The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1869-01-21
"Woman's Influence"


notwithstanding the unfavorable state of the
weather, and the very bad walking, on Satur-
day evening Jan 2nd,) large, select and ap-
nreciatiye audience assembled at the Court
TIouse 70 listen to a lecture on the above SUBJ
iect bv Rev. D. n. Henkcl. The lecture va.
| delivered in an easy and effective manner. II
was rcplete with good sound sense, and illus-
trated with appropriate, amusing and instruc-
tive anecdotes. lie pointed ont how, from the
cradle to the grave, VIC are ever subject to the
mild and gentle, yet all powerful ard potent
influence of woman. In every ayocation OF
place her spirit is present, controlling, gui-
ding, animating, restraining, and, in thous-
and unseen ways, influencing our lives and sc-
tions. 4 picus mothers example, her teaching
and her influence. extends for and wide Like
the stone cast into the ses, the ripples reach
| tic other shore so does her influence extend,
wider and farther, snd will never cesse, until
it ia bounded, on all sides, by the shores Of eter
nifty She builds churches, founds hospitals,
and soothes the sorrowing and the suffering
The soft music Of her voice and the gentle touch
of her hand is heard and felt, and both arc re-
cognsed as a powerful incentive to good.
We cannot, in brief notice like ths, give
even passing glimpse of the many truths, the
beautiful sayings and cogent arguments with
which the lecture abounded. If it could be
read in the hearing Of every person in the land,
we think there would be less occasion to heigl-
ten and thickcn the walls Of our gaols and pen
itentiaries Sitting there, we confess to having
felt the gentle and magnetic power of woman's
influence, and We were happy in the sensation.
1t IS said that the shalt Of Bunker Hin Monu-
ment bends, each day, successfully, East, South
and West, as the SUMS rays fall uponit. Who
shall say, then, that lofty dignity, stern, impss-
sable and naughty grandeur shall not yield 70
mild and gentle influences? A pure womanly
soul shines out beautiful like the milder clesr-
ness Of the moon amid the darting glow of the
stars.
There was one point we would mention, and
that is, that "John Independent" was not the
kind Of stuff we would have a man made of
: little more of the realization of what consti-
tLl-S lEcc HiOI0l dciiI Emu l4LtiC icSs suDStT-
rience to pett;coat government il such matters,
meets our ideas Of man. Also: it is private
opinion among some people, that any woman,
Of ordinary capacity, could manufacture, out OF
equal parts fputty and mulishness, lnan as
goodas "a. j., the humble"
The Lecture was in literary way, success,
and we hope it was equally SO in a pecuniary
sense. It certainly deserved to be.
The music, furnished by the choir Of the
Presbyterian Church, under the leadership OF
Mr. IIibler, was excellent. As amateur sing
srs they have few superiors. The jingling OF
the bells, in the opening chorus, reminded some
one near Us of minister who, when speaking
of the keys of the 'pearly gates, in his sermon,
let fall an ordinary brass key to render the sf-
feet more tragic Or impressive. The other pie
ces were excellent performances, and SO was
the opening one with the above exception. 1t
has not been our pleasure to spend an evening
more pleasantly and Proitably in long while.
Success to Rev. Mr.. Henkel, the choir, and, a
boye all, the ladies. -.