Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-11

erosity. her sacrifices her tenderness
to Christ. She wept at the empty
tomb and rejoiced in the resurrection
glory. AS wife and mother she Is IN
partnership with God; and the house
is filled with the odor of the ointment.
Brings Faith and Fidelity
"She has brought her faith and fidel-
ity to Christ. With marvellous spiritual
discernment her intuitions have led her
to quick and loyal adherence to Christ.
The first convert to Christianity in Eu-
rope was a woman. OF twenty-three
hundred famous women all but one
hundred were aVowed Christians.
Woman has brought her courage TO
Christ Modern Deborahs are leadlns
TO countless victories. Jennie Geddes in
ST. Giles in Edinburgh hurled her st"ol
at the head of the recalcitrant preacher.
and saved the Scotch Presbyterian
church from Romanism. Mother stew
art inspired the woman's crusade, ana
Frances Willard became America un-
crowned queen.
"The Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist church was or
ganized on an auspicious day in June
1880. Today it's work reaches from the
ports of entry on the Atlantic coast TO
the farthest extremity of Alaska
Among the lnuldllS anu lIlC iiSSANN 80
the poor whites of the south its schools
are founded for girls. 1t has estab-
lished and maintains a 'half-hundred
deaconesses' homes with 500 workers. In
Utah it has a dozen citadels of purity
It rightly protests against the seating
of a Mormon elder in the United states
senate, 1t was, indeed, eXecrable states
manship and atrocious politics Whlch
admitted this representative or the
loathsome cancer of polygamy. In SO
doing the senate has 'Smooted' itself
and foully disgraced the nation
Shows Enormous Growth
"This great society has now 1900 aux
iliaries and over 100000 members. II
owns nearly $2,000,000 of property and
administrates annually about $60O,0oO.
It has broken many alabaster-b boxes
and many homes are filled with the
odor of the ointment
80, Christian women you must be
most Industrious in your ministry to
Christ! Nowadays many deceitful and
erratic women are using their unique
opportunities for leading humanity
astray. A colossal deception that has
| a woman founder calls itself Chris
| tian, but it denies the deityship OF
| Jesus, the inspiration of the Bible
blood atonement and the fact of sin
1t has been anti-Christ from the be-
ginning. 1t calls itself science, but II
defies all we'll known canons of scie" ce
and would not recognize scientific
formula if it were to meet it on the
street.
"A tidal wave of delusion is upon us.
A suffering humanity has been swept
from it's foundations in the hope of
finding surcease from bodily ills. When
the reaction comes the poor victims
will be left high and dry without faith
in God or man and disgusted with
themselves and life.
High Priestesses of Nonsense
"Oh. what has America done that is
must endure at one time Emma Gold
man, Annie Besant, Mary Baker Eddy
and Katherine Tingley, hysterical high
priestesses of preposterous nonsense!
"Consecrated Christian womanhood
must counteract the diabolism of these
insidious and pernicious attacks upon
DUR Lord and his truth. Sublimely he
roic has been Woman'S service 1or
Christ and humanity. Some years ago
noted Englishman said: The two
best kings England ever had were
women A woman's sphere is her at
mosphere; and wherever the loving
Marys go in their tender ministry to
Jesus and in their kindly service to
the least of these, the house is filled
with the odor of the ointment
Love plus duty equals Christian
character. Love and duty are the two
foci in the ellipse of Christian char
acter in whose zodiac are all Christian
virtues. Let us freely offer to Jesus
our alabasteh boxes of spikenard, very
precious that our churches, our homes
and the sad hearts of humanity may be
filed with the odor of the ointment"