THE CONGRESS OF WOMEN.
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Behold, thy king cometh unto thee.” In his apocaliptic visions, John beholds the church as a “ woman clothed as the sun, the moon beneath her feet, and a crown of twelve stars upon her head.” (Rev. 12.) Surely, this is an indication of her mission and power among the nations of the earth.
Her power is clearly set forth in history, sacred and profane. Scarce had the head of Samson rested in the lap of Delilah when he was shorn of his strength and delivered to his enemies.
Cleopatra wielded great power over Caesar, Antony, Egypt, Pompey and Rome.
In the patriotic and moral reforms of the age a most striking example is that of Joan of Arc, whose power for conquest ceased not until she delivered P'rance from the English.
Many books might be written in defense of God’s unmistakable thought and design for woman as an equal factor with man in power and responsibility, varying but rarely in methods of application, with that class of women whom God providentially endows, and through this endowment calls to special work outside the home, just as he endows a special class of men whose mission is to lead and direct through pulpit and press, legislation and government, the advance of mankind.
Woman, whoever thou art, see to it that thou art true to thy call, be it in the home, at the editor’s desk, on the rostrum, in the sacred desk, for in the fullness of time most surely coming He shall place thee beside thy brother in sharing with him the untangling and settling of governmental affairs. Be faithful to thy trust; hide not thy talent in a napkin, though it deprive thee of the queenship of home with its sub jects so sweet and tender. God’s thought of woman is superior to thine.