Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. Those who climb to giddy heights are in most danger of a fall. In a humble, lowly life there is the least anxiety and the most content. God sometimes exalts his creatures that they may discharge some signal service in the day of trial. Under Christianity and in our age the opportunities for female usefulness have greatly enlarged.
Godly women are foremost in every good work.
All have heard of the three Mrs. Judsons, of Miss Dix, Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton. There is often a crisis big with the fate of a people. Esther had the self-devotion and courage that made her a savior of her race. The wicked plots of conspirators, who seek to compass the destruction of others, often break on their own heads. Many a Haman has prepared a gibbet for a Mordecai, and finally been hung upon it himself.