The record-union., 1892-10-10

DAN e'o hO". 11llcy WOlllCh, Oy %
look TO You for that elevation, purity, re-
hnement which they expect to see in
society. Here men are very much what
you make them. Set the standard, and
they are bound to bow to it. Here you
ralse up or you cast down. Monopoly
holds the throttle of power in many parts
of our Nation; you hold it over all society.
III is yours to put into society the leaVen
OF purity, refinement, morality, religion
or corruption, degradation, vice and sin.
i 1ou may bring showers Of richest bles
sing or bltterest curSing. 1t is a wonder
iul lnHuerce you carry.
how strange it is then that SO little at
tention has been given in the past to the
girls, that they might be properly cared
Ior and the help of their powerful in
nuence might be given entirely for what
is pure and good. They have been
rather let alone. to grow up as they
might, while boys have been provided
Tor In many ways.
We like the societies that are helpful to
women. They have not hitherto been
successful In organizing themselves.
More OF 1t IS seen now than ever before.
We live III d day of organization. 1t is
claimed to be necessary for strength and
protection. And still we can see women and
girls alone In the world, out on the broad
and rough sea of struggle and rivalry,
ana deception and fraud, and awful
temptation, with little or no protection.
she Is often at the mercy OF men who
know nothing at all OF the meaning of
that Heaven born word. No protection
for her Society is dependent upon her;
II Is what she makes it, and yet she is Oft
tunes III no condition to help society.
Slavery abolished from the land? There
Is still plenty it, the likes OF which was
never known in those beclouded days.
when the earth opened to receive the
hlnn6 Of ft-,y,, in
How foolish! We cry protection tor
nome industries, protection for our labor
ers the mem, protection for the sheep
that roam the hills, and yet we look on
complacently at the free trade in that
winch Is more precious to a woman than
the ruby drops that surround her heart.
On, for the gallant days of chivalry and
true knlghthoodi Woman needs pro-
lection more than our Industries need it.
You say, she can take care of herself"
so could the slave in rebellion days, but
not well SO long as the chain hung to his
heel and the whip cracked over his head
and the auctioneer cried him off at the
block. He needed that proclamation to
help him take care of himself In GER
tain Eastern church woman tainted
during services, and was delirious for
some time after she began to revive,
and cried out: Eight cents! eight cents
Oh, l wish l could finish it. am so
tired. light cents! Eight centsr' She
was taken to hospital, and the doctor
said she only needed something to eat.
1t was learned that she was making gar
ments at eight cents apiece, and to do her
best could only make three day. Twen-
ty-four cents for hard days work Was
ever the condition Of an African slave
worse than that? How could she lead a
virtuous life and live? This is not an
isolated case: There are entirely too
many of Gods noble women in Just as
bad condition-entirely too many. They
need protection that society may get the
influence which they might be able to
give il.
AS this service is especially for young
women, we shall close with a few re-
marks on our ideal young woman. She
remains girl as long as she can be, and
when she passes to the hight of woman
hood she becomes strong but is not
coarse and mannish, always chaste and
refined. she is a womanly woman, al
ways proud to be a woman, and makes
others proud in seeing her woman. She
is ever sincere, frank, wears no mask
there is no humbug about her. She loves
the truth and truthfulnesS. and diSdains
every appearance of falsehood She is
brave but not "bold,o virtuous. conse-
Grated and patient.
She is full of the finest feelings, and her
soul naturally turns to the elegant and
beautiful IN nature, but rests not till it
drinks in the spiritual splendors of God.
She recoils from unbridled gush and law
less sentiment, but fairly runs in ways of
charity. The cup Of cold water it is her
delight to give. She has tears for the suf-
ferlng and very kind hand for those
in need. She has beauty, but it is
not vain. 1t could not be spoiled by flat
terry; it does not worship at a mirrored
shrine. Many of our handsome girls are
spoiled in this way. Someone says: "We
need to appoint frequent days of prayer
for two classes of heather in our midst.
They are the rich men and the pretty
women. They have mighty temptations
and often deserve more of pity than of
envy"
We have no harsh words against dress.
God made pretty forms and he made
pretty things to clothe them. Look into
nature and you'll see beauty everywhere
God himself wants appreciation, and
when we admire what he has made we
admire him. We have right to wish
appreciation, so has our ideal girl, but
this is not the chief end. Her charm lies
not in the garments she wears. Her
charm-power is from within.
She loves to work, despises the idea
that her fitness is only as some wax form
for glass case and to be looked at and
admired. Her true worth and merit have
has care for everybody. She will
not be coddled as if helpless,
and is always brave enough to do the
right, no matter what others may do, She
is thoroughly loyal, keeps the confidence
of every friend, and is true to any one
who trusts her. All! the fortunate man
who one day weds her will find in her
true wife; one who keeps her life all sun
shine in believing that God sent her the
best, TRUST, nobleSt man on earth. And
he will become strong, because her faith
in him will make him strong.
Corner stones polished after the simil-
itude of a palace" The pure in heart
shall see God. Our ideal is pure in heart.
The racy pun and double-meaning lest
are quickly hushed in her presence. She
surrounds herself with purity as with a
garment, and "a glance of her sincere
eye would be to the lnsinuating rake like
a section of the day of Judgment" Truth,
principle control her conduct. and the
deep under-current of her being is piety
and religion. She could not live and not
be religious. She was made for religion
and religion for her. 1t is not parading
at all She simply accepts her Savior as
her life. She knows that the most beam
tifui garment she can wear is imported
from heaven, and she adorns herself in
the garments of salvation.
And men admire her most in these
garments-even the toughest of them,
those who live on husks and feed among
swine, even those, we say, will choose for
their wives our ideal girls who are
strengthened and transfigured by the
'chief among ten thousand and the one
altogether lovely"
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