St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-01-20

the talents committed to him or her, in
order to b. ready for the reckoning, when
the Master shall call for an account and
there can be no doubt that He has COM
mitted to man a sufficient capital, in his
unconscious appreciation of the, Moral
law, to make him, if properly improved,
as much better than woman now is, as she
is better than he, and much more so;
while she might pass the highest ideal
she has ever formed Of human excellence.
Is it not strange that any one Of US
should be content to. crawl and wallow,
or even to limp and stagger, when we
might arise to soar and sing? -3
1t appears incomprehensible that the
children Of the HeayenlY King should
devote any part of theirdittle probation
here, to nights of debapthery, or days Of
frivolity that they Should befog, cloud,
and debase that part5soff their being which
unites them to the Eternal Excellence,
to crafty that other portion, which makes
them the brother and sister Of the
worm. ~. y j~...5s~1.. w. a. ..
The why and the wherefore that some
men seek to be beasts, and some women
butterflies, is problem difficult to ex-
plain-that any one conscious or expec-
tant Of an immortal destiny, should blur
the Godlike in his nature by the stupe-
factions Of tobacco, rum, gambling OK
elements, and their kindred vices, is as
unaccountable, as the fact that women,
in a great measure, unfit themselves for
their business of leading the way upward,
by their devotion to Aounces and turbelows
But to conclude, and give our estimate
Of mans position in the Universe. 800
You have all heard good Christians
return thanks that they were born in a
land Of gospel light. This is no sign Of
vain glory, or Of triumphing over those
less highly favored. So should every
woman, without pride of place, but with
deep humility for the little, improvement
she has made of her advantages-to
kneel every day and thank God that she
was not born to be man; and have folks
get up societies to prevent her growing
downward into brute. I..: IT,.
Many philosophers have held that men
have no souls; and tits generally allowed.
that the higher man rises in intellectual
culture, the more likely he is to embr ace
this opinion. So much docs the pursuit
of philosophical research tend to skepti-
cism on this point, that religious teachers
generally discourage the pursuit Of truth
through the realms Of speculation,
protest against any attempt to be wise
above what is written" and prescribe
faith, as the only sure remedy for the
Unborn conviction of thousands of men,
that they, in no material sense, differ
from the monkey. -. -
| say Unborn sense; for it must be that
it is an inward consciousness Of vacuity
in the region where the better portion OF
their nature teaches them, soul ought
to be located, which forces the conclusion
OF its non existence, upon so many strong
masculine intellects. The fact, . that
depth Of research is apt to lead them to
intidelity, proves that materialism belongs
to the thinking faculty of man in greater
proportion, than it does to that of woman
even as his physical form is of coarse,
earth than hers. It is only as woman s
intellect approaches, the masculine type,
that she is inclined to in6delity; and the
world recognizes her as the true woman,
who most pertinaciously clings to the belief
and hope Of her own immortal destiny.
" As to the fact of mans Immortality, .
long, patient, and impartial investigation
Of the subject, leads me to believe that
notwithstanding the great earthliness Of
his nature, there is something, in large
majority Of them, which the Greater will
not finally resolve into. clay 1t appears
to me- that souls have been distributed
amongst them, at the rate Of about ten tc
the dozen; and that in every twelve
there are not more than two who are to.
tally lacking. n ,@;sa1 y s~>se-a
Some Of the souls portioned out to them
are very clever souls; and must, per force
command our profound admiration. The
majority, Of course, are medium size
VAIN OOAAC dAC ldtACl duu GucIC
are II those who i could find ! ample
Accommodations chamber, dressing-room
drawing and dining rooms, with space fol
a wood shed, all suited to their several
wants within the excayated walls of a
midge's eye. " .2z
/ Folks are apt to look down with con
tempt on this class Of souls: hut this is
very wrong. No other class Of motive
powers do SO large an amount Of work,
according to the force employed. It is
not uncommon for one Of these infnitesi-
NAL engines to protect, from putrifaction,
some hundred and eighty, OF even two
weight Of flesh and bones, for the space
Of four-score years and ten. Instead,
then, Of feeling contempt for these nice
little souls, it is right and proper they
should command your sympathy and aid
in restraining the great burden of animal