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    412 A LAST -WORD.

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    _ No To More Assist Than Parents This In...

    until making they them also worth shall y g dwellers ive way to up their on earth successors , arnid and its pressing pass on * throug duties h ,

    death This to is immortality the essential . view of tlie governess's office , its true nature ; descri

    the details and the varieties which fall under this general p-Both nature tion , it parents of forms the and no office part governesses is of too the apparent desi often gn in of do the this not anomalous paper see this to present position to be . the which That true

    the governess sometimes holds , in the disappointment and vexation which parents often experience , in the of unfortunate demands upon ladies us condemned for sympath to y

    tuition with the as sli a ghted means and of oppressed winning race their daily bread , which , are frequently madebut the office of in itselfconsidered as a ministry

    from sacred ; God charge , as an over enli tlie ghtened next governess generation and , instructed of educated , help men to parents and women , as a , is fitted

    to is full call of forth dignity the strongest , of importance energies , of and touching of the all tenderest interest of affections . It lace . side It

    is h worth side y with of all the honor sacred , of profession all respect , of a minister regard , of Christ a p . She who y holds it worthily should be cherished as a friend and sister by

    those who ask her to aid them in their holy work . The moment a governess sinks into a mere dependent , a

    necestreated sary intruder with cold into and the distant family circle politeness , an , object if with of any mere consideration civility , to be at

    rejoicing all , to be and lost a si sense ght of of intense as much relief as possible so soon , as to the be g dismissed lad conviction with

    comes that her services can be dispensed "with , —that moment the sp soul irit . There has departed is nothing from for her her , office henceforth , most , but likel intellectual y too from h drud her it be gery own in ,

    heart-sickness , a weariness that longs for rest , even thoug the grave . Bnt , she who can sink into this condition has mistaken her vocationor has failed rihtly to prepare herself for its discharge .

    Her unhappiness , is not to be g placed to the account of governess-ship , but to the fearful blunder as to her sacred office , made alike by

    herself and her employers . She is a servant "where she should be a frienda servant in another sense than that in which we should all

    be servants ; of God , of Christ , and of each other . EN ¦

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    412 A Last -Word.

    412 A LAST -WORD .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1860, page 412, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021860/page/52/