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also, to preserve uniformly KIND and
amiable department in all the relations Of
life. She was never known to speak
harshly or unkindly to husband or chill
dren; and through love and kindness so.
cured the willing obedience of her chill
dren she bore her part in life bravely
and uncomplainingly,-'not as one who
putteth his hand to the plough and look
eth back, but nobly pressed forward in
the path of duty she had chosen, no doubt
feeling that the gricvous tyranny to which
her lord and master subjected her, m lst
soon break the thread of Life, when she
woulfedepart and be with Christ, whose
example of meek endurance, long-suffers
ing and forbearance she had follows%
And at length the rather ong-drawn-cut
thread was, to ali outward vision, sudden
y snapped asurdcr and no one has, to
this day, inquired why?
In her fifty third year, one lovely norr-
ing in the beautiful month of June, she
was able to "e1hibtt' her usual appear
ance of coed health, attended to her
household duties as usual, and in the af-
ternoon of the same day called her family
about her, bade them farewell, forever,
and departed and [ trust she has gone
to home where realities are more joyful
than "erhibitions" are to admiriHg be-
holders in this world. A bereaved hus-
band has been left to shed few such
tears as Alexander wept when he had no
more worlds to conquer, and to pass 33
years wifeless, (We will not say compan-
ionless, for that would not be the truth,
and if it were, it would sadly detract from
his superiority and headship). My wo-
mans curiosity has caused me often to
ask myself whether any unfattering re-
fections came to him in those long years;
but if it were, Or were not so, they have
never been given utterarce.
You will probably conclude. Mr.. Edi-
tor, that the portion of this worlds work
which this humble and obscure woman has
done was very small, indeed; but accord
ing to my opinion, the humanizers are
the greatest benefactors, and as it may
truly be said, that the influence of her
life and death has been successful in hu-
manizing seven men, conclude she has
done about seven times as much as one
man usually does Yes, she has, all-un.
consciously TO herself and them, taught
her sons to feel such respect for the
name of Woman, as no Bible or Priest
can unteach she has invested the name
Of Mother with a sacredness, in their
minds, next to that of God she has i'm
planted such reverence in the hearts of
these sons as will live in all time to come.
These sons, like the German Jean Paul,
and very unlike the Jewish Paul. "would
consider that man unhappy for whom his
mother has not made all mothers venera-
be-" These sons are not seducers nor
traducers of women. They do not con-
slider Hcentiousness a matter of necessity,
or boasting among men. They are not
among those who entertain bar room and
club-room audiences with coarse and in
decent cpithcts applied to women They
do not consider it vastly becoming in
Man,-because he has known some silly
women, and done all he could to make
them such by his efforts to deprive them
of occupation and opportunity for i'm
provement,-to cry out, se!t-oamired:-
j" Behold behold, these poor, weak, silly
women All would be Just as unyirtu-
Gus as they, if they were not protected by
man Wherefore, let US consider it our
chief glory to protect the virtue of our
wives and daughters; but VIC may hurry
the rest to perdition as fast as shall seem
to US good" They do not consider that
because Man can, with the help of human
laws, (Which are mostly very unlike Gods
law, and public opinion, preserve male
and female standard of morals, they
are adopting the best means to SUBJ
serve the best state of morals; or that the
masculine adultcrer is any better than the
female adulterer; nor, that at the final
" Judgment Seat one will be accounted
less guilty than the other Neither do
they believe that Woman was created es-
pecially for Mans use and advantage 10
Notwithstanding ST. Paul and his oo-be.
lieving ministers may assert the same to
be fact so long as this world shall exist.
perceive here, Mr.. Editor, that
" Gods ways are not mans ways" No
doubt this man expected his sons to fol.
low his example, and endeavor to exale
themselves by the abasement of their
wives; but it appears to have been Code
way to cause the memory of the wrongs
and injustice done to this mother to work
together for good in the hearts of her
sons,-rendering them not only tolerant
to Woman, but desirous to have justice
done unto her. They are not ashamed
to say that their wives are capable of be-
ing their companions, and admit that their
daughters may possess as good intellec-
ual and moral capacities as their sons.
They see in their mother a being no less