The Young Lady's Counsellor by Daniel Wise

8b THE rouNG lajy's counsellor.
truth, entering her gentle spirit, added lustre to her
virtues, and consecrated her skill to deeds of mercy.
It produced a Mary, with her meek loveliness; a
Dorcas, with her benevolent care for the poor ; a
Lyuia and an "elect lady," with their noble
hospitality.
It made delicate and trembling girls heroic
martyrs ; but it never produced a bold declaimer, at.
Amazonian disputant, nor a shameless contender for
political and ecclesiastical rights. It elevated her,
but left her in her own sphere. It increased her
influence, but it never changed her mission. Neither
does the Gospel intimate that at the climax of its
triumph it will remove her from her distinct and
appropriate sphere.
Permit me, by way of illustrating another feature
of this question, to lead you into the sitting-room of
a respectable and pious lady. She is neatly but
plainly attired, and is busy, with the aid of a servant,
dusting and cleaning the room.
The door-bell rings,
nnd the girl hastens to see who is the visitor. She
finds the lady's pastor at the door, and, without ceremony,
ushers him into the sitting-room.
The lady's