Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-08-07

|virtuous and true woman can always attract
what is better than admiration, the love and
confidence of all who know her. Falsehood
and wrong flee her presence; folly gives place
in her mind, to nobler thoughts and better i'm.
pulses and society becomes richer for the inAu-
ence of her truthful life And beyond the
family and the world of fashion there is another
life which demands woman's presence to beau
tify and adorn it. 1t is life of usefulness
In all social evils, woman has been the greatest
sufferer. She then, is the most interested as
well as the most efficient, in their removal.
trust, Young Ladies that you have not failed to
learn that 6eneroleuce and charity are womanly
mplishments, no less than christian virtues
l o instruct the ignorant, to cheer the disconso-
late and to relieve the sufferings, are your ap-
propriate duties. You may not enter into the
grim conflict with evil, but you should care for
the wounded that lie upon the worlds battle
field. But in our country's history we have TO
record something more than moral conflicts.
Once and again oor soil was drenched in hu-
man blood, to secure and preserve the freedom
we prize so highly. And now other foes-foes
of our own household, have risen with the fiend-
ish purpose of destroying our dear bought
blessings. The din of battle and the crash of
arms; the anguish of bereavem ent and the
groans of dying kindred, all testify to the price
less value of our birthri ;ht which the vile trail
tor is attempting to wrench from our hands.
You have not forgotten the women of the rev.
olution-how they suffered, how much they en-
dured, and the importance of their services to
the cause of Independence. And can you for
get your own responsibility III such an hour as
A'sP All that you hold dear in life, all that is
valuable for coming generations, is involved in
this conflict. Fail 10 crush this cursed rebel
lion and our country must relapse into semi
barbarism and come again under a worse than
its former despotism. 1t is hard indeed, it is
cruel, but necessary therefore, that we bring to
the altar of our patriotism, the holy offering of
woman's tears mingled with fathers and bro:h-
er's blood. Accept then young Ladies, the
privileges and duties which your attainments
and position have assigned you.
Your life is something more than scene of
gay frivolity and fashionable display. 1t is
theatre on which the poorest virtues and the
mobiles accomplishments may be exhibited. To
beautify home, to purify social life, to toll and
suffer for human good, to exert an elevating
influence ION our civilization-this
is now your life work. And are you prepared
for it? If you are to prove blessing to the
world, you must be imbued with the spirit of
personal, experimental piety. This is the rich
est jewel in female character, the noblest boon
that Heaven has bestowed. You have the holy
Bible, to which you owe all that distinguishes
you from the most degraded Pagan women.
Will you not reverence that sacred Book
VIII you not take it as the guide of your youth
obey its precepts and trust in its precious
promises? Seek the regenerating influence of
the Holy Spirit therein revealed submit your
selves to the crucifed and risen Savior, upon
whose merits and sovereign mercy, you must
rest your hope of Heaven. Remember the
woman of Bethany who poured "precious oint-
ment" upon the Savior's head and received from
II m this high commendation-"Sh She hath done
tchat she could she is came aforehand, to an
oint my body to the burying." See to it young
Ladies, that yoW life merits such praise.