The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-12-09

Hints Tor women by RIorence HIRhI!
sa-1i- inEnle: .ia
+ The following letter Will prove ofin.
terest to our lady readers; e--,--,..-5A7-,
-..yrsiz!7s LoNDoN Set. IS.
MY DBAR SIR 1 could not do what
yon asked me to do in your kind letter
of July IL, viz, give you Information
about my own life; though If / could,
1t would be 10 show how a woman Of
very ordinary ability. has been led by
Colby strange and uDaccustomed
patbs-to do In His service what BE
did in hers. And, IL could tell you
all, you would see how God has done
all, and ] nothing. / have worked
hard-very hRId-that is all, and / have
never refused God anything; though,
being naturally very shy person,
most of my life has been distasteful to
me. / have no peculiar gifts. Aud 1
can honestly assure any young lady, IL
she will but try 10 walk, she Will soon
be able to run the "appointed course"
But then, she must first learn TO walk,
and SO, when she runs. she must run
With patience. Most people don't even
/ try TO walk. l4.5 l.si.s -
Let. But / would also say to: young
ladies who are called to any peculiar
vocation, qualify yourselves for It, as
man does for his work. Don't you
think you can undertake Il Otherwise.
1 NJ Dub ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LEACH l0e
Greek language until he Is master of
the Language, and this he can become
only by hard study. And,
Cd. IL you are called TO mans work,
do not exact a Woman's priYileges-ihe
privileges OF inaecurBOy, of weakness.
tSubmit yourselves to the rules OF busi-
ness, as men do, by which alone you
He has never said that He viii give His
success and His blessing to inef1ciency,
to sketohing, and unfiniAhed work.
Sd. 1t has happened to me more than
once 10 be told by women (your coun-
/ tEywomen). Yes. but you mad person
al freedom" Nothing can well be
further from the TRUTH i question
| whether God haR ever brought any one
through more difficulties and contradic-
i lions than have had. But I Imagine
these exist less among you than among
US. SO i will say no more. -
18th. But TO alIl women / would say,
/ look upon your work, whether it be an
accustomed or an unHecustomed work, ,
| as upon u trust confided 10 you. This
4 Will keep you nike from Discourage
ment and from presumption. from idle
ness, and nom OvertBxing yourself
\ Where God leads the way he has bound
1 Himself to help you 90 the way,
i have been nine years confined a.
prisoner to my room, from Illness, and
overwhelmed with business. (Had j
more faiIh--more OF the faith which 1
protest. should not say "overwheIfn-
ed,n for II ~ all business sent me by
A God. And am really thRnkfultoH Him
u though my sorrows have been deep and
many, that He stlll makes me 10 do His
business This must be nnyexcuse for
not h9ytns answered your questions
own Judgment, has been made public,
or would send 1t. / have strong,
oblecllon to sending my own likeness
4 est for the same reAsoni Some OF the
most valuable works the world has
ever seen, we know not who Is the au.
thor of we only know thai God is the
author of all. 1 do not urgethis exam
i pie upon others; but tits a deep-seated
religious scEuple in myself. TSIn ,Sot
wish my name to remain, nor NV NO.
ness. That God alone shoaldf be "a.
memoeredp wish. If could really
give the lessons OF my life to my coun-l
ItEyNomen and yours, undeed, fainl
iook upon us as all one natioh) the
lessons OF my mistakes, as we'll as of the
IeSt-I would; but Tor this there Is no
ltne. would only cay work-work
Ia silence at first, in silence for years
1t Will not be time wasted. Perhaps in
all your lttO II Will be the time you VIII
/ afIerwaIIl hnd to have been best spent:
4 and 1t II very certain that without it
you VIII Ibe no worker. You viii not
producs one epeffect work !" but only
u botch, in the service OF God.
Pray, believe me, my dear sir. with
great TRUTH ever your faithful servant.
I 1 EnORRNCE NLauTINGAIFS.
+. S.-Have you ever read B&ker,s
Sources OF the Nlle,n where he saws
he was more like donkey than an er-
plorer1 That Is much my case, and /
} believe is that OF all who have TODD
|, any unusual work. And i would, a.
peclally guard young ladies from fau-
cytng themselves like lady snpariors.
with an obsequious following OF disci.
a PIES II they undertake any great work,
r OiS1. marriages now take plaza In
SpAn, Before the revolution they tvere
aSssat and against the tenets OF The