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most powerful In attracting toward virtue. II
ehc did not possess tile advantage nf hner
advantage Of hcing lovAc. Tho upriehsncss
OF zcnolta delights the world. not because II
wns uprtglltnc*s only, Int because y was
zenohia. The good was found along Tieh thc
Had tho progress OF tho human RAGE teen
honest in aIl the Old centuries ant not hccn tho
-eclnsh prngrcss Of the masculine fragment
only, We should tn1 history Al full .! ,er,!ncs
rs sister or vile hn,t mother, to TIC deepest
fal,hfulnc<s at the affairs of dot'. The most Of
tho worll'a hcrotsm rcrascs upon mcn het a.!so
men atonc were the inhabitants q antiquity:
even there It Vas an emancipation OF = few pub
lie beauties, and not Of the nt'b'c. wvcf.
and daughters, and t1s'cre: But in that
temporary emancipation of clas. there sprang
up proofs that In woman lay inst those powers
which tnovc the wor1d-tle powers of poetry,
and song. and cunsersation, and hcat!ty. Along
carnc the ruin OF Greece, the cxalfation hi 10
man military POWER, and then Of = narrow The
ologvnl passion. md woman, snnk again INTO
nothinsnes.. When tho Chnrvh monopol!zea
government Il gave to nll things ihcnlo1ltal
conspicuous part Indeed, u may 30 affirmed
that unly IN tile last Two centuries has wo'na',
stooi forth iu the possession of her mental and
spiritual Inheritance. And yet, although s!Ic
wholly hidden, and It has fanhcd ont here
and there, und woman 1us ever ellsrc A.
moral star of the Nrst magnitude. Enough
wives, and mothers, and sisters l'ccamc great
4ty full OF !mpr ssivencsa. 4 few women walk
across the Billie srcne in great beauty. Even
In thu Afosaic ngc, when God WAS tu bc praised
for srse; sown 1 se,s was . m nfr,e gf.
1ns psse, a for snc ss SAYS. Hoth sso % Lori iadeed
spoken only Iy Slose,l hath Ms , not M i; ;;|,kcn
hut tlir voice t,ala been drowned In tic louder
noise Of tic dominant sex. SO far as wulnan
wa. IN the ancient time permitted TO tot'ch re-
l'eIon, # grew butter under that tourh thun
women sang tue songs. When tho daughters
nf Babylon wept anl hung their !iarps upon
,hc willow: thy atieste.! ''eelly all whe NV NV
trunk and limbs Of religion, but woman has
otter come to array tho l,rsne1es with folage
and bloom. The chief part Of religion au'!
hence great must always have been anil shall
he the piwcr Ut those WHO csalt sentiments
IN their soul and actions. So true is this that
the men who have been most influential III
ieu,inino typc, Not u type Of weakncss, hut u
type Of tenderness and general ecilsiuentaity.
81 John and his Master arc the great lenders IN
this field. aud these both rossesaesl the fenslbil.
Thus all moral bc!nga iul! y patalos fn'l oi the
study Of life aud death, full Of charity toward
tho poor ana unfortunate, full Of hupu Of . fu-
turc life, full Of the landscape of heaven, they
demand u soul capable Of poetry. and henre
hayc In tile !onT rast needed the frecdura and
development Of that bong WHO, blessed with
these qualities, hos almost always been slare.
Mh naS| S9y!s y ee pg 4f .va ,sfee eep " ,pea as s -
Lady Jane Grey rather than hT Lie bloody King
Of that period. Ii for t'ftcen centuries Chrls-
tlaa,ty lacked tenderness, md was full Of doc-
paiu u s such .sd hsrd1ezs of eisisat,o 5y rctnafk
Ing that all religion vas evolved from tho
Intellect Of hausasy de.pots on throne Of In
closet, aud DID not coule pouring out OF the hu-
'nan heart. Tho beings who would nave soft
encu the Church were In bondage, slaves Of the
huuse, few OF them heing ablu to read. or write.
OF think tntelllgcntly upon any subject what
ever The c111 Of humanity @ lay bFoen:
woman that lit the midst of d.l'lvuttics at,c has
built up Il few hlcas which have stonl In tho
mural heavens as suns To- guide ana cheer and
treasured up httlr oi this influence, us,d las
hnndcA It alung until 1T last thcrc was material
enough OIL hand to serve for the construction of
Atary u licatrigc. A the Greek artists cur
Lead. HOW tslrek. now au eye, tow q hand,
a,,d a. Inst put them together In q Venus du
sliiu ur nc Ae!lc', su earth u, It's study nnd uso
Ui n,Gral- Eh.s'Jltcu llDm all lands anu times
Cr.uugho. thcs atturcd pbtsnytca OF woman to
l.tin IL last u Matlunnu, ur Filth, or q nopc.
l;:atttre NH aIiu.onuu urc nothing but cotnuo-
tit.uI,s ni;.!o iru.n ali tic moral beauty saycd
ls"n = t1c wrecks o. tnar; s1ons dangftst,s y!
WIT, Prnelope alId -Ant!ronac1c and all the
lu,ures In uuEufy writ, were taxed 10 tile Ut
must tu complete ut last these two portraits
y Christianity. Tho existence u @ two such
women IN tic domain 01 lnurallky. Tie ideal
wusnen la literature and art llsu cxertcd I'M lii
llu.utc upon morality fur Geyoud Aly measure.
me1t. The power of pupe, aMl kimg, and
Y,ritht N1@ hntH weak tfIIn1lufrkI tT{fh the
ot tle Virgin Mary. soticty " influenced only
b. pHrsous Il call luyc. ilenye p1pe, nntl
Bishop, nnd Kiln. 1lusi have been iecble teac!l-
era. nt yirtuu III those ages when tlc Virgin
locked down beni snaut1y from cTery ntrhe Ut
stoo1 swertiy along the waysida wherever. a
deep sllane Or cool spring invited tbs traveller
10 puuse an'l 1Minglc rrSt an'a praycr+ lu1sc
wllu write trcctls, a'ld So rigorously nalDtali!
them, feel thai they Are tho PERSONS who hold
the Winds of virtue anil salyatton III thelt lists
but, doubtless, luutd tho vel! 10 raised 10 that
The world ton!d SEQ spiritual things. It would b.
found that tho human ra,u hos drawn more viz
tho FROM ideal mothers, alal sisters, anl losca
than fru alt tsls exact definitions Of the aeale
mics. SnthIng Is 81 powerful As beauty.
Not ufly have tligTc Iecn ltlcelis VI kOgtcty
ruling It's iasllinli and ils conversation urd III
manners, but there have been queens Of society
WHOSE tllrunc huve l,rll away of virtue wider
and more p5oi9un'l tnanthe E!npire q M hesaMs!
been Alary'n many md Beatsres inany wi,ust
aSts tiayo pointed more people u Heaven thut
haye bcrn pointed thfthGr by the Lutllers aut
the caly.ns. ne.lur ttian Tic intclscvt that
pulnts uut way IL the heayt t1ut lends us al0n.
tlc way. and hence alslust Infinite has been til,
power Of thosu hearta which, passinx alonI
unucr thu uarle of MatlonHa Or heatrlgu Ut ttts
less conspicuous nauac of inothcr or wife 0
friend have nut iausht, but hayo persuaded.
Passing uHay IRON th.s general discussion, ",
uuy well assume nuw that The moral puwer u
wotnAu should be and IL advancing In tLese lat,
centuries v Aieh urs educating her and confessiu.
her liberty anl equality: II ought 70 he trN'
that her power In tho tagan or Christian pas
was only u minimum euu,Wred will til,
quantity Of influence tlo II e1ertinI
lii thu pussln;s centurles. II education
ard liberty ltL not hllng with thcN .
new vanity, new luys ut material show truI,
p,lace to the smallest detail of thu toilet, til,
Influence vi woman In our times would b9 In
nltnsc, but us liberty anl! education multlpI,
thu patas 81 activity aud the objects ot pIrs.4
and emancipation have not Transformed al
women into Na,lomllas, but l.ayu laa.le lntliiou