Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-02-02

We earnestly advise every young woman
in the land, who, from any cause.-the
harshness OF heartlessness of relatives, the
bitterness of love-lorn grief, or the holy
promptings of pure and gentle spirit, as
yet unsoiled by contact with earth, and
seeking, in clustered communion with
Heaven, association with its angel-sisters-
has thought Of secIuding herself from the
world within the impenetrable walls Of a
Roman Catholic Convent, to procure this
hook and ponder well its pure and artless
pages, before she makes the step. Study
the spirit in which it is written, the deep
wellings up of a soul itself sadly tried in the
fire of experience, beseeching others to be-
ware Of the snarer'S net, the attractive but
specous lure which the arch intriguer has
devised to cntrap the gentle susceptibilties
of the young female mind Miss BIS case
is one strongly illustrative Of the powerful
influence of Rome's gorgeous outside show
upon the highly wrought and sensitive mind,
unskilled in the worlds hypocrisies and de-
ceiis: and indeed, in her book has she been
made trumpet-tongued witness to its hol-
lowness within. Early imbued with deep
religious sense, her almost infantile fancy
was attracted by the glittering splendors
of the Roman Catholic public worship,
which impression was sedulousiy nurtured
and matured by the reading of works
stealthly put under her observation by de-
signing members of the Church by whom
she was surrounded The fruit will be OF
its kind, and in due time her souls solicit
! tous welI-wishers saw her bloom and ripen
into an enthusiastic devotee at the feet OF
st. Peters representatiVe-he, Of the mitred
head, who arrogantly claims the preroga-
tives of a God
Thus far duped, it was no difficult task
still further to deceive and lead her beyond
recall into the labyrinthine mazes of Moth
err Church's mysteries. To persuade her
to resign the gross and feshly cares Of the
outside world, and betake her longing spi-
rit to the refined, intellectual, and soulful
devotions which they represented as the
sole employment Of the Sisterhood, was ca
SLY DONE Armed with a holy and sim
cerely religious purpose, she tore herself
! from the bosom of her family, and for ten
months suffered the consequences of her
infatuation, as detailed in these pages, un-
! til her burden became intolerable, and she
! boldly resolved to escape. Time and space
! forbid further alIusion to its contents, but
we repeat, it is a book which should be eX-
tensiyely read, bearing, as it does, infallible
evidences of its truth, and breathing the
! spirit of a true, noble, Christian woman,
who, for the sake of her cOuntrywomen,
has sacrificed her dissemination to publicity,
and placed before them beacon-lght to
guide their untried footsteps. We append
an extract from the chapter on Catholic
Boarding Academies, which should arrest
the attention of Protestant parents:
'The whole raraphernalia of Popery, from
! its enthroned Vice GOO at Rome, to its huinb
! lest lay member, cringing at the feet of his
| priest, is perretnally engaged in proselyting;
! the clergy to swell the ranks and augment the
influence of their fraternity; and the laity,
aside from all other motives, because in doing
so they believe they are saving souls. Schools
| and Colleges afford the widest scope and the
! readiest means of realizing these ends and
! hence the great number of these institutions
! which have sprung up of late, in every section
! Of TIE land, attached TO Jesuiticai Converts,
where the craft of man and the gentle peroua-
>ions of woman unite in bending the tender
character of youth, that Il e rnatured tree may
develop in accordance with popish distortion
and disease.
! When will American parents learn wisdoml
! If they consider it Indispensable that their chill
| dren be sent from home for their education,
are there not hundreds of Protestant schools
! where every branch of knowledge is taught
! by experienced teachers; where every elegant
accomplishment can be acquired, and all valua-
! bic instruction obtained! At all events, let
not the susceptible mind and heart of young
girl be intrusted to the charge of Catholic
Nuns and their clerical directors. Let not the
precious objects OF parental solictude and
love; the Cornelian jewels OF American homes;
be placed where their lustre will be furnished
and their value lost, when in this PrnteSta
land So many institutions have been founded
where the youthful mind may be properly
trained, and the gem, skilfdy polished, may
be returned to adOrn society and the world.