The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-03
SAYS HOME is
W0MAN'S SPHERE
-A
Bishop Leonard Preachss Sermon
on Feminine Duties.
MENTIONS T0PIC0F SUFFRAGE
he DOES NOT LIKE MASCULINE
TYPE OF WOMEN
MENTIONS TOPICOFSUFFRAGE

ei=1op Leonard preached at s..
,srrs church yesterday on Woman 8
.rsa-e He maintained that the home
-ss where woman performed her
-satast and best work. He deplored
.ss desire of many women 70 be promi-
-sr- .a public life, even at the ex-
,s--e %. their home duties.
The subject Of the sermon was Some
Lessons Growing Out Of the Day" the
5sr being that known i'm religious
'.--ras PISS the publication OF the
sessad Virgin Mary" The observance
.. this day grows out Of an old Jew
LII law which ~equired that every
ersf born male should be dedicated to
..a service Of the Lord and that before
III. mother could again miEgle with her
.cnpau.ons She WAS TO take the child
p, the temple and make an Offering in
gaarug with her station in life In
.sa case OF Joseph and the Virgin.
..sr .hr christ chi'0 was born. pair
NJ turtle doves were offered, and from
n.s he bishop constructed his SER
mon.
thou among women From this the
bishop noted the blessing which came
10 the Virgin. not alone as an individ-
nal but AS a type of WOmanhOOd in
general. He said that in public utter
s-cas much was said about the place
n. woman u the worlds civilization. It
has indeed an honOra BILE place which
women held I'm the world. and that
Christianity had done much for women
as wef as for men
And so far as any inequality existed
ND
frad woman. i'm that h ad chosen
Der o. be- the mother Of his own divine
Son. From this he argued that woman
held a unique place. and that it was
hers 90 demand this recognition by pro
POSING for herself the highest ideals
and demanding that this position
should DO recognized.
Believes in Home Women"
he declared himself to be so far an
t0I1tod iu mis- ideas as TO believe that
no home was WOman's sphere. and
That her best work was done as the
wife and mother of strong men. encour-
lEiHg and inviting them to the very
best things. Women had always been
1n the side Of that which was best In
oil things looking to the elevation OF
the race. There is no reason why
women should not have the right Of
suffrage, and that even in the 9dmIn-
istration Of public affairs they could
not make more serious mistakes than
men.
A masculine woman could not be
more obnoxious than an effeminate
man. All men who were worthy or
Che name had exalted woman 10 a very
high place, and her honor and virtue
We're as sacred to them as that Of
their own mothers. wives or daughters.
The great difficulty was that so MANI
women were seized with an irresistible
Gasira 90 be prominent I'm the wOrius
AFFAIRS rather than in quiet retirement
o. seek to Undue their children with
an the graces and virtues which went
20 make the highest type Of character.
He declared IL was not true that the
avenues Of employment were closed to
women. That. As q matter of fact,
there were more open TO them than o.
men
Speaks Of Women Who Drink.
He alluded to the statement that
even the better class of women were
addicted 10 drink and thanked God
'hat ne had never seen maLy women
be- had been mortified by seeing IN
public places women who imbibed with
ali easr and eftro utery. Bishop Leon
ard maintained that morally it was no
worse ior a woman TO be Incorporate
than man, that God had not one stand
ard of purity ici women and a lower
one for men. but yue and the same
Standard for both
Finally. he said it was a blessed
mlne to be either a man or woman
lha. men should be manly and women
manly. each i'm his or her place,
seeking 10 do the work for which Goo
intended them-that it was a noble
hing TO be wife, mother or maiden,
'Ha th3. i'm any Of these callings there
was much To be done i'm raising ard
training the youth of the land, encour-
S-ng husbands or caring for the sick.
needy nr fallen. That each passed this
Ad| only once. and it was his or hers
TO study his vocation and prepare for
inc better life which was 10 begin in
another and higher destiny yet to
cone