The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-05-10
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yeaIS.zEAnd yet how many young WOMEN
inssociety to-day never thinks Of such a
thing as mental culture.
You will allow us hereto give a de-
scription of a young lady who lives in the
State of New Jersey, whose thoughts all
RIM to dress And since she lives 500
miles away from here, we may speak
freely concerning her. Her delight is in
the study of ruffies and ribbons and in
the new fashions doth she mediate day
and night. In her early childhood days
she went to Sunday School, before the
| church had outgroWn the catechiSm, and
there she studied her catechism by which
she was taught that God made her. But
as she has grown to WOmanhoOd she has
1 concluded that her catechism was wrong,
! that though God may have made the first
woman, He doesn't make women any lon
ger. but has let out the contract, and has
delivered the work over altogether in the
hands of the milliners and the dress
makers. We say her thoughts all run to
dress. and some good friend passes by and
cries CA penny for your thoughts" And
| the bargain is closed, the cash is paid, and
the thoughts are delivered, and her friend
goes away grieved, having been complete
" swindIed out of one whole penny. We
would be far from teaching that it is any
special sin to pay certain proper amount
of attention to dress. But if in all your
travels you.should ever go to the State of
New Jersey, and should chance to meet
this young lady of whom we have spoken,
whose thoughts all run to dress, tell her,
| o tell her in the name of all that is good
and great, that she will never be the
coming woman unless she is willing to
give a stray thought now and then to
something more solid.
These are the days of books, the days of
education, the days of high schools and of
female colleges. No longer does the
/ Io n1,1on fiTofr Of JtS
Young women is a waste oflmOney and a
waste of time. Long ago Christianity
dispelled the darkness that shrouded the
world, and kept woman in the back
ground, as though her mind were never
made for books, and as though there
were no room for her in the schools. In
our day the schools, libraries, reading
rooms, and all the avenues of education
and thought throw open their doors to
the Young women of the land. inviting
their best endeavors, while from every
side rings out the eXhortation "Covet
earnestly the best gifts"
High accomplishments such as music,
painting, and conversation, bring only so
MANY added charms to the woman'S ma
ture. And yet we cannot help recogniz-
ing that great many of the highest ac-
complishmentS of early WomanhOod are
dropped as soon as married life comes
on Many sweet singing bird, flying in
the open air, attracts the attention of
men, more than all else by its singing
qualities; butno sooner is 1T captured and
Gagged than it ceases to sing forever, and
it's possessors are disappointed. Young
men sometimes stand at the piano, while
fair hands move gracefully over its keys
bringing forth music as grand as the roar
ing of Niagara. And the young man be
gins to think How dearly would love
to live all my lifetime close to the Fallsp'
I 4 b 4lnC
SOundings of Niagara every day In my
own homew But no sooner has the min
lister pronounced the words "FOr better
for worse, for richer, for poorer" than
Niagara ceases to sound and is never
heard from afterwards. And that diSap-
pointed man who thought he was going
to live close to the Falls all his life long
goes home night after night only to see
an old neglected piano, out of tune, never
used, standing there as if only to remind
him of the rOarings of Niagara that came
forth from it's keys in its. musical days
Full many romantic young man has
sought to win the fair hand he CHANGED
to see one day brushing into being q
mountain scene upon the canvas. "AhI
he thought "HoW grand it would be to
live all my lifetime right in sight of the
/ Alps, and the White Mountains, and all
the rich scenery of the worldI' And
when the minister pronounced the words
"For better, for worse, for richer, for
poorer" they took their little stock of
mountain scenes to their new home, and
congratulated themselves that they had
such good start. And the young man
thought that with such a good start as
this he would soon see all the mountains
of the world But would you believe it,
that from that day to this, he has never
seen one new snow covered mountain
peak!
~ 70 tho
of our congregation, whatever true ac-
complshments you have succeeded in at
tanning, hold fast to them, for they will
only bring so many added charms to your
womanhood. Every genuine accom-
plishment is too valuable to be thrown
away. There will be place for it, and a
work for it in the future. There will be
important places in coming years for ac-
j complished women to fill. Accomplish
ments such as these are not strictly neces-
sary for the woman of the future, for
many one will shine in society with a
grand womanhood, who has had no OPP
portunity in these special directions. But
attainments such as. these will never be
in the way, while they will only give an
added charm to womanhood. But reach
ing up beyond the region of mere accom-.
plishments into the higher fields of educa-
ton and thought, the future calls loudly
TOR women who read, women who think
women whose minds are carefully cultur-
ed for the good of the world and the glory
of God. 1t has been we'll said that when
God first created woman, he did not take
her from the mans head as though to be
his superior, nor did he take her from the
lower part of his person as though to be
his inferior, but he made the woman
from one of his ribs, as though to walk
by his side and be his equal
Then heart culture comes in and claims
it's place, as an important feature OF the
coming woman. This is, after all, Wo-
love. 1t is upon the true woman's love
that society rests. This is her kingdom
where she sways her sceptre, holding the
world, and almost ruling the world, by
the power of her affections. Neither is
it any slight upon the glory of woman
hood to say that her main power is he1
power to love- Some of the would-be
strong-minded women of the world
whose main fear seems to be lest theiI
brothers may be accounted as their supe-
riors in intellect, in their efforts to hold
themselves up as the illustrious examples
of intellectual women, speak of it as Lit.
tie thing to say to wOman's credit that
God has endowed her with great love
power. But in point of fact, this is hel
crowning glory, and she will fail to make
the most of her womanhoOd, unless she
seeks to develop her heart power that she
may thus rule the world by the power of
her affections. Is it slight upon wo-
manhood to say that her chief crown OF
glory must be placed upon her affections
Does not Revelation say this much con-
cerning God himself? We read that he
is all-wise, and yet the Bible tells us ten
fold more about his love than about his
wisdom. Love has always been the great
est power of the world-the greatest lev
er by which to move the world, and wo-
manhood could hardly have asked for a
better earthly sceptre than this. The fu-
ture calls loudly for women of true hearts.
who along with the attainment of mind