ject, with which he is not acquainted, it does not at he is not well informed in other subjects. hat contributes more than any thing to render us our opinions of the abilities of our fellow men, is htened and improved understanding. They, who ly sipped at the fountain of science, are the least to be pleased, the most inclined to be critical and he most ready to find fault, and the most acute in ng defects.

of enlarged knowledge is acquainted with the es, which obstruct the path of science. He is sensithough he has frequently attempted to excel, yet as seldom, perhaps never, been able to attain the osed. Convinced that every human mind is limited, the best instructed persons soon disclose all that w, he views with candid eyes those blanks of ignohich occupy such large spaces in the souls of other man of extensive abilities also knows how difficult netimes, to distinguish wisdom from folly, what is from what is spurious. As he cannot always deterether his own tongue is uttering good sense or not, andidly pardon the speaker whom he hears, and the with whom he converses, if he sometimes discovers are not wiser than himself.

LESSON LXXXVI.

Profession of a Woman.-MISS C. E. BEECHER.

to mothers and to teachers, that the world is to look character, which is to be enstamped on each succeederation; for it is to them that the great business of on is almost exclusively committed. And will it not by examination, that neither mothers nor teachers er been properly educated for their profession? What rofession of a woman? Is it not to form immortal and to watch, to nurse, and to rear the bodily system, ally and wonderfully made, and upon the order and

lation of which, the health and well-being of the mind reatly depends?

ut let most of our sex, upon whom these arduous duties olve, be asked,-" Have you ever devoted any time and ly, in the course of your education, to a preparation for e duties? Have you been taught any thing of the struc, the nature and the laws of the body, which you bit? Were you ever taught to understand the operation iet, air, exercise and modes of dress upon the human ne? Have the causes which are continually operating to ent good health, and the modes by which it might be ected and preserved, ever been made the subject of any ruction?"

erhaps almost every voice would respond,-"No; we e attended to almost every thing more than to this; have been taught more concerning the structure of the h, the laws of the heavenly bodies, the habits and nation of plants, the philosophy of language, than cerning the structure of the human frame, and the laws ealth and reason." But is it not the business, the proEon of a woman, to guard the health and form the physihabits of the young? And is not the cradle of infancy the chamber of sickness sacred to woman alone? And nt she not to know, at least, some of the general princi of that perfect and wonderful piece of mechanism mitted to her preservation and care?

he restoration of health is the physician's profession, bu preservation of it falls to other hands; and it is believed the time will come, when woman will be taught to erstand something respecting the construction of the an frame; the philosophical results which will naturally w from restricted exercise, unhealthy modes of dress, roper diet, and many other causes, which are continually ating to destroy the health and life of the young. gain, let our sex be asked respecting the instruction they e received, in the course of their education, on that still e arduous and difficult department of their profession, ch relates to the intellect and the moral susceptibilities,— ave you been taught the powers and faculties of the huI mind, and the laws by which it is regulated? Have

lied how to direct its several faculties; how to restore at are overgrown, and strengthen and mature those deficient? Have you been taught the best modes of icating knowledge, as well as of acquiring it? Have ned the best mode of correcting bad moral habits, ning good ones? Have you made it an object, to find selfish disposition may be made generous; how a temper may be made open and frank; how pettishd ill-humor may be changed to cheerfulness and s? Has any woman studied her profession in this

eared the same answer must be returned, if not from ast from most of our sex :-" No; we have acquired from the observation and experience of others, on ll other subjects; but the philosophy of the direction trol of the human mind, has not been an object of or study." And thus it appears, that, though it is s express business to rear the body and form the ere is scarcely any thing to which her attention has s directed.

LESSON LXXXVII.

Curiosity.-C. SPRAGUE.

came from Heaven-its power archangels knew,
this fair globe first rounded to their view;
the young sun revealed the glorious scene,
e oceans gathered, and where lands grew green,
the dead dust in joyful myriads swarmed,
nan, the clod, with God's own breath was warmed.
gned in Eden-when that man first woke,
ndling influence from his eyeballs spoke;

ving childhood, no exploring youth,
him along, till wonder chilled to truth;
ormed at once, his subject world he trod,
gazed upon the labors of his God;

On all, by turns, his chartered glance was cast,
While each pleased best, as each appeared the last;
But when She came, in nature's blameless pride,
Bone of his bone, his heaven-anointed bride,
All meaner objects faded from his sight,
And sense turned giddy with the new delight;
Those charmed his eye, but this entranced his soul,
Another self, queen-wonder of the whole!

Rapt at the view, in ecstasy he stood,

And, like his Maker, saw that all was good.

It reigned in Eden-in that heavy hour
When the arch-tempter sought our mother's bower,
Its thrilling charm her yielding heart assailed,
And even o'er dread Jehovah's word prevailed.
There the fair tree in fatal beauty grew,

And hung its mystic apples to her view:

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Eat," breathed the fiend, beneath his serpent guise, "Ye shall know all things; gather, and be wise!" Sweet on her ear the wily falsehood stole,

And roused the ruling passion of her soul.
"Ye shall become like God,"-transcendent fate!
That God's command forgot, she plucked and ate;
Ate, and her partner lured to share the crime,
Whose wo, the legend saith, must live through time.
For this they shrank before the Avenger's face;
For this he drove them from the sacred place;
For this came down the universal lot,

To weep, to wander, die, and be forgot.

It came from Heaven-it reigned in Eden's shades--
It roves on earth—and every walk invades :
Childhood and age alike its influence own;

It haunts the beggar's nook, the monarch's throne;
Hangs o'er the cradle, leans above the bier,
Gazed on old Babel's tower-and lingers here.

To all that's lofty, all that's low, it turns ; With terror curdles, and with rapture burns;

feels a seraph's throb, now, less than man's, otile tortures and a planet scans;

idly joins in life's poor, passing jars,

shakes creation off, and soars beyond the stars.

is CURIOSITY-who hath not felt

irit, and before its altar knelt?

e pleased infant see its power expand,
a first the coral fills his little hand;
ned in his mother's lap, it dries each tear,
er sweet legend falls upon his ear.

it assails him in his top's strange hum,
hes in his whistle, echoes in his drum;
gilded toy, that doting love bestows,
ngs to break, and every spring expose.
d by your hearth, with what delight he pores
the bright pages of his pictured stores!
oft he steals upon your graver task,
is to tell you, and of that to ask!
when the waning hour to-bedward bids,
gh gentle sleep sit waiting on his lids,
winningly he pleads to gain you o'er,
he may read one little story more!

ryet alone to toys and tales confined,
, dark brooding, o'er his embryo mind.
him between your knees, peruse his face,

e all you know, or think you know, you trace;
im who spoke creation into birth,

ed the broad heavens, and spread the rolling earth; formed a pathway for the obedient sun, bade the seasons in their circles run; filled the air, the forest and the flood, gave man all, for comfort or for food; nim they sprang at God's creating nod

ops you short, with-" Father, who made God?"

us, through life's stages, may we mark the power masters man in every changing hour;