Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1853-08-26
Influence Of Home.

0fan the schools, there is none like that Of
: 5-- sf aIl fhe Teachers, either for good or
evil, there's none like the mother"
What heart that has felt the sacred influences
Of home, and has engaged the priceless blessings
Of mothers tender care, viii not beat responsive
to the truth of the sentiment we here quote. 1t
is in the home of our childhood, amid the en-
dearing associations Of youth, that the heart re-
ceives its first impressions of the world and well
it IS, ifthese first impressions are given by mo-
ther, who feels the responsibility other position,
and the Importance ofa charge committed to her
care.
I Whether we turn our attention to the catalogue
Of crime, or search the page Of history to find a
record Of the lives of the great and good, we Wit
ness alike the influence of home-ofa mothers
neglect, or a mothers care.
! Washington, the name held sacred by the
American citizens, was blessed with a happy
home, q rural home Of elegance; and more than
all, with mother possessing great strength Of
mind, and excellence ofcharacter, which the great
nan exhibited in his after life. Had it not been
/ br the benign influence ofhis mother over the
destiny of his early years, America might not
have known the name of Washington, and the
hte the revolution might have been entirely
different But a kind Providence had ordered
cherwise; and through the irstrumcntalitv ofa
mothers instructions, gave to the world thenoblc
Example Of patriotism, honor and yirtue-a man
first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts
. this countrymcn : whose acts America VIII nev-
q fail to remember as the source of her pcosperi-
y, her nationality, and her power.
Napoleon, the giant intellect of France, always
speaks in terms Of high admiration of the home Of
lis youth-of instruction received in his child
lood While in exile he is reported to have utter
/ q these words, IN speaking Of his mother and
/ lone ofIlis youth =
--sy-7-zUelIenJ mother, saId he, a woman of
ura ge, and ofgreat talent. To the manner in
ihich she formed me at an carly age principally
I i've my subsequent Ny opinion is that
he future good or bad conduct Of child depends
Entirely upon a mother.
II Such was the language Of him who had been
/ be terror Of kings, and who yielded only to The
tited forces of the most powerful nations Of Eu-
/ ipe. \ declaration honorable to disappointed
/ inbtion, and vanished greatness. Il conveys to
/ sterity lesson not easily to be forgotten; and
! finishes the evidence that amid the scenes of
! frnage through which he passed, he did not for
/ l. the admonitious other to whom he owed his
! Iistencc.
! 1--WE might quote the testimony ofmcn who have
! 1t their names upon the page ofhistory, TO prove
! lny much depends upon home and its associa-
! tins, to lay the foundation of future character:
aH first AMI foremost among these influences,
! a. those excrtcd by the mother. The activities
/ sH6-the responsibilities Of power and station,
b. never drive from the heart the recolectons Of
! te hour when youth received its first impress
/ pms
THE testimony of those who have inscribed
cir names upon the scroll Of fame-the unmis-
keable voice Of experience-the Interchangeable
envictions of the human heart, are alike unani-
mus in ascribing to the influences Of home the
rtponsibility ofindiyidua duacharactcrinatery years.
Y, condition ofIife can obiterate them, destroy
her legitimate effect.