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PICTURE OF THE FEMALE CHARACTER.
The picture I shall present, among
other advantages, has that of antiqui
ty. It was drawn by a masterly hand
rear three thousand years ago. The
description I mean, is that, left us of
a virtuous woman, by the wisest of
men, in the last chapter of Proverbs ; a
description which all mothers and mis
tresses should teach the female pupils
under their care, to read and.learn by
heart.
" Who can find a virtuous woman ?
For her price is far above rubies."
Such a one is to be found, but not
without care and diligence in the
search. She is well worth the pains
taken in the forming her, and more to be
valued by her happy possessor, than
all the brightest diamonds in the mines
of the east.
" The heart of her husband doth
safely trust in her, so that he shall have
no need of spoil." A well nurtured
woman is man's best and truest friend.
Her fidelity is inviolable as the coven
ant of the most High, and her purity
unsullied as the light of Heaven. Ab
sent, as well as present, her husband
relies on her, for the preservation of
his possessions, and of herself, the dear
est and most precious of all. With
such a steward at home, freed from care
and anxiety, he goes forth to his own
employment, whatevr-it may be. He
has no occasion to rob others by sea
or land ; to plunder provinces, or starve
nations. Instead of her squandering
his substance to gratify her own vanity
and folly, the economy of his wife
furnishes the supplies, and nothing is
wanting in due tin# and place.
" She will do him good, and not evil,
all thedays of her life." She will nev
er abuse this confidence reposed in her,
but endeavour to render herself daily
more and more worthy of it. And ev
en if her endeavours should not always
meet with the desired success ; if the
good/man should sometimes happen to
be a little out of spirits, or out of tem
per, she will not therefore become so
too. Her cheerfulness will revive and
restore him. She will still "do him
good, and not evil," while he lives;
and if she survive him, will continue to
shew the same kind attention and re
gard to his family, and to his charac
ter. "My Servius," (said the Roman
Valeria, holding in her arms the urn
which contained the ashes of her hus
band—my Servius) '' tho' dead to the
rest of the world, can never be other
wise than alive to me,"
Solomon's description o' , a virtuous
woman, consists of twenty-two frerses.
It is well worthy your observation,
that eleven of these verses (half of the
number)-are taken up in setting forth
Ler industry, and the effects of it. I
shall recite all these together, that you
>nay see what a variety of magnificent
language is made use of, to describe
her different employments, to recom
mend simplicity of manners, and make
good housewifery and honest labour
to be admired, in the rich and noble,
as well as the poor and obscure among
women. For you must bear in mind,
that in works of the several kinds here
mentioned, queens and princesses, of
old time, divined not to be occupied.
POETRY.
— = O^^,=-
THE DYING DAUGHTER TO HER
MOTHER.
By Mrs. Opie.
Mother ! when these unsteady lines
Thy long averted eyes shall see,
This hand that writes, this heart that pines
Will cold, quite cold, and tranquil be.
That guilty child, so long disowned,
Can then, blest thought! no more offend;
And shouldst thou deem my crimes atoned,
0 deign my orphan to befriend:—
That orphan, who with trembling hand
Io thee will give my dying prayer ; —
Canst thou my dying prayer withstand,
And from my child withhold thy care ?
O raise the veil which hides her cheek.
Nor start her mother's face to see,
But let her look thy love bespeak,—
For once that face was dear to thee.
Gaze on—and thou'lt perchance forget
The long the mournful lapse of years,
Thy couch witli tea; $ of anguish wet,
Ande en the guilt which caus'd those tears.
And in my poor and artless child
Thou'lt think lier mother meets thy view,
Such as she was, when life first smil'd
And guilt, by name alone she knew.
Oh! then I see thee o'er her charms
A look of fond affection cast;
I see thee clasp her in thine arms,
And in the present, love the past.
Grief o'er her bloom a veil now draws,
Grief her lov'd parent's pang to see ;
And when thou think'st upon the cause,
That paleness will have charms for thee ?
And thou wilt fondly press that cheek
Bid happiness its bloom restore.
And thus in tenderest accents speak,
" Sweet Orphan,thoushalt mourn no more."
But wilt thou thus indulgent be ?
O ! am I not by hope beguiled ?
The long, long anger shown to me,
Say, will it rot pursue my child ?
And must she suffer for my crime ?
Ah! no ; —forbid it, gracious Heaven!
And grant, 0 grant! ii thy good time,
That she be loved, and I—forgiven !
bishop horne's
You Will likewise be pleased to consid
er, that if the rich are exempted from
the necessity of working for themselves,
they cannot be better employed than in
working for the poor; since " the
coats and garments" made by the char
ity of Dorcas, were judged the best
proofs of her goodness that could be
submitted to the inspection of an a
postle.
" She seeketh wool and flax, and
worketh willingly with her hands. She
layeth her hands to the spindle, and
her hands hold thedistaff. She girdeth
her loins with strength, and strength
eneth her arms. She riseth also while
it is yet night, and giveth meat to her
household, and a portion to her maid
ens. She looketh well to the ways of
her household, and eateth not the bread
of idleness. She is not afraid of the
snow for her household, for they are
all clothed with double garments. She
maketh herself coverings of tapes
try, her clothing is silk and pur
ple. She maketh fine linen and sel
leth it, and delivereth girdles to the
merchant. She percciveth that her
merchandise is good ; her candle goeth
not out by night. She is like the mer
chants' ships, she bringeth her food
from afar. She considercth a field, and
buyeth it; with the fruit of her hands
she planteth a vineyard." —On account
of this her marvellous and uncc ,ing
diligence, with the many autf ght ad
vantages derived thereby to her family,
well it may be said, as it is said of her,
" Strength and honour are her clothing,
and she shall rejoice in time to come."
But the honour is not confined to
herself. It extendeth to her friend and
companion in life ; “ Iler husband is
known in the gates, when he sitteth
among the ciders of the land." —That
is, he is known as her husband ; as a
man blessed with such a wife ; as in
debted, perhaps, for his promotion, to
the wealth acquired by her manage
ment at home (for honours are seldom
open to the poor ;) for the splendour
and elegance of his apparel, to the la
bour of lier hands ; and, it may be, for
the preservation and establishment of
his virtue and integrity, to the encour
agement, in all that is holy, and just,
and good, furnished by her example,
as well as by her conversation, the na
ture of which is thus described—
" She openeth her mouth with wis
dom, and in her tongue is the law of
kindness." She thinks before she
speaks; and, therefore, neither intro
duces a bad subject, nor disgraces a
good one by an improper manner of
discoursing on it. And as charity
reigns in her heart, nothing, that is
uncharitable proceeds out of her mouth :
all is lenient and healing. To express
the whole in a few words, she says
nothing that is foolish, and nothing
that is illnatured. But her charity is
shewn in deeds as well as words—
" She stretcheth out her hand to the
poor; yea, she reacheth forth her
hands to the needy." This is yet an
other good effect of her economy and
management. She is not only able to
provide plentifully for her household,
but has always something in store for
the poor. Since what avails a chari
table disposision, where vanity, folly,
and extravagance have taken away the
power to exert it? In vain is " the
hand stretched out," when there is
nothing in it.
Having thus considered this finished
character of the virtuous woman, we
Hall not be surprised at the praise be
stowed on it, in the remaning verses of
the chapter.
" Iler children rise up, and call her
blessed; her husband also, and he prais
cth her," saying, " Many daughters
have done virtuously; but thou excel
lest them all." Happy the children of
such a mother ; they will be living
proofs of the care taken by her in their
education, when she taught them to
walk, by the paths of honour and vir
tue, to the mansions of rest and glo
ry. Happy the husband of such a
wife, who sees all things prosper un
der her direction, and the blessing of
Heaven derived to his family through
her. They will all join in proclaiming,
that among women who do well, hon
our is chiefly due to the virtuous and
diligent wife, the affectionate and sen
sible mother.<
" Favour," or rather " gracefulness
is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a
woman that feareth the Lord, she shall
be praised." A graceful person, and
a set of fi ne features, are valuable
things, but they are not always to be
trusted ; they may conceal tempers and
disposition very different from those
one should have expected to find: and
bitterer than wormwood must then be
the dissapointment of the man, who
has been directed in his. choice by no
other considerations. This, I say may
be the case. Let us hope it is not
often so. God forbid it should. The
face ought to be an index to the mind,
and when all is fair without, as it is
said of the king's daughter in the psalm,
"all should be glorious within." But
let beauty have it's due praise, andsup
pose what you will of it—suppose all
Such is the female character, and
, such the importance; of forming it by
education. ^V^thout education it can
not be ftyffined; for we are all born
equal Iy,jgftorant, and are what we are
mby instruction.
that the poets say of it be true: still
the wise man tells you, it is vain, it is
in it's nature transient, fleeting, perish
ing; it is the flower of the spring which
must fade in autumn; and when the
blossom falls, if no fruit succeed, of
what value, I pray you. is the tree?
The grave is already opening for the
most elegant person that moves, and
the worms are in waiting to feed on the
fairest face that is beholden. Labour,
then, for that which enduretl for ever:
let your cheif pains be bestowed on
that part of the human composition,
which shall flourish in immortal youth,
when the world and all that is in it
shall disappear and come no more into
mind. " A woman that feareth the
Lord, she shall be praised."
“ Give her of the fruit of her hands,
and let her own works praise her in
the gates."
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will" replied he—" if they don t bring
me off handsomely, 1 will challenge ev
ry man of them."
A gallant soldier was once heard to
say, that his only measure of courage
was this: Upon the first fire, I im
mediately look upon myself as a dead
man; I then fight out the remainder
of the day as regardless of danger a§
a dead man should be. All the limbs
which I carry out of the field I regard
as so much gained, or as so much saved
out of the fire.
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The crown, which her own hands
have thus formed, shall be placed upon
her head, as it were by general con
sent, even in this life, and her good
deeds, celebrated in the public assem
blies, shall diffuse an odour grateful as
the smell of Eden, as the cloud of
frankincense ascending from the holy
alter. When her task is ended, the
answer of a good conscience, and the
blessings of all around, sweeter than
the sweetest music, shall chant her to
ner repose; till awakened on the great
morning of the world, descending
angels shall introduce this daughter of
Jerusalem into the joy of her Lord.
It is an error, says a lively French
writer, to suppose that study is preju
dicial to the health. We see as many
studious old men, as there are in any
other occupation. History will afford
us a number of examples. In fact, a
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