St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-04-18
SUFFRAGE PREACHED
FROM THE PULPIT


The Sunday evening service at the /
Grace Methodist church was opened by /
a short musical service, followed by /
prayer by the Rev. J. @. Hamilton I
The Rev c. A. Martin conducted the /
responsive reading and the scripture
selection of the evening. He then in
troduced Miss Emma MacAlarney |
field counselor of the American Wo-
mems Suffrage Association, who spoke |
on THE Religious and Moral Aspects /
of the Question OF Woman's Suffrage
Miss MacAlarney said in part:
"a wrong conception Of The woman
suffrage question has been given when
If is considered essentially as a poll
teal issue Any question that is based
on a principle of justice and human
liberty is invariably a religious ques-
ton.
+ From earliest time woman has
wanted to do her duty no matter
where it has lain. She mas at times
been called upon to farm and to man
/ ufacture as well as Housekeeping.
From the book of Genesis, where God
after he had made Adam and Eve as
his mate gave unto them the dominion
of the world, instance. after instance
occurred in the Jewish world Of Wo-
mans filing a position of vital and in
dispensible use. The Gospels contain
rot a word that Christ ever differen-
tiatcd between men and women. He
deplored many times the existing dou-
BILE standard of morality. Such a stan
dard still awaits the time when men
and women shall work together to
stamp out evil. Paufs letters are still
referred to as containing advice shat
should still rule the conduct of Wo-
, man. People today forget that PAU
was writing as q absent pastor to his
church urging them to cOnStancT 10
: the church in his absence. He WIS q
Roman and Woman'S place in the R0
man mind was not high. Also GUS
, tom in an Oriental world did not ia
{ vor Womans acquiring general know
, ledge and Paul wanted the women in
, his churches to strive to live to the
f standard that was set by the times
q The question is raised, why does
f woman want more responsibility by
+ getting the ballot? Woman began her
, work in the church, at first working
C. timidly then gradually branching out
o to charitable work and to helping the
'. needy. Finally came the realiZa ton
that the wisest way to alleviate much
V suffering was to prevent it. Today con
:. ditions of vice, Ignorance disease ant
crime face us constantly, and every
body recognizes that our sureSt way
/ of checking the wrongs lies in decent
laws decently made and decently ad-
ministerial Women do not think 81
changing mems hearts and correcting
all wrongs but they do feel that they
- can work with men to bring about
y such decent laws that will make
: easier for people to be clean and de
= cent. Neither sex can accomplish
such a result alone; the mother an(
-. strengthen the government. Man
- made governments have always looked
out for business and business intcro SITS
The mother instinct of woman would
- naturally think first and always of hu
~ man beings.
- mo one should consider that it i
~ going to make a strange, unnatUra
~ condition when equal suffrage is at
tanned AS mon and women work to
. gether to form homes and cooperate
=, in social life, why may they not g
y. together to vote for the laws to gov
orn them? Vermont has set a splcn
:. did example this year to the conseTva
" tive east. 1t has taken the most pro
:: :s'essive step of the year. May tn
- United States not allow Russia am
- England to take away her chance t
~ be true to the boast that it is still 'th
" Cradle of Liberty -