The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-05-08
Avn THE sYNAGOGUE.
Crowded House, Fine Music and mn
Eloquent Sermon

A Crowded House, Fine Music and mn
Eloquent Sermon.
From the Jacksonville Florldian.
The services at Het rev ftmple last
night were OF a peclii sly i'ilp estipp
character. The str, ng, So voice OF
Miss Katie Jones was much admired.
and her rendering of "1he PRAYER .
from Der Frtischutz" d'ew general
attention from the ,r0 ded house.
DR.. Moses, tht me was The influence
of Woman" and, at The request of
some of the ladies, We reproduce a
brief synopsis of it. The raLLi said:
A human being is Ii Id. thick
planted with the vices al" virtues of
humanity. Seine of tire one or the
other are inherited, $ IN" embibed,
some generated will in the Individual;
| bnt for good or Tor evil, tlese traits
can be nutured or destroyed by edu-
cation. Education is tue great culti-
vator, and the mothe. Of The land are
| the guides of our youth. There is the
education of brain and of heart and
soul; but, as ones offspring is dearer
than ones country, educate the soul
first, the brain afterward.
Long before child can use his rea-
son his heart feels; speak, and he can
be made to understand. 1t is now
that the education of the affections
must begin.
As mother, woman occupies her
most noble sphere, and on her cultiva-
ton depends the wisdom of our men.
A perfect woman should have an I'M
impaired organization as foundation
upon which TO build all other per-
fections, and thus transmit her gift
unto her children. Our daughters
must be no1ir, intelligent, healthy
women if they would become the
mothers and educators of a race of
men who Will be great in mind, great
in character, and great in influence.
From his cradle to his grave man re-
lies for his happiness upon the love of
woman, his light, his joy, his very life
depends blindly trustingly upon the
mother-love that nurses his infant
years, tends his childhood, trains his
youth, and rejoices in his manhood. A
great poet says that:
"As the husband is, the wife is; thou art mated
with a clown.
And the grOssuess OF his nature VIII have
weight to drag thee down."
Pure and true WomanhoOd is uni
versal; the accomplished woman
means one who knows how to keep
company, and how to dress tastefully,
no less than how to economic by
due regard for what should or should
not he, and who understands how to
pass from the ideal world of science
and art to the world of fact, and who
never forgets the grand truisms of
theory and practice. Woman is to
mankind what the sun is TO the veg
etaLle kingdom; and in all that which
Iefines nature and makes happy homes
they are shining and guiding stars to
humanity. A man fluids his most ten
per, most unselfish friend in woman
Her affection is firm and true. The
lamp of friendship burns clear and
bright between man aud woman, lit
by emotions springing from the best
impulses of human nature.
AS mother. wife or friend, woman's
power is illimitable. She is the sun
shine of life to her sons, her husband
and her brothers; she can smooth
every rough place by touch of her
hands, illumine each dark spot fy her
smile; give rest to the tired by her
love and hope, to the despairiDg by her
faith. Her very Dependence strength
ems the weak, and her trust makes men