e God hath endowed her with
Mind, and his glory calls for her mental progress. Her domestic duties
will be discharged in the love of Him, who "setteth the solitary in
families." No event will be lost on her watchful spirit. Each day's
cares and trials will nurture in her a new patience, benevolence, and
active piety. Thus will she build up a character, resting, like the
pyramid in the East, on a basis so broad, and of materials so solid and
enduring, that the ages cannot move its foundation.

Chapter XIV.

ENCOURAGEMENTS.

What woman has done. Zenobia, Isabella, Pocahontas. The Catholics.
Facilities for Improvement. Political Institutions. Growing
Elevation of the Sex. Illustrious catalogue. Constitutional
Susceptibilities. Domestic Habits. Means. Self-observation. The
Scriptures. Prayer. The life of the soul, how glorious.

In approaching the conclusion of these Chapters, I cannot doubt that
some of my female friends will inquire, "Who is sufficient for these
things. How is it possible for me to reach the high standard now set
before me?" We reply briefly, that the first thought to be presented in
this place is,

That you should contemplate what your sex has actually accomplished in
the Past. The Scriptures, the oldest records of our race, contain a long
catalogue of female names, illustrious for the virtuous and pious
associations, that cluster around them. Greece and Rome abound in
examples of women of intellectual, and sometimes, of moral, distinction.
Zenobia, queen of the East, stands forth a pattern of excellence, in
whom were combined an enlarged understanding, singular refinement,
courage, prudence, and fortitude. Modern Europe has exhibited more than
one instance of this kind. The kingdom of Spain produced that female, to
whom the discovery of this continent might be almost directly traced,
one who had rare talents and strength of mind, yet no arrogance, or
despotism, like the renowned queen of England; one "who possessed the
grace, the gentleness, and feminine accomplishments, of Mary Stuart,
without her weakness, who joined to Castalian pride, as a queen, extreme
sensibility and softness of deportment, as a woman."

If we turn to the records of this country, we find, among the female
portion of its aboriginal inhabitants, proofs of no despicable
qualities. Looking at the red man's race, who can fail of admiring the
noble, self-denying spirit of Pocahontas, the friend of our fathers,