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j niK e n uCXt! on. o f girls.
pKUVKRtn T MHK. KI.IZARKTII W. AXIiKKW,
DKAH TIIK WOMAN'S l-OLI.KOK OF HilLAHCTTT"-
I'HtvKKfUTVi nr.rnnr. thk m.- k.' rMNKKKKxt-K , '
AT""tCATIOH-TLAX I OJI At'Ot'ST IS,
I am JmpreHed w j thjh cunt ratof Uwo utter,
attest made by two women In real life, under the
stress of the same great sorrow; for both were
widowed within the" game month. , One was de--Yotfd
to the "fashion of this world,' and her eyes
extracted without undoing the whole, aud by
which the smallest pieces may be recognized a
belonging to the-crown; Ho God sets his tteal of
individuality upon every souj sent out Into the.,
world, netting it apart '"from "all other, and Insur-
Ttng'lo'ni'at soul upon its consenting allegiance a
special and -holy relat ion-wit b 1 1 1 melf.-And to
him will He give to "eat of the hidden manna
and will give him a white stone, and in the stone
a new- name written, wlifeh no man kuoweth
saving be that recel vet hnt."HowOodguads
this sacred individuality 1 -"- Can you ever forget
the moment when your consciousness revealed It
to you ? ' How vividly It Is, present to thought as
Opeafc fjhe huh of a Bummer twilight ii the
Country, and the soft 'cadence of my mother's
voice aahe sang ah evening hymn and rocked
my baby brother to sleep in the quiet veranda,
while I a little child lingered under the great
X forest trees where shadows gathered, pierced now
and then by a red shaft of fight. How can I tell
by what subtle-process my -soul awoke and as
serted Itself? Yes, even In the lulling harmony
of the vdtce I had known earliest In my brief life,7
In the presence of my mother, whose existence
seemed mot Inextricably woven with my .own,
suddenly there came a flash a if from the Throne
of Eternal Truth, and I stood alone, nevermore to
be wholly identified in thought aud being with
any other human- soul, whispering to myself In
had been for years so; dazzled by its glitter that
she caught no glimpse of the shaded side of life
till vshe was suddenly-.ushered into the cypress
gloom by " the opeii grave M her Husband. The
othfr was a thoughtful,-Intelligent woman, who
held all her relations In life as most sacred, and
, above all was an earnest, spiritual Christian. The
first uttered this wail of sorrow : "My hopes are
all buried In the grave with my husband !' .The
, second,-wIth thellght of holy 'purpose shining
. through tears In her earnest eyes, said:; "My
greatest desire In living Is to be helpful to others."
Shehad caught the secret of a more powerful
alchemy than"Wfl& everdreamed of by Jhe sages of
old ,tliat sliould surely and gloriously transmute
her very griefs into Joys and her losses Into vie-'
tory. -r.--1-1-:4'"- .
May I be permitted to use the' brave utterance
of that noble wwojnan-as the watch word of our
u ndertaklng known , as the Woman's , Col lege ?J ajyeAacc quick aa thought
The women and friends jwho are fcarrylng its bur
dens and planning Its welfare would be "helpful"
to the young. Women, it Is designed to benefrtt
' How? . .
-j-i rtitrlnhel plngutolurmthe Jiabi 1 8aii(Lmaur
ners that belong to true "gentlewomen.", (I like
that old-fashioned, expressive .word far better
than "ladies.") :'.l,,-.'
These are .the."sweet observances" which throw
a charm 'about the life, however hedged In by
-poverty ; that reveal the disguised princess in the
plainest garb, and give her her own dominion I
.well remember hearing one of our representative
women sjeak of Using entertaitKHl I nm home
where, very few luxuries could posibly be af
forded, but the taste and refinement of the hostess
were shown in'the vase-of exquisite violets that
table- and f men are enduring aml4ighting,
adorned the home-made dressing
breathed a. fragrant welcome tu the guest a she
enterel her room. r Under tills head , we Include
Jhe hP lUlf uJU T!t
that combine to make up a well-ordered life.
Second In helping these young women to
.broad mental discipline and Intelligence. '
"".Ffeedom and knowledge are. the- guides, to
every form, of nobleness." Who can be narrow
that occe catches a glimpse of the Infinite riches
the -worlds of Intelligence that lie open to' his
seeking vision? "We talk often of "the.. world
-buAJwIiat an empty-name unless we mean by it
.'many in owe" I - For our universe is made up of
a complex systeinTocIrcIes wItliTri tlrclesrpf ioThorewatehliig the hopeless wreckM our dearest
terest, beauty and-wladomand-an . Jutroduct 'Ion 4
to the mysteries of each Is like the entrance Into
a new world, complete wltliin Jtself, and like
: -gaining new and finer senses than those the stu-
- dent hitherto dreamed he os8essed.r You all
know the familiar lines concerning the Ignorant
. . rustic
!... A prtrnroMt by tli rtvefs brim
. A yellow prlinruNo ww lo hl.m,
And nothing more.
But to the botanist and lover of nature this little
blossom tells a wondrous story of its origin and
. family, of the alchemy of" soli, sunslilne and
shower that has clothed It with perfection of form
and exquisite coloring! .yes, and to him who be
lieves In the "Invisible," that image of grace and
loveliness gives promise of unfadingbeauty that
will satisfy the yearning that rises within him on
1U lonTempTaUon, and he cries wi th Wordswort h
To -me th niMnMt flower that blow rail fflv ,
Thought that do often lie too deep for teHm.?. '
It is the same with any realm of art or science
or truth of any kind. Bald Dr. Marcy, of Evans
ton, to his students : "Once pass Into the sanctu
ary of science, and the very rocks will 'talk to
N you." So also with the beautiful forms of statuary
and the vivid representations of the speaking
can vass the expressions of genius throughout the
- ages and the thrilling, searching harmony of
: music, tfiat nearest approach to the pure language
- of spirit that we can hope to know this side of
Heaven;
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"Herenare broad realms InTo'whlch we
would direct these young women, that tbeymay
gain treasures to enrich their own lives and to
ppJoyJlhe-Jrarcat good of all the blessedness of
giving. ; r-r .f;. : -t - -
- Third We would help them to prize them
selves ; not riches, not culture, not any extraneous
advantages, however great and however much to
be desired and sought after, but thcnuehei. -
-There ia,.we ar,Uld,i a 'ewriowi-eqirtifvne,ee-4n m t1 "Ttis st
came the question, "To whom, then, do I belong?'
And my soul answered by" the measure of', its
yearning toward Him-whom I already knew as
"Our Father who art In Heaven," and whom I
lUBtlnctively :j;vaiized'4i'hP:4ieave- I Isehlld
desolate In the universe. We would teach these
Klven to the earth the wladoro and powt
Then I burled my fac In both my hsntla.
Or think of the.' poor haggard Fakir, or religious
ascetic,- of '.whom we read In the early days of re
ligious effort In India, forty-two years of age, who
came to visit the mlaslouary.and told the story of
hls-untist)el longing for 0m1 and attemKs to
find II lin. From his chlldhoiMl he had been anx
ious to find (lod. The .books of native religion
given him to read did not satisfy him f he wanted
more.' When eighteen years old, he became a
Fakir. He built himself a hut, forsook all hU
(rjends and gave himself up to the search. After
some time he realized that he was coming no
nearer afd""thaHtUe world was within him" (to
use his' own expression). Ho he had a cave dug
deep in the ground, and for two years he sat there,
seeing neither sun nor moon, and never speaking
a syllable to auy human being. -If food was set
before him, hejate It; if not, he went without
food. TAt the end of two years, he came from his
underground dwelling, broken in health, but no
nearer jOod. Then for eighteen years more he
lived In his hut In yearning, seeking contempla
tion, but a prisoner hi the darkness and silence of
unbroken ignorance.- Finally came the mission
ary within bis reach, who told hinvof Christ and
of how He meets all the! longings and wants of
the Immortal -spirit. He1 cried out, "He Is a
Savior such as I want I" And the life-long bonds
were broken : the prisoner was f ree.- Or take that
intensely sad "picture of the monastic life" led by
the ascetics of Home In the Egyptian desert, as
described by J I blKjn: ' - , '
success of It to the policy-holders as well as them-
aelves was proven by figures none can dispute ;
and the writer is ready to show the same calcula- '
tlons to the putilio brnrjavtor above referred to-
IjuBiiJig u thilaiitei not satNfactoTyrhe has my consent'",'
young women to treasure this, personality, with
which (Jod'has clothed them aril frjecu liar ste
ered gift bringing It up to the fullest perfection
tossible, that they may be ready for the happiest
and holiest relations In life, orlf jdelarrei frotil
tliesej fitted to .remani alone, strong aud serene,-a
source of sweetest, refresh ment and blessing Jrt
inemHeives aim to omer. - A grant! woman sayif
world's history are girl
They are the yea or nay of that goodfor-whleh
In these delicate
Iioss as well as .the mont hateful bond. ' Does He
who so loves us then suffer us to be the "fools" of
Ibss? Nay; nay. In the empy "ert, rrt'rf"ff1
Ihe fury of tlie tempest, .orwiien we stand on the
wishes, througli and In the midst of all and every
experience, we hear the Immutable, the Infinitely
tender voice, haying, "I have set before thee-A'iee
an open door, and no nian can shut It." tllere
again Is the divine assertion of that sacred law of
indlvidualltv-Mhat - bestowment" from His own
vhaud of a gift which cannot be taken from us ud
a relationship with Himself that forbids the joh
slbillty of utter loss and loneliness, and Instead
brings satisfying fullness. Hut we are already
within the limits of what was reserved' to the
last as being infinitely grander and higher than
all else, and, being so, naturally includes and
transcends all other culturehowever noble, and
naturally also must enter Into the delineation of
every personality that has reached Its most )r
fect development. , , j" '
'ourtlirneyond-fverythlnycle7w
helpful to these young women In finding vaud
realizing for themselves the Spiritual Life the
Divine Culture. . -
Some one has said, "The heart is insatiable be
cause It aspires after the Infinite," and. we trace
this universal .longing, this unwearied search, In
every age, among all people. Many of you,
doubtless, havej pondeied, iu wonder,. over these
touching words of Sekesa, tlie Kaffir chief, w ho,
as recorded by Sir John Lubbock in his "Progress
tf Civilization," when the missionary brought him
news of a Savior, thus answered him
jLhftjeryjcff ff thflJSnglUh mirlaa. .Theopas In
use In the royal navy, from the largest to the
smallest, are so twisted that a red thread runs
through thvm from end to end,' which cannot be
Ywujf t44nfr what want, antt 1 vac SeefcTnfIt.M-e
I knew you. aa you hall hear and Julge for yoarm-lf.
Twe I v year ago I went to feed my fl-wk. Thj weather
lit basy; laat down upon a roi'k,and a)ked myiwlf or
rowful qneittlona; ye, sorrowful, beeaune I was unMe to
anawer them. MWho haa touched tba stars with Ma
bandar" On what pillars do they rest T I asked Myself.
The waters are nerer weary they know no other law than
follow without ceasing from morning till night, and from
night till morning Stmt when do they atop, and who makes
litem flow thus f . Tbs clouds, also, corns and go, and burst
In Water over tba earth. Whence come they f Who sends
Tiynio nut iirrorr&trrtrtf
JSlisKjItf.
own ryes when they go up to heaven to fetch ttf I cannot
ae the wind, but what Is lit Wbo brings It, tnakea It
blow, and roar, and terrify asf II know how the com
sprouts f "Yesterday thcrefras hot a blade In tnj tii ; to
to produce It?
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love for vomrfrlend. the earnest snlrlt. the niire-
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play of Intellect, the true affection, that smile of
holy victory which 'your ,dear one left as his leg
acy while he whispered; "Jesus" and. left thtt,'
shores of time these are not -lost! I They are;
3'ours everything true and spiritual is yours
no.w'ahd forever. Hear the eliartcr written In,
living light by the Father of or spirit : "Y
all things are yours ; whetlier.l'aul, or AfMtjlos, or .
(Vphas, or the world, or life, or death, or thlnga
present, or things to come; all are yours; and ye
are Christ's, and Christ Is OodV'
"MAniUAfiE INt lUNCU"
PoRii.ANi, September 8, 181. .
To thk Kkitok or Tna Nrw North wwrr: ,
For the satlsfartlon or Information of the putAic
brnetctor who in your last issue endeavored to
Impress upon your readers pot acquainted with
hlm Oiat there still dwelleth In this city, In the
person of himself, a real philanthropist, who will
protect this "gullible" community from Imposi
tion, I would state that the directors of the com
pany he alludes, to are neither fools nor knaves.
f nor can they or any one of them afford to put m
scheme on foot that is fraught with fraud. On
the contrary,, they are all .well and favorably
known aa intelligent business men who have all
succeeded In their various vocations, and could
iU)t.leJuducod4a father aHmrny-unletMi the-
day, which they passed In their cells, either In vnosl or
meatal prayer, They aasrtnblel In the evening, and I hey
were awakenod In the night for ity pubHc womhlp of Ihe
monastery. The precise moment was determined by the
stara, which' are seldom clouded In the. serene sky of Kgrpt,
and a rnstle horn or trumpet, tbe alanal of devotion, twice
lntemitHl the vast silence of the desert Even sleep, the
last refuge of Ilia unhappy, waa rigorously measured. The
vacant hours of the monk heavily rolled along, without
business or pleasure, and .before the close of each day ha
bad rupaatodly aecuse the tedious progress of Ihe aim. In
f 1. 1 mimfiirtUM kl.f an r4rf tt Inn at 1 1 1 BfttiMiiiul Mini Vjt
"What ill the midst of the1 mighty drama of then mented her wrfctchM votaries. 'The rriose which they hnd
J girls and theih blind visions? J sought tritheVlolsterwas disturbed by a tardy rrpetitanwy
profune douhta and guilty desires; and while they eoitsld-
ynd jim-U natural Iwuuilsi as air ninmrdonaUWt-lii,4hey 1
pcrct unity tremhletl on the eIge of a flaming anl liottoiii
less abyss. Wretched slate of Mysticism t which Is no
longerthe free and cnllihene devotion of a living sou'l'f
Itelng, In a imrreu contcmplalton of thought, In a prayer
without utterance Midj!ilot without cohscliaisAesa.
Hut" even In these subtle and devious ways
many of the brightest and most earnest minds
have sought to find the Invisible One. Even Str
Augustine,' the most Illustrious. fLatln father of
vessels, s borne onward through the- ages: tlie
treasure of human affeclioua." We all bear wit
jit!aa,j lthlXulliicartaiu Uia preUuaiMjaaf woih-.
au's fulfilled destiny as wife and mother. How
much I owe to. the benediction of a pure and lov
ing mother I shall never be able to tell., Hut oh,
friends, this happy fate does not come to all. And
even if possed for a time, the most hallowed
relation Is open to the Invading step of Death 11 Church, with all his varied girts ami vigorous
the most sublime conceptions. Neither Is the
time utterly gone by for error. Many still seek
j CJtfd In'the spirit of penance and mysticism. Many.
stlU grope in the shadows of that suicidal belief
that to deny every naturalinotlon, and to anni
hilate personality itselfls to please (lod. Many
still Cry, "Show us the Father 1" and their ears
are deaf to the clear loving voice that answers,
"Have I been so long a time with you, aud yet
hast thou mtf known. me ? He that hath seen me
hath seen the Father.". What words are compar
able to1 His who teaches us to enter Into this spir
itual realm ? " I am the Way, the Truth, aud the
Life." "He that hath the Son hath Life." Pro
foundly does the sacred xet strike the depths of
the soul's need when he' cries: .
v Vi, V"Thy KM, alas I will not sufllee
Hut give Thyself to maf '
And the reply cornea, "I will dwell In them and
.aalk.lii-t hnu'?, ..Ttuanow. -Jeauaaa4ie-peraotil
friend, the lover of the soul by this "Way" ; do
weeuter Into-the realm of tbe spirit, where the
promiseIs that we shall be guided Into all truth,
and the truth shall make us "free." Here the
springs are uufalling, and the flowers never fade ;
the azure of.lhe.-tky Is cloudless, and the muslo
has no desalrlng notes ; for the sources of beauty
and delight, are found in Hint who Is infinite.
Here time and space flee away and are-lost In the
"Eternal Now" of the Great I Am with whom a
thousand- years . are aa a day, who suspends the
mountains In a balance, and "taketh up the Isles
a a. very Jlttle-thlngL-Wha t-coti It! we so desl re
for these young women, and for all humanity, as
the possession of the Spiritual Life? It Is the
Havl ng of the soul It Is tM inheritance of the
earth and of all eternity besides. Sheltered within
the understanding heart of Christy what rivers
can overflow, what flames can f kindle Uon us
with power to destroy? None;, none.Hldden
from "tbe strife of tongues," no fear of "evil tld?
lOVITrtIl
a m a ' . . a - - -
life never to wither. You apeak no .farewells In
this vital. air, for the spirit knows no loss and no
reparation, That which thrilled youraoulwjth J
to continue spinning public brnrflU through the
columns of your paper as long as he pleases and
you deem It of Interest to. your readers. Allowf"1
me to add that no solicitor will get III applicant
to Invest without first explaining the workings efT
this company; besides, none will Insure except:
the provident kind, uivf thty are usually ton
vlnced by actual figures that any pne can readily
understand; none other have as yet beeu insured I nf
odr oompany..- i.v.. A. 8. dROwt
(Sec'y N. W. Mart fits. (; of Portlaud, Or.
"orr titndi rroTiv
Chknkv, W. T., Auguf "SrS," 1hm.
Ja TU aVlbJXUlMJJt-XUJtaW-UaTMWiMT
I am gliwl Indeed you are openlngyonrcoTunJTiT"
to equal rights In religion as well as politics for
one abuse Is Just as tyrannical as thevother. For
ages, outsiders, even If good Mole, have hot dared
to avow their distiellef in what they conscien
tiously believed to be myths and fables of a by
gone and Ignorant age, and teach the religion of
humanity without uiertition,.becau of Chris-
mind, ofU'n consumetl on mystical 'problems an
amount of saga;ilywiUcJtauldJiavaJH Uutltak-JwitWrW.la-
glnnlng to allow the other side to be heard. .
Yours for universal meuta liberty,
- ' '-- Hr Or- Pi- K
F' From the Pendleton AW Orcgonm of last
weels: "Mrs. Sallng is a woman of whom Uma
tilla county may well be proud. Mr. Hs heep--herder
liecame alarmeil at the bears In the mount
ains and Inglorlously deserttMl liTshiUt. -Mrs. R.
thereupon packed blankets for a bed frveinUes up
the mountain-side on her bark, and guarded Uie-sheep-
until her husband oould come to town and '
return with a herder, her only weapon a shepherd's
crook." Is not this woman Itetter entitled to the
ballot than the Inglorious deserter?
It Is proposmi In Iowa to present a testimonial"
to Kate Shelley, the brave Irish girl who, at great
risk to herself, saved a passenger train from going
storm. Kate's father, It Is related, lost his life n
the service of the Northwestern itkll way Company
some years ago; her brother was drowned two
seasons since, and the family now consist of Kate,
who Is fifteen or sixteen years of age, her mother,,
who Is In poor health, and two younger children
of six and nine years respectively.
Mrs. Clara Ilewlck Colby "Hell veretl a very elo
quent lecture before the! Nebraska Woman Suf
frage Association, on Julyj 4th, at Lincoln. Her
remarks were spicy and tu the point.- After the
Jectu retlthe-Assoelat Itmtendcml- hprTrToteor
thanks for lier valuable assistance in carrying out
f he celebration programme, and also for encourag
ing remarks in the. evening.
; Hie women on the School Hoard of Saratoga,
New; York, have a hard tlmevTley are In the
minority and are completely antagonized by the
majority of the Hoard, who are too afraid of being-
controlled by women to do their duty, and so unl-
Mr. Webster has sold the Coat Mali, of Marsh
field1, to Mr. John Church, a practical printer, wht
will hereafter conduct Ik ?
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