Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-06-29

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temptation, and trial and psd b; sad Alb IN shs
founder of Christianity inpl ssnsss'oo, humility.
tor.;,epe.s and purity. 49, thus snlightsnsd
BY human learnina end slssieg Win the sTses q
spiritual knowledge. having iss tabernacle ." me
mother the sister. the wife, d capable Of more rss'
good than any Of US have ever imagined
The mission Of an educated Christian. woman - |
not among those obt.usive movements 10 popular |
Of hte, which look to display at home or to distant
countries for the exercise Of bsncvo,cncc ana ena
T. rather than to the wants. the ignorancrs ana the
suferngs in the circles around her, or in those IN
which she moves. Her mission b nos out In the
world but within It, where the public eye seldom
rests training the young. minisscrins TO the s'ck
the poor in spirit and the poor in this worlds
goods comforting the weary and the broken
hearted; banishing discomfort with the laugh q
cheerfalncss and reigning, not queen, but happy
divinity, around the domestic hcarthstonc. hisjuss
here, in the myriad minutcnc Of daily existence,
that the refined and educated women falils the no
best purposes Of her being The inferior Of man In
some respects, she is his superior in others; and II
nc WOuu Oe SWAW0Iu Atu ttuSusv"S w sss~~'t'~ ~
usurp her place and perform her duties, che would
be unhappy in the great world Of action, Of assrcs-
sion, of upbuilding and down-pulling which has
been assigned to him. Nature and experience arc
the best teachers. They have prescribed and set
bounds to duty in both sexes Every effort to pass
those bounds by either, must result in unhapPiness
and in retarding the progress Of civilization and
Christianity.
The increase and more general distribution Of
wealth, the appliances Of art and the ncsrncss to
our Shores the result Of science, Of the gay cities Of
Europe superaddcd to the natural passion for ostcn
taton and display, have contributed recently very
much and very injuriously to what Is known - in
tated fashionable life Now, i, is not for me to lee
turc young ladies on fashion, or to ccnsurc them In
matters of taste. Some Of thcm-not ALL said some
of them eiU have
Dresses Er breakfast. for dinners. aud balls.
And scures Of mantill.s eape.. e'lars. and shswls
Dresses 10 sit in, and stand in and walk in.
Dresses dance in. and dirt in, and talk in.
Dresses in which to dn nothing ai all,
Dresses for winter spring. summer. and fall:
All Of them dihsrcn, in culor and pattern. q
Silk. muslin. and lace. Grape, velvet, and satin" -
And still, like
Miss Flora Ncrlmsey. Of Madison Square.
The dear creatures complain isy Aars seAsg 70 sr."
But it is not dress, it is not the outward adorn.
;ment it is not the fashion Of appearance, but the
fashion of manners and OF the mind, Of which We
arc speaking. If it he true, and ii Is true. that
beauty unadorned is adorned the most" II is also
true that unaffected manners furnish the surrst in
dication of refined and elevated nature. An clc-
CANT simplicity is more to be admired and 10 more
admired by persons Of correct TASTE than costly gar.
ments and naughty bearing. An educated Christian
woman will at once discriminate between the homage
which is paid to fashion and that which is rendered
to modesty and intellect. In the presence Of such
! woman undue admiration will be rcbukel the Vi.
cous will be repelled and the mere dandy will Hut.
; ter in his native insignifcancc.
1t is also true that while VIC arc prone to forget
, the simple virtues and the unaffected manners Of
ancestors and to look TO wealth. and fashion, and
mere display the GROWING objects Of existence.
We at the same time neglect those authors. who.
during the last two or three centuries. have shed
such glory on English literature. Frivolity In %
ciety is the natural result Of vacuity and rvolisy Of
mind. We read modern authors. whole pages ol
whose works are scarcely worth line Of Milton os
Shakespeare. Richardson, Cowpcr, Goldsmith. Ad
olson, Steele, johnson, Maria Edgcworth, Bunyan
Hannah Moore, and Felicia Hcmans arc laid aside
the last monthly; and persons who have no relish
for the incompatible writings Of Scott and Dickens
are entranced with the burning verses Of Byror
and the mclodious prose Of Bulwcr. There Is {
reaching after effect there appeals to the crosse,
passions, there are delincations Of had lives and
fashionable l and there estimates Of u,anlilcss
and Of womanly virtue, and an absence Of simpici
ty, condensation, and elevation Of style in much
modern literature, that render il in many respect
injurious, and stamp it as every way inferior 4
that of the last and several preceding CENTURIES
The great German writer's. with their word PAIN,
ing even in the TRANSACTIONS, and with the wontcs
erful touches Of soul.beauty which pcrvade thei
works, are neglected for the cphemcral produs
tons Of modern authors, which bubble up, an
sparkle, and then die, leaving nothing valuable I
the mind and no one virtue strengthened or fortic
by their perusal. We seem to seek for excitcmcu
in reading seek it in fashionable or in politics
"e. We Se~'. " oe PeaSeu, " NC entertainer.
dispose Of time, rather than to be benefited an
improved Yet We determine that at some futu,
period We 1M carefully pcruso the best author
and make their sentiments and style. As Ear a. v
can, our own. This determination Is dclusivc.
will be formed and broken and formed and broke
again, SO long substitute to-morroe for tods
Let us improve to-day, and We will greet to-mosro
with increased energy and growing knowledge.
In the work Of selfculture which institutions
learning like this fit US to enter upon with such
cided advantages over others, We should know
dalliance with mere fancies-no compromise vi
Incidence, which is perhaps, . natural trait Of d
human character. We must not depend on me
aptitude or genius, but on steady, wclldirects
persevering application; for, after ALL genius d
{ most myth, an indcscribable something with Viii
few are gifted. That IL n n eift there can h