The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-07-17
A Beautiful Tribute to Woman.

At the Annual Sabbath School Conven-
ton held in Somerset county, in this
State, the Rev. G. ID. Buchanan in his
address paid the following beautiful COM
pliment to the worth of woman:
1T is the personal experience of every
civilized man, who has lived since the
world began that no influence which God
has ever seen fit to breathe upon man.
kind at any stage of his existence has
been 50 eflicacious in all that tends to the
perfection Of human character as that of
woman. Truly it may be said: the
hand that rocks the cradle moves the
world. To the mother is confided the
training of the child. and the years of
childhood are those i'll which character is
formed. At the mothers knee the first
lessons of life are learned. The charac-
ter of the mother by every relation she
sustains us such, is impaired and indeli-
bly, impressed upon that of the child. 1t
has been said by an ancient and iminent
philosopher that a child of six years of
age has learned more than it will ever
acquire thereafter, and in most cases this
is probably true. The bulk then of the
acquisition of those six years is merely a
reproduction i'll the child of correspond
ing part of the character of the mother
Fortunate then it is for the human race,
that woman is endowed with those finer
tints of character which has made life
beautiful and the mind to eagerly grasp
for culture and refinement: the embellish-
mcnts which adorn reason and beautify
the grandest achievements of science and
art The votarics of science and art, too.
receive their inspiration from the finer
mind of woman. I'VE would indeed
have been beasts without you, o Woman
But the mission and influence of woman
is not ended with the child, nor is it con-
fined to the mother. The influence of
woman is seen and felt throughout life.
The gentleness of her nature, the beauty
of her person, her magnanimity and her
superior moral nature, dazzle the admir-
alton, command the respect and engage
the affections of her more selfish and less
| wooing companion-man. The character
of woman is the Hottest conception we
can form of the perfection Of human
character, when we shall have passed to
the realm of peace beyond the grave
The influence of woman is so gentle, so
! concilatory, so opposite to all that is
harsh and rude i'll mans nature, yet so
consistent with his ideas of that which is
worthy of his admiration that he is lead
willing captive to higher realms of
| thought, to broader fields of usefulness
and higher sphere of happiness than
would otherwise be within the range of
his capabilities. Whenever you see hu-
man suffering, there you will see the
tear-moistened eye and alternating hand
of woman. Wherever you see the soul
weighed down by the vicissitudes cares
and SORROWS of life, you will hear the
sweet, consoling and inspiring voice of
woman, and you will see the reflection of
the sunshine which lights up her face
Wherever you see men cropping i'll the
blackness of moral degradation, there
through the gloom, you will see the fair
form of woman leading the way 'out of
darkness into light. Wherever you see
desolation of poverty, there you will find
charity clothed in the habiliments of
woman. Wherever you hear the groans
of the sick and witness the gasps of the
dying, mingled Herewith will come the
| holy accent of women as she lifts up her
| voice in their behalf, to Him who hath
power to heal the sick and raise the dead
| We're the influence of woman withdrawn
all that is noble in man would soon per-
| ish and his mission in life would be lost
| in the terrible wreck that would ensue.'