Mr. Tilton, who said, "I don't know!"] Don't know? If it was Lucy
Rushton, you would! (Great laughter).

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor
free, there is neither male nor female; for ye are all one
in Christ Jesus.

And when that day comes; when the heavenly kingdom is ushered in
with its myriad blessed influences; when the sun of righteousness
shall fill the world with its beams, as the natural sun coming
from the far South fills the earth with glorious colors and
beauty, then it will come to pass that there shall be no
nationality, no difference of classes, and no difference of
sexes. Then all shall be one in Christ Jesus. Hold that a minute,
please [handing Mr. Tilton a pocket Testament from which he had
read the foregoing passage of Scripture]. Theodore was a most
excellent young man when he used to go to my church; but he has
escaped from my care lately, and now I don't know what he does.
(Laughter).

I urge, then, that woman should perform the duty of a citizen in
voting. You may, perhaps, ask me, before I go any further, "What
is the use of preaching to us that we _ought_ to do it, when we
are not permitted to do it?" That day in which the intelligent,
cultivated women of America say, "We have a right to the ballot"
will be the day in which they will have it. (Voices--"Yes." "That
is so"). There is no power on earth that can keep it from them.
[Applause]. The reason you have not voted is because you have not
wanted to. [Applause]. It is because you have not felt that it
was your duty to vote. You have felt yourselves to be secure and
happy enough in your privileges and prerogatives, and have left
the great mass of your sisters, that shed tears and bore burdens,
to shirk for themselves. You have felt that you had rights more
than you wanted now. O yes, it is as if a beauty in Fifth Avenue,
hearing one plead that bread might be sent to the hungry and
famishing, should say, "What is this talk about bread for? I have
as much bread as I want, and plenty of sweetmeats, and I do not
want your loaves." Shall one that is glutted with abundance
despise the wants of the starving, who are so far below them that
they do not hear their cries, not one of which escapes the ear of
Almighty God? Becau