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THE CONGRESS OF WOMEN.
any other person of either sex, so far as known, that have had an acceptance with all denominations. “ Soon may the last glad song arise! Hasten, O Lord, that happy day!” “ Behold th’ accepted time draws near;” “Sovereign of worlds, display Thy power;” “Ye Messengers of Christ! ” are familiar to all.
Whenever the name of Harriet Beecher Stowe is mentioned one is reminded of “ Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Why may we not also associate her name with that appealing hymn: “Knocking! Knocking! who is there?” and some of her other sacred verse? When the name of Mary T. Lathrop is heard we at once remember that she is one of the most able and effective lecturers on the temperance platform, which today means, prohibition. In future years her name will also be more familiarly associated with her sacred verse; for she is a true poet. Never was more touching or perfectly metrical dirge than her’s on the death of John B. Gough. But she surpasses that, if possible, in some regards, in her poem, “What Means this Stone?” inspired by and for the ceremonies of laying the corner-stone of the Temperance Temple in Chicago, in November, 1890.
The songs of Christian women are immortal, because they speak the language of the heart in its love for their Saviour, which changes not, and is the same in all ages. These heart songs teach a language unsurpassed by all the Greek and Roman literature, or the classics, of this or any other period of time.