Show domans womans Wora ans Illis mission sion dr stedman pays paya the following eloquent tribute to the lov lowliness liness and power of female piety in his late discourse to the board and members of the syn female collego college at florence alabama 1 I spook not in flattery and have no view to catch applause when I 1 remark that the of woman aro are tender her sympathies far reaching her affections warm and deep and hoc bee disposition kindly amiable gentle lovely and teachable god has constituted her so for wise wise purposes purdon not that she may htide herself upon these things 0 and glory in them but that she may turn them to good account and d exercise them on proper objects to tn her own happiness and abo benefit of orbr others woman is more patient than man more self denying denbin 0 more sensitive more gene gen ious cious more given to hospitality more benevolent mole inclined to faith and confide confidence ilee bore more full of mercy and good works more diu disposed posed to visit the sick to pity the distressed to care for tile indigent to entertain the good and to serve as a ministering angel as a messenger of love lova to the afflicted and dying woman is also a lover of virtue and appreciates the beautiful and is ia candid free open and without disguise and hyp but with all these there natural and attractive gifts and graces eh e is a sinner before him who not upon the outward appearance but upon the heart aud and is inclined to be a lover of pleasure in more ore than a lover of god she is at enmity with hei maker at yari variance ance with his law and with all her amiableness and good heartedness when judged by a bum human an standard stan daid is nevertheless without hope and without god in in the world it is taci eford indispensable to her happiness that she become acquainted with jesus that she welcome him to tier her warmest affection s er at his feet that she list isan n attentive ly to his ansti actions that she rece receive i ive the words frona from his lips with meekness and fear in marys position and conduct all fer females bernales nales have an example that is worthy of all praise and imitation it is is v omans chief ornament as it is her highest honor and reward to be clothed with humility and to be adorned with a meek and quiet spirit which in the sight bight of god is of great price nothing is more unlovely in lovely women thon that amidst liar her amazing p powers OY r e for good she should manifest a kofl worldly adly spirit that she soil and spot her beautiful garment with earthly co contaminating 11 tamina ting that she should be supremely fund of fashion show dress and parade that she should constantly curt curl c urt url the admiration of dying worms like herself and pine away in idl because of a more successful rival for worldly attractions that she should live only to enjoy herself and like the gay cray butterfly spot beoit t away in in amusement aud and folly th thy brief summer dofher of her existence exis without purpose and without end ead and if the mission of woman is accomplished complis hed only beneath the cross then her pin vince is not to deck herself in haste baste with brilliant charms instead of adorning herself by slow de derees degrees k rees with useful graces A vala vain brilliancy a precocious development knowledge badly directed the memory burdened without regard 1 to the intellect gifts of imagination placed in the fiant lank this thia is ia the tinsel of education which is b by no manner mannar or means to be substituted for r the pure pur gold egold of instruction solid b focient fici ent precious in m tho the sight of god and nian man it is for you to say then young friends whether like mary yon will an fn fulfill I 1 fill your mission beneath the cross or whether you will waste your wt anor gies your ta talents lentia your opportunities your blessings and your life in in a career of vanity worldliness and sinful for of god coriat your own immortal souls and betat anity I 1 ali the responsibility of a choice is thrown upon the deci decision gion today to day the saviour calls 0 listen now kozo chease vel |