Women's Rights

"Your beauty...should be that of your inner self, theWoolman).Regardless of the strident voices for
unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which isliberation, the Christian woman's true makeup--her
of great worth in God's sight" (1 Peter 3:3,4)."Howcharacter--is one of nurture, calm, and service. These
shall we become lovely? By loving Him who is everare the ornaments that shine more brightly as we
lovely" (St. Augustine); "Some glances of real beautyget older. Christian character should become exquisite
may be seen in their faces, who dwell in truewith age. The Christian spirit is a tempered spirit, not
meekness. There is a harmony in the sound of thata spirit of temper. It is tempered with the heavenly
voice to which Divine love gives utterance, and somealloy of Christ-like refinement, disposition and habits. It
appearance of right order in their temper andis only by ardently beholding Christ that we can
conduct whose passions are regulated" (John"makeup" such a character.J.