St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-17

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the air AID Tie shipwreclcs upon the
tempest, and fastened. like . leech.
famine to the heart of the sick and dy-
ing nations Beautiful st the start
horrible ut the last Oh. how many
have experienced It'll
Are there here those who are votaries
Of pleasure? Let me warn you. my
brother. You pleasure boat Is far from
shore, and your summer day IL ending
roughly, for the winds and the waves
are loud-voiced, and the overcoming
clouds are all awrithe and agleam with
terror. You arc past the ''narrows,"
and almost outside the Hook" and II
the Atlantic take the free, frail mortal,
thou shalt never get to shore again.
Put back. row swiftly. swifter, swiftcr!
Jesus from the shore casteth . rope.
Clasp it quickly. now or never. All.
are there not some Of you who are
freighting all your loves and hopes
upon . vessel which shall never reach
the port Of Heaven? Thou nearest the
breakers. One heave upon the rocks. Oh,
what an awful crash was that! Another
lunge may crush thee beneath the
spars or grind thy bones to powder
amid the torn timber& Overheard for
your life, overheard! Trust not that
loose plank nor attempt the wave, but
quickly clasp the feet Of Jesus walking
on the watery pavement, shouting
until He hear thee: Lord. save me, or
1 perish" Sin beautiful at the start
oh, how sad. how distressful 1T the
last! The ground over which it leads
you il hollow. The fruit it offers to
your taste is poison. The promise it
makes to You Is . lie. Over that un-
godly banquet the keen sword Of Gods
Judgment hangs, and there are omi-
nous handwritings ON the walls
Observe also in this subject how Ee-
pelling sin is when appended to great
attractiveness- Since Ewes death there
has been NO such perfection Of woman
hood. You could suggest IN attractive
ness to the body or suggest any refine
ment to the manner. You could add NO
gracefulness 10 the gait. NO luster 70
the eye, NO sweetness to the voice. A
perfect God made her . perfect WON.
IN. to be the companion Of . perfect
man in . perfect home, and her entire
nature vibrated in accord with the
beauty and song of Paradise. But she
rebelled against Gods government and
with the same hand with which she
pluclsed the fruit she launched upon
the world the crimes, the wars. the tu-
wailinG.
A terrible Offset to all her attrac-
tivenesa. We are mot surprised when
we find men and women naturally vul.
gar going into transgression. We ex-
pect that people who live in the ditch
shall have the manners Of the ditch:
but how shocking when We find ain ap-
pended 70 superior education and to
the refinements of social life! The &c
complishments Of Mary Queen Of Scots
make her patronage Of Darnley, the
pronigate. the more appalling. The
genius Of Catherine II. Of Russia ouly
sets forth in more powerful contrast
her unappeasable ambition. The
from the Greek and. ~
LATIN by Elizabeth, and her wondaA9ui
qualifications for . queen, n1A0s -
more disgusting her eaprieiou.A16da
affection and her hotneas Of temler.
The greatness Of Byron's ufnd nikee
the more alarming Byron's seisuality:
My subject also impresses me with
the regal influence Of woman. When
l see Eve with this powerful influencD
over Adam and over the generations
that have followed. it suggests 70 me
the great power all women hsve f6f
good or evil. have NO sympathy.
nor have you, with the hollow
batteries showered upon wonan
from the platform and the
stage. They mean nothing; they
are accepted as nothing. Womans mo-
bility consists in the exercise Of . |
influence; and when zee
this powerful influence Of Eve upon
her husband and upon the whole hu-
man race make up my mind that the
frail arm Of woman can strike blow
which will resound through al eterni-
~ down among the dungeons or mp
among the thrones
OF course, am not speaking Of rep
women--of Eve, who ruined
the race by one fruit-picking; Of Jael.
who drove spike through the head Of
Siaera the warrior: of Esther. who over
came royalty; Of Abigail. who stopped
. host by her own beautiful prowess;
of Mary, who nursed the worlds Saw
iour; of Grandmother Lois, immor-
talized in her grandson Timothy; Of
Charlotte Corday, who drove the dagger
through the heart Of the assassin Of her
lover, or of Marie Antoinette, who. by
one look from the balcony Of her castle,
quieted . mob. her own sca6old the
throne Of forgiveness and womanly
courage. speak not Of these extra
ordinary persons, but Of those who,
for political power, -
wives and mothers and sisters and
attend to the thousand sweet
Offices Of home.
the forces that decided the destiny Of
nations It will be be found that the
lnightiest and grandest influence came
from home, where the wife cheered up
and fatigue and sorrow
by her own sympathy. and the mother
trained her child for Heaven. starting
the little feet on the path 70 the Celestial
City; and the sisters BY their gentle
ness refined the manners Of the broth
er; and the daughters were dili9snt In
their kindness to the aged, throwing
wreaths Of blessing On the road that
leads father and mother down the steep
Of years. God bless our homes And