North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-04-06
For the TINIs.
Worlla
BY 4 WOMAN.

In all ages, woman has occupied high
position in the history of our race, and
had wide controlling influence upon its
character and destiny. With every wind
ing thread of life, she comes in contact,
and gives coloring to thousand scenes
in the great drama of changing world.
1t was her hand that plucked the forbid
den fruit. and led out her weeping bus
band into a world of tears and death.
1t was her hand that presented the infant
Saviour to the trep bling millions Of earth,
and kindled the fires of immc rial hope on
the plains Of Bethlehem. Weeping and
sad, she has been the par.aker of human
sorrow; joyous and glad, she has been the
sharer of mans brightest hopes. Different
positions have been assigned her by differ
ent ages and nations.
One has degraded her to brute. like
condition, and sent her forth to do the
work for which God never designed her,
and makes her toy to minister to mans
basest passions; but the Bible gives her
a proper place by the side of man as his
equal and friend. In certain sense, she
is subordinate to man, but the suborsina-
ton implies no inferiority, and admits of
none. Widely dissimilar are their natures,
but equally great their responsibilities.
True, she is denied, by her nature, Of
rushing out into the tented field soldier
hero-banished by the laws Of propriety
from the halls Of legislation-f from the
noisy arena of party strife--and from all
the more public exhibitions of character,
but she moves in circle where her inlu-
ence will be more invisible, but as truly
felt.
1t is her province to gather the iscense
of kind words and thoughts, and plant
sweet flower, all along the dark pathway
of human life. Perhaps nothing can more
adorn the female character, than the
utterance oftrue, chaste and holy thoughts.
When her lips are attuned to words of
kindness, sympathy and love, she presents
herself, as God designed she should, a
ministering angel to stricken man. What
more can woman desire, than she already
possesses. A refined, intelligent, Chris.
tan woman wields a powerful influence
over man, more potent, than sword or
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ity but is controlled by her gentle power ?
A true woman will command the respect
Of the basest man, and vice in her press
enes will stand abashed.
We envy not eur sisters who are
dissatisfied with their present condition,
and who aspire to a seat in the Legislative
halls-to voice in the affairs Of State
we envy not those strong minded women
who so loudly proclaim to us our griev-
ances, and who would fain have us believe
that we wear the yoke of hondage, and
that man is tyrant who would rob us of
our dearest interests and our brightest
hopes. This is not so. Every true, rir-
tuous woman knows that man is her
friend. She knows that her romanhood
protects her from insult and wrong. Az
long as she is true to herself, man will be
| true to her, and give her place, not in
the crowded bar room, where men congre-
gate not in the court room, where low
jokes are passed around in none Of those
places will man welcome woman-fo,
if he we're to do this, be would be Less
than a man-but he will give her place
by his Preside, home in his heart, and
the task he will require her to perform
will not be to travel through the country
trying to institute reform, and redress
grievances, bat he will place in her hands
a labor of love, and if she be true wo'
man, she will be never so happy as wher
ministering to the wants and comfort o
her own household, and fitting the immor
tai minds which God may place in bel
care for higher and holier state o
existence.
Let woman know that she ministers q
the fount of every earthly blessing, ant
that
"Woman's Right Is to wage IN ceasing war
Against all for ms Of error and Of sin,
And, by the beauty of her holy life,
Teach men, their nature IL to Heaven akin"
/ F. D. Bayless, OF Elkader, is anth
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