New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-20
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

NEW PUBLICATIONS.
A SERMON OF THE PUBLIC FUNCTION OF WOMAN. By
THEODORE PARKER Boston: Robert F. Wsiicut
Here is another bolt from the Boston thunderer.
1t forms part of long course Of Sermons on the
Spiritual Development Of the Human Race The
manner which the subject is handled will be seen from
the extracts which we make two points of cur
rent interest.
The effects of an improved female education on do
nestle life are thus described:
A welleducated young woman, fond of Goethe ana
Dante and Shakespeare, and Ceryantes marrying an Ill
educated young who for nothing bat his horse
his cigar and his b0ewhO only knows how to sleep aiter
dinner great heap Of husband, cured up on the sofa
and in the evening only laugh at play ana mol under
stand the Italian words of an opera which ms wie knows
by heart She say marrying him. will not accept the idea
that he is her natural lord and master she cannot look up
to him. but rather down The domestic function does not
consume all her time talent She knows now To perform
much of her household work as WeaES co"
ton or spins hemp. iOrges iron, with other machinery
by other hands She is the housekeeping head and after
she has kept house wife and as mother ana has done all
She has still energies To spare
That Is large class of women it is great deal larger
than men commonly think II Is. II l. continually ehlrgnS
and YOU why. When all manufactures were domestic
when every garment made at home every web wOye
NJ home every thread spun ut home every fleece dyed nj
homc-whcn the husband provided the wool or the sheep
skim and the wife made it Il coat-whcn the husband
brought home a sack OF corn on Il mule back ana inc
wife pounded it in mortar, or ground It between two
stones as in the Old Instrumentation the domestic function
m.ht well all the time OF very able headed W0
man but adays, when 80 much work j. done ABROAD
when the -four mills of Rochester and Boston take the
place of the pc,tlc and mortar and the handml OF the
ODD Tr>tgmeut-whcn Lowell and Lawrence are two
enormous Old Testament women, spinning ana WclN'
ng year ont and year in, day and night Doul-"nch
80 much of womans work Is done by the butcher
and tl. baker by the tailor. and the cook. and the
ga. maker and She is longer obliged To Dup or mould
v her own hand, every candle that goeh not out by
NIGHT" rs in the Oh Testament womana hou'ckrepnS-
you see how very much ot woman time Is left Tor other
functions This will become yet more the case Ere long
great deal OF lofty science Will be applied 10 hoH'ceep
me- and work be done by other than human hands M the
house as out OF il And accordingly You see that the class
of women not wholly taken up by the domestic function
viii get larger and larger
We have the following suggestions on
THE PHILANTHROPY woMAN.
The moral acctiona and religious feelings Of woman fit
E,r Tor til, work Her patience her gncncs her power
To couciac, her sympathy with man, her trust IN Got
beautifully prepare her for this and accordingly she
come, in the face OF what calls justice as an angel OF
lnor.v-bcorc his hate angel of love-betwcen his
victim and his >elf,hncss with the sclfdea OF Paul and
the ~et,acrhcc of Jesus. Look at amy village IN New
ENGLAND and in Old England at the Sacs and FOXES at the
Ilottcnto and the EsqumauXit Is the same thing II IS
IN in all ares i'm all chimes. in all ages OF civilizations all
rank, Of society the highest and the lowest, in all forms of
religion all ,ccts OF Christianity Ii has been So from Dor
cas- in the Acts of the Apostles, who made coats and gar
n.,t- for the poor down to Miss Dix in our day who
visit ILLS and houses OF correction, and leads Mr. Fillmore
let Capt Dryton out OF Jail where ne was placed for
the nobc,t act OF his life.
But these phianthopes not enough for the employ
ment OF women and if all the spare energies of wonankind
were this work to paiata the consequences OF mans
iu.ti,c Il would not be- exactly the work which
wants There some women VINO take no special ntc-
rest in th, For woman is net all philanthropy though
very much: she has other faculties which want Ia b. de-
v,6pcd beside, the heart to feel Still more, that /, not
the only thing which mankind wants. need the justice
which removes causes well the charity that pall
atc effects and woman standing continually between the
victim and the sabre winch would ccNe nm through l.
not performing her only function, nor her highest; high a.
that j. it her highest. If the feminine swallow drives
away the flies from poor fox struggling Tor me- another
L. D. QnfIsu el very rel
of blood out OF ms veins in the old fable Besides, the
fox finds that n wOmany swallow comes to drive oil the
flies Inc depends her wing and not on ms own brush
and becomes less OF fox IL lnIser or any Oase man
secs that a woman constantly picks up the man whom he
knock, down with the left hand OF tsury or me rght mana
Of Rum he will 90 with his extorton or his gros be-
cause he says 81 should have done the man HARM but
woman picked him up, and money comes INTO my pocket
and M harm To the man :" The evils of society would be-
come worse and Just as they are increased by mus
crminatc aims giving That Is not enough,
In regard to Woman in the " learned professions, so
called, Mr.. Parker throws out some pungent hints;
The profession Of Medicine to belong pecuIiaryto
by part OF it exclusively She l. nurse,
and half doctor by 1t is quite encouraging that
medical schools are beginning 10 instruct Women amt Spe-
cia schools get founded for the use OF women that saga
ciOus beginning to employ women as Their physl-
clans Great good is to be expected from that
rs vet, believe, woman acts a. Lawyer But see
no reason why the profession of Law might not be followed
hy women as well a. by men. He must be rather
common lawyer who thinks no feminine head could com
pete with him Most lawyers that have known are rather
the mechanical part could do well as man-could
be as good comveyancer could follow precedens
fully. and copy forms nicely And IN the higher depart
ments OF legal work, they who have read the plea which
Lady Alice Lille made in England, when she could not
speak 10y attorney must remember there some c0quence
in wOnlans tongue which courts find it rather hard to
Ss think her presence would mend the OF the
court-of the bench less than OF the bar.
In the business of Theology | could never why q |
woman if she wished, should not preach well man.
1t would be- hard in the present condition of the pulpit to
say she had not intellect enough for TINT! glad
md, and then, women preachers and rejoice their
success 4 ago | introduced to the Rev Miss |
Brown, educated Orthodox Theological Seminary; |
YOU smiled at the OF Rccercad Mss. She has since
been invited settle by several congregations OF bcn
ished orthodoxy and has passed ON, looking further
Ii that woman by her peculiar constitution,
better qualified to teach religion than any merely intel
lecua discipline. The Quakers have always recognized
the natural right of woman TO perform the eccesas
teal function At tins day, the distinguished
preacher of that denomination is a woman who ad0rns her
domestic calling hOusekeeper wife and mother with the
womany dignity and sweetness which mark her pub.
lie department
He presents views which run quite counter to general
public opinion on
THE POLITICAL RIGHTS WOMAN.
BY nature has the Political rights that man
h,-to vote TO hold office, make and administer laws
These she has matter OF right The strong hand and
the great head OF man keep her down nothing more In
America in Chrstend0m, woman has political rghts Is
Il citizen in full she has voice in making or admin.
cring the laws none in eectng the rulers admnistra.
thereof. She hold oice-cannOt be committee
of primary school 0yerseer of the poor guardian of
public lamp post But any man. wish conscience enoucL
10 keep out Of JAIL mind enough TO escape the
and body enough 10 drop his ballot into the box he i,
lie may have character even no money that i