Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-07-31
TORY. THURSDAY. JULY II. 1884.
WOMAN As 4 HELPllH1f
"A perfect woman nobly planned
To warn, to comfort aud command.

perfect woman nObly planned
To warn, to comfort aud command"
The high vocation Of women - mon.
itors of the family circle seems never 70
have received the serious consideration Il
deserves. Advice SO commonly given 70
women in regard to the physical comfort
Of their households is, for the msst part,
unnecessary. A true womanly inatinct
prevents the majority from neglccting the
minor matters. 1t is then higher duties
which they SO often fail to appreciate and
for which they are commonly To- lily
prepared. "To warm to kesp bright
the moral arinor Of husband, son, father
or brother, is work worthy Of tho no
blest women. 1t is work the influence
Of which is wide and ever increasing, and
which is seen in its fullness when some
great social reform is accomplished. And
this grand work is the special duty and
privilege Of women whose Interests are
confined chiefly to their own homes.
Working women, so called, like all other
bread-winners, are compelled to think
much about sordid things and are them.
selves constantly exposed to multifarious
and subtitle temptations. The fact that
frequent contact with evil tends to blunt
human sensibilities makes strong coun-
teracting influence necessity. This can
only be provided in the pure and noble
atmosphere of = true home. So true .
statement would hardly bear repeating,
were there not 80 many family circles in
which the moral influence is by no means
the strongest. Few women doubt their
capacity for home-making and home+kcep.
ing They learn how to sew and to cook.
They prepare themselves carefully fos
teaching and other occupations, and they
seek to become accomplished, cultivated
and refined, that they may shine 10 society.
But God and nature seem to be expected
to prepare woman, without her knowl.
edge or interference, for the most import.
ant duties of home life. The truth IL,
this field Of labor, more than all others,
requires skillfully trained iabors To
really succeed here woman must know
how to observe, to consider, and 70 act.
They must not only have their own NOR
al. sense thoroughly aroused, but must
keep in constant cultivation. And If they
are in the highest sense progress i've, II
they seek an Unreasonable assistance Of
intellectual culture aud refinement, they
must lead the van of reform movements
without stepping from the modest retire.
ment of their own homes. 1t is their
separation, in sense form the world that
gives to domestic women . peculiarly
favorable opportunity for moral culture.
They alone, as personally disinterested
observers, are able to weigh the worlds
many temr atoms, and note the terrible
results Of its small and great innoralities.
They alone, comparatively free from The
birding influence of tis glitter and ialse
colors of evil, can, if properly cnlighten.
ed, look upon sin with the horror il
merits.
Such women never connive at, OF con-
done, wrong, though the guilty person
be their dearest friend. For loves own
sake they are unsparing in their condem-
nation of all immoral doings, and shrink
almost with terror from the blood guilt
ness found in the pseudo charity which
makes too light of sin because Of NOR.
bidly sentimental feeling for the sinner.
Moreover, 1t is morally enlightened wo-
men who the most readily and anxiously
seek to life up the fallen and whose sym
pathy and mercy are most unsel6shly
offered.
Strong moral support is an absolute
necessity for the success Of any good
cause. Every man with an earnest pur-
pose can look almost with certainty for
the attainment of his object if be has
some one to hold up his hands. So fully
is this realized that no one is surprised to
hear how this or that great reformer re.
former received his strongest inspiration
from good wife or mother, Of whom the
world knows nothing further.
Indeed, there seems to be no reasonable
doubt about the greater part Of the puri'
tying influences exerted upon the world
springs from comparatively obscure wives,
mothers and sisters who have learned the
noble duties of their positions. And
their vocation cannot be too highly ex'
alted, j. demands the exercise Of heart
and brain, 1t asks for the highest qualities
a woman can possess, but success in it
means the greatest reward obtainable-a
pure home, world made better, power
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