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 At the Tabernacle, Duke Street, St. John, 
 N. B., January 3, 1841. 
 
 "HER PRICE IS ABOVE RUBIES." -Solomon, 
 
 JPVBJLISUJEJIM BT HEQVJEST. 
 
To His Excellency Major General Sir JOHN HAR- 
 VEY, K. C. B. and K. C H., Lieutenant Governor 
 and Commander-in-Chief of the Province of New- 
 Bmnswick. 
 
 " It is not iiecefliary for me as a Minister of the Gospel to make 
 auy apology in dedicating ilis humble tribute of female worth to 
 your Excellency. Your well known character, and the just esteem 
 in which you stand, not only in the estimation of our much betoved 
 Sovereign, but 9*-^ in the affections of the loyal people of this 
 Province, and the justly merited confidence yoc have acquired by 
 your long and arduous services in your country's welfare, together 
 with your well known urbanity of manner, and enlightened views 
 of society, render you the very person to whom such a tribute of 
 respect to the fair portion of our race, as is here intended, ought to 
 be dedicated, by 
 
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 and ever dutiful servant, ' 
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 SERMON. 
 
 pRov. 31,— r3, 27. — She openeth ber tnoatb with wisdom, and 
 ill her tongue ia the law ofkindness. She louketh well to the wayj 
 of her bounehold, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her chil- 
 dren rise up and call her blessed \ her husband also, and he prais- 
 0th her. 
 
 Mv Christian Friends, it has been announced to 
 us, through the means of the public ptints, that our 
 beloved Queen has become the happy mother of an 
 i-nfant Princess Royal, the heiress presumptive to the 
 British Throne. In the birth of this child, the inter- 
 ests of every British subject, from the highest to the 
 lowest, are deeply involved ; on this account, I thought 
 I could not do better than occupy a poition (^your time 
 at the present by calling your attention to the si^bject 
 of female influence. 
 
 AVe have now just passed fi'om the threshold of the 
 old year to the commencement of another period of 
 time. We all know the history of what is past, as to 
 ourselves, but none of us can tell what is to come, and 
 what will befall us the year now before us. We know 
 not what a day may bring forth ; but all future, as well 
 as all past events, are open to the eyes of Him with 
 whom we have to do. 
 
 All events have a voice. The rising and setting of 
 every sun — the return of every day, and the shadows 
 of every night, are all events that claim our attention 
 and improvement. The birth of a Prince — the de- 
 thronement of Kings — the falling of a sparrow and the 
 hairs of our head, are all numbered and noted in the 
 eye of Him who is to be ouv judge. 
 
 Solomon, in the words of the t«xt and the verses in 
 immediate connection calls our attention to a good 
 wife. As the British Throne is at present filled wath 
 
a beloved Queen who has become the Mother of a 
 young*Princess— a sermon upon female influence in 
 general cannot but be both acceptable and useful to 
 a British public. 
 
 Solomon is here speakins; of a virtuous woman. 
 By a virtuous woman is meant, a pious woman ; a 
 woman under the influence of religion ; a woman that 
 fears God ; that loves him and delights in his ways, 
 and who seeks to glorify him in all her conduct and 
 movements in life. It is to this woman I call your 
 attention at this time. Let me then hold her forth at 
 the present as a Wife — as a Mother — as a Merchant 
 —as a Phi/sieian — as a Christian— and as a Princess. 
 
 I— AS A WIFE. 
 
 Thd matrimonial connection is not only an import- 
 ant and dee*^ly interesting connection ; but also an 
 institution Divine appointment. It commenced 
 with the origin of the human race, and in their days 
 of innocence and happiness. 
 
 Hence we find that when God made man and placed 
 him in the Garden of Paradise, with all that could de- 
 light him in a state of perfection : his Mstker saw that 
 there was one thing wanting, and that it was not good 
 for man to be alone. In reading the history of the 
 creation, it appears that all creatures, whether animate 
 or inanimate, were made for the good, happiness and 
 enjoyment of his favourite creature man. The flowers 
 of the field with all their beauty and fragrance, the 
 trees with all their nutricious fruit, the animal tribes, 
 with all their powers of ministifring satisfaction to the 
 sense or to the mind — all, all were for him. Adam 
 when in Paradise could look upon all the objects in 
 creation, however grand and sublime, an call them^ 
 his own. He could at the same time employ his 
 vast and capacious mind in examining their various 
 cliaracters in their different forms, and give them names 
 suitable to their respective qualities. He also allotted 
 each its place and station, and at the same time glo- 
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 and in them. But after all \Te find that in the inidtt 
 of this vast source of intellectual, moral and personal 
 enjoyment, the cup of bliss was not entirely full. — 
 There was in the judgment of his maker God, some- 
 thing wanting — Surrounded as he was in the midst of 
 plenty and profusion of every kind ; yet he was ak)ne. 
 He could find employment for his understanding and 
 the vast resources of his capacious mind, in the contem- 
 plation of God and his works; bat the heart wanted an 
 object on which next to its/Creator, it might plaee its 
 ^nost tender affection. His tongue could natiM all the 
 objects the eye beheld, and take pleasure and deHght 
 in surveying them ; but in all the vast creation there 
 was no tender, no sympathetic ear into which it could 
 pour out its joys and say, how fair, how lovely, how 
 glorious is all this that |ve> behold. He was alone .-^ 
 He had none of his own race with whom he could 
 commune, or participate his enjoyments. 
 
 But the parent of our common race saw this defi- 
 ciency, felt for him, and instantly supplied this want 
 and call of nature. Adam indee4 felt no void, uttr»red 
 no complaint ; but the Lord God said, it is not good 
 for man to be alone, I will make a help meet for him. 
 —Gen. 2— 2124. 
 
 Now let us look for a moment at the being the 
 parent of man supplied for him. Could anything be 
 more suitable ? so adapted to hi^ nature and condition. 
 Here is a being made to be his companion through 
 life, in prosperity and adversity, in sickness , and in 
 health ; made by the self-same hand that formed him- 
 self, made also from his own body, so that she wa3 
 bone of his bone, flesh of his flesh, and also suitable to 
 him in a state of innocence and sinless perfection. 
 
 I will not undertake to describe woman in that state 
 of innocence and perfection, as she came out of the 
 hands of her Creator, and was first presented to Adam. 
 It would be impossible for me to do justice to such a 
 subject. It is beyond the power of the imagination of 
 man to conceive, and much more the tongue, or pen 
 of man to describe. Judging of what we now see of 
 
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 her, even in her present fallen condition, and especi- 
 ally as a subject of renewing grace, we may naturally, 
 conclude that when she came out of the hands of her 
 Creator in a state of absolute perfection, she must 
 have been to the eye of Adam the most lovely object 
 in creation. In her we see, when first put into the 
 arms of Adam, a creature that possessed all that was 
 lovely inform^ all that was graceful in manner ^ all that 
 was exalted in mind, all that vfMpure in thought, all that 
 was delicate in sentiment, all that was enchanting in 
 conversation. 
 
 Now, that the influence of such a being wan gieat, 
 and felt by Adam, is beyond all question. The conse- 
 quence of this influence was awful to him, and as such 
 has been experienced by his posterity. But let not 
 woman imagine that her Mtiuition in the marriage con- 
 nection, though fallen and degraded, is less important 
 and influential — It is still true it is not good for man 
 to be alone. She still holds an important and conspi- 
 cuous place in the scale of human existence and hap- 
 piness. Her influence to a very large extent, is as 
 great over the husband of her choice as that of Mother 
 Eve. Much of this influence depends now, as it did 
 then, in the purity of her mind, the kindness of her 
 heart, the toisdom of her counsels. Fallen and degrad- 
 ed as man is by sin, yet there are only a few, and a 
 very few compared with the great mass, but what will 
 listen to the kindness of a woman's tongue, and whose 
 heart, however hard, v/ill melt under the lender and 
 endeared caresses of a woman's love. Let not then 
 woman complain that her powers are limited and re- 
 strained, because she is confined to the more domestic 
 walks of life ; here is the place, the theatre, where her 
 greatness and worth are known and felt ; and known 
 and felt too in all the walks of life, from the Queen 
 upon the throne to the lowest and most humble station 
 in the scale of society. Man is still as dependent on 
 woman as Adam was when he found it was not good 
 to be alone, ^nd this dependence creates attachment 
 and gives influence and irapoitance to her character. 
 
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 It is in the capacity of a, wife that she shines with so 
 much brilliancy in tbe crown of human glory. 
 
 II— AS A MOTHER AND INSTRUCTRESS. 
 
 I put these two together, because in nature they 
 are made to centre in the same object. Woman 
 has ever attracted the attention of both God and man, 
 from the first moment of her creation to the present 
 time. Princes and Warriois, Statesmen and Philoso- 
 phers, Poets and Scholars, have all in their turn fallen 
 in love with her charms, and employed their noblest 
 intellect in praising her beautiful form, heroic deeds, 
 and attractive virtues, ^ut the most interesting and 
 endearing feature in her character is her tenderness, 
 her sympathy, her unchangeable and paternal attach- 
 ment, and all this displayed in the Mother. The 
 natural results which fdllow a virtuous and an affecti- 
 onate matrimonial connection is a beloved offspring. — 
 From the first moment the mother hears it announced 
 that to her a child is born, her labours of education 
 begin. In many cases, if not in all cases, they begin 
 before. The moment there is a prospect of a rising 
 offspring, the labours, the cares and perplexities of a 
 mother are seen. On her health depends the health 
 and happiness of the being in prospect. Therefore to 
 the cultivation and protection of this, considerable care 
 and attention are necessary. From that moment too, 
 she becomes in a peculiar sense an help-meet for man, 
 as being the depositary and guardian of their most 
 precious and joint concern. 
 
 Now, it is a fact admitted by all enlightened men, 
 that the foundation of all future greatness and useful- 
 ness is laid in the nursery, while the child is under 
 the care, protection, and instruction of its mother. It 
 is here she makes an impression that is to last through 
 all time and eternity. The sayings and doings of a 
 mother weigh upon the mind, and frequently decide 
 the whole character for life. The Rev. John Newton, 
 an eminent Minister of the Church of England, who 
 was at one time one of the roost degraded of human 
 
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 beings, but afterwarJs became distinguished for virtue 
 and piety, tells us that in his most degraded condition, 
 tho sayings and doings of his pious mother fastened 
 upon his heart with unyielding grasp. And how 
 many Ministers of the Gospel attrfbtitd their first and 
 most lasting impressions td the influence of a mother's 
 instruction and a mother's prayers. 
 
 Ill— AS A MERCHANT. 
 
 This is the idea which Solomon gives of the virtuous 
 wife. " She considereth a field and buyeth it : she 
 inaketh fine linen and selletb it/ and delivereth girdles 
 'into the merchant : shegperceiveth that her merchan- 
 dize is good ; her candle goeth not out by night." All 
 this yoii will easily see, relates to a man'« fortune. It 
 in a fact, and a fact too established upon experience 
 and observation, that a man's success in the world de- 
 pends in a great measure upon the prudence and ma- 
 nagement of his wife. This is true as it applies to all 
 ranks and classes of society to a certain extent ; but 
 more especially to the middling and operative classes, 
 where success depends so much upon industry and 
 economy. This was tlfe case with Adam in Paradise, 
 in Paradise, labour indeed was not imposed as a bur- 
 then, but bestowed as a privilege and a source of de- 
 light : but even here we find that the help of woman 
 was en addition to his happiness and personal enjoy- 
 ment. It was not good for him to be alone. 
 
 We find also, in reading the history of the race, that 
 in the rudest ages, and in the most uncultivated state of 
 societiey, woman's help and influence were necessary 
 to give enjoyment to the hunter's spoils. It also aided 
 him in bearing the burden and heat of the day, which 
 he cheerfully encountered in the prospect of the re- 
 freshment and repose of the evening. So that we can 
 learn the influence and power of woman, even in the 
 hut of the desert, mahaging the scanty portion of the 
 savage with discretion, and doubling it by participation. 
 
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 rude state of nature, and take a view of her as exer* 
 cising her influence upon man when improived by civi- 
 lization and refinement. We find that with the im- 
 provements of society, new ideas naturally arise in the 
 mind of man. 
 
 The care of posterity arose : permanency must be 
 given to possessions. The ^rtn and its produce are 
 parcelled out, — men call their lands by their namec, - - 
 housl) is joined to house, and field added to held. — 
 But could man do tbiit^ne ? NO. As soon could he 
 pluck the moon from iogtr^orbit, or arrest the sun in his 
 course. In vain have his labour and skill provided 
 bread enough and to sp^re, unless the womaTCs pni- 
 dent attention manage that siifliciency and lay up that 
 surplus for the evil day which may come. *' She look- 
 eth well to the ways of her household, and eateth not 
 the bread of idleness.'^ Let this sentiment be fixed 
 upon your minds as long aj3 time shall endure : No 
 man ever prospered in the world without tlie consent and 
 co-operation of his wife ! Let him be ever so frugal, 
 regular, industrious, intelligent, successful, all goes for 
 nothings if she is profuse, disorderly, indolent, or un- 
 faithful to her trust. Let us carry these views out for 
 a moment into practical life, and take the different 
 classes as they rise. Take the farmer for instance. 
 T his Inan's farm prospers, his barn is filled with plenty, 
 the floors are covered with wheat, the vats overflow with 
 wine and oil, his cattle increase and he is getting rich. 
 Take the merchant, and you shall see all his commerce 
 thrive, all his plans succeed : Providence smiles — the 
 wings of every wind are wafting to his door gold and 
 silver and precious things. The talents of a third are 
 procuring for him reputation and distinction, and honor 
 and wealth. And did not these prosper? No. Why ? 
 Because these men had no help-meet. The design of 
 heaven was defeated — the parties were unequally 
 yoked— the help found for these men was not an help- 
 meet for them. Skill was counteracted by careless- 
 ness — the fruits of diligence were scattered about by 
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 in the sitting of an evening ; by much slothfulness the 
 building decayed, and through idleness of the hands 
 the house failed. 
 
 But if you turn the scale, and let the woman look 
 well to her household, and cultivate the fear of God 
 and the wisdom from above, then she exercises an in- 
 fluence over the estate of her household, that secures 
 prosperity, usefulness, and respectability in life. ** Her 
 children rise up and call her blessed ; her husband also, 
 and he praiseth her." " A virtuous woman is a crown 
 to her husband ; but she that maketh ashamed is as 
 rottenness in his bones." 
 
 Ill— AS A PHYSICIAN. 
 
 And this refers to the health of the family. 
 
 Health must be considered by all as among the first 
 class of human blessings bestowed upon man by his 
 Creator. Whatever else we possess, if this is wanting, 
 ALL, ALL the rest must be insipid and tasteless. With- 
 draw this boon, and the palace and the cottage are 
 both alike filled with gloom and dismay. Health and 
 happiness are so closely connected and linked toge- 
 ther, that the existence of the one is almost abso- 
 lutely necessary for the enjoyment of the other. — 
 Now, the health of man is more or less affected by 
 verious causes. Some of these causes are within 
 IjiiTiri'tolf, and the amount of health an individual en- 
 j r}'i, depends upon his own prudence and manage- 
 vn. r*:. But there are other sources of health which 
 €re not so much under his immediate controul, and on 
 which his health very much depends, that are to a 
 large extent committed into other hands. We are all 
 formed and intended for society* and the health and 
 happiness of the individual, as well as the body politic, 
 depends very much upon our associations and stations 
 in life. This variety is the lot of all, more or less ; 
 but must in the nature of things vary with our station 
 and employments of life. In navigating the voyage of 
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 for the head wind as well as the pleasant breeze ; for 
 the small freight as well as the full cargo ; the unsuc- 
 cessful voyage as well as the successful arrival. It 
 will be seen in reading the history of man, that sorrow 
 and pain, solicitude and disappointment, enter into the 
 cup from which man is called to drink ; and that msin, 
 whoever he is, is but half provided for the voyage of 
 life, who seeks to navigate this vast ocean alone. — 
 God saw this and provided fur our wants and necessi- 
 ties. Ke, therefore, employed his creative wisdom, 
 and made for man an help-meet. One to be his asso- 
 ciate and companion in life. A companion for his 
 youth, a sharer in his felicity and property, a support 
 in age, a solace in affliction, a partner in want, a friend 
 that sticketh closer than a brother, 
 
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 This was the intention of the Creator in the original 
 formation of man, and the constitution uf male and 
 female, and the marriage compact. And that the 
 means are adapted to the end, no one can doubt for a 
 moment, who is the least acquainted with the histoVy 
 of the race. Every man and especially every married 
 man knows that to a large extent, his tranquillity of 
 mind, his temper, his character and reputation are 
 committed into the hands of his wife, and that his 
 health depends very much upon her good keeping. 
 Let these be neglected or trifled with, or blown into 
 an hurricane under every slight and trifling oflence, 
 and the greatest bodily vigour will quickly decay and 
 sink under its weight, and the individual once the 
 pride and glory of his race, becomes an emaciated 
 skeleton, and life with all its blessings forever blasted. 
 But on the other hand, where these are properly guar- 
 ded, in the hands of a virtuous and- intelligent help- 
 meet, we see life, health, vigour and happiness encir- 
 cle round the head, and man all at once becomes fair 
 as the moon, bright as the sun, and mighty as an 
 army, with banners braving every storm, resisting 
 every blast, and putting forth all his euergiesj come 
 off more than conqueror. 
 
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 V— AS A CHRISTIAN. 
 
 And this brings her in connection with the church. 
 There is something in the very nature of the female 
 constitution which makes her peculiarly the subject of 
 religious impressions. The hppes and fears, and the 
 peculiar sympathies of her nature, naturally incline 
 her to seiiouatiess, and love and communion with God. 
 
 . She is less exposed to the world and its temptations, 
 thtfn the other sex, and has generally more time for 
 prayer and religious meditation. It is in the church 
 of the living God, that her character, her usefulness, 
 her influence, her virtues are developed "and called 
 into action. Whatever other excellencies she may 
 possess as a woman ; it is religion, the pure and un- 
 defiled rHigion of heaven, that gives life and utterance 
 
 "^to her character, a polish to all her manners, how- 
 ever refined by nature and art, and energy to all 
 her decisions. It is as a religious being, woman 
 under the influence' of God, taught by bis divine 
 spirit, guided by his word, that 1 am now descri- 
 bing going forth in the greatness and majesty of her 
 power as an angel of light, discharging the duties of 
 her station in the church of God. We do not indeed 
 expect her to become preacher, at)d enter the sacred 
 desk ; this does not appear to be her calling, no more 
 than it is her duty to beat the drum, bldw the fife, or 
 wield the sword. But though she is not called to fill 
 any of these great and public stations in the church ; 
 yet, there are other places in the church, and import- 
 ant posts too, in which she cannot only be useful, but 
 
 . useful in a very eminent degree, and in some respects 
 strike a more powerful influence upon the objects 
 around her, than the other sex. I will mention a few 
 of these — 
 
 I — The Children op the Church. 
 
 These have always been an importan. , and in many 
 respects the largest part of the church on earth.— 
 Their early instruction and impression, as far as 
 
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 reli^ous tmth is coDoeraecl, is of the fir&t importance. 
 The inspired writers and the wise men of all ages and 
 countries, have felt the force and thq importance of 
 this subject, and ha?e called the united attention of 
 the community to the early instruction of the rising 
 generation. Their language is, "Train up a child in 
 the way be should go ; and when he is pld he will not. 
 depart from it." Hence we see the wisdom of Sab' 
 bath School institutions, and the usefulnefSs^and im- 
 poitance of the femaje character and influence in the 
 church of God. Heris is a field, opened in which she- 
 can put £bnh lall her energies^ and employ ^W her 
 talents, and strike. an influence through the rising ge- 
 neration that shall last forever. 
 
 Is not the church and the world, indebted to the 
 pious instructions of hoib and Eunice, the.- gi^ndmo* 
 ther and mother of Timothy, for one of her first |;ishops ? 
 And who.can tell, till eternity unfold itself to our view,, 
 how n^any Timothies have been instructedy. impressed, 
 and trained, in oui* Sabbath Schools, and that l^o by 
 female idstxiietion and influence. Jiot not >¥Qmari 
 then suppose thatTshe hafr. nothing to. do -in th^ church 
 of the living God ; here is a field for the exercise of 
 all her powers, and where she can-stHke an influence 
 as powerful as life, and as lasting. as eternity. Here,, 
 ev6ry.fema1e.that.can, read, may find employment, and 
 employment in which she may be useful and instru- 
 mental in imparting life and salvation to others. — 
 Here is a field for female influence, for both young 
 and old, married and unmarried, rich and pi^oor, all 
 may find employment and usefulness. - 
 
 2 — The Poor .qp the Chubch. 
 
 It is said of the virtuous woman, that " She ^Xve^ch-, 
 eth out her hand to the pOQf.'' The poor are a kind 
 of legacy of the church, left by the Saviour- of the 
 world as her portion, and calls for her special care and 
 attention. For ye have the poor always. with you.—, 
 " For the poor shall never cease out df U>e Land;* 
 therefore, I conmiand thee, saying, Thou abailt open; 
 
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 thine hand wide unto thy Brother, to thy' poor and to 
 thy needy in the Land." Now, however this may be 
 the duty of the male class of the race, one thing is cer- 
 tain, that it opens a large and useful door for female 
 action, influence and usefulness. It is not enough that 
 you visit th*" poor ; but if you mean to carry your in- 
 fluence out, it must be employed in soliciting the 
 means of relief from the wealthy, and those that are 
 able to aid you in this great christian duty — and for 
 your encouragement, consider the promise of God. 
 " Blessed is he that considereth the poor ; the Lord 
 will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will 
 preserve him and keep him alive, and he shall be 
 blessed upon the earth. The Lord vdll strengthen 
 him upon^the bed of languishing ; Thou wilt make all 
 his bed in his sickness." Ps. 41. 1, 3. " If thou 
 draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflict- 
 ed soul, then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy 
 darkness be as the noon day." Isaiah 58, 10. These 
 with ten thousand other promises, are given as en- 
 couragements to us, to aid and help us in this great 
 work of i mevolence and usefulness. Here again, is 
 a great and open door for female usefulness and influ- 
 ence. And while she is stretching out her hand in 
 charity, a suitable opportunity offers to drop a word 
 of instruction, that may strike an influence through 
 eternity. 
 
 3 — The Sick op the Church. 
 
 This is another portion of the heritage that calls for 
 the special care and sympathy of the church, and in 
 which the female can be most advantageously employed. 
 Her very nature and sympathies qualify her in a very 
 eminent degree for the God-like undertaking. In 
 sickness the heart generally feels tender, and however 
 deaf the ear may be to the voice of wisdom and reli- 
 gion in health and prosperity, it will generally listen 
 to the voice of instruction on the bed of languishing. 
 " In t»'ouble they will visit him, and pour out a prayer 
 when his chastening is upon them." There is no per- 
 
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 son more qualified, and who can strike a greater 
 influence upon the sick and dying than the intelligent 
 female in the tick room and up6n the bed of' death. 
 Here she appears nn an angel of light, imparting in- 
 struction and salvation to the needy, and those who 
 are ready to perish. Visiting the sick is not only a 
 duty enjoined upon us in the scriptures, but also one 
 of those virtues that is noticed and rewarded by the 
 Saviour himself at the ,day of judgment. " I was sick 
 and ye visited me.'' And Jesus himself went about 
 healing all manner of sickness. 
 
 4 — The Charities of the Church. 
 
 This is eminently her sphere of action, and where 
 her energies and power can shine w\th brilliancy and 
 lustre. Not only do we see her influence in going 
 round from, door to door in collecting the means of 
 doing good, but also in distributing from house to 
 house the means put into her hand, to accomplish the 
 object of her benevolent designs. Sometimes it is 
 bread for the hungry — at another time clothing for the 
 naked — and again a tract as food for the mind and 
 impression for the heart. In this situation the influ- 
 ence and power of woman, is seen and felt by the 
 whole conimunity, and the tract distributer is doing 
 as much for her generation, in the circle in which she 
 is moving, as the Minister of the Gospel in the pulpit. 
 They are both preachers. The one more public and 
 open ; the other more secret, though sometimes more 
 eflectual. 
 
 . Woman has always been the n5remost in the sup- 
 port of the christian church. She was the flrst in the 
 transgression, and the first to bring in the promised 
 blessing. The seed of the woman was to biuise the 
 head of the serpent. She was among the chief friends 
 of our Lord when on earth, and the foremost among 
 those who wept at his suflerings, and the first who ran 
 to the sepulchre after his death. She was the first to 
 tell the tidings of his resurrection. In reading the his- 
 tory of the church, we find her in all its departments 
 
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 gmong the most active and, zealoUs of the churcb 
 friends. In the church under the Old Testament dta- i 
 pensation» and also in the New Testament, and all 
 succeeding ages, we find woman among the most pro- 
 minent, active, and influential of the friends of Christ. 
 We find woman among the first to found Sabbath 
 schools, and sustain and carry them on. The gospel 
 has been introduced into new places, and Ministers 
 supported and kept in their places by her influence. 
 Indeed let me ask what has she not done in the church 
 and state, that can benefit and ameliorate the condition 
 of the race, and bless and make man happy 'i Lady 
 Huntington, and Miss Hannah More, have left behind 
 them a name and influence, that will be as lasting as 
 time and as durable as eternity. 
 
 VI— AS A PRINCESS. 
 
 In reading the history of the racei we find that wo- 
 man, has not unfrequently been called in the course of 
 Divine Providence, to fill the first and most important 
 stations in civil life, It is neither a new nor a novel 
 occurrence in the history of Briton, to see a female 
 upon the throne, wielding the sceptre of th^ most 
 powerful and important nation upon the face of the 
 globe. This m^y in tlie eyes of some appear rather a 
 misfortune than a blessing. . This question we will not 
 discuss at the present. It is according to the constitu- 
 tion of the kingdom, and evidently the good and wise 
 appointment of heaven. The heart of every loyal 
 subject responds to the appointment, while it listens 
 to the wise dictates of heayenly wisdom, who teaches 
 us to give honour to whom honour is due, and to re- 
 spect at^d love those who have the rule over us. Our 
 graciou^Aueen is not only loved and esteemed by her 
 most iji^^g and loyal subjects, but she id deserving 
 the l^tli^iind esteem which is constantly paid her, on 
 all public opportunities, of expressing the feelings of a 
 loyal people. As a woman she is lovely in herself, and 
 from all that we know and hear and see of her private, 
 
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 Tirtues and domestic habits, she would be an honour 
 and an ornament to any class of society, in which the 
 providence of God might have placed her But when 
 we consider that she is an English woman by birth ; 
 a Protestant in heiureligious faith";' the lawful heiress 
 of the British throne ; the descendant of a line of an- 
 cestors, long endeared to the British nation by their 
 generous acts and mighty deeds ; and in connection 
 with all this, she is at this moment the mistress of the 
 most enlightened and powerful empire the world ever 
 saw, embracing within its bosom not less than one 
 hundred and fifty millions of hun^an beings, (a popu- 
 lation only to be conceived in figures) ; these together 
 with her extraordinary, personal and private virtues, 
 render her the most lovely and influential female in 
 the world. Of such a Queen, every loyal heart feels 
 proud, while every pulse beats with warm affection to 
 the name Victoria. Was Soloman in all his glory 
 like unto her t 
 
 Look at the Religion of Britain, and then say was 
 there ever a nation or people like unto her, and whose 
 God is the Lord. I will say nothing of her victorious 
 armies ; her triumphant navy ; her inexhaustible 
 Wealth ; her extensive manufactones ; her unparalel-, 
 ed commerce ; her numerous provinces — all little 
 empiies in themselves. These I will leave at present 
 to statesmen and politicians, and call your attention 
 more immediately to her religion, the strength and 
 bulwark of the nation. Britain is a nation of priests 
 of the most high God. There are at this moment in 
 the island of Great Britain alone, not less than thirty 
 thousand ministers of the Gospel of the different de- 
 nominations of protestants, publishing the glad tidings 
 of salvation in churches, chapels, meeting houses, 
 rooms, lanes, a^pd public streets, every returning sab- 
 bath^-all attached to the British throne. AH these 
 ministers with their respective congregations, are con- 
 stantly sending up their most fervent and devout pray- 
 ers to the throne of Heaven, for the Queen and all in 
 authority. 
 
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 Look agSkin at her charities. Is she not sending rut 
 her Missionaries, her Bibles, her Tracts, her School 
 teachers, to every corner of the Empire ^ 
 
 Look again at her laws. And is there a nation to 
 be found upon the face of the globe where more per- 
 sonal, civil, and religious liberty exists, than within 
 her walls 1 
 
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 Look again at her numerous free schools, sabbath 
 schools and other institutions of learning ; and her hos- 
 pitals for the sick and dying — and where will you find 
 a nation upon the face of the globe like unto her ] — 
 Over this mighty empire of moral greatness Queen 
 Victoria reigns, and reigns too in the heaits of her 
 loving rfnd loyal subjects. May not every Briton say 
 " The lines have fallen unto me in pleasant places, 
 and I have a goodly heritage." Who can deny the 
 power of female influence ? In Britain it is seen in 
 every British flag, in every bale of commerce, in every 
 pulpit, in every sabbath school, in every bible, and at 
 the batk of every letter. 
 
 Having thus beheld pious virtuous women, in the 
 Various stages of usefulness and influence, let me now 
 call you to view her in the giving up of all her heart 
 held dear on earth. Go with her to the bed of death 
 and the grave — and here -again we see her greatness 
 and influence. Contrast her fortitude upon the bed 
 't)f death, and when struggling with the last enemy of 
 heir nature, with that of some of the most victorious 
 Generals that have conducted their thousands to •^^he 
 field of battle and of death ; but themselves have fail- 
 ed in fortitude, when called to meet death in his more 
 private approaches. Yet the virtuous female can look 
 even death in the face, as a conquered enemy, and 
 upon his very ramparts wave the banner of triumph 
 and victory. She is strong even in death ; so that 
 •when dying she strikes and leaves an influence to be 
 felt forever. 
 
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 1 — Tub importance of Female Education. 
 
 Of the importance and advantages of education to 
 all classes, and especially to the female classes of 
 society, it is not necessary for roe to advocate in any 
 part of the British Empirer-as the fact is admitted in 
 every quarter of her Majesty's dominions. But is the 
 subject sufficiently felt by those who profess to believe 
 it 1 Must not every reflecting man admit frc " i what 
 has been said, as well as his own observation and ex- 
 perience, that the female class are in a strict and 
 important sense, the most influential and interesting 
 class of society, and on which the life and happiness 
 of the great body social and political, depend. Re- 
 move them from the world and what have we left t 
 Does not all our happiness, both social and political^ 
 depend under God upon them ? Is it not here we 
 find all those delightful associations included in the 
 names of mother, siister, wife, friend, child, companion, 
 with all those tender and endearing names peculiar to 
 our race ] At home, or abroad, in private sblitude, or 
 in the more immediate business of life, these names 
 and relations follow us, and touch and soften the heart 
 when all other objects fail. With these facts before 
 us, it cannot I think be doubted, no not for a moment, 
 that it is the duty of every parent, even of the most 
 humble cottage, as well as those of the more splendid 
 mansions, to exert all their powers to render tb^^e re- 
 lations as dear as possible. The. foundation Qf alji, i^eal 
 greatnes3 ai?4 infiueifce in womaii» is that religion 
 which purifies the l^eart, and regulateS; a^d soften^ thp 
 manners. Aijd if it is not in the ppwer of aU to give 
 their daughters those accomplishment^ included in 
 what is called a refined education ; yet it is within 
 the reach of all to teacl;^ them the pure and updej&I^ed 
 religion of heaven — for afteir all it is to the operation 
 of this divi^ie principle VP9^* ^^6 female character, we 
 are to look for that meekness and humility, sinc€|re 
 love and constant affection, that untiring s^nd vigilant 
 attention, which h^s been the honour and glory of the 
 
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 sex in all past ages, and gives woman that power over 
 man and the world, surpassing all other influence. 
 
 2 — The advantages op the Chkistian Religion. 
 
 In all uncultivated societies, woman has been de- 
 graded and enslaved. In the dark ages of the world 
 woman was only looke.d upon by their brutal lords, as 
 the mere slaves of their passions, and the drudges of 
 society. This is the very spirit of paganism wherever 
 it exists. ' But the religion of Heaven comes to her 
 aid, and lifls her at once from her state of degradation 
 and slavery, and places her with the princes of the 
 people, yea, with the princes of the pedple. Under 
 the influenco of Christianity, she rises in the scale of 
 being, and that man shews the greatest love and re- 
 spect to woman, who does the most to support and 
 sustain the christian religion. It is the religion of the 
 cross that has given woman, British woman, the pow- 
 er and influence she sustains in society, and which adds 
 lustre to her character and respect to her name. Let 
 religion, pure religion^ spread through all parts of the 
 British empire, and her sons, and her daughters shall 
 all say Amen. 
 
 3 — Let Husbands i/earn to esteem and love 
 
 their Wives. 
 
 I should suppose I had no need to impress this 
 subject upon the mind of any intelligent man, as one 
 would nat-urally infer that every man's common 
 sense, as well as interest would teach him — ^having 
 obtained a good wife not only to attach importance to 
 her, but to place a great value upon her. But with 
 shame, I confess, that such is the blindness of our 
 minds and the unfeeling nature of our hearts, that 
 we have need of admonition upon this important sub- 
 ject. So the inspired writers thought and felt : hence 
 we hear them say — Husbands love your wives, and 
 be not bitter against them. And how are we to love 
 them ? Let an Apostle mnawer. As Christ loved the 
 
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 Church. They are to be loved as your own body, and 
 the reason is, that he who loves his wife loveth himself. 
 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to 
 knowledge, giving honour unto the wife as unto the 
 weaker vessel, as being heirs together of the grace of 
 life, that your prayers be not hindered. 
 
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 STANZAS 
 
 ON THE niRTH OF THE PRINCESS ROVAL. 
 
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 Floats o'er the land a note of gladness, 
 The winds the stirring tidings bear ; 
 
 As on they sweep, in triumph telling 
 " To Britain's throne is born an heir !" 
 
 Welcome thy coming, regal lady ! 
 
 We see in prospect on thy brow 
 The gleaming of that golden circle, 
 
 To which uncounted millions bow. 
 
 Now lying helpless in thy cradle, 
 
 To every infant ill a prey, 
 Weak, darling, feeble, pretty nursling, 
 
 Slumber thy harmless hours away. 
 
 What dreams of power, of might, and glory. 
 As shades o'er thine unconscious brain. 
 
 Might spread, if thou couldst know what splendour 
 Waits on the Mistress of the Main ! 
 
 To islands bright in sunny oceans ; 
 
 To Empires girt by Indus old ; 
 To lands scarce trod by footstep christian ; 
 
 To late-won Asia's central fold ; 
 
 Where, through Canadian forests frozen, 
 
 St. Lawrence rolls his mighty tide ; 
 Where, in the glow of burning tropic, 
 
 The Cape's great giant loves to ride ; 
 
 Where'er the blast sweeps o'er the billow. 
 And waves the unconquer'd flag of red : 
 
 From climates 'neath the Wain ascendant, ' ~ 
 To where the southern Cross is spread ; 
 
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 There, lady, is thy sole dominion, 
 Where varying tribes of men await 
 
 The hour — far be it in its coming ! — 
 That makes the mistress of their fate. 
 
 The sun in constant course revolving, 
 
 Sets never in the wide domain, 
 O'er which thy loved and lovely mother, 
 
 Stretches the sceptre of her reign. 
 
 Sweet was the song, though small its moment, 
 Sung to lov'd boy by gipsy crone, 
 
 Which told that stream, and hill, and valley, 
 Seen from his towers were all his own. 
 
 To thee imperial rule is destined — 
 And thine shall be barofiial sway : 
 
 May they who hold thee in their guidance, 
 Endow thee for another day ! 
 
 When earthly pomp has pass'd and vanished. 
 And thou, thy worldly labours done, 
 
 Shalt come with other worms to tremble 
 Before the one Eternal Throne. 
 
 Bright be thy path in peace and glory, 
 Worthy of her who rules the free. 
 
 And fit to crave from Him a blessing, 
 Who died as well for us as thee. 
 
 Rough is our lay though true and faithful, 
 He who should hail thee with his song 
 
 Sits silent mid his much-loved mountains : 
 Mute is the Laureate's tuneful tongue ! 
 
 The Persian prayer be thine, dear baby — 
 As thou, a naked, new-born child, 
 
 Wailed at the moment of thy birth-hour, 
 While every eye around thee smiled. 
 
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 So through the course of life's long current 
 
 May it be thine thy way to keep, 
 That at the moment of thy death hour 
 
 Calm mays't thou smile, while all around thee 
 weep. 
 
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