Yet girlhood seldom appreciates itself. We often hear a girl
wishing that she were a boy. That seems so strange! God made no
mistake in her creation. He sent her into the world full of power
and will to be a helper; and only He knows how much his world
needs help. She is here to make this great house of humanity a
habitable and a beautiful place, without and within,--a true home
for every one of his children. It matters not if she is poor, if
she has to toil for her daily bread, or even if she is surrounded
by coarseness and uncongeniality: nothing can deprive her of her
natural instinct to help, of her birthright as a helper. These
very hindrances may, with faith and patience, develop in her a
nobler womanhood.
No; let girls be as thankful that they are girls as that they are
human beings; for they also, according to his own loving plan for
them, were created in the image of God. Their real power, the
divine dowry of womanhood, is that of receiving and giving
inspiration. In this a girl often surpasses her brother; and it
is for her to hold firmly and faithfully to her holiest
instincts, so that when he lets his standard droop, she may,
through her spiritual strength, be a standard bearer for him.
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