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Show - ; V EIPOIEIT i?iWs Women of Zion, and the Rights vfAhe Women of Vol. 19. 8ALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, JULY 11890. For present or future ftd That the gate be opened as broadly, As the city itself is lordly, To women who outside wait, CONTENTS; Hephziba.h. Trip Through OneitJa Stake, May Anderson. Conference and Meetings. " Myths About AVoman. Ex. . Joseph Smith and Patriarchal Marriage. Eliza D. Gibbs. R. S. Reports-r-SaJuan Utahl The Coming Brother Notes and hood. Miss Frances E. Willard. News. Throwing the Glove. - History of Editorial; Wasatch-Reuni- on. -- We men are the lords of creation; We rule in the halls of the nation; . e A. THE GATE. , .A Jdtisagt Jrcm. ihc Mountains. Read by W. E. Paboi, of the Grand Junction (Col.) Daily Star,t the National Editorial Convention in Boston, 25, 1890.) I. :. To theglory that we are grasping, To the scepter that we are clasping, To the flag that we call free. ntrWed Uuh.. Editorial. NoteJt-Sorial-Evding Anniversary. In Memoriam. Utah W. S. OPEN JTo.Jongey hej Should fetterone half the race; The ages of womanly terror, .And,.thci.balloVis4hcJceyTr,1 -- Rachel Edwards. Poetry: Open the Gate, W. E. Pabor. Good Night and .Good By, Ida M. Davis. A Reminiscence, Emily H. Woodmansee. And up from homes of the nation, .The hosts of the wronged ones rise; Up. out of the lanes of the lowly And out from the shrines of the holy With eager, impassioned eyes. They reach for the rose of reprisal ...' They join in the hymn of revival Whose echo shall reach the skies. But over the walls comes one answer To th' women on bended knee; n Juie In distant rones, where seas Conceal the secrets of the pole, The arctic day dwarfs men and. trees, And shadows rest upon the soul, As well as on the eyes of men; Hiding the happy lands that lie BeyondJhejceach,olainaaa ken Beneath an Andalusian sky. With glittering fceJhxxjgiMfi3ii&M. Southward, to lose its shape at last, Where white sails flap on pleasure boats To sound of singings sailing past. .... All nature s lessons ever tend -To teach new truths to fit new times, As arctic nights at last must end And icebergs melt in tropic climes; And sq Is merging in the woman's morn; The wrong is yielding to the right; The Woman's Suffrage day is born. ice-lock- ed We are powerful while we hold it; Through its magic we are strong; ' With its Archimadean lever We have bound to ourselves forever The rights that to it bebng; There's none for the sex that is weaker. Though we honor and love the seeker, And will praise Jier charms insong. L . When we'll see through the lifting shadow, zlx All roseater warm and bright, The city we sing of whose g'ory. Is the crown of the nation's story Will be open, day and night; And its iron gate will no longer Be shut on the weak, by the stronger, And might no'longer make right. And thus through the gloom and the darkness Of the long departed years, -There has drifted these sounds of pleading, And of womanly interceding, ' Blending with hopes and fears; -And still, in the season of trial. ' Has come back the voice of denial, In despite of woman's tears. ' An echo comes out of the darkgss Of the ages, that have been; A plaintive, yet passionate pleading, Blent with womanly interceding, Willi questions of why or when, One being was made superior While others were deemed inferior As women are deemed by men. 1R ELUDE. Our equals they seek to stand; we count, a? men count darntr cattle" These who move in the van of battle For home and truth in the land? By martyr blood staining pages OtTimc since the earliest ager-Come, give them a comrade's hand. " A drop of water on a rock In time, a channel makes; and so These later ages feel the shock Shall we on this issue be silent? . Brothers, whose tongue is the pea,. Echo thou the song they are singing! Herald thou the dawn they are bringing! Equal in all things; and when, With ballot in hand they come to us With beauty and strength to subdue us Well own tj.C T1 eqUits of men. BegulfTdhgTentuiies ago. The city's gate is now ajar ! 4 The darkness lifts, and lo! we see The rising of the woman's star Upon our nation; not yet free, " his greed "aside 'Until man '." And, taking woman by the hand He" matches love with equal pride And bids her close beside him stand The while she drops the ballot in; That white slip symbol that will show . How Svoman can her welcome win, men could where Through gates only go. t Rise star of glory! East ';. thr-ow- ... TheyakeTrorn their dreams of dependence II. ' s , and-Wes- the wavering shadow, rAYomaWith liftedTiandi, "In the uttermost pose of pity, At the gate of a mighty city, A. patiint suppliant stands. There are riveted bars of iron', And the city's gate they environ, Ai with adamantine bands. i - ri-An- -- that looms through the darkness And built when the world was young; A city made famous in story By legends as old and as hoary As ever were said or sung; While under its shadowy arches. Float echoes of musical marches. And fla gsjont hejurjirej) ling. ever comes up through the darkness Outside of the city's gate, The appeal of a helpless woman; Bxjjt tht namejjf aU Jha.tii.humw-- - : For there cometh out of the darkness , A glimmering, golden ray; It runs down the edge of the shadow, And over the green of the meadow And lights up the blooms of May; Jf. whispers to those. who are waiting, And wondering, watching, debating,. If this is the woman's day: Be patient! The long night of darkness, - Is yielding at last to lights -- The dawn of a newer creation And of woman's emancipation From error, and wrong, and might; When man, long by selfishness blinded At last will in justice be minded WJ .To givi, to. voman- her rlghtr - The message I bring from the mountains Should find echo in this place; . On the shores where the Mayflower landed Let the gift of Suffrage be handed To the women lair of face! Oh brothers! the robe of dishonor Is ours, if we place not upon bcr " "The" 'BalTol 'thWclrbnTic Norths ICt the bright rays of Suffrage rest Till men and women equal stand. A city In d L. From the peaks of the snow crowned Sierras, WTe have seen the flush of mora; "And this message we bring from the mountains, Where are hidden the hearts of the fountains Where the sparkling streams are born Throw open THE ate; for the ccltrmTi, Of women who, sweet faced and solemn, ' Th' homes of the nation adorn. For without is the veil of darkness And within, the blare of light; But the gate of this stately city To appeal of justice or pity .4s barred irrtheday and gt And without are the women, weeping; AVhflejrithm Them out of the Suffrage Right. -- ..: -- And the eons of human error, Are all passing to their place; And there cometh now an era, Drawing nearer, nearer and nearer As the world moves on through space. , PRXLUDZ. And lo ! all Nations. ra.ee. And if, in the days that arc earning, The land should a queen implore, ' By all that's di'ine in the human, By all that is loving in woman. We'll give her one honor more And welcome her on to the station The highest of all in the' nation! We win through the White, House door " ' The Wimodaughsis, or "Union 6TW omen, which? has been incorporated to procure suitable grounds and buildings for a permanent headquarters for thlNational American Woman Suffrage Association, has placed its capital stock at 024,000, divided into shares of five dollars each. Persons wishing to take stock may address Miss" Emma M.0iiJfittSO F St'rectrWashingr6irlrcr" : |