life.

But louder than those of books are the praises of Meditation. Reflect on
your reading. Let each line raise a rivulet on the bosom of your being;
let there be in it no stagnant waters. Be active in mind; meditate on
your daily experience, your prospects, your deficiencies, your progress,
your hopes. Wouldst thou have peace in this world,

"From the soul itself must issue forth
A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud
Enveloping the earth;
And from the soul itself must there be sent
A sweet and powerful voice, of its own birth,
Of all sweet sounds, the life and element."

Wouldst thou enjoy peace in the interminable future, "lay these things
to thy heart." Then shall thy inward beauties shine with a fadeless
refulgence. All true power shall be given thee. Thou shalt be "a lady,"
not indeed of an earthly kingdom, but of that high realm, boundless as
thy desires, and enduring as God.

Chapter IV.

HOME.

Domestic virtues the glory of a country. Views taken of Home. The
Spiritual one. Scripture females distinguished at home. The Filial
relation. Burns' touching description. Daughters of Milton. The
Father. The Mother. Mrs. Sigourney on the "living lost." The good
Sister Wordsworth. The Teacher. Other Inmates. Domestics. Home
friendly to the Virtues. Health. Industry. Order. Frugality. Noble
sentiment of Lady Jane Grey. Gratitude. Disinterestedness.
Elizabeth of England. Charities. Quietness. Spirituality. Piety at
home the zest of Joys. It gilds the darkest cloud.

Wherein consists the true glory of a people? Their prosperity does not
lie simply in outward abundance. It depends far more on the solid
virtues and the Christian graces of the young in their midst. And these
qualities appertain not only to our sons, in whom it is often imagined
the whole strength at least of nations is concentrated. Our daughters
likewise are concerned in the advancement of this high object. One of
the sacred writers implores for his countrymen this blessing; "that our
daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a
palace." They must be "corner stones," lying at the very foundation of
the social edifice, and therefore an essential part of its support. And
to their power must be added moral beauty. They are to be "polished
after the similitude of" that most splendid of structures, "a palace."

Observe also the relation through which the sex may a