The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-03

man nature as does also the voluntary
confession OF crime.
Again YOU may say N human nature
Is good whence comes the badness; but
there Is a difference between the nature
and the character.
Mans character by Gods power may
be developed and strengthened.
The universal belief in inherited evil
Is inhdeiity. n,
The idea that the son must be bad be-
cause the father is bad has resulted in
only harm.
The Bible does not teach this idea.
but To the contrary.
I'VE have been accustomed to placing
religion apart; instead we mast shape re-
ligion into all things"
In closing her morning lecture Mrs
Diaz summed up the hindrances 10 the
worlds betterment as follows:
First: Human selfshness."
Second; Belief in the badness OF hui
man nature" rf
Third; Two different standards of
Fourth: 'InferioritS between women
and men"
The morning session was followed by a
basket lunch and a delightful social hour
was enjoyed In which the hospitality os
the hostess club was apparent on every
side.
iH' AFTERNOON session was called 10
order by the president and Mrs piaz
again spoke. choosing for her subject.
Homo and Home Makers"
IN thls connection she dwelt upon the
influence or the woman's club upon the
nome life and the relations which should
exist between mother and child. The real
meaning or obedience and respect on the
part OF the child was clearly demonstra-
ted.
The speaker dwelt also AT some length
upon the importance OF treating the
child with the same polteness as a
grown person. Anything" she declared.
which rouses the childs antagonism
drives him away from the good toward
the evil
Human culture should be like plant
culture: everything should be done 10
bring out the good. The world shas not
got to the point to recognize the good
OF the world. The most advanced have
only got so far as TO watch the steam
lifting the tea kettle cover"
In conclusion Mrs. Diaz said. "AItruism
and selfism should work together: every
charity Is an insult. III there were less
seliism there would he no need OF charity
or phlsnthropic societies"
The conference closed with the singing
OF America by the assembled club wom-
en-.
RHODE ISLAND woMAN's CLUB.
The Rhode Island woman's club opened
It's season yesterday by the giving OF an
open meeting I'm the assembly rooms
OF the Mathewson Street NJ. E. church.
The open meeting" was planned. pri-
marily. for the purpose OF introducing
Miss Helen NJ Cole OF Boston to not only
the members OF the Rhode Island Wom-
ans club but TO all club women who de-
sired 10 listen TO Miss Coles lecture up
on The Bible as Literature" and her
charming interpretative readings.
The lecture OF Yesterday was introduce
tory TO the course OF ten which will fol-
low and. Notwithstanding the fact that
large number OF club women were I'm at
tendance upon the club conference at
Anthony, a good-sized audience was
present.
In introducing her theme Miss Cole
spoke first of the place I'm literature of
the early Hebrew writings and OF con-
temporaneous history and literature and
the value OF the King James version OF
the Bible as a monument of the literary
style OF the Golden age OF English liter
ature: the age OF Shakespeare and Bacon.
Continuing she explained the literary
forms OF the Biblical writings and en-
phasized the fact that the study OF any
work OF literature involves a conSidera-
tion of the historical setting and rec
ognition of 'the spirit between the lines"
as well as an analysis or the literary
forms.
Hence" she said, when studying the
Bible az literature one must recognize
the spirit and II. as in many instances,
that spirit Is religion. one cannot study
writings of the Bible simply as literature.
without recognizing that religious spirit
Following her introductory words Miss
Cole announced that IL was her purpose
TO give selections from the various Bibh-
cal writers-suggesting. when necessary.
the historical, setting and mentioning
their literary forms, but leaving the
beauty, the strength. the simplicity ana
the spirit OF the literature TO speak for
themselves"
Miss Coles lecture was followed by
readings from the Old and New Testa-
ments, which she gave in a most rev
erent, finished and graceful style. MISS
Cole will follow the above lecture by
nine other lectures or lessons TO he given
before the Rhode Island Woman's club.
The subjects are az follows: First,
"T'he story OF David as Told In the
Books Of Samuel, lnterspersed with
Those Psalms which the Moderately Rad
ical Critics Attribute 10 David second,
''The Economic Teachings Of the Proph-
etcs:" third THE Nature Poetry of the
bible" fourth. Women of the Bible
nth "The Books of Ruth and Esther
sixth "Selections Illustrating the GrowtA
of the Idea of the Fatherhood of God;
saventh 'The background of the Life or