Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-25

written nv Mrs. J. E. Tuell Of this city
and read by her before recent union
w. G. T. u. meeting.
one great German Philosopher said
"Among the thinking few, how many
never think, who think they DO" Also
how few think justly of the thinking
few | overheard one of the most
nlcas:pg. young theolOgians say. "All
we need is to get men to think. They
won't allow themselves TO think; If
thty begin to think, and see themselves
as they are, it makes them uncoln-
Portable and they vanish their
thoughts" Ruskin has said I'VE
ought to write down what we are. or
what we think we are, after We have
summed ourselves up-if we dare not.
LET'S see why we dare not.
Now WGuld il not De well for each Of
ue 10 sit down quietly and alone.
;,prhaps in the hush Of the evening.
after the good night" has been said,
and sincerely look within ana analyse
me woman within the woman, our real
self soc truly what is our chief
motive i'm life, self-glnry. or Gods
eIo,"y2 Is il to be good to be helpful:
manhood, TO faith in God and
hunaEitY?
'"TFe mind " said Ruskin. "is far less
pleasing thing to look at than the face.
and for that very reason. il needs more
looking At" Solomon said, keep thy
heart with all diligence. for out Of il,
are the issues Of life" Jesus, the most
aublime teacher ever among men. said
"If any man hath ears to hear, let him
herr" then Went on to say, that
which cnmcth out Of the man defilcth
the man. For, from within, out of the
neart Of men proceed evil thoughts,
and evil eye, pride, fooliShness," etc,
etc. Gcd has endowed us with a
sublime endowment. The truth and
Sienilcanct are just flooding in upon
me- / trust this article will lead us to
de. per thought on Woman'S mission
here on earth-especially the younger
woman My life is over half gone
Oh. that ! had years! years ahead Of
me III which to grow noble! | trust
yol have. ! want you to go on, after
| have been laid away in the silence
ana DO the work | long to live and do.
Every woman may be beautiful If
she Will-not every woman may be
beautiful in form; not blessed with
classic features; not fair in complexion;
not all may be blessed with the
privilege of the higher education: not
all are able to dress in purple and fine
linen: not all are able to have a per-
feet blending even in plain inexpensive
clothes. because some can not afford to
cast aside good article of clothing,
because the needed new article can't be
found that will blend with the one in
question. None of these things are
abs olutelv necessary to make woman
beautiful: then wha, will make her
beautiful without these dainty acceS-
series, which every refined woman
lccitimatcly desires.-even if she can't
have them?
I will tell you what you already
know. just To bring afreSh the truth
sometimes overlooked and forgotten:
beautiful woman, rich with pos
3ibili,ies for God and humanity. is one
who by constant thought and effor;
becomes the nersonificatiOn of
sympathy and tenderness; though rich
IN earthly wealth and grandure. she by
a soul so full of humbleneas and love
can lot beam from the windows of her
soul pure clear holy light, such rs
shall cause the aged to say in the
depth of their soul, God bless her."
the young will say. 81 love to meet
her"
The children will smile and look up
into her face for CHEEKY greeting. aS
for Il blessing unrcaliZed but, never
theless, real Can't you now realise the
aeEse of the Bible wOrds,-Jesus'
words. 'Out of the heart. proceed evil
thoughts and evil eye" Oh yes: or
tender true pure eye rejecting pure
soul to the eager throng. AS woman
thinkcth in her heart. so iS she. The
thoughts are indelihly stamped on her
face. She is either to her father
brother, husband, son. lover or gentle
man friend, a guardian of truth to lift
his soul by the grace of God heaven
ward. or she is of the earth, earthly TO
fastcn his soul to earth. Drummond
has said. "that which l love in my
friend is not that which l see. That
which influences me in my friend is not
his body, but his spirit"
Shakespeare has said, "tO thine own
self be true. and it must follow as the
IllSHt lilt tsty, tlltu tstHSl Hol tIVii Nv
false to any man."
| once knew an ideal young man who
said. the friendship of two pure sweet
girls had held him back from wrong
many times. In the hour Of weakness
ana temptation, the thought would
come TO him, eff | should stoop to
mcanncSs, to bascneSs. | could never
enter their pure presence again. This
is tn" point | long to make; under God,
women can fashion men into noblencSs
itself. Let's place our standard high.
BE always aiming to be truer than the
day before. 1t is uphill work: | know
that. from experience; but | have
reached the place where | can say.
there is nothing on earth so bcauti-
fully fascinating as the fight down deep
in my soul. to be an overcomer, to be
noble.
will tell you what sickened me OF
mySelf.-to such a degree, l felt to cry
out, ''Oh. that n woman might arise in
mo. that the woman | am may cease
to be-" This is how it came about;