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Show A II3ST5RTATtO"S ON tV.OM" DUTY, ' j . Vehear a great deal Said in tbef.edaya; about the sphere of wonriti, nud notnu-freqtic'iitly notnu-freqtic'iitly sorue wottld-hvlse -thec-rist tells cs that woman was ifpvcr jutcnderl byOorl'or nature for nn ortt'dbof HIV. Her sphere Is ht tne ifotuqi uu l so forth,' to tlie end of all thafchaplcr of senti-mentutity. senti-mentutity. v4, wo hftvc trot theleast wish Jo ifikb ' Wnjtwt,' tls'iintg . fc-dsr l.rthdi 1 bcutjfidValt!ti6ui6f lintluqity, that sltbnldi : exist w thin its borders. But we do wU'i' to look ul thls umttcr without having the distorting iwchs of coiivciltioiiuHsiii hanging between us Sud tho truth.. Home; is tliff appropriate sphcro of Woman, httt; do not the garden, the barirynrd, the licld, the fotcel, the bill&te, sll twlqng io; the hqmii? If vo bunt for testintony os' to what God mid natnrq- httended, We' thrukwe shail tind it oil on tho side of. out-door emjiloymenta fortwotueni God put tbe first worhatf into a garden asu licipaiate for tain: of nnrse,:as his work was amoug the plants of that beautiful beauti-ful aud happy, ljden,- It wa' IZrtfA bnsl ness to help him. We do not find one word upon record of her being rfint indoors in-doors with nu nirtigbt- stove nnd listed windows, .Sarfd seems to hit vc 'made long journeys and pilgrimages with her lord in lite open air.aftdllcbecca i tutrodriced to ns drawing .water at tho Well, nnd glv- I ing drink not only to the servants r ! Abraham, but to his camels also. Kuchd kept her father sheep, und Itulh, the j beautiful uud faithful, gloried iu the, I fields. ! 1 Solomou t.'iid or the virtuous woman: t ' Her price is above rubier j ! She seckcth wool and flax and, workcth 1 i iriijiwitli Iter hands, Sim "is like the merchant's ship: she ' bringtiili her food from afar, i She rise lb also while It fs yet night nnd Igvvtth meat to her, household, uud a por ' tion to her maidens. She coiisldcreth a field and bnycth It,; 1 and with the frutt of her ofu hauds she 1 plwiteth a vineyard, She Rtrdcth tier loins with strength au'd 1 strcngthencth her arms. j Wc Hill not, conlnmn the quotations, 1 but refer our readers to tho lust chattier of Proverbs, aud particttVubjtQ the lastj verse. ' , Through. all history we find wonicn ofj all tiattOiw engaged, in part, (a ogricu!' lure. - I The. Spartan mothers tilled tho soil , while the lathers won the honors ou the 1 baltle-fichl. In England and Franco, whero there. Is said to bo the highest culture aud rGuc- mt-nt, there Is fur more attention paid to' out-door labor by wqmcn thau in thtr United States. ' Oue fact Is everywhere patent, that1 where women do live iu tho open airJ cither to perform labor, Or enjoy sport, . there Is a hardier race of both men and' women, thau whero they conflno themselves them-selves to. the house, No woman need desert one necessary home care, by mingliug horticulture, or agriculture with )twc daily labors. Drop off the unnecessary In-door Work, and use ' the time-Ainu gained for the oat-door dnty t It will soon gtve so much addlUonal health I and vigor, that evtn the In-door toil will seem much less. Feeble and delicate persons per-sons must of courser make small efforts In the beginning, that the end may be nn entire success; Calif ornin Famx. |
