Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-02-26
Woman's Winged Word.

represented WlJn q seat eN a -
in the great considerations OF those
notable men who are STRIVING 10
bring TO equitable adjustment the
great issues of nations torn Dy wal
adjustments making for present pros
,eritv and future abiding peace!
IN recognition of wOman's wonder
f,1I advance in the last fifty years
wo,1Id it not have been honorable
considerable and courteous!
MANY, many time in all our great
reforms women have spoken the
honest. brave, incisive word that mas
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Justice has burned away before the
SUGGESTIONS of their winged words.
How gained they this power! IL
must have been because the true
word for the protection Of home mao
been lived by them before 1t had
been spoken; and it came from the
deem heart of their nature where IN
and then came forth with fasting and
prayer.
now held in allegiance for the pres
ent. what Unutterable experiences;
charged with life blood, and carried
forward with wholly consecrated
purpose have fitted woman to I'M
precedented honor
She has in hospitals in a thou
sand angelic ministries, and on the
field of bloody carnage where thou
sands were saved from death by her
IovaI service. demonstrated that she
has in her the power, the potency,
which has given birth to a new
creation in reference TO woman's
sphere, as to herself proving a re-
birth of many a soul taken from a
life often lonely, sad, obscure, but
in the terrifying hours of world
conflict losing all this and becoming
strong, real, and vicariously sincere.
Jesus spoke the word ''lOve" and
the whole world of woman's vision
was changed forever, and the ne
elected part of her nature has In
all the years since been assuming
the seat of light and power. Luther
uttered the word freedom" and the
effect of that utterance on woman
has not been measured; we cannot
count the priceless blessings that en-
( larged freedom for women has given
10 the world; and we begin to see
] that with earnestness, love and
I power another great word is franz
I ing its syllables through her life,
D
more expressive and inclusive than
/ democracy" the word is human
ity." Just what it means, what it
will lead women TO we do not know,
only judging by their past, we wait
with hopeful expectancy, for GER
tainly the future will unfold through
her a glorious message of peace on
earth, good will TO men"
The great and important move
ments Of the world socially, intellec-
tually, religiously and politically
shall all take a stronger impetus
and purer motive from the lives of
women whom God has been holding
in waiting and disciplining. Yes,
the veritable need of expression, the
struggle to get out of narrow condi-
tions, and to deal with large anC
important things, to study vexeC
problems, this always produces no.
bility of character, and this be-
speaks for our future a mastery
manhood.
Women in the old time talked
with their neighbors at the fireside
patchwork or knitting needles in
hand; and while under stress of wal
this service has been much in de.
mand and of incalculable benefit. vet
the sewing machine, the stocking
weaver, the ready made clothier, hav,
set woman free for public functions
for years she has been vitalizing tn,
so-called small organizations belong
ing to our country churches. Nov
she Is getting heard in many OF
the larger ones, she is even forcinI
the doors, IN 2 quiet way, of men,
societies, taking part IN after-dinne
discussions; she is an adept as al
organizer of vast assemblies lik
the Kings Daughters, Woman
Christian Union, Federated Societie
OF Noman's Clubs and of Workin,
: Girls; and most honorable and Clio
: rious Of all the Red Cross. an IN
} told benediction in the thousan,
ways Of peace, and a ministerini
: angel TO thousands of our brave bow
p IN war.
+ Through multitudinous experience
, she has been fitting for a position
: that today she ought to have ha,
the honor Of occupying. viz, a plac
at the table of the great Peace Com
, mission, where her counsels wouI
I nave been Distinguishing featur
4 forever bringing honor to all nations
e Tor there the words of MANY a
= eminent woman would have been fitE
t spoken, apples of gold in pictures q
= silver. And a woman's words
y winged words, would not have deem
r ened the sense of division, but woul,
/ nave been strong cement of unto
+, because the power in noble women
;. lives Is the power Of love, reverence
ana duty, upborne by the enthusiast
OF alteration, trust and self-devotion.
Rev W. c. johnson.
d West Charleston, VT.
! Note-It has come to the observa
L ton OF the writer that German KnI
y tur has extended an urgent plea fo
n women to take part in her council
g OF State, and that the solicitatio
mas been accepted.
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