Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-06-03

To be save 10 mortal VIII VI tfstA fAts
,.Whnee eyes are .Inirrers oi her souls fse y.t.
Rejecting purest thoughts within;
Reason her passions all conr6l, As#STH YfEB'
. Freed from every stain OF sim'' ni a., bsf.,;s
All those women in. the congregation who
hare not deGled. their hearts BY, dealing out
scandal, either in small or large doses, will
sinr fsese lines. Why this long pau sep
There Hug zone to sing, We win proceed
to eive lodVhe stcxt, aud short discourse
thereonl Asys qEsgg ~ ,AiaS baeseoG
..she thatsowets iniasity shsal reap vanity and the
rod OF ha anger shall fafi. - 4
This nxt youawill find II tie bottom Of
each pate in the hiStory of eac4 individual
womant life. There are. .mel runEnsr at
large u this city, who 'opety ayow that
women hre elevated tof . biaer positions,
and enoy more freedon,z adIare far in
adyancein manners, refnemeI, taste, ed
ucation nnd, virtues now, the they were
two thousand years ago. We letsus see.
It is wliiten, sshumility and thfearsof the
Lord, ars riches and honor and fe. e.'saf
Three thousand years ago wmen, (and
when sly women mean thcNves, ,fof 1
believe ney had no old maids inhose &eYs)
of Kings Lords, and the great. len of the
earth, aswell as, the wives Of ,or men,.
and yourg maidens, high and 10 trioh and
poor, allwere constantly employ ID sanne
honorabl, and useful employnef sud1 asa
spinning Enot ststreet yarn'') anersatings
(not s:scandai'') fax, hemp, aneine }n-
en-. Then humility was writtd on the,
countenance. Then she was yirqls md
true to her lord. Then she empyed her
lolsure hours in going about dni good!
and, therefore, was contentcd ana fpp5 -
Then her good qualities, her sifth ,fef f.
delity, shbne forth like :glitterng tars IN
the tirmanent Of heaven, and al " booked
on her valued and loved her. The ne Yir-
tue, industry and usefulness,sis no here in
the world 50 far departed non, by eihen,
as If, the United States, and no sarlsin
the States. SO much so, as il the ana d svns
scattered all oy or the Ayest. - iEa 81
In England, to this day; the fwa1 Of
lords and great men think lltAoi ldcts &ipg
10 work with their hands, and dY eau ,d1y
go into their kitchen and there perflW la,
Dor which in Muscltine, some pA Dor 81 ed.
ucated on farm among pigs ana sheb ans
horses AMI C.. tile, after being Marie to I
mifn whs wears !. line coat, wbuld ,corr
toslo. NV sisters ,Hthcse things &iglt OF II
be. You may contract habits. Of ,ldlaess
but the mind can never be idle. i II myk b,
sewing something. LIZ it sows the sei o
frien lsliip, truth and virtue, twill rep q
rich ana GOLDEN harvest of p sscc,, 10, ant
iH,ppiness in this life, ,land in che h ii
come i,pys everlasting. : But if it spws III
.see,sDf liniqnity, bydealipg oit. snail Al
aull scaaaal all over town.. be pssnred fls7i
reap ysnitv and yexation Of spirit, the
whereof will be old age in bittefiies
grave of shame and finally the blachncss a
darkne IS of cver.as ing sorrow. l'
In conclusion, by way of applicatlo,
would add: Be true to one another.s WI
one Of your sex commits some indiscretis
perhaps in receiving the attention OF so
gentleman, not thinking that he is a W
In sleeps clothing, who, proving about
deyorr her virtue, talking OF friendsh
love platonic, manners, ,woman's rights a
everyother foole,'y, so common IN tins q
of vanities and lies, do not come down
her like a pigeon on poke. berry, and q
your her fair form, for this IS dearer
her than thel lapples6f her eyes fly siste
lock YOU. at the instances Of bis kind
have AMONGST us, in Muscatine, and tell /
what proof have you of the pilt of a
person YOU have SO 'uncereme pnsly ha
dled? Not & pins head Of psof; but
the contrary, all the scandal ttt has be-
dealt out to women. who have, seen prov
innocent of the base charges bright again
them, is, now turning back likd ehafed
ger to .devour its hot ,pursuers
Love, and cultivate industrk habits, Il
they, a preventive to al! vices an
evils Incident to this life. Nkotnan eve
remained at home and dischart all her do
mestic duties without enjoyinsqod health
aslong life q, happiness, aa peaeeft
grave. Ny sisters, rei6emh 4ese things
and do, them, and you viii | "sow II
seeds Of iniquity and reap ~" nor eli
thar viii ilplss sssthe l' rcd q ySur i fail;sS al;a