The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-24

O woman, ~venerated and lovely wo-
man, how often have men, kneeling at
thy shrine, rendered homage and ad-
miration to thy t~ranscendent excel
lence.
"Blessings on the hand of woman,
Angels guard its strength and grace;
In the palace, cottage, hOVel,
Oh no matter where the place!
Would that never storms aSSailed it
RainbOWS ever gently CurIed,
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rocks the world.
BLESSINGS on the hand of woman!
Fathers, sons and daughters cry,
And the sacred song is mingled
With the music in the sky;
MingleS when no tempest darkenS,
RainbOWS eVermOre are hurled
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rocks the world
might mention a host of noble.
self-sacrifcing women, whose influence
for good will last as long as time. |
might mention Miss Dix, who came to
North Carolina during the sitting of
the Legislature, and whose influence
and elOquence induced that body to ap-
prOpriate funds for the erection of that
building down yonder where the un-
fortunate insane of the State are hOused.
I might mention Florence NIGHTINGALE.
during the Crimean war, as she fitted
from cot to cot in the hospital trying
to alleviate the suffering of the wounded
soldiers, and whose influence was so
great that if she were present a
wounded soldier would submit to any
kind of surgical operation without a
murmur. I might mention Joan of
Arc, who led the French troops as no
one else could have led them. [ might
mention Queen Elizabeth and her in
fiuence W that accomplished states
man and skillful navigator, Sir Walter
Raleigh, who, in all probability, would
have lived and died in o~bscurity had
it not been for that good Queen. l
might mention the wife of President
Hayes, who revolutiOnized Washing
ton society and proved herself a genu-
inc heroine by bani5hing the wine cup
from the Presidents State dinners.
might mention Cleopatra, the beauti-
full Queen of Egypt, and her influence
owe Mark Anthony, though properly
speaking not an influence for good.
yet she was carrying out the old aphor-
ism that self-preservatiOn is the first
law Of nature. She knew if Octavius
got her in his power he would carry
her to Rome to grace his triumph. She
knew her power when summoned to
the presence of Mark Anthony. She
knew as she sailed down the river
Cldnus, IN that magnificent barque,
with sllken awnings, propelled by
beautiful girls, exactly what would
happen. Mark Anthony had been an
ambitiousleade until he saw Cleopatra.
then all his ambition oOzed out at the
end of his fingers. Sir, we may search
creation round from the first that ever
guessed to the latest who has DhiIo-
sophized on the subject, and all his
tory, experience and observation will
sustain me in the assertion that one
true woman has more influence than q
hundred men. Talk about mans in
fuence, it dwindles into insignifcancc
when compared to that of woman. He
needs her refining influence to curb his
bOisterOus nature. Sir, [ have seen.
during the last war, when it was
noised about that a woman was going
through the camp, scores of men come
from ther tents, with no idle curiosity
but to see the sight. And have seen
them as they stood and looked, and
the thought of a wife, mother or sister
at home came into their minds, strong
men weep like children. Talk about
WOman'S sphere. The true woman, as
God intended her, is never out Of her
sphere. She is in her sphere at the
couch of the tortured sufferer, visiting
the condemned wretch in the prison.
going to the cross Of the neglected
Saviour. These are the theaters upOn
which her grandest triumphs have
been achieved. She is in her sphere
visiting the sick and afflicted. tending
the neglected, and where brethren or
disciples flee to remain mistaken and
unchanged, and to exhibit to this lower
world a type of that love constant.
pure and metfable, and which we are
taught will be in another world a true
test of virtue.
l.. G. ROGERS. Scc,y.
We again call attention to the Ali
once song, Clasp Hands, and dedicated
to Mrs BEN Terrell arb ;cB arc 11,o 0f0j-