rn on him and bite him, and to
prevent this, he drew all the dog's teeth. One day a wolf attacked the
man. He called on his beautiful dog to protect him, but the poor dog
had no teeth, and so the wolf ate them both. The church fails to be
effective because it has not the use of one wing of its army, and it
has no one to blame but itself. The church has deliberately set its
face against the emancipation of women, and in that respect it has been
a perfect joy to the liquor traffic, who recognize their deadliest foe
to be the woman with a ballot in her hand. The liquor traffic rather
enjoys temperance sermons, and conventions and resolutions. They
furnish an outlet for a great deal of hot talk which hurts nobody.

Of course, various religious bodies in convention assembled have from
time to time passed resolutions favoring woman suffrage, and
recommending it to the state, but the state has not been greatly
impressed. The state might well reply to the church by saying: "If it
is such a desirable thing why do you not try it yourself?"

The antagonism of the church to receiving women preachers has its basis
in sex jealousy. I make this statement with deliberation. The smaller
the man, the more disposed he is to be jealous. A gentleman of the old
school, who believes women should all be housekeepers whether they want
to be or not, once went to hear a woman speak; and when asked how he
liked it he grudgingly admitted that it was clever enough. He said it
seemed to him like a pony walking on its hind legs--it was clever but
not natural.

Woman has long been regarded by the churches as helpmate for man, with
no life of her own, but a very valuable assistant nevertheless to some
male relative. Woman's place they have long been told is to help some
man to achieve success and great reward may be hers. Some day when she
is faded and old and battered and bent, her son may be pleased to
recall her many sacrifices and declare when making his inaugural
address: "All that I am my mother made me!" There are one or two
things to be considered in this charming scene. Her son may never
arrive at this proud achievement, or even if he does, he may forget his
mother and her sacrifices, and again she may not have a son. But these
are minor matters.

Children do not need their mother's care always, and the mother who has
given up every hope and ambition in the care of her children will find
herself left all alone, when her chil