The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-30

one DOUBTS her abiit.y in any sphere
Of life. Women have proved their
power to speak by speaking, to ON
bine by combining, to organize by or
ganizing. She has guided movements
Of charity, established missions, edited
journals, published works on h: DRY,
economy and statistics, governed ma
ti0ns, led armies, filled the professors
chair, taught philosophy and TGathe-
ul&tics to SaVants and piioteQ ships
across the sea. There can be no true.
complete national life unless woman
hood has a vital share in it's conflicts.
It's hopes, its ambitions and its tri-
urapLs. Miriam rendered IsraeI Il
great service and was a contributor
to Il commonwealth, when she pro-
tected the precious life OF Moses and
IN the first great act Of rejoicing
which followed the overthrow # the
hosts OF Pharaoh IN the Red Sea.
MiriaTn's place was III the foreground.
one Of the greatest treasures the He
brew brought out Of Egypt was
Miriam, their first prophecies, but
limitations III her life anne cut in the
episode, when she criticised and for
mulatcd objections to Moses second
wife and the part she took in the at
tempt at social rebellion, and to break
down the authority of Moses. which
49, ~ II\A LII iol4Ofi- III ana
Aaron exhibited something of per-
sonal jealousy and fear Of their own
influence VIXEN they said, Hath the
Lord indeed spoken only to --oses,
Hath He not spoken also by us?''
Miriam belongs to the past, but she is
a heroine Of the Exodus, living syn
Dol OF the time Of preparation. a fore
runner OF the so-called coming wo-
man. The song of Deborah was enc
OF the Oldest and nobleEt lyrics in the
world. Sht could not only write
lsEaefs Marsellaise, bat She could
Lead the armies that her songs III
spIred, and If she had not the visions
and voices Of Joan Of Are. she had her
faith Il courage in the unseen, when
she and her personally appointed
General Earak gained y wonderful
victory IN the plains If E~sdraelon, tbs
classic battle-ground Of Scripture.''
ana the leader WAS a woman even in
that early age. Victoria ruled Eng
land and many an Englishman many
tunes sang ~~adoration, God save the
Queen The wisdom of the reign 81
Elizabeth. rood Queen Bess.' CAV
England her prestige. Isabella / q
Spain, the patron saint Of America
without whose generosity our country
today might have been a wilderness
after F~erdinand's refusal, the dis
prevail Of h wise men of her owl
hiHSuohI, rose IN neF Que8niN majesty
and said, Il undertake it fer my Q !
crown of CASTLE, II Will pledge IN,
Jewels to raise the necessary funds
Florence Nightingale brought orde
and efficiency into the hospitals of tn,
Crlmea; and Clara Barton. With he
clear head and generous heart, liftet
up the starving ON of Strasbur,
and made 1t possible for them to h,
selt-supporting. Examples Of wo
mans ability and success in every lin,
I or endeavor might be multiplied.
the South for many gene
2 lions has been noted for tn
2 chlNalry of its men. and tn
modesty and virtue of its bu
II does not require the eye Ct
t prophet to see hat there is a wide
: spread decay Of conservatism an.
mOdeSty in our womanhood, whic1
Will not only prove disastrous to then
but hurtful to the members of tn
: other sex as well. In view of thi
every one who has. a real fellow feel
o J ing for woman, and who is concerne