The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-17
A LADY FOREVER"
Brilliant Sermon BY Rev. DR.. w. r.
Huntington.
sible for Woman 10 Become
Lady Forever.

New YoRH CITY.--The Rev. DIR. Will
lam Il. Huntington. rector OF Grace
Church preached recently sermon t. q
fashionable school for girls which has
attracted much attention, and bt request
1t IS here given. The text was chosen from
isaiah Xvii: :: Thou sS,dst, [ shall be
4 lady forever DIR. Huntington said:
4 quotc our prophet IN this iragmentary
way Tor the sac ot vlvidGess. The brlefer
he text. the more likely it is to he re.
yuemocrcd. But ii, under present circum-
stances, We would do justice TO the man
and 10 his thought. some heed must be
given t0 what has gone before and 10 what
follows. Taken by themselves the words
sound as it they must have been in the
first instance, addressed to woman. but
they were not. The aspirant after an
everlasting ladyship wa, no woman at all,
hut city--ar ancient city. 4 city opucnt.
and superb, Babylon the great.
Emboldened like ancient Rome by its
military conGues -s. intoxicated like medi.
-eval Venice 10y its commercial prosperity.
confident like modern London in the pos.
session of resources which seemed measure.
less. this queen city OF Chaldea had come
TO thlnS OF tset a. nyiucinie and indes-
trnctiblc. House OF Eternity was she
name 1t gave TO one of Its temples. "Foun'
dation stone OF heaven and earth' ran the
vain-glorous appellation OF another Gar.
dens and parks. the city had in abundance.
a mighty briGge which crossed and a tun.
mel which undcuau the river Euphrates
were among its engineering triumphs. The
circuit oi the walls lofty and broad a.
most bevond belief. was between fifty and
sixty miles.
But there was man in Jerusalem whom
none OF these things greatly moved in the
sense OF supplying or adrmlug hlw. Inc
mans name was isaiah and his father,
name was Awo2. When people came t1
him with their panic talk about the big
ness OF Babylon and the iittleness OF Ieru-.
-aicm, ne betrayed no apprehensions on the
contrary, he spoke up and haranGlcd
Baby y.on with much plainuess Of speech.
''St thou silent he cried, and get thee
into darkness. o daughter of the Chal
deans, for thou shalt no more be called
the lady OF Kingdoms. Thou saidst !
shall be lady i1reyer-thereiorc hear
thou, thou that art given to pleasures,
that dwelest cave,cssiy-thcse two things
shall come to thee Ia a moment, IN one
day the loss OF children and widowhood.
They shall come upon thee in their perfec.
tion for the multitude O.. thy socceries
and for the crc1. abundance OF thine en-
schautments.
Thus stern'v Amos fcrce.v. ISAIAH son
of Amoz address, mighty Babylon. He
speaks OF her %, 10 a woman OF rank whose
pride and indocitv are presently to prove
her overthrow and to transform her peas.
ant palaces into ruiEous heaps. She ,eans
upon her advantage OF high station al un.
aware that the staff l. too brittle for the
weight. Forgctiul of the duties which con.
dition privilege. she iancies that Old time
prerovative and the accumulated prestige
of many generations will be her safety
Gods prophet determines to shake her
ont OF this illusion to compel her to open
her cyas to the hard fact and he does it
as we have seen.
With the text thus well in hand. we
proceed Under what conditions is it pos.
s'ihie, either for city or for a woman. to
become. in very deed and truth, lady
forever
This is the question to which I shall ask
YOU to bend Your thought tonight, and
whether we have respect to the week
which ended Yesterday or to the week
which has been entered upon to-day
cannot bat account the topic timely one.
1t may seem TO be comparing small things
with great to name the commencement
week OF q scnool for girls in the same
breath with the commemorative weel; OF a
city which has lived through the fourth
part OF thousand years, but, perhaps,
before we are done, my boldness ia ven
turing thus to couple the two may be for
given me.
OF the sorts OF adyship Of which / have
made mention, that to which communities
and that To whicn individuals may attain,
we VIII look At civic ladyship first. With
sclvle iAdyshlp We associate those qualities
which win fOr cities an admiring love.
Physical strength, riches, commercial en-.
terprise will give a city lordship. That il
oae thing; but .adyship is quite another
For the compelling OF respect lordshlp
NAV suffice . city, for the winning OF of.
fection something OF Ia, ship is essential
How about the Lady OF the Hudsony Has
she any better ground for counting upon
the perpetulty Of her ladyshlp than had
the Lady OF the Euphrates? Can we trust
her any more implicitly than Isaiah TRUST
ed Babylon when she says confidently Il
shall be a lady forever That depends
upon the relative measure of importance
which the city, IN the long run, shall as
sign 10 the treasures OF the market as
compared with the treasures OF the soul.
am using the word soul IN large
and comprehensive sense. Religion and
religious interests are ot course foremost
an my thought, since, without due re-
gard TO these no city can permanently
Ave; but when ! speak OF the treasures OF
the sou a. essential TO the city that would
adventure ladyship | have in mind all Of
those precious things that go TO make up
rhc ideastlc Is cOntrasted with the ma
teria.istlc side oi human liie-Rghteous
ness; Yes. Worship; Yes; hut beside
these, poetry, letters and whatever c.se
there may be that ministers beauty u the
eye OF harmony and melody TO the ear.
These last are what make the treasures OF
the soul. These, mingled in due pgopo--
tDn, give 70 a municipality what silver
and god and negotiable securities OF theW-
selves can neye- gIye-that Undesirable
quality which have venturel 10 call civic
hdyship.
The prevailing note during the past
week has been tne note of seit.cOuqratua.
tion. Whatever flags and flowers could do
to convince peop.e through the eye, or
speech aud song to persuade them through
the ear has been attempted IL has been
Jnbilnte Throughout, as was proper enough
an connection with birthday festivities.
and yet there ls another side to it al. The
statistics OF the citys trade are marvel
Gus, but what Of the inventory OF its
spiritual possessions and the roster OF its
great men; How many poets and how
inany seers, how many composers and how
many artists how many scholars and di.
vines, how many philosophers and states
men has this community produced in the
course OF its two hundred and fifty years
of Organized existence: Nay. OF those
whom we recall as having come under one
or another OF these heads. how many have
h.sep OF first rank, how many even OF sec
0nd rank, when the complete census OF
-'the great OF old" is taken into account
Thcse, perhaps. are humblng reflections
but they are wholesome. IL is by coun,
of heroes, not by count OF heads, that a
eify'S place in the final list OF hOnors il td
de determined. Whether this city OF mag
niheent opportunities is destined to accom-
u,fsrh ladvshin remains N he sean Tho