Smyrna times., 1855-11-07
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3. ,,i.yosbRrittea for the Smyrna. Tfmes.
The Influence of Religion on, the.
Human Mind. .lD
hrtsaet from Lectures on Moral PhysiOIogg,
= .2H. by Chas. d.. Green, NJ ID. ..tl i

btest whYm the sweets of home,f.t quiet please
Hut far moro blest, who study joins with ease
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Nothing can be more desirable TO woinai
than to make her husband domestic abode ID,
highest object Of satisfaction and attachment
for nothing will. ensure her, happiness so com
Pletely, SO effectually. Intelligence aud piet,
throw the brightest suushine over the dwelling
Of private life and these are the results Of ;
religious educatOn.-r Piety aud. intelligence
should be llnkedAogether. nor. without The one
the other IS worse than useless. i'--S .y"E
& u lis. the positive duty oflparentsg TO ira ia
their children up in strict religious creed. -
Religion is morality; orr. not morality itself
isthl grand source of everything in our nature.
that smoral in its b. ing, What man would
unite h uiself to a fem:le If he knew she did
not profess a belief in a Supreme Being p
What honest man would ally himself to wo.
man OF an intemperate habit or of an immoral
character / feel assured that no man would,
who studied for a moment the happiness md
prosperity of his family, or had the future well
fare Of his children at heart,
Man. when, he puts forth the higher powers
OF his mind, puts them forth in the audience of
bis fellow-man. He speaks TO a listening sen
ate, council, or an assembly Of kin-souIs in
high conference. But with a woman it is and
should be otherwise. She, was not, intended
by the Creator for the toll ) md vices of a DO.
hticui life. Apart from the gay and frivolous.
the glddy anil light ,vptaries Of pleasure aud
fashion, tue Intelligent, and. sincerely p;ou$
female must be sought for. 1t is not with them
aswith men Men study but for ambitun and
powcr-a fashionable woman, for display it is
the pride. of her nature.to be .accomptis1cd''
--to be enyied by her own class in soc ieiy, aud
admired by the other. Bat with the xelL in.
f6rned female in private life, different pr mel
pie guides and aninates, aud spurs her OIL
to the attainment Of knoYleIge. Ard this
principle aloae saves her from the Odum, of a
hight and Inth mixing .menber OF society. She
c,nnot hoard her intellectual riches, as man
does she SC ltters the abrold as tie farmer
doth his grain. The circle that surrounds her
rs composed only of meB of sense nd under.
Standing The dross Of mank ind the ignorant.
the vain and assuming, are strictly forbid its
privileges AMI Equipments. Her la6guage is
ehasteness-her thoughts purity! The lGmen.
table neglect Iof female education is truly
criminal. "a The'cnly Thought amongst thegen-
eraliy Of parents, couceraiHg their children,
see@s 10 me 10 be this: how they can make
the gseatest show in this hfe--the greatest
paradeaof pomp and circumstance, No aiten-
ton is paid to their religious edueation IL II il
is worth the trouble 70 spend tfe half Of ones
time in the pursuit of false pleasures 10 this
life, surely ct must be, worth while 10 spend ibe
other half in The pursuit of true happiness aud
enjoyment in, The fife thereafter: The only
way 70 remedy this defect is q give TO those
who are destined to form and cultivate, the
minds, Of their children. a permanent. basis to
work upon. :, .Femipine, tenderness, or, mere
Hiateraa feelings is not the chief requisite to
aid the teacher In this, morning feature eflt the
soul. The eye that lights up thought IN the
infant bosom, and the intellect that shapes out
the Immortal soul of the child in its earliest
baddings, should be cultivated for The. great
duty-a duty greater and more illastrious in its
consequences tina either nature or natural
affection has contemplated lsl1ol-'." .
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