The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-10
LIKE The Wall OF
A FALLEN ANGEL
WHAT DIR. SMITH THINKS OF
woMAN's RIGHTS.
Spoke in the Green Ridge Baptist
Church Last Night on the Un-
crowned Queens Of America-Re-
fsrred to the Wonderful Power Of
a woman's influence and Effect It
Has Had in All Ages-There Never
Was a Great Man Who Had Not a
Great Mother.

TO my mind, woman's rights Is the
last, dismal. despairing wall Of a fallen
angel" was one Of the strong asser-
tions made by Albert II. Smith, M. D.,
last night in his lecture In the Green
Ridge Baptist church. His subject was
Americas Uncrowned Queens" He
has no sympathy with the faddish wo-
man Of today.
He began by remarking that the four
nations which are in time to rule the
world are Germany, Russia, England
and the United States, and Of these
four nations the United States will be
the superior. But" said he, "the
future of these four nations and of all
the world, lies in the wonderful influ-
ence wrought by the power of true
womanhood.
"The greatest power in all this world
is the power Of a woman's love, but no
power is useful until harnessed.
Human nature is bl-sexual, a man and
wife in true union are but equal
parts Of one complete whole. Woman
has proved herself to be master of
many arts and sciences, but she is also
responsible for the introduction into
the world Of the three greatest hum
bugs of modern times, Christian Sci
ence, Spiritualism and Tneosophy."
wOMAN'S POWER.
He then said that to find out what
woman's power is it was necessary TO
see what the poets and the geniuses
have to say regarding it, as mediocrity
is always blinded by the non-essen-
tials. He told of the concluding years
of the Civil war, when every able
bodied man in the South was away at
the front and when none but the
"Tomen folks were at home. I'm all
those dreadful days." said he, woman
hood rose to it's throne and there is not
a single record of a negros approach
ing q woman in an unworthy man.
ner."
He referred to Cardinal Gibbons
widely quoted sermon Of last Sunday
in which he stated that women were
neglecting their home life too much
and dabbling In that in which they
had no business, and stated all the car
dinal charged was true.
In speaking of the wonderful power
Of true wifes love Mr.. Smith spoke
of Rev. Russell Conwell, the celebrated
clergyman, Of Philadelphia, and told
how 1t is the spiritual affinity of love
between himself and his wife, who died
some twenty-seven years ago, that has
made him the remarkable man he Is
and the pastor of the largest Protes-
tant church in the world.
He stated that he has drawn more
true inspiration from reading the pri-
vate letters of Robert r. Lee, "the
soldier without malice" to his wife
| than he has from any other work ex-
cept the Bible. ''The power wrought
| by this woman over her husband and
his unfaltering faith in her are Won
derful," said he.
A TRIBUTE TO MOTHERS.
There never was a great man who
had not a great mother is a truth
proved over and over again." said Mr.
Smith. He quoted Lafayette's famou!
remark, when, upon being introduced
to Mary Washington, the mother o.
George Washington, the French noble
man had said: IF America has suci
mothers as this, no wonder her som
are illustrious." Abraham Lincoln
said upon his death-bed, almost as h,
was passing away: "All I was I ow'
to my angel mother"
He stated that woman today ha
more privileges under the law thai
man and then set out to prove it. H
told how a woman can leave her home
go into business and the husband ha
to support the children. Under all cir
cumstances a man must support hi
wife. women talk of women's rights,
said he. ''why, to my mind woman
rights is the last, dismal, despairini
wall of a fallen angel.
I'm these days the most wonderful
problem is the home life Of our land
By a brief recollection Of history W
may easily see that when the womel
of any land sank lower than thei
proper sphere that nation has decayed
If the home life goes down, the natiol
falls. The home life of this countr
lies in the hands of the women Of tn
country, and I venture the assertion
that it is safe Graded, as it is, in tn
laps Of the unknown and obscure wo