Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1852-11-20

he dccreed their destruction. While
this decree wns in existence, Moses
was horn, and his piois mother hid
him three months, and then made an
ark of rushes, and put him within it,
aud laid it among the flags by the riy-
er's brink, whore the ladies Of Egypt
were accustomed to bathe., The
kings daughter and her ma maidens den soon y
Ewere;seen approaching the river, and
saw the ark. She sent down one Of
them to bringit!toher. She opened
it and the babe wept, and moved her
'amiable disposition to find a nurse :
Another exhibition ,offemale wisdom
was manifestediin having his sister Sc
cretediu a place where she mighthear
wha, was said about her infant broth
er. She sprang from ambush ial and d sad .
10 the kings daughter, @shall ligo
and call nurse to thee of the Hebrew
womenl She said ego" She went
and called its mother. Pharaolh.'s
daughter said, atake this child and ID
nurse it for me, and i willSpay thee."'
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o! what a wonderful event Of Proyiii
dence. The joyful mother took him,
and when he was Of a suitable age,
presented him to that compassionate e
aud benevolent lady, who educated
him, and he became mighty inwords
andindeeds. S,.r,si
From that exhibition Of, female gen:
erosi,y to educate a poor boy, to our o II
day ofastonishing enterprise in favor u
of literature, ladies have beeninslru-
mental in educating many of both b
sexcs,I by their united energies, per;
suasive eloquence and ] aeral contlri-
buttons. Tyrants have beer ,prostratt-
edinltheir immoral and destructive
schemes armies put to flight-and
multitudes Of men, women and chill.
dren saved, by their prayers, wise ar
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rrangements and exertions When
Sisera came against Israel with nine
hundred chario,s Of iron, two LADIES
defeated alllhis warlike arrangements
andsaved the Israeiites- from destruc-
ton in that region, When Abimelek
raised an army and destroyed about
seventy sons of Gideon, and one thou
sand men and women, and came a
gainst the city Of Heber, the people
fed to a strong tower, and as he came car
to thegate, alady assembled the tower,
seized q piece of milestone and cast
it down upon his head, and he was
soon in the regions Of death. The
acts Of this lady are recorded in the.
volume Of inspiration to teach all who
read tho Scriptures the usefulness of
females in society and government.
Who can read the book Of Esther
and feel no anxiety about the ednca-
tion Of females? Her parents were
Dead and the pious and benevolent
Motdecai educated her and she was
chosen TO be the wife Of the King of
Babylon, in preference to all the The
young ladies' Of that extensive king
dom. Haman, q powerful courtier
obtained decree to have every Jew
in the kingdom destroyed on a certain
day. She besought her benevolent
friend iMordecai to request all the
Jews in the city to fast three days
aud nights, and l and my maidens will i'll
fast likewise, and I will go in unto
the king which is not according to the
law, and if perish perish. She
ventured to enter the inner court, and
the king said unto her, "Queen Es-'
ther, what is thy request, and it i shall
be grantedthee to the halfof the king
DOM" Her wisdom was displayed
in asking at that time his attendance.
with Human, at banquet that she
had prepared. She was instrumental
in saving all the Jews from being
destroyed. s.s
When God was about to manifest
his infinite benevolence to mankind,
he sent an angel to inform apious vir.
gin that she should have son, and
hc should be the Saviour Of the world.
Whcn,lis glorious Saviour was cru
cited, his disciples left him hanging
upon tho cross; but the pious females
tarried till he was taken down and
laid in .Ioseph's new sepulchre.-
Then they retired and obtained spices
,nl o;,,mo,,s and rosc early in the