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quest could not be- granted, but the
Queen of the Flowers decrced that the
blush Of modesty should forever remain
her own peculiar charm, and gave q
mantle of moss to veil her face. True
womanhood is the moss rose, ever wear
ing the blush OF modcsty and the mantle
of mcckhess.
Explode the principle of autocracy in
the family, substitute for it co-cquAl
partnership, then follows dissoluble
civil contract in place of marriage, two
captains over the company, broiis in the
household, hate and divorce. Such was
the socio! condition in Rome, where we
find Cicero repudiating Terentia because
he wanted new dowry, and old Aetel-
lus telling the Senators "to look upon
their wives as an utterly unmanageab!e
atfliction and endure them philosophy
caliy, as necessary to the perpetuation OF
the State" The women of Rome ac-
ouired the rights and lost the love OF
men. Marriage became 'intolerably
disagreeablcn and the ruin of the Empire
followed. The success Of the Woman's $
rights movement ruined Rene: Noula
not it's success in the nineteenth century
ruin America? Roman corruption
evolved woman's rights. Is net Amerl-
can corruption the source OF the same
movement in our day? In the days OF
the Republics glory, Roman women
were content to be the wives and mothers
of men. The noble uatTon, pointing to
her sons, exclaimed, with true womanly
pride, "JNcse ore 9;y jewels." TO train
her childrcn-by vigilance, patience and
all the inimitable maternal arts to dcvel-
op the germ of manliness in the boy and
OF purity in the girl-to furnish hercoun-
trywith defenders and the brides Of heroes
to refresh the weary warrior in the
sacred refuge Of their abode, lnstililnS
by her gentle ministry the softer senti-
merts into his proud, vindictive soul
these were the rights she desired to pos
sess, and, having them> felt that her re-
ward and glory were secured. Then
"Rome survived"
In the province of poetry woman is at
home: in the department of philosophy
man is king. This is true, nothwith-
standing the prodRctions OF Shakespeare
and Milton are cf higher order than
those of Baillie and Browning. The IT,
tuitions, the sensibilitics of poets come to
them from their mothers. The superior
strength Of the masculine imagination
carries it to Ioftier height Of achieve
ment. But it is the inspiration OF the
Muse, the feminine fire in his soul, that
makes any man q poet. Lord Bacon,
though prince of philosophers, was n
poor poet and q mean man. Have o
specimen of his muse:
"Ye monsters of the mighty deep,
Your makers praises spout;
Up from the sound ye codlings peep,
And wag your tails about"
The attempt of woman to do the work
and win the honors of manhood would
lead to as decided failure as did Eacon's
effort to translate the Psalms into verse.
Let not 1.-THE silvery-footcd antelope"
that gracefully and gaily springs under
take the labors of the horse, "whose
neck is clothed with thundcrw Lctnot
the nightingale cease her singing to iml-
tate the fight and tiercencss CT the eagle!
Sublime is the mission Of woman, for
it is like that Of her Saviour. IL the
kingdom of his grace, the most child
like is the greatest, the humblest is the
highest, the meekest is the mightiest,
the servant is the superior. 1.-The Son
of Man came not to be ministered unto,
but to minister" To be like Him, to be
a co-worker with Him in giving q Sa-
viour to humanity is woman's glory,
only to be attained through life Of hG-
mility, self-ahnegation and love. Have
another passage from thetwon6erful wo-
man who wrote Wrhe Drama of Exile"
Adam pronounces a blessing, at the COM
mand Of Christ, upon Eve, and says:
"Raise the ma;esties
Of thy disconsolate brows, O, well be-
loved,
And front with level eyelids the To
And all the dark O. the world. Rise, wo-
man, rise
TO thy peculiar and best attitudes
Of doing good and of enduring i'll,
Of comforting for i'll and teaching good,
And reconciling all that i'll and good
Uuto the patience of constant hope
Rise with thy daughters! If sin came
by thee,
And by sin death-the .ansom-sight-
business,
The heavenly light and compensative
Shall come by means Of thee. Ifwocby
Had issue to tho world, thou shalt SO
foctl:
An angel of the woe thou dids't achieve.
Thy love
Shall chant itself its own beatitudes,
After its own life working. A child's
kiss
Set on thy signing lips shall make thee
glad;
A poor man served by thee shall make
thee rich;
A sick man helped by thee shall make
thee strong;
Thou shalt be served thyself by every
senSe
OF service which thou renderest."
Such is thy glorious mission and thy
rich reward, Q, woman. Man occupies
the throne, but thou, when clothed with
purity, yelled with modesty, moving Sc
renely in the sphere Of home, thou art
"the power behind the throne, which is
greater than the throne, without which
the throne would crumblc.
AS q true woman acting in her proper
sphere is the loveliest being on the
the earth, is almost df, angel, SO one false
to her NISSAN is the most unlovable'
The languishing syren of the sofa, whose
admiration Of her own face, form and
finery is so intense and absorbing that
she seems not to know that she has @
soul and Saviour; whose cultare has
been confined to the sensational depart
ment of the lightest literature, the arts
Of luxurious indolence and the accom-
plishments of the ballroom whose con-
versational performances ventilate few
memorized sentences of syllabub senti-
ment. sprinkled with interjections and
adjcc:ives OF the superlative degree :
whose delicate nostril Guivers with cis-
gust at the mention Of domestic duties,