Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-08
Our Memr.

lady. We hope she will pardon n.
for using the expression as q text,
but we are tempted TO make II the
theme for Our Saturday Night.
W. have heard just sueh remarks
from young ladies before, ani
though We presume TO criticisC
them, We do not wish Il under
stood that We are superior in wis
dom to those who utt red such
words. We think that were their
own dispassionatc judgment ap.
pea!ed to they would agree with II.
generally in what we shall say.
Perhaps, il that is possible, we
have elevated the true woman too
highly in our estimation. Perhaps
our criticisms upOa what she ii
and what we think he ought to be
are mlsjudged and unfair. Atany
rate our sincerity cannot be ques-
toned, and ii We have placed wo.
man too high We hope never 10 be
u%ndeceived but carry 10 our grave
the present impression OF her im-
measurable superi GRITTY. We have
seen woman ginning, bru,alixcd.
degraded, uusexed, but we looked
upon her as fallen from her high
estate, and even an angel can sin.
There may be very exceptional
cases where a woman II justified in
secluding herself from life aud its
duties, but a. a principle her mis-.
sion and her life should be here,
right In the midst Of the Joys and
woes, labors aud sufrerings, tolls,
trials aud fluctuations, that pertain
to life.
It need not be denied that God
has called upon woman to suffer
and endure more than man. Her
capacity therefor 10 greater than
name. She is the source and fOun-
tain Of mans being, and the noblest
Is but a fainter rcproduc.
ton Of Q mothers true woman
Woman, because OF those high
and ETHEREAL instincts, will often
become faint hearted, disappointed,
early In life. The contrast betwe cen
her imaginlngs Of what should be
and what is, is too vivid not to
cause a heart sinking. Woman's
Is poetic, but woman's life
cannot be 30. An omnisciont Wis.
dom has endowed her with this
unearthliness-this divinity - Of
as u sustaining power
woes under which she
must otherW lee succumb.
Woman's real life calls for toll
and sacrifice. But The need not
herself, nor need she
move about her concerns as IL she
bore the sorrows of a nation.
There are many good, hearty,
healthful, cheerful matrOns who
were delicate, poetic, imaginative
creatures in their youth.
Woman was created for man.
Not to be his slave, not n creature
Of his impulses; but as a necessary
companion, a helpmaic, =, moral
guide and guardian. Thus she i.
to man, and the ddtirs
which her God devOlves upon her
she must not shrink from but per-.
form.
Those are duties she owes to God
and man for her own being. To
shrink from them because, in the
first blush Of life, the path seems
not strcwn with flowers, is coward.
y, u%nwomanly.
The fault which, it may be
thought, We censurC too harohly,
has this excuse. 1t arises from the
very composition OF her deli.
feminine organism and
feeling Of disappointment,
evinccd by some such rr-
mark a. head these lines, IL
as natural as that severe pain
should extort a groan. But its nat
lralness does not make il right.
All this superiority in woman is
but the exceeding richness OF soil
which must be cultivated to be
useful. What man that has a good
but thanks God for her
every hour in the day!
A loving devoted wife will
mans earthly Lille near to
heaven. She will shape his destiny
for good or i'll as she perform. or
neglects her womanly aud wirely
For the blessing Of u good
lOVe we sincerely thank God and
pray that the good influences of
woman may broaden aud deepen in
Inc world.
An attempted burglary was made
night at the residence Of
Mrs. Kane. The burglar effect