The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-04-24

wards and punishmeuts. leave il 20 tho
pulpits whose ministralions you attend 10
talk Of thiA matter IN their own way Ny
whole argument shall relate 10 the propuelies
aud necessities Of the present life, II isprop-
er shat you serve the Deing who made you,
and that you love the One who redeemed
you, II il properthat 10 all your graees you
add that Of unsollshness, Il Is proper that
al pie elements Of your character be har-
mouized and subimated by the tenderest de-
yoltrr 10 III, zone altogether lovely" II is
proper that your heart be- purified, so that al
the influence which goes out Of IT, through
the varied relationships of life, be good, and
only good. | mean by the word proper" all
that The word proper can mean, II is etern-
ally and immutahly dL ! mean that it's
improper and unit that you should fail %
piety, mgan that by carrying with YOU
rebcl,ious and cold and careless heart sou In
truduce among the sweet harmonics of the
world a harsh discord, which Is not iit and
proper that you should introduce. You are
q wandering star, You are yoicvlcss bird.
You are a mptuulcss brook, The string, Of
your soul are not In tune with those chords
which the Infinite hand sweeps ~ hc c,ol'es
the music Of the universe, Your being docs
not respond to the touch Of Providence aud
If Beauty, aud Truth and Gooducss, and
Love, come down TO YOU, like angels out Of
heaven, and ring you their sweetest songs,
you do not see their wings, nor recognize
their homo and purculaRc, say that 1t is
not proper-it il incNprcs.bly unfit that yod
--a womrn--with delicate s,nnhilitics aud
pure instincts and dependent nature should
ignore the relations which oNist between
your soul and God, aud put veil of black
ness between the light which he has lighted
within you and that Infinite fountain Of light
still open aud ready to Gll all your being
with is divine radiance.
Then, as to your necessities; First, rcmcm-
her what you are, lou are really the couso-
'lers OF the world. You attend the world N
sickness YOU give all it, medicines your
society soothcs the world after ils toll, and
rewards it for its pcrplcNitics YOU receive
the infant when it enters upon existence you
drapc the cold form of the aged when lite I,
past; YOU settle difficulties aud ussuagc the
SORROWS of childhood YOU minister TO the
poor aud the distressed. DO YOU suppose
that ont OF the RESOURCES ot your poor heart
YOU can supply all the druughts that will be
made upon your sympathies and their varied
ministry? DO you believe that 500 carry
within your bosom tight for the dying hope
for the dcspoirinR, consolation for the bcref,
patience Cor the sick Nay, do YOU believe
ttiIr y6u TIvu tigrt urri :IUpU ana c5us0tItI1U
and patience sufficient for your own souls
wants, while performing the ministries to
which, in Heavens economy, YOU are op-
pointed Picty is then, an absolute ucees.
sitl to YOU. You can no more perform these
Nnu- arc called -propcrly and
efficiently, without picty, than bird can fly
without wings. You would be trying To
make bricks without straw. Think of u wo-
man 10y the side ola dying sister, OF sick
child, or sorrowing friend, or broken
hearted and -brokon-spitt-d- man, without u
word of heaven in her mouth-without so
much as Mc ability to whisper "ONr Father,
or even to point her finger hopefully toward
the stars
Again your life and duties arc peculiar as
your sphere is distinct. If YOU lead a worthy
'womanly life, it viii f. home lirc--rrce
from great cNcitcmenls. The current of your
thoughts will flow in retired channels. You
will hear, outside, the broying Of trumpc,s,
and the roll Of drums, and the din of wheels,
and the rush and roar of the worlds great
business. Oncntimes, when YOU are busy
with your modest affairs, Il, d going through
the wcarying routine of your life. you will be
tnlcd repine at their quietncss and insipidncSs.
Many woman does th" work Other life with.
4nut being seen or noticed by the world. The
world sees family reared to virtuc,-onc
child after another growing into Christian
manhood and womanhood, and at last it sees
them all gathered around grave where thc
mother that bore them rests from her labors.
But the world has never seen that quiet wo-
, man laboring for her children, making their
clothes, providing their food teaching them
their prayers,and making their home comfort
able and happy The world knows nothing
or does not think, OF the fears Che pains, and
the anxietics inseporabe from the mothers
office. She bears them alone, and discharges
her peculiar responsibilities without assistance.
No indi,idu in the world can do n mothers
work for her, family of young immortals
is committed to her hands. The rearing and
training of these form n business to which she
has served on apprenticeship. If divine guild
ance and support be necessary to any one in
the world, they are necessary to the wife aud
mother 1t is a sad, sad thought to any son
or daughter that his or her mother was not a
woman of picty. The boy that feels that his
name is mentioned in good mothers pray
ers, is comparatively safe from vice, and the
ruin TO which it leads. The sweetest thought
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