Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-23


How soft loves attributes that spring
AT her divine commando
About mans careless life
She WeaveS the blossoms of her heart
As mother, maid or wife.
She leads his feet up from the pit,
Sometimes by her superior will,
Sometimes by pleading eyes;
Or else she lures him from the nights
From peace and joy, and love and heaven
To bitterness and woe.
Oh. woman! lovely wOmankindi
Be careful how you play
The role of queen. in this your realm,
To him whom you may sway"
All! how lovely is woman's mission; how
pure, sacred, sublime, lofty and unsefsh, if
properly performed, how unlimited! Con-
quering, even with a peerless Stonewall
Jackson's success, the enemies-selfshness
envy, Jealousy-that may have been power
full In their force; eradicating all unholy prin-
ciples, evil propensities, with calm fearless
ness, steady, noble purpose, fixed determine
iion, rising far above the slough of despond,"
the filthy mire of these evil qualities, kneel-
ing at the snowy shrine of immolation, soar
ing far out into the magic golden realms of
purity, nobleness, true greatness, sublime
utility and unselhshness-oh! this were hap
piness, indeed. Ali my sisters, almost ere
our eyes have seen the lights of this world,
our kind and gracious Father appoints our
life work, and If we wish to gain His divine
compensation in the bright, beautiful, glori
Gus hereafter, we must unite our hearts and
souls IN The sincere hope, prayer and effort to
fulfill that mission, be what 1t may. We are
capable Of performing noble deeds, living a
life Of unselfsh usefulness, SO that when the
innumerable cares and sorrows of earthly
life are oyer-when we exchange the
Grown of sorrow" W. have worn so
long for the glorious palm wreath of immor-
tality, our years shall have been made incl
low with the fruitage that will entitle us to
glorious record in the golden book of Abou
Ben Adhem's angel" All the world is a
vast school, in every department of which
to regulate it, and with quiet dignity produce
order cut of the dark chaos that perhaps
heret fore reigned. Let us away to our life
work, then, ere it be too late-so that when
we are summoned to follow the shadowy form
of Azrael across the mystic river of death,
through the sunllt portals of the eternal be-
yond," we will receive a heavenly reward
in the form of welcome applause, ''well
done, thou good and faithful servant" which
will fall upon our ears with rich melody far
''sweeter than the music of the Spheres
and thrill our wearied souls with a heavenly
rapture of delicious, dreamy rest and intox-
icating happiness, like a breath of love from
our angel dead. If you possess an atom of
lnhuence-as you mnSt-over one single
human being: use it to their advantage; be
gentle, firm and loving in your earnest eff
forts, through God mercy, to become an in
strument of utility to them, and heaven will
surely reward you. Even if your life is one
of unmingled sadness, and the melancholy
walls of Infelice are constantly reverberat-
ing in your heart chambers, remember
it Is a lesson we all must learn sooner
or later-that of sorrow-and put away
the thought of your own heart-sadness
and live for others; strive to leave imprinted
on the sands OF time, In ineffaceable char
acters, the beautiful record of noble, useful
life, so that it may be said of you, as Nohl
said Of Mozart! He was man whose mis-
sion in this world seems to have been entirely
fulfilled, to whom it was given to link to-
gether the Godlike with humanity, the NOR
tai with the immortal; a man whose foot
prints not all the Storm of time can ever
etface; a man who, amid all his lofty aims,
esteemed the Hottest of all to be the eleva-
ton OF humanity Alas! there are but few
of US who can eyer merit the tribute paid to
this noble prince of musicians. Our work is
born with US; 1t is unlimited; and we can
accomplish a vast deal Of good In this world
of sin. Let us wrap the snowy mantle of
purity around US, lift our hearts heavenward
with the sincere prayer OF doing some good,
and, even if our holy labor leads US amid the
squalid puriieus OF vice and wretchedness,
We will fully preserve that purity, and even
there reap rich harvest of usefulness. 'fDo
the duty that lleth nearest thy hand" Oh!
my sisters, be careful how you WELD the great
influence God has given you over man!
Think of the great and holy responsibility
resting upon you, and act accordingly, lest In
after years, when you see the sinful, fatal fruits
of your misused influence, your heart will be
fraught with regret and melancholy. In many
instances the weapons of a lover, father,
brother or husbands honor, nobieness and
sobriety are placed in your hands. Oh, be
careful how you use them; you will be held
accountable for their deviation from the
fowery paths of virtue and honesty. | think,
from the bottom of my heart, that if all the
members OF our sex would but faithfully per-
form their molly duties, the pail OF darkness
that has settled upon the liie-horizon OF many
would be lifted, and the glorious sunshine of
morality would shed its radiant beams over
all; that the evils of intemperance would be-
come fewer, and those pandemoniums-sa-
loons-lose half their customers. Oh, my
sisters, do all In your power to win your loved
ones from their fallen state back to nobleness
and purity. Oh, for Gods sale, use your
noblest influence over them. Call forth all |
those endearing arts you know SO well how to |
use; ever manifest a tender consideration for |
their welfare, which should be far dearer |
Z an your own; with atfectionate gentleness