Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-12-04
REV. STEVE BURKE'S
Tribute to Woman. Extract From
His Sunday flights Sermon,
From Mondays Daily.

AS the lnnnlte mcrcleG OF GOu
Almighty surpass tho selfish
charities Of this world; as the
springtime with it's broad valleys
carpeted with green, and its hill
sides festooned with flowers, sur
passes the winter with its wailing
winds, naked woods and meadows
brown and sere; as the virgin,
the new day, arising from the
golden couch of morning with its
sparkling dew drops panoplied in
the splendor of the rising sun,
surpasses the night with its dark
ness, damp and chill; as the
planet Jupiter surpasses in
brightness the Milkyway; as the
diamond with its beauty and
rainbow sparkles, surpasses the
gold with its yellow, dull luster;
as the lilly OF the field surpasses
in beauty the sunflower that
mods on the Kansas plains; as
the smile of the infant surpasses
the ha ha of depravity, 80 does
noble woman's life surpass that
of man; but as woman can rise
proportionately above man,
through love and conservation, SO
can she fall proportionately below
man. In my minds eye l have
climbed up Pisgah's heights, and
there nesting about its brow, l
have beheld spotless woman and
looking her in the face called all
heaven to the spot; you say only
little below the angels. But
look again, in my minds eye l
have waded down, down, down,
and yonder on the brink of a
yawning abyss of despair, again
behold woman, o, shame to Ian
guage and shame to decency and
sense, she has trampled under
foot the tender mercies of God
the father, and is now fallen. o
horror of horrors! Poor abandon
ed creature, so far from Christ, SO
soiled, dissolute and polluted the
word shame ceases to be a proper
appellation to her character!
l love to study the evolution of
woman; I love to take a walk
backward through history, and
in the distance l see woman under
the iron clad laws Of man bound
down, but look again and l see
ray of faith flash into her life 4;
step by step she plows through
the ages, and with an eye of faith
fixed upon the Crucified One she
comes nearer to man, and at last
she stands by his side saying to
father, husband and sons, "we
are here to assist you in the cause
of our Master" And for time
she is satisfied to work patiently
by the side of man, but at last
her love told her of the great need
for more work, then she called
upon the pulpit to assist her in
the battle against the curse OF
curses; he said he couldn't do it
it was not policy, it would injure
him; she called upon the politi-
clan and he said it was not poll
cy; she called upon the press, il
said it would lose revenue; it was
then that woman sped beyond
politician, pulpit and press, anc
organized the W. c.. T. U. Sht
began to wave the flag and le
the white ribbons stream. She
called to the Sons and Daughters
of America to look up and live
and as it were with finger dia'
monded with light, she points
heavenward and says 81 hav,
bathed my soul in the beautiful
pool" and from cups of granite
lilly trimmed and vine covered
she satisfies her thirsty soul.
Bless God! / am so glad my
mother is in this march, am 81
glad my Katie is in this march,
am so glad my little girl is in thi
work and l am SO glad my onl.
sister is in the cause.
RlaSs His nOlu namal O care