Daily Republican., 1879-06-16
WILMINGTON, DEL, MONDAY, JUNE 16 1879
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efforts and OF that lnnuence Will go on
accumulating forever.
The speaker then considered the rela-
ton and the influence OF a girl in the
home circle. Ii a daughter then 81
trust that the homes where you are sew
orally called by that precious name are
sweetened and mellowed by your pres
ence. Let father, mother, brother and
sister feel that whatever or whoever
else may b. false you are tru"--that
amid the spurious in life, you a. least
are genuine"
wife! Ifa good one, "she becomes
the balance wheel OF her househOld.Sne
may be the centre of influence. She
is the power behind the throne, greater
than the throne itself.
cannot whisper the name o. mother
to this congregation without awaken.
ing in almost every heart memories the
most cherished and pure. Here after
all women finds her Aladdin lamp. By
her touches in the plastic season OF
childhood she moulds and beauties as
no other power can. How many man
when otherwise hopelessly entangled in
the meshes of doubt and disbelief has
torn himself loose from the temptation
and delivered himself from his entan-
clement by the simple remembrance
that the faith and religion which he
would renounce were the faith and re-
ligion of his mother. Said an eminent
Roman Catholic Archbishop of this
country, give me the first ten years OF
a child, and I'll instil principles into
him that shall lie down deeper than
others. Mothers you have these ten
years. Yours then is the opportunity
to lay broad and deep the foundations
of character. Here is an opportunity
for personal influence surpassed by
none.
Unfolding adieu to- you ladies, and
sending you forth into the worldf may
| not hope that some of the lessons
have been trying to impress upon you
have already been practically embodied
IN my own life. You may go forth be-
yond the range of vision of the college
but trust not beyond its influence. Il
is now become your alma mater-kinc
mother. Its influence upon your future
has trust been as deep and lasting al
that of the mothers to whom We have
referred upon their children. But
whatever seed may have been sowl
must now be cultivated. Whateve
weapons have been given you, mus
now be welded. Bury not your talen
in the napkin of idle frivolity. Vast
: not your mental powers in useless o
even merely passing expenditure. Re
member always that your lives are no
,, more immortal then your influences
You must not shake off the though
that you are writing history to b
=. printed not perhaps in book, nor rea'
y by the millions, but to be imprinted oil
human hearts and pondered and EN-
, bodied in the lives of the few.
And now my dear young friends a
: | take the parting hand and bid yo1
u 90 forth into active life, let me invoke
not as the passing sentiment which tn
surroundings of this moment suggest
% let me invoke God to accompany yo
% by his spirit, guiding you in your ig
= norance, restraining you in you
= thoughtless or impassioned moment
3 and inspiring you when overwhelme
>, by discouragements.
70 Go. Go to years of happy, usefu
lives. Go to homes to be brightene
u by your presence. Go to society to b
- u led by your wisdom and discretion
=. Go to the church to be inspired an
:, :, adorned by your purity and devotion
n n And when your work is done, and yo
y have gone down behind the wester
! horizon Of your existence, may the r.
u u iractel rays of your influence still lii
:, ger on and tinge the sky, which yo
~ have Just left, with a golden radiance