Nebraska advertiser., 1862-07-26

SndmSIu1 SSEtlsuuSs O4 lfOtu ACcultoua
liberty, which was but another servitnde
10 give her over public morals modes
and sovereign aclion--a scep.eF worn
with as much fruit as glory, which has
marked modern times with an indelible
color of decency and of elevation.
That young man, worn out nyice, who
believes in nothing, not even'in pleasure
who respects nothing, not even himself
he comes, he meets the look of the chris
tian woman, he beholds living the dignity
he has prOfaned he again finds God in
q. soul who has preserved Innocence under
the laws of true civilization, and shows il
forth in her countenance he feels his
misery and his abjectness before that mir
Of purity. A motion of the eye-lid or Of
the lip sufices to chas.ise and annihilate
him, who imagined that be was sure be
would not be trembled before the AL.
mighty. He recognises a power To which
he owes an account Of hisalife, before
which be is to disguise atleast its shame,
and if he becomes incapable Of being
touched with that taeit reprOach--if he
despise woman, after having despised
everything else, it is the last trait of bis
condemnation; he no longer belongs 10
the civilized world; he is barbarian.
The second ministry which christian
civilization has created for woman, is the
ministry of education.
To whom shall man, coming into the
world, be intrusteda To whose care
shall he be confded to inspire hlm good
soul9 Which is the hand sufficiently
delicate, sufficiently ingenious, sufficient
ly tender, to impart gentleness 10 that
iallow. being hat n Just born between
,4osd ahd svil. tlial may be rill..aia oa 4
iains Re, as no, look very far Az
rssd as sducasion IS begun. evsh ir lie
womb that bore. him. Every thought,
every prayer, every sigh of his mother
has been divine will which flowed even
into his soul and baptised il in honor and
.sanctity. The father has no direct infu-
ence. To the mother alone it has been
given that her soul touched, for nine
months, the soul Of the child, and i'm
pressed predispositions to truth, to good
ness, to gentleness. precious germs whose
culture she shall perfect in full daylight,
after having sowed them in the unknown
depths of her maternity. The child ap-
pears he evades the first education in
the womb of his mother; but he is re-
ceived in hands blessed BY civilization, he
has no more to dread murder or exposi-
ton; he sleeps in peace under the pro-
lection of his mother. And from the
moment he opens bis eyes, which is the
first look he meets? The pure and pious
look of a christians. And from the mo.
ment a word, secretly conveying itself
through the winding cavities of the ear.
can introduce itself into his soul; who will
tell il 10 him? Who will utter to him the
first word, the first revelation, the first
voice Of an intelligence to an intelligence z
Who7 Formerly it was the Almighty /;
now i, is he yet, through or mother. l.
is the christian woman whu has succeeded
God in the sacred ministry Of the first
word. When Adam heard j. and the
fame Of his spirit was kindled by that
breath under the bright horizon Of heav-
en-, it was God who had spoken to him
And for US, when our heart awakes to
affection and our mind to truth, II is under
the hand, under the word, under the
weight Of maternal love that this prodigy
is accomplished.
Infancy soOn passes away, and youth
announces Itself With IS iRsiincEs Of ih,
srfv. ioa becomes more dspgeE-
o1 rithoai eeasinS e bs nssssssfg -
Every power lies heasy Ike . Joke
Only one remains, II not intact, II least
respected. We still hear the truth from
the lips Of our mother; her look has not
lost all authority; her reprOaeh Is not
without sting to produce remOrse, and
when she is utterly disarmed, her tears
remain as last order which we do not
resist. Unknown to Us she opens avenues
which lead to the most secret spots of our
heart, and we are astOnished TO find her
a. moments when we think ourselves
alone. Singular virtue, surviving itself,
and which attests even in its debris to
which eficaeiOus sources God hath stepped
it!
aApd the voice Of y mothsr, It Tings in my bEaini
That swes., low tone, like the lute's soft strain.
And hear it now, that music low
StiIl is is with me, wherever 50.
MFkDpzs.
TcoxcLUDSD HExT w1EE
The Directors Of the Iowa State. Ag.
recultural Society, whose annual Fsir
IS to be held at Dubuque, commencing
an the last Sav If Senkembef, offer IN