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VICTORIA TEXAS:
SATURDAY JANUARY 16. 1047.
CHRISTIAN INFLUENCE IN TEXAS.
It is much easier to impress the minds
of youth with proper and virtuous senti-
ments than to change opinions when once
formed. The permanent character of our
young and noble State is now just begin-
ning to be formed; and now is the time
for Christians to act and to act promptly.
If our towns cities and neighborhoods are
impressed with the belief that it is unne-
cessary and useless to respect the Sabbath
and cultivate moral sentiments it will be
difficult to erase such improper errors.
In seeking new homes men of stamina of
moral and religious sentiments ever look
for communities of the same character and
if possible will locate among such in pref-
erence to those of opposite habits. It then
becomes important in a pecuniary as well
as moral point of view that our people of
all classes should learn to "Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy:' to lay
aside all worldly and secular employments:
to attend Church: to send our children to
Sunday-school &c.
Let ue then at an early day devote
our energies to the erection of school hou-
ses the building of churches and the ex-
tension of correct principles among all
classes of people the rich and the poor
the high and the lew. In a word let us
favor every thing that will promote the
moral aud intellectual excellence of the
people of this vast young State vast in
territory vast in the elements of wealth
and almost beyond our conception in its
destined greatness. By this means we
will increase our own happiness give a
high and noble tone to the rising genera
tion and invite into our country thousands
and tens of thousands of the most valua-
ble citizens from our sister States and
from Europe.
It is clear to our mind that Texas occu-
pies an important position in the Christian
world. On her south are the West Indies;
on her south-west west and north-west is
Mexico; on the north hordes of savages.
It requires no prophetic eye to see that the
day is near at hand when the liberty of
the press freedom of speech and religious
liberty will be established in Mexico: and
whenever this is the case Texas from her
geographical position and similarity of
climate ought and must do much in sup-
plying that country with the Bible and
Evangelical ministers. From like causes.
her influence must at some day be felt in
the West Indies. It thus becomes vastly
important that Texas should abound with
Evangelical ministers and the means of
grace. So may it be.
EMIGRATION OF MINISTERS.
The 3Iissionary Board will doubtless do
all they can to supply the wants of our
State with able ministers; but they cannot
with all the zeal and energy that they may
possess furnish our country as rapidly as
its wants will require. Many ministers
will doubtless emigrate with the masses
that are moving westward. Those persons
should have an eye to future usefulness as
well as a suitable locality for their families.
Wc have known ministers in moving to
a new country to settle in the same town
or neighborhood and one of the brethren
being sufficient to supply the wants of the
church the others would be in a measure
destitute of employment and be necessari-
ly compelled to turn theirattention to sonic
worldly pursuit for the support of them-
selves and families. Such things ought not
so to be.
In portions of our church we have from
ten to forty ministers belonging to one
presbyterry and many of them young men
without circuits or charges. Because they
cannot see any particular opening they
will not venture to throw themselves on the
protecting Providence of God. If we be-
lieve in a call to the ministry at all we are
forced to the conclusion that there is a rad-
ical defect some where. Where is it?
Should a man employ a number of persons
to reap his grain would it be reasonable to
conclude that he would scud them nil to one
part of the field ttierc to remain? By no
means. Would the spirit of God call on
men to preach the Gospel and clothe them
with sacred trusts and yet expect them to
remain at home? It may be said that the
Church Ins made no arrangements for their
support. Was Luther aided by the church 1
Not at all. Were Donnell and a host of
others the first pioneers of our church pro-
vided for? The language of the preacher
should be: I believe in the promises of
God. Then the first question to be settled
it Is h my duty to go to Texas Oregon
North Carolina or elsewhere? If it is go
sad carry with you the promise "Lo I am
wkh you nhvnys even to the end of the
world."
Vou will have Under and sacred ties to
break but belter give them up than for
thousands of sinners to be lost for the want
of your labors. You will have difficulties
to encounter in this country but not more
than vou can overcome. In the name of
God wc can do all things. In this country
you can take a stand for usefulness that you
cannot where you arc. Then come over
to Macedonia and help us.
MATAGORDA BAY ITS TOWNS.
Matagorda bay is formed by a long nar-
row peninsula on the western point of
which is the town site of Port Cavallo
sometimes called Decrnw's Point. The
main inlet or pnss into this bay is formed
by this .peninsula on the enst and St. Jo-
seph's island on the west the pass being
about three miles Avide and affording at
the lowest tide nine and at ordinary tide
from ten to twelve feet water. On the
point of this island also there is a town
site heretofore called Calhoun. Near the
eastern end of Matagorda bay the Colo-
rado river enters at the mouth of which
stands the town of Matagorda. Further
west on a small bay formed by the river
Trcspalacios is the town site of Valacios
said by those acquainted with it to have
an excellent harbor. Still further west is
the Lavaca the principal arm of Matagor-
da bay. Tin's bay is about three or four
miles wide and about eighteen long: it is
formed bv the Lavaca and Navidad rivors. '
and various bavous all navigable for some
distance. On the west side of this bay
some eight miles from its head is the
handsome and flourishing village of Port
Lavaca having a good harbor with six and
b ...
a hall or seven feet water which in the
opinion of some with slight improvements
might be increased to eight feet. Ten
miles below Port Lavaca at the mouth of
Lavaca bav stands the thriving village of
Indian Point. Tnis place being fifteen
miles inside of the Main pass has at all
times according to the best aulhoritv eight
and nine feet water good anchorage and
a fair harbor. Within the last year it has
advanced rapidly. It is the established
depot and shipping point of nil the Ger-
man emigrants and colonics.
On the west Matagorda bay is directly
connected with that of Espiritu Santo by
McIIcnry's bayou. The Guadalupe and
San Antonio rivers after uniting together
with a number of smaller streams dis-
charge into Espiritu Santo bay and hence
find their natural outlet through the Main
pass of Matagorda bay.
Thus it will be seen that all the ship-
ping of the vast country from Colorado on
the cast to the San Antonio on the west
including the country watered by those
streams the Trcspalacios Caranchua Nav-
idad Lavaca Garcitas Guadalupe and Co-
lclo must be done through the Main pass
of Matagorda bay. This district no less
remarkable for its great fertililv and beau-
ty than for its general healthiness and
adaptation to agricultural purposes is
about one hundred miles in width and
three hundred in length: and hence it is.
that all intelligent men knowing the situa-
tion of this section must see that a great
commercial emporium must spring up at
some point on Matagorda bay where the
larger vessels may load and unload find
sufficient depth of water good anchorage
and a safe harbor and from which steam-
boats of light draught may ply up the Col-
orado as high as Austin up the Lavaca to
Tcxana up the Guadalupe to Gonzales or
higher up the San Antonio to Goliad and
up all the smaller streams to the head of
tide water.
Where is this great city to be? is a ques-
tion much more easily put than answered.
Some say at Port Cavallo some say at
Calhoun and others think Indian Point is
to be the successful candidate for this prize
of commercial glorv. We think the chan
ces arc probably confined to these three
places but time and cntcrprize must de-
cide between them.
Reflections upon the past Year.
Many have been the trials and scenes
through which we have passed during the
year which has just closed. Who can in-
form us as to the mysterious future ? None.
Manv that are now buoyant with hope and
high in spirits will before the close of the
year have paid the debt of nature and be
numbered with the pale nations of the
dead! Terrible thought! it should awaken
all to a sense of their danger and to pre-
pare for that dread event.
REVIVALS.
The past year has been signally blessed
in the outpouring of God's Holy Spirit and
the conversion of many precious souls in
the Southern and Western States. May
still greater displays be seen during the
present year.
OCT" Wc feel regret and mortification in"
having to state that the mail bags from
this to Houston arc so small that they do
not carry our papers with any certainty
frequently leaving them in the office here.
It is the duty of the contractor to carry
the whole mail; and if one pair of bags are
too small he must secure another.
MISSIONARY SOCIETIES.
Wc publish below the form of a Consti-
tution as recommended by the General As-
sembly's Board of Missions to the Con-
gregations and Presbyteries of the Cum-
berland Presbyterian Church. It is not
expected that the means which may he
raised in our State are to be appropriated
to other portions of the world. Our coun-
try being destitute in many parts of the
means of grace the board has decided thai
Texas is one of the first fields to be occu-
pied. In the formation of these societies
the smallest American coin can be received
semi-annually; so that the poorest member
in the Church need net be deprived of con-
tributing his mite.
If wc cannot do much let us do what
wc can. If we do not over-rale our nu-
merical strength by contributing 25 cents
each we will have from the Church alone
live hundred dollars from the people at
large wc will probably receive as much
which added to the aid we may expect
from the Missionary Board will enable us
to keep five or six active and useful young
men riding in the interior or a less number
stationed in some of the larger towns.
Brethren this can be done with little ef-
fort and small means. Will it he done?
Brother Samuel Corley of Red River
countv. has been appointed by the Synod
I of Texas to make an effort throughout the
State in fiivor of the missionary cause.
I Wo cannot for a moment entertain a doubt
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Form of a Constitution for a Congrcga-
t:on :.. . c. P. Church.
Art. 1. This society shall be called the
Missionary Society of Cjngregnlion.
and auxiliary to the Presbyterial Society.
Art. . The object of the Society shall
be to aid Missions under the direction of
the General Assembly's Bjard.
Art. 3. Any person by paying semi-
annually the sum of shall become a
member.
Art. 1. Any person by paying twenty
dollars at any one time shall be a member
for life.
Art. f. The Socroty shall elect annu-
ally a President Vicc-President Treasur-
er Secretary and two or more collectors.
Art. G. The President shall preside at
all meetings; in case of his absence the
Yicc President shall preside.
Art. 7. The Treasurer shall take
charge of the money collected and pay
the same to the Treasurer of the "Society
of the Presbytery"' taking duplicate re-
ceipts one of which shall be filed with the
Secretary of said Society.
Art. S. The Secretary shall keep the
records and manage the correspondence of
the Society.
Art. 9. The Collectors shall collect
the subscriptions and solicit donations from
those who may not be members of the
Society ; and to do their work more effec-
tually shall make a suitable division of
their labor and call on all persons within
their respective-limits friendly to the ob
ject.
Art. 10. The Society shall meet semi-
annually at least ten days previous to the
regular meeting of Presbytery; at which
meeting a sermon shall be delivered suited
to the occasion by a minister appointed at
the preceding meeting. Reports shall he
made by the Collectors and such other bu-
siness attended to as the interests of the
Society may require.
Form of the Constitution of a Presbytery
of the C. P. Church.
Art. 1. This Society shall be auxiliary
to the General Assembly's Board and
shall be composed of all the ordained
preachers of Presbytery and all el-
ders who may be present at any one session
of said Presbytery: provided said preach-
ers and elders belong to Missionary So-
cieties in their respective Congregations.
This requisition shall not be enforced till
one year after the organization of the So-
ciety: then preachers and elders failing
to become members as aforesaid shall be
excluded.
Art. 2. This Society shall be called the
Missionary Society of Presbytery.
Art. 3. The sole object of this Society
shall be to superintend the societies formed
in the several Congregations within the
bounds of this Presbytery.
Art. 4. The Moderator of this Pres-
bytery shall act as President of the So-
ciety and in case of his incompetency
under the provision of the first article
then the oldest minister present who is
not excluded by said article shall preside.
Art. 5. The Society shall elect at their
first meeting a Treasurer and Secretary.
Art. C. The Treasurer shall give bond
and security for the safe-keeping of funds
placed in his hands to be renewed as of-
ten as may be deemed necessary.
Art. 7. The Treasurer shall receive
payments from the Treasurers of Societies
ormed in Congregations and give dupli
cate receipts.
Art. 8. The Society shall meet semi
annually on the day of the session of
Presbytery when the meeting shall be
opened by a sermon appropriate to the oc-
casion by a minister appointed at the pre-
ceding meeting.
Art. 0. The accounts of the Treasurer
shall be examined at each meeting by a
committee appointed for that purpose by
the President and a full report render to
the Assembly's Board.
Art. 10. The Secretary shall record
the proceedings and conduct the corres-
pondence of the Society.
Art. 11. A copy of the Constitution
certified by the Secretary shall be trans-
mitted to the Secretary of the Assembly's
Bonrd immediately on the formation of
the Society.
Art. 12. It shall be the duty of the
Society to adopt the most efficient meas-
ures in their power to excite a powerful
interest in favor of the missionary cause
especially by diffusing missionary intelli-
gence encouraging public addresses &.c:
also by appointing suitable agents to visit
Congregational Societies at least once a
a
year.
Art
13. The Treasurer shall pay out
money under requisitions of the Treasurer
of the Assembly's Board countersigned
by the Secretary of siid Board.
For the Texas Presbyterian.
NOTES OF TRAVEL IS TEXAS.
NO II.
Mr. Editor: 1 can truly say that 1
have thus far found my work to be a plea-
sant one while 1 trust my efforts have not
been altogether unsuccessful. 1 am pro-
ceeding slowly in the business of organiz-
iii"' schools in consequence of the great
difficulty of travelling in my buggy the
rivers crocks and baois having been
swollen most of the year by unusually
heavy rains continued to a much later pe-
riod m the year than we arc accustomed
to. As soon as the waters will permit 1
intend paying yis lo that conspicious
El-doradoj Western Texas and trust 1 may
gather in my route something which wili
interest our readers. Truly the Texans
are a kind hearted and liberal people.
Thev give a cordial welcome to all who
come among them to labor for the welfare
of their citizens though the poor fellows
have been so much harrasscd with war.
tint many of them arc much straitened in
their pecuniary resources. When they are
blessed with the means I trust they will
be liberal contributors lo the great cause of
benevolence. Even now they arc very in-
dependent in their feelings and dislike to
receive donations. My donations in a four
month's agency for the A. S. S. U. have
not amounted to ten dollars.
OivHhe 5th of July I organized a school
in connection with the Baptist denomina-
tion in Houston. They are very few
are struggling for an existence arc en-
deavoring to erect a church edifice. 1 told
them that considering their circumstances
I would make a donation of the books for a
library if they desired it but the worthy
Pastor Rev. W. M. Tyron said he would
prefer to pay for them th.it the donation
might be given to more destitute congre-
gations in the interior.
There was an interesting celebration of
the 4th of July in Houston. The scholars
(ISO in number) were addressed by the
Rev. Messrs. Tyron. of the Baptist and
Fisher of the Methodist Church. Such
celebrations. I am convinced do good.
Should not the friends of the S mday school
cause in the United States be preparing
to supply the inhabitants of the Rio Grande
Valley with publications suitable for Sun-
day schools and general reading? That
valley is spoken of by those who have re-
cently visited it as being a delightful
country. Under the influence of the An-gio-Saxons
it will doubtless be rendered a
pleasant residence. There is already quite
a large Mexican population in the towns
and cities on the Rio Grande lo which will
doubtless soon be added many Americans
and among them we trust there will be
some Sunday school teachers scholars
we know is never wanting where there is
a population. Suppose you suggest to
some of your readers to make up a box of
S. S. publications and send it to the ad-
dress of some friend at Point Isabel or
Matamoros. If no other is known I will
mention the name of the Rev. Mr. Cren-
shaw Chaplain of the U. S. Army. If
they should arrive while he is in the coun-
try he would doubtless mnke a profitable
use of them. Spanish Bibles and Testa-
ments would be very acceptible and could
not only be used in the schools but sent
to various parts of Mexico by traders and
others visiting our frontier towns and by
persons connected with the army.
INTERESTING DOCUMENT.
The following eloquent prayer was de-
livered by the Rev. Jacob Trout on the
evening before the battle of Brandywine
that is on the 11th of September 1777.
It was pronounced before the main body
of the Americans General Wayne and
other distinguished officers of the army.
"Great Father! we bow before wc in-
voke thy blessing wc deprecate thy wrath
we return thanks lor the past we ask thy
aid for the future; for we are in time of
trouble Lord sore and beset by foes mer-
ciless and unpitying. The sword gleams
over our land and the dust of the soil is
dampened with the blood of oar neighbors
and friends.
Oh! God of mercy wc pray thee to
bless the American army. Make the man
of our hearts strong in thy wisdom; bless
we beseech thee' with renewed life and
strength our hope and thy instrument
even George Washington shower thy
counsels on the honorable the Continental
Congress visit our host comfort the soldier
in his wounds and afflictions nerve him for
the fight prepare him for the hour of
death
And in the hour of defeat oh! God of
hosts do thou be our stay and in the hour
of triumph be thou our guide.
Teach us to be merciful. Though the
memory of galling wrongs be at our hearts
knocking for admittance that they may
fiil us with the desire of revenge yet let
us oh! Lord spare the vanquished though
they never spared us in the hour of blood-
shed and butchery.
And in the lnur of death do thou guide
us to the aboJc prepared for the blest so
shall wc return thanks unto thee through
Christ our Redeemer. God prosper the
cause. Amen.
revivals"oF"relic;i6x.
Having had repeated revivals of religion
in this place it may not be deemed impro-
per to suggest a i'cw remarks as the result
of experience for serious consideration.
1. ft is not merely excitement which
constitutes a true revival of religion.
People may be greatly excited on subjects
entirely foreign to religion. B it this no
one would suppose to be a revival. Or
they ma- be excited aboat religion and
yet having no correct understanding of
the nature of religion may still be entire-
ly destitute of it. Such revivals have of-
ten been in which the subjects of them
have been much elated with the hopes they
have entertained; but having no oils in
their vessels their lamps hvc soon went
out.
. A true revival consists in having a
just sense of one's own sinfulness in heart
and life in becoming reconciled to the ho
ly character of God and in cleaving to the
Lord Jesus Christ as the only foundation of
hope. Accordingly no true revival of re-
ligion can take place without some knowl-
edge of God's perfect law the depravity
oi uie unman heart and tne sovereignty
of" divine grace. The best means there-
fore which can be used to promote a revi-
val of religion is to preach intolligibh the
distinguishing doctrines of the gofpI.
3. A revival of religion may extend to
great numbers or be limited to onlv a t'aw.
or even to a single individual. On the da
of Pentecost three thousand were convert-
ed under the preaching of a single ser-
unn. A great revival of religion' Bit
when Paul preached to the women at IMill-
iippi tho heart of Lvdia only was op"nrd
to attend to things spoken by Paul; and
this also was a genuine revival of religion
(so far as it went) and issued in important
results.
4. A gradual revival of religion mav be
as valuable and sometimes more so than
a very general excitement. This was ev-
idently the case in the first revival particu-
larly noticed under my ministry. 1. It
continued longer; through several succes-
sive vcars. 2. There was more reading
of the scriptures more meditation and 1
apprehend more secret prayer. 3. There
were fewer who were excited only bv
sympathy. 4. There was opportunity for
a better acquaint incc with such as offered
themselves to the church and for a thor-
ough and satisfiictoiy examination. 5.
There were fewer instances of those who
apostatised or who brought a scandal up-
on their christian profession by their walk-
ing disorderly. G. The reaction was not
so great after the revival had ceased; but
the expectation was still kept up of a far
ther increase. I hoimh. therefore we
would duly estimate extensive revivals of
religion and indeed arc to pray for and
cpect greater outpourings of the Spirit
than the world h:s ever witnessed; vet
wc should not despise the day of small
things nor sit down discouraged as though
nothing is to be done or to be looked for.
till a multitude shall be awakened all at
once.
0. Whenever a revival of religion com-
mences a dependence upon the holy spirit
is felt and acknowledged; nor will a revi
val ot religion continue any longer than
the same dependence is felt. When peo-
ple therefore begin to imagine they can
do the work themselves.- when thev benn
to vaunt of what they have done or begin
to predict what great things they will ct
accomplish I view it as a sure prognostic
that the Holy Spirit will soon be withdrawn
if it has not already departed. May not
this suggest the true reason why there has
been such an extensive spiritual drought
succeeding a time of great excitement and
on account of which the ways of Zion
arc now mourning.
Dr. Dow's Hani-Centennial Sermon.
From SchlegeVs Philosophy of History.
MAHOMET AND HIS RELIGION.
Modern historians have often complained
of the difficulty of ascertaining the precise
truth in the history of Mahomet from the
severity of his opponents on the one hand
and the enthusiastic admiration of his eas-
tern partisans on the other. If wc think
proper to follow those writers only who
by their acquaintance with the language
have copied from Arabic authorities we
shall find that their narratives are much
distorted bv fanaticism and rendered al
most unintelligible by an absurd exaggcra
tion. Independently of the evident tra"
ces in this religion of a demoniacal influ-
ence and operation ; undoubted historical
facts will furnish us with sufficient data
forming a clear and definitive opinion on
the character of Mahomet and the nature
of his religion. Although the Arabs of
that age like other nations of that time
and the ancient Hebrews)- universally
thought that supernatural works were to
be expected from a prophet ;'and that the
high power of miracles was necessary to
prove a divine mission; yet Mahomet found
it more fitting or convenient to declare
that he could dispense with the aid of mira-
cles as he came not to found a now reli-
gion but to restore the purity of the old
the faith of Abraham and the other pa-
triarchs. Regarded as a religious Isystem the
creed by Mahomet is neither old nor new;
but in part perfectly void and meaningless
aud in part composed of very mixed ma-
terials. The part in which it is new is
that fanatic spirit of conquest it has incul-
cate;! and diffused through the world and
that part in it which is old is copied from-
the Hebrew traditions and the christian
revelation or contains allusion to one or to
the other including some old Arabian cus-
toms and usages which their reiigion ha
still retained.
In the first infancy of Mahometan faith
and during the first disputes and wars that
occurred about that religion a number of
Ma hornets followers were obliged to seek
refuge in Ethiopia when the christian"
monarch of that country asked them if
they were Christians. They cired in re-
ply several passages from the sayings and
p.-cms of their prophet relating to the
Savior to his birth and to the Virgin Ma-
ry. In th"sc the prophet spoke of the
birth and origin of our Savior as of a
Gnostic eradiation or emanation of divine
power; and though such language was by
no means- consonant with the christian
doctrine of the divinity of Christ; yet it
was ealc d-.tcd to produce on the minds of
some if tha eastern sectarians a very
false and deceitful impression. Favorable
tochrislitnity as seme of these expressions
might at first appear to the ignorant there
was much again that bctriycd a spirit of f
the most decided hostility to the christian
religion.
Even the prohibition of wine was per-
haps not intended so much for a moral pre-
cept which considered in that point of
view would be fir too severe as for an-
swering a religious design in the founder;
for he mifjht hope that the express con
demnation of a liquid which forms an es-
sential element of the christian sacrifice
would necssarily recoil on that sacrifice
itself and thus raise an insuperable bar-
rier between his creed and the religion of
Chti-t. The peculiar spirit and true char-
acter of any religious system must be
j uiged not so much by the letter of its pre- i
fjssed doctrines as by its practice and pre-viilin"-
us .ges. And thus that established
custom is extremely remarkable which
makes it imperative on every Jew who
may wish to become a Mahometan prcvi-
o isly to receive the rite of baptism. Thus
did M.ilrnnt think to stand on the basis
of christianitv; and while addressing the
Arabs he appealed solely to the religion
of their first ancestor and of the other pa-
triarchs he assigned in his gridualed scale
of revel ition the first degree to Judaism
the second 1 1 Christianity and the third
and higher to his own Islam. That I e
was a nnre fmatic and entirely devoid of
all ambitious or political views I ennnut
admit and although he himself had even
be-n more unconscious of a deliberate hos-
tility towards the mysteries of the true re-
ligion another may have inspired him with
that subtle design.
Such was this new or as the founder
himself styled it this fine old doctrine of
all-conquering Islam and of all surpassing
fiith. which this pretended restorer of the
religion of Abraham this false Paraclete
of misconceived promise and idle phantasy
brought and announced to the world :t
prophet icitlnut miracles a faith without
mysteries and a morality icithout lore .-
which h is encouraged the thirst of blood
and which began and terminated with the
most unbounded sensuality.
THE WIFE A BEING TO COME
HOME TO.
And after all what is it that man seeks
in the companionship of woman? An in-
fl icnce like the gentle dew and cheering
light more felt throughout the whole ex-i.-tence
in its softening healing harmoniz-
ing power thin can be acknowledged by a
single act. or recognized by certain rule.
It is in fact a being to come home to in the
happiest sense of that expression. Poctic-
lays of ancient times were wont to tell
how bold the warrior returning from the
fight would doff his plumed helmet and
reposing from his toils lay bare his weary
limbs that woman's hand might pour into
his wounds the healing balm.
B it never wearied knight or warrior
covered with the dust of the battle field
was more in need of womans soothing
power than those care-worn sons of soil
who struggle for the bread of life in our
more peaceful and enlightened days. And
stili though the rommce of the castle the
helmet the waving plume and the
"Clarrion wild and high."
may all have vanished from the scene the
charm of woman's influence lives as
brightly in the picture of domestic jov as
when she placed the wreath of victory on
the hero's brow. Nay more so for there
arc deeper sensibilities at work thoughts
more intense in our great theatre of'intel-
Icctual and moral strife than when the
contest for martial fame and force of arms. -procured
for each competitor his share of
glory and of wealth.
Among all changes which have taken
place in the condition of mankind it Is
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that she can still be all to man which his"
necessities require; that he can retire from
the tumult of the world and seek.her so-
ciety with a zest which nothing can im-
pair so long as she receives him a true and
faithful heart true to the best and the
kindest Impulses of which her nature is in-
capable; and sacred to the faithful trust
committed to her care. -
And that it is so how many aphonic can
witness how manv a firo-sido wnlr-omrt
how many a happy meeting after absence
painfully prolonged. Yes there are scenes 1j
wuniii uie precincts oi the houschoM!
hearth which not the less became no
stranger eye to behold them rcnav and
richly too days of weary conflict and long 4
mguis vi anxious care. ijul who snail
"paint them? And those who hold the pic
ture mere in all UsTieauty vividness and
truth would scarce wish to draw aside the
veil which screens it from the world.
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