, 1901-10-01
WOMAN
AND HER SPHERE IN LIFE SUB.
JECT OF ABLE SER
MON.
Rev. H. Warren Nice breaches to the
Fair Sex Sunday Evening and is
Heard by Large Numbers-PIea
for Hieher Place in Life and More
Recognition of Her Talents.

FOllON ing IS rev. Nice $ sermon al
the Sunday night service at the Bap
fist church. It was listened to b. al
most as many women as could couwd
into the beautiful edifice. and was pro.
rounccd ny all a beautiful effor- in
every way worthy of the brilliant Young
divine:
In Gen. l.2G. we find the bible Shows
that God said let them have dominion,
over the thinags already creatc!: ii
man is Lord and Master over all
things. why the use of the word them
by the Creator?
Ma and woman are joint sovercigrs
upon the tllUne Of Dominion and were
made to rule this universe as co
equals in every sense.
We talk about the woman being in
ferior Or superior to the man. whcr
there is no distinction t be made, for
the profci"ncics of each are to make
up for the deficiencies of the other. The
strength Of the man is the antidote
for the weakness of the woman. and
the strongth of the woman is the an,
tidote for the weakness of the man.
For centuries there was difficulty in
looking at the stars, because we could
never make a lens hat would not have
rainbow COlOTs around the edge; but at
last they have combined crown and
flint glass in such a way that the differ
ent degrees Of refraction n~eutralized,
and as a result we have the colOrless
lens.
So the lives of men and when
working in divines harmony will enable
this world to see things that now are
out of the range of human vision.
Woman being woman, should bring
her human nature into the fullest play
in all things that God intended for her.
Let her purge herself of vanity. oven
ambitions, passion of the lower self
and live out her destiny in not restrict
ing her life for mans use alone, but for
a noble place in the rule of the uni
verse.
Walt Whitman gave us a motto for
women to remember when he said: 1T
is as great to be a woman as to be a
man"
In the period of history. when wo-
mans place in the world vas just a
little higher than the beast. and her
| Gnylitn1, -, ,,,r u-n, ,;t;nI1, IN th,
extreme, it is interesting to note just
how much Christianity is responsible
for her rise and help in the world.
Jesus was eve ready to help woman
hood, and III all his recorded CONVEX
sations are some of the richest of his
sayings in talking with down-trodden
womanhOod.
The early church went so far astray
from his teachings as to preach and
live colibacy of the clergy. Danish
ments into desert life and absolute sep
a~ration from all womankind. because
they thought women were unholy and
impure in all cases. What IA false con
ception of the Masters teaching to
blame all womankind because of the
frailty of some,
The church nobly redeemed herself
later on by making portraits and stat
ues and placing womanhood in church
worship to such an extent that artists
! and sculptors fairly outdid themselves
H., pirturipp her yropas
Above all. even above Jesus. rose
their admirations for Mary. the humble
Jewish woman, o called the Mother
of God. And SO the womanlv in wo-
ton became an object of reverential
homage.
Men who have written bitterest
against women have often been the
greatest slaves OF her charms; she has
ALWAYS commanded the best treatment
that man knew how to give. There has
never been an age so dark but it has
been frightened here and there and
everywhere by some charming picture
of mans esteem of oma
For ages she was taught to be pas
sive in all the affairs of the world. So
we can say great is her glory and
praise that she has em~ancipated her
self from such degrading thoughts of
her sex.
Because her disadvantages we're
greater than man, more credit is due to
in the worlds history.
Civilization makes a mistake when