another;"--"No man liveth unto himself alone."

If we consider the influence of woman, on the Social, Intellectual,
Moral, and Religious condition of the world, we shall find abundant
reasons for giving a prominent place, in all counsels and instructions
addressed to the public, to her spiritual necessities.

Let me here premise, that, in dwelling on this topic, I should revolt at
the thought of administering to a vain, self-complacent spirit. It is
mournful, it is humiliating to know, as we do, that the incense of
adulation has been offered up to this sex, from the most selfish and
unworthy motives, and in commendation of qualities which a true woman
will regard as her lowest praise, mere personal attractions. Was it for
this that the beneficent Author of nature called her into being? Does
she answer the purpose of her existence by submitting to be the toy of
man? Has God breathed into her an immortal principle, to bestow its best
energies on the mortal frame that enshrines it? to live for an outward
adorning? to be satisfied with applause for her external graces alone?

"For nobler cares, for joys sublime,
He fashioned all the heirs of time."

This position will be confirmed by a view of the influence of woman on
the condition of Society. If this be at all extensive, then we must
infer that her Creator intended she should be thoroughly educated; that
her moral and intellectual powers should be fully developed; that the
spirit should not be subject to, but reign over, and that with entire
supremacy, the outward and perishable form.

But, is it not true, that civilization, refinement, and the manners and
habits of society, depend much on her character? In Christian lands, and
beneath our own observation, we can see that it is so. Mark the nation,
the city, the village, where order, purity and the social virtues in
general, prevail. What is there the female character? We hazard nothing
in the reply, that it is elevated, accomplished, and pure. The coarse
jest, the impure expression, the subtle inuendo,--poisoning the more
surely and deeply, by its very obscureness,--where are these tolerated?
Where woman maintains the high rank of her sex? No! for she has but to
frown on such improprieties, and steadily, and on all occasions, to
discountenance them, and they are banished from the social circle. Let
her influence, in this regard, be correct, let it be mild and gentle,
yet always decided, and there is no passi