nna Howard Shaw gave the sermon from the text:
"Hold fast that which thou hast, that no man take thy crown." The Rev.
Kate Hughes and the Rev. Marie Jenney assisted in the services. That
morning the latter had preached in the Unitarian church and Mr. and
Miss Blackwell had spoken in the handsome Temple Sinai to a cultured
Jewish audience by invitation of Rabbi Max Heller. A fine musical
service was arranged by Cantor Julius Braunfels. The next day they
received from the Council of Jewish Women a large bouquet of bride
roses and red carnations. Miss Blackwell spoke on A Righteous Reform
and Mr. Blackwell on A Modern Deborah. He paid a splendid tribute to
the Jewish race and declared that "the Hebrew history as recorded in
the Old Testament has been the principal source of our nobler
conception of woman's nature and destiny." He spoke of the prophetess
Miriam, of the daughters of Zelophehad, described the great work of
Deborah and said: "If, therefore, Divine Providence, for the guidance
of mankind, selected a married woman to be the supreme judge, the
supreme executive, the commander-in-chief of the army; to lead the
chosen people in war and peace, to rescue the nation from enslavement
and to rule over it in peace and prosperity for forty years, may we
not hope that He will raise up in your race modern Deborahs to
cooperate with the men of their race in the redemption of American
democracy from political corruption and misrule?"

The interest did not diminish during the eight evening sessions. In
his invocation Monday night the Rev. Wallace T. Palmer said: "O Lord,
we account it a high honor and privilege to take part in this grand
work.... May those who are to speak tonight speak for Thy glory and
honor."[26] Dr. Shaw presided Monday and thus introduced the first
speaker: "Mrs. Catharine Waugh McCulloch of Chicago is an attorney and
the wife of an attorney. The sign on the door is 'McCulloch and
McCulloch.' My interest in the firm dates from the time when I
performed the ceremony that united them for life." Mrs. McCulloch
began her address on Woman's Privileges by saying: "One of the
principal reasons why women do not obtain the ballot is because there
is rooted in the popular mind the notion that now the laws in all
respects are so favorable to women and grant them such great
privileges that they would gain nothing more by a vote but instead
might lose these privileges. A careful investigation of laws relating
to wome