New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-02

It 10 eaid that woman q less moral, bue
moro devout than man. She certainly has
tho moro sentiment Of TIE two, She acts
moro from feeling than from calculstiou.
and her words are charged with Some heart
quality Of the long scale. between passion
and praise, rage and reverence. But IL BY
NO means follows, from this fart, that she
has less intellect and conscience than man.
The signs Of sentiment % predominant in
womanTs Lie that they throw into the ehade
other qualities and traits, - the thick green
foliage of the tree hides its branches and
fruit from the eye. 1t IL the glory Of woman
that she has such : surplnsage Of sentiment
that her reason il forgotten in ito warmth,
she does spontaneously from love.
Certainly woman seems to be moro roll
gious by nature than man. She 10 generally
moro susceptible to spiritual impfessions,
more receptive Of spiritual influences, and
she feels moro Of the attractive power Of
infinite goodness than her colder, moro 70
sistive, active brother. Woman's lot and
experience are moro religious in their dis
cipline and influence than the rough, stern
schooling Of the world into which man IL
plunged, 70 bo tossed on the pillows, but.
fetcd by the storms, borne down BY the
tempests very often, though now and then
to ride in triumph over the waves. In the
calendar of saints there are five 4arys ia
ono John. Were not women moro religious
than men, We should have few churches o.
charities. II 10 mostly woman's deep and
earnest faith that rears these Christian
temples, wonan's holy aspirations that
point these graceful spires to hesven, NO
mans fervor that keeps alive tho FIRE upen
tho sacred a1tars, and the incense Of wo.
mans soul that flls Tie sanctuaFies with
the spirit Of praise. Mem may pay the bills,
but IL IL woman who wosahipe End ad0fos.
II man has moro Of the moral element and
excels in that piety which 10 the soul Of
goodness, and that fervof which transforma
faith into inspiration. If man has the
greater sanity, woman attains the greater
sanctity. -sfis. =. 3stE
We look upon an irreligieus man - I'M
ripe, the block Of marble in the rough; he
10 incomplete or imperfect. But we regard
san irreligiOus woman - unnatural, par
version, . deformity. The mother that does
not pray is hardly At to have . child. It
seems . great thing for man to attain to .
religious state and character: but religion
seems the native bloom and efi1oreecence Of
. woman's being, and We expect woman to
be religious without always giving her the
credit for what che does t. become 20. Lot
US be just and generous enough to appre-
oiste every merit and praise every effort
by which she realizes this great expecta-
ton. And may all our women feel that, in
. very peculiar sense, they arc tho chosen
depoeitaries Of Code grsces. Priestesses ct
his altar, and ministers Of his truth and
mercy. If the women of our land, and the
young women especially, could once be
brought to feel how much the religious con-
dition of the future depends upon them, the
fate Of contending scots and dissolving de-
nominations could be contemplated without
anxiety; for every homo would be MUIR
sery of virtue, and the child whose earliest
and deepest memories arc laid therein
would be proof against what IL worso than
any speculative infidelity.-Gosdem Age.