Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-06-13
For the Spirit of the Age.
The Influence of Woman.


Woman has in all ages received the name
OF " the weaker sex" but she has an influence
that far excells vain-glorious man !: and he
himself must acknowledge his Indebtedness
| to her influence for what is refined and chaste
| IN his character Her influence is the glow
| ing refnlgence that lights up the Transparent
| cy OF human life; it makes home happy, and
the flowers that gem mans pathway it is
Ike sunshine glimmering in the dark places
OF the heart and where it reigns we find iov.
love, and peace; it sheds light upon all while
travelling through this desert of woe.
Behold womans influence over the moral
and social world; see what she is doing to
nanrali4e the young. look at her infauence at
kind II YaFuS UrTuStrd ! :
smiles Of her face, all speaking in tender
tones of her goodness. Look at her in the
cause of education, see what an influence she
has in leading the young mind the way of
| knowledge and truth.
| Behold her in the religious world, and see
what an influence she is welding in the great
cause. Listen to her winning voice as she
pours forth in sweetest melody the Redeem
er's praise, ard to her petitions as they as
cend to the Most High for blessings upon her
family and friends. Look at the little child
raising its feeble voice and tiny hands to its
Creator, taught by her influence
Woman, the influence of her voice sounds
through all the purer chambers of the soul
and sends us to the great fountain head thai
never fails. Her smile softens passion, an6
weaves around the heart a spell that time it
self cannot break the influence of that brigh
eye pours comfort into the soul and drives
far away care and fear; unseen she exerts he
| sy1Q,, c., f0r
ture statesmen, orators, poets, and divines
All feel her influence more or less; as wei
as that little prattler into whose mind she i
sowing the seed that will fit him for useful
ness in life, and for the joys of eternity.
The student when secluding himself with
in the shades of college, far ava,
from his dhildhoods home, feels the infuenc
of woman pressing deeply upon him; it fo
lows him in every branch of his study. Fl
sits by his window, and gazing on the moon
light silvering the trees, thinks of her-pel
haps sainted mother, or trusting sister,
perhaps another whose love is even NOR
highly priced. Woman's influence is wit
man every where: if he mounts up to th
Alpine nights, or sinks down to the lowest va
ley on earth ;out on the broad spread water
where the fierce winds howl, the vivid ligh
nings flash and the loud thunders roll, he fee
her sweet influence; she is every where throw
ing out her angle.like disposition, and the vii
ming influence of her nature. Woman, thy il
huence is as words chiseled in eternal gra
- .TrIbvlte OF R@spect. H..
Died, on the 18th of May, in StanAy CO.,
c., Eldridge Sides, aged 81 years and 13 day
In relation to his death the Bethel Chur
Sabbath School, of which he was a membe
passed the following preamble and resol
tons:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased Almighty God,
his Allwise providence to remove from us o
brother and fellow member Z. Sides a
whereas, he by his amiable disposition h
rendered himself dear to us-we deem it d
to his memory, to his bereaved friends and
our own feeling, to express our sentlmen
in regard to this afflictiv. dispensation In
following resolutions.
ResoL0ed, That while we feel deeply
loss which our Sabbath School has sustain
in the death of brother Sides, yet we feel tt
t it becomes us to bow in humble submissl
to the decree of him who is too wise to e
and too great and good to act unkindly.
S That in the death Of our brother
: church has lost a stay, our county g
I citizen, society an ornament, our commun
d a kind, obliging neighbor, and our Sabb'
t School one of its most punctual, efficient
amiable members.
: That we sympathise with his berea'
/ mother and relations, and mourn their he'
;, and irreparable loss; yet believing that tt
lt loss is his eternal gain and would pt
ii them to the land of rest prepared for
+ finally faithful.
/, That copy of these resolutions be sen
q the family of the deceased, and to the SE
z of the Age and Sunday School Times
IL publication, and that they be recorded In
is proceedings of this School.
le JOHN F. MOOSE,
We E.W. BLACKWELDER, kCo
1g CHRISTOPHER LEYERLE,