Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-16

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Religion.
EDIToRs APPEAL-In a recent issue Of
your excellent paper we find, among other
interesting subjects, a beautiful tribute paid
20 woman, from which we extract the fol
loving: How many of the worlds grand
cs. sp0chs nave had woman for their origin
atars? How many of earth's grandest gem
.Caes have owed to woman, their mothers,
the t8lsns that made them little lower than
to rDp = They may have given them
selves aa rt deemers of men, amid treacbery
aud wroug-they have done it-yet men
have not trusted them-do not trust them. "
Ia this world human nature delights In be-
ing trusted and nothing is such a safeguard
Of lie Elections as d strong, unalterable
trust. How many hearts have been broken,
how many bords of love sundered, in married
and single lite, by want OF faith and trust?
! Too often /, woman's faithful heart driven
/ back Uy uila VINO first summoned 1t, by neg
i4ct and indifference and to hide his own
tr7r gressIous, at which he is an adept, he
iahe!, her as heartiess and ungrateful, and
calls has GOODNESS or cruelty, his own actions,
ner inconsistency. That she can be as lncon-
slant rs he the gods be thanked; but she IS
absolute fidelity com pared 20 man, and were
she 3 hundred times more tickle than she Is
be might sui honor her as his infinite supe-
riOr. She Is upgratciu!, because she can dis
cover IN him extraordinary lapses from grace
and yalty-u.scOvers the shallow poverty OF
his nature. aud declines to surrender for life
much for ljtue-agreat deal for nothing. All
honor to uer for such ingratitude As the ef-
feet generally follows the cause, the question
naturally arises: Why Is woman not trusted
by her ruder brother and companlOnsp We
are not prepared TO fully answer the question,
but We think that the present system Of edu-
cation, particularly the home education which
young girls receive, Is not calculated to IN
splre trust IN the mind of man. Take the
| "Su0ddy" family, TOR instance, and this class
OF people you viii hud everywhere, they have
sprung up like mushrooms on the soil, and
are row II the maJOrity-ignorant par
venues, suddenly enriched, whose blarIng
| notions as to how their daughters can be
done up into fine ladies' are as absurd as
| they are ridiculous. Their ideas Of Gladly
are that she must be n useless person, idle
all toe time, incapable of work or have with
| in her the material OF a working woman
| 1--WE have great respect for complete igno-
rance on some subjects, particularly In the
mattel referred to.) Hence they instill into
| their minds that their chief ann in life must
| be to secure Z rich husband; rich-uot in
| morals, honesty and sobrlGty, oh, no-that
| point If questioned might involve some IN
pleasantness-but rich in this worlds goods;
must be able to support style, no matter
at whose expense. And, in order to secure
this, bliss Shoddy must be sent to 8 fashion
| able school, must be trained to play on the
| piano and sing, TO draw (badiy) and paint
| (worsel, and must have string of premiums
! for success 10 studies Of physical science, and
FIRST prizes" IN geology, etymology, conch-
| OiogY, mIneralOEy, gasOlogy, mythology,
| demonology, and all the other "ologies, -
| which are entirely useless TO her, because an
examination would prove that she has learned
nothing correctly about them; but then she
can go into society" aud Mrs. Shoddy is sat-
isted. Ii we live in an age OF material progress
and advancement, ana an intellectual age, we
have also the misfortune to live IN a most
unhappy age, where the atmosphere Is faint
ed with the basest and most destructive Of
evils. It does not appear that vice recedes
IN proportion az pubic education advances.
Statistics would 90 far to prove the contrary
| fact. The men In high places who have dis
graced the nation, plundered the people,
sacrificed principle, were all educated men.
| The disseminatOrs Of perniclous doctrines,
destructive to religion, morals aad society,"
| were educated men and women; aud edu-
Gated men and women have stood in the
! front ranks of those whose deeds were the
| BLACKLIST, the most fearful and the most APP
| palliDg, which proves that if the ignorant
man commits crimes the educated MAJ does
likewise, but with this difference, that the
crimes of tie educated man are planned and
executed with more Judgment, and upon a
| scale more appalling, than those conceived
by the unlGttered man. And this also proves
the fact that it Is dangerous to educate the
head unless the heart is trained to virtue,
for it is the baseness Of the heart that causes
man to do wrong; therefore, an education
which improves only the mind, to the neg
lect of the moral and religious training, is at
best an imperfect system. According to
Webster's definition, to educate SIS to instlll
into the mind principles of art, science,
morals, and behavior 80 educate" he
says, Gin the arts is important; IL religion,
Indispensable" The tendency of ''the age, "
however, Is to ignore revelation and accept
so-called liberalism, which teaches
that IN the present era all things
must conform to fashionable society;
that to doubt Is popular, and unbelief
receives the principal matter with which she
seems cOnversant, on the subject of dress, par
ties, balls, beauX and the latest conquest and
Irritation, or worse still, the latest scandal.
All this might do very well if there were no
better or higher avocatIons IN life. If many
OF earth's graudest geniuses have owed to
wOmen-their motbers-the talent that made
them little lower than the angels, is il not
to be regretted that so little Of it exists in the
present age? The state of society to. day and
the evils that threaten US On every side comes
from some imperfect organization, or from
the evils that operate on our youth. And 1t
must be a source OF humiliation to the think
ing patriot as he chances over America s I'M
peral soil and finds no Jefferson, Clay or Cal
hOun-no name standing forth as an acknowl.
edged leader IN the science of government.
1t would indeed seem as If the race of great
men were well nigh extinct. 1t is a popular
belief that the occasion will change and pro-
duce the man required, but the events of the
past few years proves the error of the as
sumption. That there are influences at work
In our political and social systems which if
not corrected Will sooner or later destroy this
great government, even if that destruction
comes not from God, as it did on the nations
Of old, must be apparent to all. Crimes are
every day coming to light which are a dis
grace to our b1Gsted clvilizatiOn-bauk rob-
berries, grave roGberies, gambling, drinking,
corruption Ia office, planning and plotting
for nigh positions, big pay and little work.
InhdelIty, Atheism, socialism, commun-
ISM, IS found all over the nation,
Is essential to a1Stocratic society, and so the
young men and women OF to-day laugh and
scott at religion and the immortality of the
soul. Now, # religion Is a sham and
christianity a myth, what will the disciples
OF Huxley and Tyndall give US as a substi
tute? They must admit that christianity
has done good N the world, but we fail to
see where their doctrines have improved
society in the least degree. The very key
stone Of society, and upon which all society is
based-the sanctity of the marriage tle-is
now no longer regarded as a sacrament, but
reduced to Z mere civil contract, which can
be dissolved at the pleasure or caprice of the
contracting parties. That sacrament insti-
tuted 10y our Lord himself, who expressly
forbids man to interfere in It's bands in the
words, Those whom God has Joined to-
gether let no man put asunder," Is made
dependent on the will of human Legislators,
who are liable to be swsyed by the worst
passions OF corrupt human nature. And the
divorce court is the natural consequence Of
the Introduction Of this so-called civil con-
tract, and under ITS system the very springs
Of Individual, domestic aud civil life are be-
ing daily poisoned and society left in de-
graded condition. To overdraw the picture
would be impossible. EREMOs.
LoRETTo, Va, February %, 1879
The Stage Defended.
Harry Meredith, q well-known actor, de-
livered lecture IN defense of the stage In
Philade phia last Sunday evening, being in
troduced by Mr.. John w. Forney. He gave
tl,a f,ifor-fuo aduica ta tha CLERGY. Il have