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{fonmnnications. For the Lutheran Vidfol position, u Taught in qucuce of Min, and in which I ticipated to quite* as targe mm bicli be retched i what superior logic have ?l»«F ,,ents offered in support of They iomlly a*|J|of woman’s mental im h inwpective of the disabili jtoation imposes. . She has hot las tried, nor her circumsta Mil, and yet they persist in laSaffber incompeteucy. What i does she give of it 1 To assertion, they produce J of Sbakspeare, Milton, kliewtou, etc., and say that I ^jhrements have been greatly in Mtr to those of man—-names that ;jittFas greatly above the majority 4 asakind as they do abort those rfftnaukiud. Might not the uaaies ofiterge number of womeu also be pniisccd who have shown them ttmhr superior to the majority of oaf Compare her with the ofdi- ury run of mankind, and does the at appear to an good au adrao chap. m. g§j| nia draw the interenoe ?Auwe entitled to all the dltPRi'l . jjt of suffrage ^ Mr. Ellison. 10 not claim the right to woman, because we b$ve that her snbjectk * by God, precl that her dial isqnalify her But let us look a I the matter of woman say that its ad it arguments to en y. c)wt n», but make asset " m unable to prove, and " thMnwafc** *>y «*■ i of (he supposed *nd that this fact a deficient in those sie so necessary to ext 15»they daiJb J a,Hl tbHt ii^iftcpouse then cans*' »'■**« ■id assertions, and to par extent an woman, and for wb bin due abare of punishment; *1 though the Creator aaw tt to make it of a different nature from that inflicted npon her. 44 We, therefore, accept tbla alia atiou ami all its couatHiaaMaa. be- of tie 44 it certainly does be stepping oat of mob God designed they should act, nd a violation of 81 l* cause it la the will of an unerring anti holy God; bat the many ah tiara that have sprang from man** an premary are attributable to hia self uftlisesn and JttUeueoa aioao ;1 tb^se, with all other womeu every right minded 10411, we «Ui estly proteat against, sad aa woman in the fbtare a from, no far aa man’s leglaJtt tan ran secure it.” Wbt la your optnkm of 1'ivat--hers, orators, and public apeak ers in general, Mias Verton f* *«ke«| to me to pbera tw )od deaigued ami a violation of 8k l‘aol*s probi bitiou. Tliere may be exceptional eases, as iu the arte We have men tioned, in * both it aooki act ba improper for them to enervine their talents in thin way. if the tujuuc tkm to keep silence in Ike ckarchro does not imply that they shall not preach in public, aanrping what seems to be man's prerogative* wo can hardly nee iln import- It in not the mere fact of teaching, bat ol stepping out of ber sphere, that seems to be forbkWea—assuming superiority over the man, ft In ear tainly ber doty to instruct ber tofe riorn an she ban opportunity. Tbs command could scarcely have been intended merely for the transient Church of the < on 111 hi Tht Karel Sptdfic tf tkn ift ia tor department as be does in his f »«i is that department so vastly 1 in T Does she not Berks' to hint as muck judgment-and discretion in the administration of her affairs at Buui dam iu \m 1 JLre bis pursuits hers when Are ipeakof the whole sex 1 Is the toil y bread nod the material pod things of this life so inftuiteiy pester thw the regulation of a kmehold, and the training of ini- soital souls for their duties in this lifesud tbeir immortal destiny in an- fldert We admit that the right of ■frige is uot for woman; but it is tyoo other grounds than moat men <bi«. She is so constituted tiy ua bre, and the circumstances of her ■totion we snch, that she can not kre the opportunities and the time !«qialify herself properly for the tote and consequences of the exer- on of that privilege, and not that 4e a mentally incompetent. Ever tow die has been physically inferior ■ «»n au<l dependent npon him, to tot received a training in eveir.v •'Ifcct the opposite of his, and nti- to qualify her for the |n*r wmnee of her distinctive duties. *** traiuing has had the effect of her attention exclusively fe her own sphere, and has not lieen ^*»cha uatore as to expand and 1 torote her (acuities. *%* do not find fault with* this SPj* ami the circumstances re ■teg therefrom, except in so far ■ »«}■ are abused to her injury; *>tvc do think they should be Cu- **• into consideration when the equality of the sexes is Ftol Tlie ciftcomstances of tori is the antidote tw i wfitf HI m •"▼tt. Wealth ft» I of *1 ■Ml fwwy«irtiia rteb Power m with those who plant them Hto eburrh « Hb selves irmly npon the rock of un tiy tiorf% tayHig than flag tftoll. and eternal righteous » «>k W>«M«-flkr Haft ttiero to **» Sr. AaArm tad tht Sitr Dv. Anderson, reminds t in the beginning of >. 1 bad just been to preach, and was dis te Kirkintilloch to Babbs lb The wm by the having Glaagow at nine The cabin of tbem> ressels that the knees of sitting opposite touched. In tbe aroiYr was s long, narrow the ] tnbfin, nt tbe stem end of which sat by n fiddler. wInmp defy it wm to fill »p imps between the political and that tbe Gospel is tbe t>roclamatioii of Kings of kings j therefore, as all proclamations must be read as a set moo, being a proclamation, must be read, or it is not a Herman." Davwl looked dumb foundered ; tke boat bail reached our destination, and the old Cameronian, ia stepping out, ex* cljijmed: “Tuts, tats, laddie, ye’r owner muckic I^tin for me. n —Gil JUlam'i Life of the <prai Dr. WWUim X tTe entail sickness iijsiii her greater extent than prdvuils te*jg the op|io.Hite sex, with h*s* ytel strength to meet itj mid *** the system is constantly de- ^*^1 and enfeebled, it is most uh- teL° r5lWv Kl hi ' cn ^* va, ’ on de "*flN»eut\ii the mental powei do sot lielicvw this e»ileeb.< to h« »n exclusilc consequen ^perfect education and reariu . pvaUyau unavoidable result f**nliar trials and siifferingH, of (loti’s manifestation of at her primitive diso Then her time and attention almost entirely absorbed, day tie * n tbe exercise* of domes 8f/ are * aU< * maternal duties; mill, (sJJ*”*’ b ®r thoughts must necos . J b« centeretl ui>ou these : and but little leisure for the im- o,. j?*" 1 of herself iu any respect, titinL n P er *® r,c,ince *>f public Bltiflg' ^ ow her reasoning fac* »b#n themselves largely, £ constantly eugageil fn fetU t °f duties which she ten*"lie*1 a<4 itnjiortant as tb« JSzT ^ a ” n tbe »tlontion of 'sin 5T ty of “c 0 T Her » Dl nd oot have free range of thought t° *hich it is but little Hed e ?P ecta *ly when pre occn- Tu ,tb Rb **hing cares. the tbat ^°d niade man "he in it of , tht ' vvoma, ‘; nnd /that iti^i . “oood to bo in subjection to ting*. ?® . e * te . nt . n °t injurious u> ° Ut 11 18 ,n consequence of »u jn^? nc ®’ a,J d not because she Is b a n T® r “ranch of mankind. She tidttJJJ 1 , 01r ,hiimstdf ; and when be "Hr, nff ,< : r 1 be ouderratea him* Hill. 18 « v »dent enough from tbe ». aU!^ 1 did intend man ^ airsnf 8 , l QthGrit ' V ’ nor to “* that *I f ? Uthorit > §*r a privilege , 88 0, dy a humiliating eouse unitron or tue I ornuhua*, our eon hi it have been aimetl eotoly at any ludeourums that may have prevailed there. Wbeu a woman andoabtcslly acts under divine ioapiratiou or di rection, it ia not for ua to opnoar obstacles.” 44 1 could never tolerate having ny wife make herself so couavNaaova,” said Mr. Klliaou. **Whatever gifts or graces God may have conferred upon her could be uaed to kia gWry and the good of mankiad without abandoning tbe sphere in which Hr bad placed ber, and sxposing ber self to free remark and indelicate criticism. And if it wm an Jiabttual thing, what kiiH! of domestic life vwuW tie etjwtMl natter snefi rtrma stances Y I would never endure it,” be repented euergetienlly. “flow if she acted under divine direction T inquired Mtaa Verton. “I should like to have nnmiataJis ble evidence that such was tbe ease. A sudden impulse or tanatiea) seal would not be at all convincing, un less the work resulting tberefrom so plainly bore tbe divine stamp and approbation that even tbe moot in credulous could not doubt. But may I ask your opinion of tbe milmti tution of masentine ibr feminine nt* tire r “This is highly repugnant to wo manly delicacy ; and it seems to me that s distinguishing dress to nt once an appeal to man for respect and protection. Although the pro bibitory |»essag« in (tout, xxv : .» may have n primary reference to idolatrous customs, yet tbe sharp rebuke administered by Hi. Paul to tbe Corinthian women for easting aside a distinguishing article of dress—symbolical, indeed, of their submission, iudumtes that, in bia inspiretl (udgmeut, it was to stand for all time. 1 would be glad to sec a reformation in tbe style of dress, on the grounds ot health, utility and ccoutmry ; but I believfi this end can be secured wit hunt going to an ol*jr» tiotiable extreme, which mtt pioneer* in reforms are very liable to do. fk. Paul also says that even natnre its?If should teach them that these outward emblems of the different pusitiotut assigned them by God are altogether proper ami hecutning, and should not lie distarded. It t* not simply iu tbe sanctuary, for pro priety’a sake, that these rrgi are to be olwcrved, but to si the luThtiye tsMuition* ol matt wutuati.’* “Tbe expressfott of such senti melffS Is very gratifying to me,” responded Mr. Ellison. “Not that I supposqil for s moment that you would lie carried away by the tauuab fanaticism of the time*. To me there is nothiug so bematifb) ss wo manly gentleneuM of heart and deft cacy of feeliug. A masculine woman is au abomination to me, and I sop poeo a temioine mnu would be 000 temptible to yon. When a woman remains in ber sphere, and ealtivatea those traits of character that enable ber to perform ber duties faithfully, patieuUy and gracefolly, she will ever command tbe respect and admi ration of every right minded man. Wbeu tike forgets the distinction of sex, she mast not ex hardly tom power tbao say nbgoii family is Europe. Wall street la little feMto to t ol (to mlllMmoiroo ia hot a tbitvl tbe "Am I my heather* tisepn r fftWfi gj, .1 x 1 oro multitmfira fo« com to Who gam with stupefy tog to •poo poverty, ml mi, to* iron, sottim, mnual swaAsnijumU sa sw s t*,.t * a- .■ ■ — il|4 l IVi Mpm H CMP Oot «€ those ear prlvale ally ai other Wealth b shou’d be proUlem* : they wait ary no the on the other, are the tight to roto the world » aod as sgi iatrodof ou the l ■* luxary •io to be rtih tdfeo By Kods to «r or talented They boro the gifts sosnaasss iff A 1 .v M l a ~ - mWlr *li ■ frlKI ItAfi fiti PHi tutofikiitjHfk kAiti ^mkdi iMWlr w Ainl Imkimm been *!«•«* to lemru the of wealth I'aksce of business, painting, stataory. tlmfi Htpft mi #MklftffiCi liftfi) •WW “ ^ ''-w Jp Ww f /WrW'i ww w chief otiject* wealth. Jtlirofij hospitals, its ragged sahiwsls, its 1 treat* Ibr the blind, the deaf aa the loootie. Its inofllalhms of rhr IfMMt ffcibt# ppkmS They CmPiyPPP mPfip , mo tfotofe fftoP^toPMl M a h. _ -fc,. uwy ot to torn IK totooi* the sltttiidr of an 8m bs* ina*le tbo World might »«e neb. The ileptl nf treasure TW too la winds are tW aorisatscif water* w.wk lor him God rn-Hes cn»Hi]»k to gU* sway gold is iuexhaa*til»le lie HMmntaia* with ailvse TW • bring* Inread for IW age* TW vr fnl)ne«* of tW earth *how*!hat Ci never intended man in he a sad parsimnnimts snul Why wealth he mean sod OglflWb » (Tktia HHfi II Ore** nf ike men who go far sooogh Thrift Is a real aod oot of dioolfm to mm the aoouoit tW a« of trite {mwer. Willarforro, Howard, j (luriiey, and Iluttno bate ltftr*| Knglsiol to s higher |dsne of awrial Mk*ataA aaaiat S K ,, t A _ * S. ^— fnloCfi'S gwwap^O I P1 m»*vs fTp* wtoc*T*S selves the compSMiiioa* of her great rot sad beat men TW albspel la leal* «e*llh with a new gksry. Onr rnttlntW t* a Gospel growth. Our cj^F niif vahma rdatnat tw tW tiaw wealth *h.iniii ohltattioo*. It ran not afford to swsiPwagg^ww was wini ww wiasHMV •**»’* amwrvft asm abut its band against the interest uf fcimfifilljf. TW ihristiaa wealth of this age ba* *nmethmg more tn dn |t t pMtolWfifW# Igkf* Hn 0W n comfort and display, liberality to art will not W *uflkfeol. I’ubbe spirit In J Uwfi I to too of (to to iho Tbm try. Os tom of their 1 (hot those otherwise weary' voyage*. Oyqmdle me ast on gray headed mao, the w bole •p of whom indicated a Com* «4drr of the “‘straitest sect,* nod no my tight ast a young man, gfdfig to the some pkftoe. the twinkle eye seemed to say, let as too; sod hardly bad the left the wborf tlW be fooked over to his «M ftieod, and aaid, "Ay, thavid, man, soe ye hse been in Glas- kie, hoe ye t WkafT tbe world bse bee® there for, maa f Its ns s jour oey that everybody taka; and above •\ »ha wid bos expect it u* ace ye there f* “Weel, ye one,** ^replied Ilovid, **my doehter got married to s tod that stays there, aa’ they wad hoV me to gang thro' on’ see them * "Weel, Iftsvld, so* what think ye o’ Otoakter “O visa, tflo an awfu’ phms, ir* sbnoa s’ my thocts, I had ose idea m\ mm* Pm just gled to get swa, bsme agws..* "Weed, David, mom seal *• »Hs dM ye boor prcacbitl . kfe soNree vye tom. t ffned to onr «fn place, o’ Cfiltil " *0—— t it hoe »ttl to Oliftkto, ye see.* "But ye dititM mean to tell me. I bind that ye didns gang to CTmtoKr*. do ye f* (•crotching his head mif In a dilemma.) “Far no say that I dtdoa, hot them, do ye see, it wm 00 Tboreda* nidbt, so’ 1 dklna tiiink there would be meikle sin. wbeu it wssoa the Bobhoth day; but, moo, he’s on awfu’ man that; I never Ward » man like him, tor 1 wm sit* tie’, wbaa, oh* afore I Sift w bar I woo, I wm up on my vmt feet, stretchin’ oVr the bcakWard, wi’ my etoo wide storio*, on’ my mouth wide opr®, feared I wod loos a word. Bat so* ye you prcoobta’ Y Na, ns, it was rook block prelacy; man, be read like a word od ; na, ua, none o’ that «imm mti KM. toe mf oa no.” smr*” saw a -.swa s*s* *wv m thought I might have a little luuiter w ith the old man also, aod so I said : "David you need not be so hard against prelacy or read sermooa. for ye tom it to a fact, which ye run uot deny, that you read prayer* yourself every morning." With a smile of rootempt, mixed with pity, the old man fixed his eyes on me, ami l« s solemn tone said : ‘‘fmldie, yeti na ken who I am, or ye nsdna We make, onr best use of this world when we regard It m the basis from which to survey the other. Without heavau, poetry eonld have no existence. Tbe key note of the poetic is future perfee tie®, and tbe heaven of the ebristiau is the feghtot perfection. ] know of no better illustration of these truths thau a simple expression which fell from the lips of a godly friend of Tkroagfa perseverance and industry he had been able to build himself a boose. Bat his chief boast woo, that from his fireside be ooald ms his father’s house oa the distent bilk “No matter the weather,* said be, “whether winter or summer, spring or autumn—no matter the sky, whether eoldness or stormy— when I tit by my east window, father's roof and chimney tops, the gieain ot his lamp at night, are al ways visible to my sight" His words contain the philoeopby of life, and enclose, as in a nutshell, the principles of holy living. Enviable —yea, thrice enviable—ts the man pierce the clouds of social w bo oau darkuea* which surround our earthlv homes, and see his Father's bouse, with its many mansions, In the die toot heaven'. >1 * —* mnu- ’ beir fittomim® • MMuwtl std hfe to cvNutiueutively -***iM Mgrrsa have map- «tbfla b# ffttittfj f ti 1 €$t ifai iLl ^ 11 m M 1 -- itg S-1 a 1*4. I, imua® w iiai tt » inn h ^ ., u pMP| ill** MM M JEMfiMiifiti S^w ®ua to —r-pj gide to (lad super usd aval put Ttis j «hro than tip aubtle muhwto uhteh, life—the auafemtrtowt to he!by day sad by night, putouu* the the graves «f If tbe futlpit la Ik T ommA “IwWij rotil without tb sf Chttok Tbe With to put if of UtivurtoajMirka tmprovemeuta will not It Ms still nuhtar work. it ire M |NIP|M purs rill* of dowa to the poof* of bomaaity of this ops m to i |M*Ct ild n him to re member Ik nod should prepare her self to be treated accordingly. When d itical life is so demoraJiziog In its Inence upon man’s character, how can she expect to escape eoutaiutn* lion Y Is she stronger to resist tempt atiou than be Y Bat I Imagine that those who uspire to all mao’s privi leges would be very unwilling to M sumo the hardships, dangers and re it n si bill tic* which are concomitant* of hi* peculiar privi- S|H)I ble< legea “I should be most happy to are all real wrong* redrosseif, all griev ances removed. 1 sympathise most deeply with tbe vjptHns «f man’s op preseion and brutality . I would re joice to know that tbe heart* of all i dying for accumulation* To perpetuate itself It should observe the law of mm •owing. A always cot* £*' fl A age of weoJtb'wiJl ouly hu Inf iu bv tbe soft band of Christian chanty ft i* not too much to believe that 000 of tbu splendid reulisatioos sf Christ’s incoming kingdom will be s growth of waoltik we have uot yet cauestved. Bwriusas, Mtouss, isdrouttosi, sstll patient tabor, are already bringing such a diffusion of wealth M wm asver thought of among the msmm of Baby km, Tyre, oe Bom# Wealthy men most bars a s»m pathy with Jmu. He torieher than they, yet he became poor. He made all worlds sad owns them The glory of hie kingdom to ceore He gives to all spun bto tribute fluff Ua thel IK smy ssuur IVU VJSiU Gud without gstl* Abtha • fi lls L TW immediate was! * hav# ssmef hot to < to God la s tittle d ft _ iw it® X X i j I® MK’wu^ Ho MH; to to mingle with their give largely, give a* sever te ossspuss tht atget* he* i but yet mmebow the uud le The gifts to the UnT* to sums hare oot to it it If the criminals lau f my mg s word to him wIu Mqtouti tied te hto Wm that s time uud ptom sum to he titoul Y If lbs sst to sd tress is sf sf the bsgrsf The ore til eothtag is t b riel las k; sad If to tilsutiy of easlthy to the power ■ peek that way, for onybody that hems aw that ha* hern an elder o’ the (tomerowton Kirk o’ K for a boon thirty years w*d ns set ski a tin to my tier; 00,00.” “But, Ilsvid, I have goad fvwuud for what I have said, aed Y know (bat you do read prsyrr* etwy morning." At this reilefaMd charge tbe rid mnu’* wrath began to wax warm, and rfe tug to bto toco, be exclaimed in a psrstou. "It’s a lee, it’s a Ice; fa ever i*ald ye that 1 ears aa, but it’s a bterk las." Feeling that I had per haps led him far enough, I maid, ‘‘Be calm. David, and answer me a ques tion. Do j o oot read the Psalm* of David every morning F “To be sore I do; but what has that to do with the leadin' F "Wall, David, are not David’s Pm Ms the bast prayers aver The toot of the old Cam- rrioasd teto a smile m he sot dowa sod exclaimed : 44 Ay, lad die, bat ye Mis caught me noo, ye Mb caught am too.” "But David,* I am afraid that, from the way ye Mrs been taikteg, you do not know think,* he ngoiutd, “I sod think that ami wM Me been an rider o’ the Cameroniaa Kirk obuou thirty yew twd ken what a sermon means, if anybody kuna.” “Well, David, tot me toll you that a ssnuou to a pro riamattefi: sow, you know that when the king makes a proclamation it ia written u® paper, and read at the Cross, and that it is oot a ptoclsma tern antes* It te road ; now you know Hi God.—“Ia returning and rest shall ye be saved ; in quiet- shall be your 15. As in s sun can resect hto face, so the Holy 8|n.w fleet the image of Christ only in a soul that to at rest To attain to this state of mind,mast turn off the eyes and thought/* from tbe thing* of time and sense, and fix ou Christ He must become to the soul than all Our sinfulness aod all our infirmities mast be cast down at the foot of tbe cross, and tbe righteous of Christ must be trusted In and taken bold of by faith. Attired in that spotless robe, we can oonfi deafly appear before our heavenly Father, but in no other way. Tbe soul is tbus .introduced more and more into the hidden life of Christ, maintains communion with Got! her Saviour, and lives and rests in her tree element.- Family Worship.—A traveler says: One of the most beautiful images that ever rose upon my im agioatiou, to by a chance delay for two days, among the lakes and mountains of the Trosach’g Glen. I happened to make the in quiry, what became of the villagers, so suddenly disappearing at nightfall from the streets; and a sandy haired Scotchman replied, “Moet of them would be at prayers about this time.” Aod I looked op into tbe far blue sky, and thought how tine a thiug it would be to have a rcating-place, high enough just to bear tbe mur mur of voices, as they read a verse about, awl one of tbe old Psalms, before the impressive hush in which the father offered prayer. Howl grand would be the swell of •ouasl, when a whole village wm going on its knees before God 1 God Giyeth tkb Incbjeask.— An Americas Methodist minister, Dr. Bongs, was so disoouraged in the first year of his itinerancy as to mount his horse to go home and give up the work. The breaking op of the ice on Grand Biver made it im possible for him to cross it, sod com pelled him to return. That night he had a striking dream, which in fluenced all hto after life ; he wm ply ing a pickaxe on a huge rook, but making no impression, gave up in despair, when a dignified form ap peared before him and asked why he stopped, and receiving his answer, bade him strike on; that the work was his, not the result. He struck again, and the rook was shivered to its foundation. Here to a lesson for os, we whose souls are sometimes “diaeouraged, because of the way,” when we do not see immediate fruit of our labors. The work is ours, the rewrite are God’s.