Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-09-26

lhest hat Ipls III slse Then why h
that Ilavs lhe eoetup Isuatala sesld
faFsh Hsg paFv streams III hRs sHff
/ HFew ga lhlallvs r.
The Effects If ~ much devotion lo dFess
are sufficient 10 condemn H. How II die.
slpates The mind. and diverts II from more
noble pursuits II takes the attention
from the jewel, and hxes Il upon the cas-
ket Il no. love oil dress aud display the 1
great object IN the way of mental cultiva.
lion In the female sex Is il not the great
thing that consumes time, and consumes
the energies OF the mind also Is there
not enough expended of time and money
upon the single article OF embroidery, to
place within the reach of thousands the
means of immense intellectual wealth n
And who is made happier by this useless
appendage to dress?
If the time spent in preparing such use
less appendages to dress, was spent in cul
tivating the intellectual and moral being,
how soon might we see woman rising 10
that dignity and that station of usefulness
and influence that her Creator evidently
intended she should occupy. How soon
toy, mere appendage and ornament to
society, substantial being, living for no
bic purposes.
| Many ladies plead want of time and
means for prosecuting study, as an excuse
for intellectual poverty. How did the
late DR.. Bowditch find time and means
for amassing such vast amount of scien-
tiic wealth and profound mathema ical
knowledgedge? Had he less to CON-
mand his time and attention than the great
mass of females in our country2 Let
one speak who has highly eulogzed him.
He passed his days in a merchan. 5
store, ordinarily engaged in business from
morning till night, and exposed to all the
temptations and diversions which usually
beset young men in populous place.
5 How then could he find time for accom-
r plishing such incredible undertakings
+ 10 all appearance, certainly, he had no
time tor such undertakings. Most other
persons, in his situation, would have had
none. Many would not have found time
for half the business which he performed,
and some would have found no time for
anything useful. 1t depends very much
upon our own determination and reyolu-
ton, how far time shall be traly time to
$ US, or mere duration. Mr. Bowditch was
: determined to make it, if possible, more
than time to him. He had the sagacity
: and industry to create time for himself
i and to redouble its value, by his manner
: of using it. He rescued the bright morn.
ing hours from the grasp of sleep and in
J, dolence, and devoted them to those alb
Il struse researches, which required unin-
y terrupted leisure, and the renewed vigor
of bis faculties. He guarded the calm
e hours of evening from the intrusion Of
o frivolty, and secured them for his own no.
bic purposes. He gathered up the brok-
en- fragments of time, which every day
n scattered around him, and made them
s more productive of knowledge to his mind
" than the entire day was to Others. Pub
= ! nc holidays, even, were given to study,
y or rather, such days were no HOLIDAYS to
y him, without study Not moment Of
s. his time was wasted upon selfish indulg.
y ences, or artificial excitements Of anv
t kind. HIS perfect simplicity and temper
e ance in all things, demanded no sacrifice
Is of time for bis personal wants or graG6
'e cations. His habits of life were formed
4 with view to the economy of time, a
re well as to the promotion of health and in
n tellectual vigor. Avoiding Fashionable,
d. and general society, he enjoyed that FREE
in intercourse of friends and relatives, which
I'd is the appropriate sphere of our social du
d, ties, and which refreshed his spirits, Will
re it grati6ed his affections. The discharg
to of his social duties, intermingled with e2
OF ereise, was always to him source OF en-
r? livening and delightful recreation. Tn
Id precious hours which he thus gained
IL were multiplied by his intense application
OF and diligence
&c Cannot young ladies. with the ordinar
ut, duties of their station, find time to imitat
n this great man, at least in good degree
er Would not more extensive mental acquire
Y. ments have an important bearing upo
to the cause of moral reform Would nc
er well cultivated class of females, verse
m in the substantial branches of education
he with knowledge of human nature an
en- society in general. be almost proof again
Ter the intrusons of the artful and the vile
provided the moral being were equal
lal cultivated
NV To the disci pie of the meek and lowl
Ia Jesus multitude of motives present then
en- selves for coming out from among thel
hat and being separate.
ch As the wants of dying world are r
he iterated in the ears of Christians, an
hat they realize that it is world for whic
1er Savior has died, and where he has pla,
Ind ed them TO testify for him, can they fin
Der il in their hearts to devote much to the Il
re- fes that perish with the using? A.
ass they willing to lend their influence to pc
the petuate any customs which are not on