The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-07-06
A WoMAN's STANDING IN So
CIETY.

commencement ex~rci-es Of 81. Vincent
School. held a, Smita's hal last FRIDAY
night
Div~r.ity in created things - significant
. of the u, nnipo,-ur., aud evidence ot g"-i-
ne-- al the CS..,or. IN genius, IN character
IN color, IL snap, IN feature, IN prom
in-nce ar in even---, ~ veil ~ IN
nuu,b-r. ". two ~urks IL tipi'- hand
present All -x ,rt r---m.l snc-; = benign and
worthy motive, no doubt, this unsamene---
The hum IN mind lem ,ni. Freedom from
melancholy, ant the heart Of man benz it
ed sui aPls-a>s.i in its longing. for chance.
N.sh~re u ,he braui, OF this utility -o mo-
;.d ~ IN the phv-,c,! order. ar in the mas
ter piece IL creaiion.
In man we behold that IN 'jr.'ic might.
that swes and pIes-eS IN the bold and
pson,inen, sc~ns. III the world; IN wom sn
the delight ani admiration for tine snchsn'-
ing vale. Tn. weii.ur4erei garden IL evil
dent 10 III, ~ they excite thoughts oi DIR
ing anil rough encounter; the other
sooti.. ..n.i reconcile-. History proves thi-
uo painted ell ,r:, nor imasinatioHs play
The thoughts which man and man. char
aclrr inspired have ever been re,Iiz'i an
his career; what we behold IN woman, she
has ever shown To be her true por'rayai--
Though no divine injunction laid every re-
.p.c,ive phase III each ones sphere IN
life. yet the impulse of 'ture, and
prominent adsp,sbiii,y tell. clearly the
path is which MN should walk, and the
pl.cr for which wom an wss destined
Tn. labor tn which Adam Was sentenced,
when il Was pronounced that by the sweat
Of IN. brow, he should earn his bread, sss
no, o,ly the toll of manual labor. What
ever was ditii,:a!t. whether in the scquI-
! siiion ot knowledge ar IN the attaining of
the highest distinctions in battling With
the -;rii. Of an angry world j! 'hi- "a
! to ie mans lot, for - heaven hsd drcresd
I IL. NV d1e> IL mean strictly that woman
! (~hou.L circum-rs nr,- permit would con-
! slider herself forever iree from all the
t.~sring al the cars, Sine ike man - blessed
with rts-onin:: Ppwrr-. aud Ike him "biis-
e I to H.. and improve the talents given
! ;,.r, she too. c,n study AMI seek di.iine-
tion 'sits,iss; -h-, ioo Shen events dem i','il
can an. ...:i,t ~ she IN. done, take her
pIsc. ~ IN. w"ri,'- strife.
Tie .rs'iiu.l- 81 sdmiIing r,n.rs,i"ns
has hie-~-i ile hrT.iue- who threw away
The r,~;rir'',is ni rlr.-, wh'n COd ar
country .-lnu-,. 1t, ,1.. 'ii.i deeds on the
battlefield, a. tine ihroH-, .ni ln the icrum
wI,.c., ma, IA. >-ls!or, e,iual.cd. ~ joan
ii A-c,' ia~.s noI- ut sea wuiu.nssood
wh-u r.vicws,. ~ the -,.ei clad cI,ieitsin
J,ivin. an Eng.ih Henry from the land
81 t.,uuiuI Fftn.r; sni lsahrii,, the
Catholic, 1t the nesi at hes army, luscs
nun. ii her an,,sb.lity that distinguishes
her -u,ur.-, h-r sex.
L. executive qlsii'i.. al Cs';arine
or Mari, Theresa ii>pl,y,-! IN 'he gov
eminent of v,-i, AMI turbulent enpIr.s,
paints IL in bold relief their unsnv w1'asn'y
qualiiie- ii heart mi purity a.. mind. Pint
lo.",.hy and the ex ,ci sciences duh their
/ Inspired ,...lIn->-. s.,~n inf ,m-d with the
or.i-r ." ;se f"uii in the .xpl insrions ri
" i.iIm- u. =; vel aud Mrs Sommrrviile.
| ar = Madam. SGitchen; 80 in -s-ry other
branch 81 learning err gTri- III lie which
Woman iia. grscri, -h. retains all admir-
able qualities. While, GDi h,~ given her.
Ept pray, where i, woman's grace. and
wo'aan's seHius i--st display them selves,
worlds h-roines. are not always present;
neither are the IeS-arching minis III -
he Siael or n S"mh,erville common to
all m,a.ind. Won an rer sinly has her
s,,here ani her destiny rrvoives in that
sphere n sure ~ lire earii, Tevuivrs rround
Ine sun.
Tire sncients gave her \ position, bu. il
was . s.e.r AIDED one, and he. finest a,iri-
'nr,- remained unisv-ioped or we're
smoi heIsi. They made hes subject sni in
.erior in all things aud 40 nave savage AMI
UncIvil'.si nations ever done.
1t r'Y-.ir.i the light OF christianity To
marx woiusus po~ition and Il aw forth her
"iarI-. With ,hsi light dswrsd the b~an-
Iio.i- WAYS. wI,Ici, were doub resrlend ant
with the divine truth. that all men were
born, ,gusl in tine sense that whether =
daughter of Que ar q child destined To sui
fer the zen attic. incurred by the fall Of
oar first father, M diversity coming from
nature should Ihake one the slave and the
other the master.
Woman then was To stand on the same
level ~ mrn, unsullied by nature or taste
for the avocsiiOn and designs in which
he is immersed. but ~ he is superior in
h;- WAYS. 50 she has her sphere and IN il
as- no equal.
Where o,,e most readily and be-, svinces
IN aptitude. To that Of all things else, IL
one most suited.
The gentle aud sympathetic promp;inss Of
woman'- heart iini fuiii:lmeni in soothing
the rugxeine-s Of life, IN Frightening the
darkness Of despair, in raising the de-
spondeni, in comforting ;he uni rtuna,e, in
s--uaging sorrow and pain. The holie>t
memories which cling sround the heart 81
mar, are kird encouragement, and cheer;
the ready sympathy and disinierssted lore
al = mother ar q sister. or perhaps = loving
wife OF . dear daughter on some distant
shore, repo-ing in life's last resting place.
Aliiionsh thus assisting. her duties are ~
holy, her position ~ high anil her qualities
more r~-piendent, thau other Cares aud |
other eads occupying their time in the FAM
iIy circle. or where pain or sickness or de-
spond~ncy call. fer womsn's geplleness.
40, woman in our hours of ease.
Uncertain. Gov and hard tn please;
But when an .c,ion wring- he brow,