Zena A. Maher

“ Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundation of the earth? Isaiah xl, 21, 22.
For my people is foolish; they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. Jeremiah iv, 22.
Understand, ye brutish among the people, and ye fools, when will ye be wise? Psalms xciv, 8.
O ye simple, understand wisdom; and ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. ”

“ What a grand and awful time will be the day of judgment, when the Spirit quickens the dust of centuries! Grand for those who have sincerely tried to serve the King!
Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil: he shall dwell on high ”

“ If ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor;
If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt;
Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. Obey my voice and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people. Jeremiah vii, 5, 6, 7, 23.
Therefore, turn thou to thy God; keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. ”

“ Who knew but these criminals were as innocent in the light of God's All-Searching Eye as those who less tried have committed less evil?
For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Romans iii, 23.
If we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. John i, 8.
Some have better childhood memories of good influences brought to bear on their susceptible innocence, and would not humanity, begot and reared in iniquity, have a natural inclination to evil, and consequently be pardonable for greater crimes than those of a healthier nourishment? ”

“ Awful for the hypocrites when God's magnetic eyes burn into their souls. In this way the world of sin will be dissolved, but space, in which we move and have our being, will never be destroyed.
One generation passeth away and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth forever. ”

“ Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. Daniel v, 27.
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbor's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work. Thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness. Jeremiah xxii, 13, 17.
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasures together for the last days. ”

“ Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away. Malachi ii, 13, 14, 15, 16.
If a man put away his wife and she go from him, and become another man's, shall not that land be greatly polluted? Jeremiah iii, 1.
When a marriage is solemnized by the word of God, then no law on earth is justifiable for breaking it; and when a couple truly love each other what but death can separate them? For misfortune of any kind only binds the tie of sympathy more closely. ”

“ For the more a man leans to divinity the less he cleaves to his animal nature; and what is true of the Chinese applies to other densely populated countries.
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. Romans viii, 5.
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Romans vi, 12.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. ”

“ Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. ”

“ Who knows how many degraded lives have been elevated by this much ridiculed religious body who do good work in the slums where religion is most needful, and in so doing follow more closely in the footsteps of the Christ than those who spend their energy in striving among themselves for precedence in the public schools and everywhere? ”

“ If they were taught to cultivate will power to subdue these evil impulses what a blessing would be derived! How prone to wickedness is all human nature, and how much we need to pray for help to overcome it! ”

“ Our Witch read of the doings in the old world and was sorry that distance and sea prevented this influence from being brought to bear upon some of the crowned heads, who, born to almost absolute power, showed no mercy to a religious sect, who according to Holy Writ are the chosen people of God. But one alone cannot revolutionize the earth, unless that one be omnipotent.
Some day this persecution must come to an end.
For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land, and the stranger shall be joined with them. ”

“ When there are seven days in a week and our King only exacts from us the Sabbath it does seem as if He is entitled to that, but where people are confined to employment every day in the week but one, it is hardly probable that the kind Father would object to their having an outing on their one day of liberty out of a week of unremitting toil, if they would conduct themselves properly.
Not in rioting and drunkenness; not in chambering and wantonness. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts thereof. ”

“ Surely the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is one of the noblest organizations of modern times, and for good work stands second to no religious denomination that has ever existed, or ever will exist. ”

“ The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down. Isaiah ii, 11.
Why draw this color line so tightly? What of this outer covering? Have not these people immortal souls which may be white as the whitest; and in many cases, brilliant talents?
The Witch remembered a circumstance where a king of oratory, holding a high official position, was debarred from sitting at table with a ship's crew on account of this same color, which was only a heavier shading; and is not all creation a matter of shadow and coloring? ”

“ If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. Proverbs ii, 3, 4, 5.
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. Jeremiah x, 12, 13.
The heavens declare the glory of God ”

“ If one possessing this mysterious power was inclined to evil rather than good, what a great amount of wickedness might be accomplished through it. God only knows how much of the good and evil that has been done in the world may be attributed to this hidden force. ”

“ The Witch mentally compared man with beast and gave her dog the preference.
He had commenced his wicked profanity, when a hand was laid on his arm and reproachful eyes looked into his.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging; and whoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Proverbs xx, 1.
God created man in his own image. Genesis i, 27.
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. ”

“ The All-seeing Eye must often look down in tenderest pity on this ill-treated animal creation, which is more deserving of His regard than these inhuman beings, who by their cruelty place themselves far below a level with the lower animals.
The Lord is good to all; and His tender mercies are over all His works. Psalms cxlv, 9.
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father is also merciful. Luke vi, 36.
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. ”

“ Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light. Isaiah lx, 19, 20.
There shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. Acts xxiv, 15.
As the Father raiseth up the dead and quickeneth them, even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. John v, 21.
Ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves.
And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live. Ezekiel xxxvii, 13, 14.
The dead men shall live together ”

“ They go about electioneering for themselves. Bosh! if a man has the elements of greatness he will find his place without all this self-praise.
For men to search their own glory is not glory. Proverbs xxv, 27.
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. Galatians vi, 3.
Election day and no mistaking it; the saloons are supposed to be closed, but there is a back door to some of them.
It is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: Lest they drink and forget the law and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. ”

“ The profit of the earth is for all. Ecclesiastes v, 9.
Yet ye say, the way of the Lord is not equal. Is not my way equal? Are not your ways unequal? Ezekiel xviii, 25.
For every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely. Jeremiah viii, 10.
Their tongue is an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit; one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in heart he layeth wait. Jeremiah ix, 8.
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit ”

“ But a woman's place is not at the polls. She can do more good at home in training the minds of her sons, the future voters, and in making her husband's home-coming pleasant, that he may prefer it to haunts of vice. ”

“ Richly attired matrons, conscious only of their extreme style; fair young girls, not a whit less extravagantly garbed than their elders, with cramped waists and all the accoutrements belonging to devotees of fashion. ”

“ Return ye now every one from his evil way and make your ways and your doings good. Jeremiah xviii, 11.
And to wait for his Son from heaven whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. 1 Thessalonians i, 10.
Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Acts iv, 12.
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. ”

“ The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. Proverbs xv, 3.
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. Proverbs xx, 11.
"Understand that it is sinful to torment any living thing." ”

“ The disposition to torture seems to be inherent with many boys and if allowed to grow on them will in time predominate over all good impulses, and prompt them to commit the most terrible crimes.
For the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. ”

“ The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity; every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not. Zephaniah iii, 5.
CHAPTER X.
One day when passing the jail our Witch was moved with an impulse to go inside. The warden allowed her to pass in. Her heart ached for these poor wretches whose faces from behind the bars looked so hopeless and unhappy, and whose blasphemous language chilled her. She longed for the time when:
Every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. ”

“ But ere long a few cannot monopolize all the comforts, nor the masses be obliged to struggle hard every hour for the bare necessities of life, for who can defraud his neighbor when all minds will be a unit? ”

“ That women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. I Timothy ii, 9, 10.
The eloquent and eminent divine preached a flowery discourse with no reproof pointing to the vanity and frivolity of the hour.
They are shepherds that cannot understand; they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. ”

“ A pity that such fair flowers like the rose could not remain longer in bud, for both fall into decay all too quickly after maturity. But Dame Fashion seems in a hurry and holds to artificial development. ”

“ It was only a matter of time when this quiet, hard-working man would tire of his home life. Husbands with such life partners are not so much to blame if they do prefer the company of other women, the gambling dens and saloons, or any place rather than their homes. ”

“ They are ready enough to censure the Spaniards for their bull fights, but are themselves not far in advance when they will encourage this barbarous sport which seems to be gaining popularity.
The wicked walk on every side when the vilest men are exalted. ”