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Divinity in womanhoos.
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does not adore the Blessed Virgin Mary.
He is forbidden by his religion to do So
er, who was an evangelical minister.
though in the pastorate for only a few
years of his early life. said to me: II
versies which W agitated the religious
world have been controversies about
words: and I rather think the other tenth
my fathers saying. I did not suppose
that any reader would suspect me of eth
er regarding women as God and paying
to them divine honor. or of saying that my
treated the Virgin Mary.
The Century. Dictionary thus defines the
verb to Worship: 7 show respect to, to
treat with consideration or honor, pay
ones respect to- and as an illustration
quotes from Tennyson:
And worship her by years Of noble deeds
Until they win her."
This is the primary definition of worship.
specifically, to adore, pay divine honor
to" Is secondary n derivative definition.
L show respect to, treat with considera-
ton, pay my respect to women, n I
to, treats with consideration and honor.
pays respect to the Virgin Mary.
!! do SO. though I am not a Roman Cath
Ole.
Perhaps the most fundamental article of
my religious faith is embodied in Genesis
!. n: Goo created man in his own image,
and female created he them" It is not
in the works of nature that look for the
image Of God, n more than in a watch
l look Tor the image Of the matchmaker.
his son; not in his handiwork, but in his
offspring. I look for the image of God.
not in his works. but in his children. The
heavens declare the glory of God; and
the armament showeth his handiwork."
But we are more than his handiwork; we
are his offspring.
l therefore worship the divinity in hui
manly. l am even willing to accept the
~derivative definition Of
s WoTsh hip to pay divine donors to-" and
man. not to woman, not to the Virgin
Mary, but to the divinity. the manifesto
tons !. 8 OF ~ which thc p ! recognize in man. in
Perhaps In my acquaintance with Wom-
en- l have been exceptionally fortunate. (
do not mean to intimate hat woman is
has been to me more frequently revealed
IN the women whom I have known than
In the men I have known.
These divinely endowed women pass be-
fore me as write: I have no imagina-
ton to 9 create IDEAL women; ! can only
known and worshiped.
l see the holy family. not in pictorial
semblance. but in a living reality. and no
vine. see The mother with her children
gathered bou her; I see her sharing in
their life. that they. may share hers; I see
through her. they may become men and
women; ! see them learning love. service
a ssT1o sacrifice a ! .fo from a. her : .a NE ths In 7,n no .; se aad
the. life Of the mother in the souls
Of her children. I see the wife carrying
the cares Of her husband with such pa
thence that her brow is unrufied and her
power to cheer unweakened. I see the
peacemaker who waits not till secret con-
taNttnr hNAoL0 nat {~ ~~~~ TOTO h,k
whose presence Is SO full of OVERLOOKING
peace that. whatever house she enters, her
peace PINE upon 1t. ! see the young
ated COMPANION, and doing this with so
wholehearted a devotion that she never
knows that her own youthful aspirations
lover of children who. having no children
Of her own, borrows in the school or in
the club boys n girls whom she makes
hsr mates, that she may pour her life
herself to others the inspiration to life
and exhilaration Of life for herself. I see
the invalid concealing from herself. that
dearest to her. the pains that torture her
nerves; I see her pursuing her daily tasks
with unruffed serenity. n Joining with
making OF her husband M her children,
until the disease which she can fend off
no longer lays her on the bed from which
without means. by her genius making
beautiful the home; and I see the woman
Of wealth. by her simplicity shaming the
ing into her village home the culture
which education. social advantage, and
travel Y given to her, and giving her
hoo with suoh devotion that local ieal-
ousies are laid aside, gossip and SANDER
are stilled. the spirit Of sectarianism gives
%aeie to eom q op,1iat q see S'~ro the h,,9ss;.,o n !, th e
new life OF good will; and I remember
eat among You. let him be the servant Of
ease Of home that h may carry in
ssruction and efficiency and joy to lives
less P ? endowed than her own. and
no hope Of reward. not even the appre-
citation Of those whom she serves; and I
remember Him who said. II have come
might have # more abundantly." I see
the woman whose home death has bereft
O. companionship refusing to stay n
. new home with the unkempt and the
uncared Tor and the unworthy; and / re-
member Him VIII said. "A new command
another as I have loved you." I see the
but eyes from which tears are forbidden
home to the bsttiefei a., Where .Sa 81 i Il to i niv
down hise life for his country: and I re-
member Him who 10 love- the world that
might live. And I worship the divinity
In womanhood. o.
In no romantic history Of the past, In
no heroic deeds Of b men Of the pres
women. DO / see more Of divinity than ]
see in the women whom / have known.
hOn0red, revered, lovod.
Goes To Jail For Rest.
South Beth'essm. Pa;, Tslesram to the
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