The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-11-14
CONSIDER THE LILIES.
The New Paths Thit the Unframed Fe
of Women Nav Walk.

The New Paths TIL the Unframed Feet
of Women May Walk.
The wealth of opportunity which this
wonderful nineteenth century is opening Tor
women, the new paths in which her unframed
feet may walk. the novel things to learn. are
together almost beWildeTing. 1t Is well per-
haps for us to remember that good old Latin
motto, - Festina lente,' make haste slowly.
An untried opportunity is not necessarily
good because it is new. A path opening be-
tween velvet lawns aud flowery woods may
lead on through thorny wastes and fatal
precpices. All knowledge is not ''for
profit" The apostle says, prove all things"
do this first, then "hold fast that which.iS
good.''
The truth is that many women, in their
newborn nervous zeal to do, are forgetting
TO grow. Consider the lilies, how they
grow" And then to emphasize the thought
the sweet singer adds They toll not,
neither do they spin" They rest upon the
soft bosom IF our mother earth, refreshed
by the dew. warmed by the sum- and behold
the miracle, Solomon in al his glory is
not arraytd like one of these"
We need to stop our eager pursuit. even of
improvement, occasionally; stop and give
ourselves time To think and ponder on life
and its meaning; to take ourselves outside
of the hustle aud give the soul little leisure.
THE OLD GREEKS,
That princely race, thought out many puz-
zling problems, not by trtiing over the mid
night lamp or calling out "LG, here!" or
"Lo, therel' but by quiet thought and medi-
tation. When they sought mental growth
and imlrovcme t they gathered quietly in
the stately poricoes of marble temples, when
through Doric columns the perfect Parthenon
looked down upon them IN its tranquil
beauty, or they walked with Socrates in
gardens, when through palms they saw the
deep blue sea or sunny mountains, and there,
in sandals and flowing robes, their heaut;-
full figures fit MODELS for the Sculp or's art,
they talked together If lie and Immortality.
The Greeks knew nothing OF this modern,
restless, intellectual life, ami Yet they are
our masters. The wiSe@J OF their phllUSO-
piers might stand abashed before the
''Ologirs" of a modern school girl and Won
der what it all meant. Yet Gallon says that
the average Greek - the average
"tqualed the modern man OF genius. The
Greeks believed that the sweet Influences OF
the divine were ali around; that he had but
to Sit quietly ana they would come to his
soul like DIVES to their resting place, that to
HIM, who lsened quietly. the still, small
voice would speak from tree and flower,
from fountain and armament.
We, too. Sn- uld take time, now and then,
to sit quietly and listen. Many of US are
daily trying 20 do 100 much, 10 do it wisely
or well. A friend who has recently
VISITED HER RELATIVES
In Scotland iur the trSt time SAYS that moth
ing imp essrd her like the leisure and tram
quill lack of hurry among the ladies.
They step out into the garden after
breakfast she says, walk little, gather
few roses, chat with one another, ride or
drive i'll tie fresh morning air, visit some
poor cottager or lay call, and conduct IT
II in such 'restful way" But my friend,
who belongs tO the same class OF well-tO-uo,
leiSurely people, says that she never las a
moment Ia spare, always driven" The very
richness of modern lie is making slaves oil
US. Let Us beware OF being drawn into so
many receptions, teas clubs. missionary
societies ana lectures that We never have
minute" And ii lie has brought toll hard
work OF hand or head, rs it has 10 many, stu
let us Try 10 keep ii little time for quiet e"nl-
munion with nature and our own souls. The
law for every ones growth and develop
ment is written, not in The lectures Of Scien-
lists, LOT i'll tie c. nyersaliOn Of friends, nor
ever i'll The books OF ges, but in he! own
heart.
Ruskin says: "1o read, to think, to love,
TO pray. The worlds prosperity or advrr-
sity dele ends urUn our knowing and teach
ing these things."
To do what we can, without hurry or
hustle, then rest and think little, Is bet
ter way. Consider the lilies how they
grow," and yet ''lhey toll not, neither do
they spin" THE BACHELkTTE.
san FTGncisco, Nor I9, 1850.