The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1894-12-18
FOR GIRLS ONLY.

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ten more than twenty years ago, is ms
useful today as it was then. We do
hope that all that read this will care.
fully study it over until its precepts
become part and portion of their in
ward selves.
Questions have arisen respecting
the education of women which have
greatly troubled simple minds and ex-
cited restless ones. am some times
asked my thoughts ON this matter,
and l suppose that some girl reader,
may desire to he told summarily what
would have them do and desire in
the present state of things. This,
then, Is what | would say to any girl
who had confidence enough in me to
believe what | told her, or do what |
asked her.
First, he quite sure Of one thing,
tGat, however much you NAV know,
and whatever advantages You may
possess, and however good YOU may
he, You have not been singled out, bv
the God who made you, from all the
other girls in the world, to lie espe.
cia!iy Informed respecting His own
nature and character You haven't
been borne in luminous point upon
the surface of the globe, when per-
feet theology might he expoundcd to
YOU from your youth up, and where
everything you were taught would be
true, and everything that was enfnrc-
ed upon you, right. OF all the imso
lcnt, all the foolish persuasions that
10y any chance could enter and hold
your empty little heart, this is TIE
proUdest and foolishest, that you
have been So mach the darling of the
heavens, and the favumie Of the
I fates, as to be born right in the very
nick of time; and in The punctsal
place; when and where pure Divine
( truth had been silted from the errors
of the Nations; and that your papa
had been providentially disposed to
( buy house in the convenient neigh
bnrh"od of the steenle under which
that Immaculate and final verify
would he beautifully proclaimed. Do
not think it, child; it is not so. This.
ON the contrary, is the fact. unplcas-
ant yon may think it; pleasant, it
seems to mc,-that you, with all your
pretty dresses, and dainty looks, and
kindly thoughts, and sanity aSpira-
tons, are not one whit more thought
of or loved by the great Maker and
Master than any poor little red ,
black, or blue savage, running Wild
IN the pestilent woods, or naked ON
the hot sands of the earth, and that.
of the two, yon probably know less
about God than She does; the only
difference being that she thinks littlc
of Him that is right, and you, much
that is wrong.
"The second thing which You may
make sure of is, that however good
You may be, You have faults; that
however dull you may he, you can
find cut what some of them are, and
that however slight they may be. YOU
had better make some-not too pain
full, but patient effort to get quit of
them. And so far It's you have conf
deuce in me at all, trust me for this,
that how many soever you may find
or fancy your faults to he, there are
only two that are of real consequence.
-idleness and cruelty. Perhaps Won
may be proud. Well, we can get
much good out of pride, if only it be
not religious. Perhaps YOU may be
vain, it is highly probable, ana very
pleasant for the people WHO like to
praise you. Perhaps YOU are a little
envious; that is really very shocking.
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