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Show 195 eloquence of the Spirit, or who could pour out such a flood of heartfelt words as can our own beloved Sister Taylor I just longed for an opportunity for her to arise and speak to them under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. But of course such a thing was impossible.26 There is, however, no provincialism in Susa's attitude toward her hostess, nor those presiding over the Council, nor the "presiding geniuses of the whole movement." These gifted women she enthusiastically commended to the attention of the girls in Utah, concluding: Suffice it to say, there were no inferior women there; some of them were not specially attractive to me, yet I could but acknowledge that each one had earned the right to be there by the might of her own intellect.26 The rigors of the Council's meetings schedule were alluded to by Susa: 30 regular sessions and several business meetings, with two and three meetings a day, so that "the nervous strain imposed upon those who attended was something appalling." Even more appalling to the thoughtful reader is the added burden to Susa in recording her impressions of practically everything she experienced. One Wednesday evening's time was devoted to the YLNMIA and to another organization called Wimodaughisis. Susa described her feelings at taking her turn at the podium. I wonder if you girls can imagine the trembling and weakness that asailed us when we walked upon that platform to speak to those keen, intelligent women...I hope none of you may ever suffer more than I that night. But when Dr. Ellis Shipp came forward and said a few words in prayer, accompanied by the power of God as it was, that awful fear all left me, and I felt as calm as I ever did in one of our own dear, little, old meeting houses at home.27 |
