
took the woman by the hand and ,
said: "Go and sin no MORE" to do !
your utmost by voice and pen for !
those who have gone down in the j
tide of sin and crime. Be true to ,
your cross, be true to. your God, be
true to your alma mater, but obi be
true to your own sexl Take your
place by the side OF those whom I
shuns, the world abhors, and J
the church turns Its doors upon. Join q
the white cross movement In the q
of the falleni Take the q
of sin by the hand and lift !
them upi Be ias orthodox woman q
ward as you are Godward. The most
heresy I know of Is to
cody stand aloof from this great
social problem that tou6hes the !.
sanctity of home. What is the use Of !
education, culture and Christianity II :
It Is not to enter the kingdom at such !.
3 time 90 this and lift up the voice in
no uncertain sound for the elevation J
Of wo~mankind? l would rather be
pagan, sucked In q creed outworn,
with q little warm blood Of human
sympathy In my heart for lost humani- =
~, than to be q full 1edged orthodox :
destitute Of pity for the I
lost and the fallen. I would rather be
. mongrel half breed Samaritan with
sympathy for the unfortunate woman o
on the Jericho road, than TO be q blue I
blooded priestess who passed by on 3
the other side and left her to die. .
be q Prometheus stealing 4
divine fire from heaven for the saliva J
ton of fellow mortals than be a fun
angel "loafng around the
throne," unmindful Of the sufferine