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l nave sometimes wondered, says Silas
u. Hooking in the Newark Evening
News" if we could have a national Gen.
sus of the moral influence that has been
most potent in our life and that has help
ed most markedly in the shaping of our
characters, what the general answer
would be- 1 1ave an idea that in many
Instances, perhaps in most instances, the
influence of woman-of mother or wife,
or of sister-wouid stand out predomi-
nant above all others. Many of the
worlds greatest men lave borne strik-
ing and emphatic testimony TO the influ-
ence of wife and mother. The great ar
list, Benjamin West. referring to the in
fiuenee Of his mother. to the love she bore
to him, and to the kiss she gave him
when seeing one of his early drawings,
said:-"TAat kiss made me a painter
When General Garfield was elected Pres
ident of the United States. he confessed
publicly that he owed more to tina lit
tie white haired woman, his mother, than
10 all others put together. Most people
also will remember h testimony borne
by John Wesley to his mother, and -the
influence she had upon his life. The First
Napoleon declared that France needed
nothing so much to secure her regener-
alton as good mothers, and no doub the
great Emperor knew what he was talk
ing about.
Similar testimony has been borne to the
influence of a good wife. Most people
will remember the story Of the devotion
of the wife of the late Beaconsfield. He
was quite ready to give her credit for
much that he was able to accomplish
during his later years. There is a pas
sage IN the writings of Macintosh which
bears directly on this point. Speaking OF
ms wlie, ne said:-By the tender man
agen1ent OF my weaknesses, she cured the
worst OF them. She became prudent from
affection. and though of the most gener-
Gus nature. she was taught economy and
frugalty by her owe for me- She gently
reclaimed me from dissipation; she prop
ped my weak and irreseiute nature; she
urged my Incidence to all the exertions
that have been useful or creditable to me.
and she was perpetually at hand TO adj
monish my heedlessness and IMPROVE
denee. To her I owe whatever | am;
TO her whatever l shall be-
1t would be easy to multiply testimo-
LIZ ~ t-N
no donbt that woman is one of the great
est moral forces in the world today.
While we owe much as a nation to the
courage and chivalry of our men. we owe
still more to the tenderness and devo-
ton and purity of our women Upon the
homes of England depends the future of
the nation. The family is before the ma
ton. for out of the family the nation
raxx AID We SIT ADMIT TINT %ha p10Gf
potent nfuence in the home is the moth
er. She decides its character; she makes
it sweet and uplifting And the home de-
cides the character of the children, and
the children of today will be the men
and women of, tomorrow. and so it is
eternaiIystrue, tsThe hand that rocks the
cradle rules the world Il woman has
not 4 vote. she has an influence infinitely
greater and more enduring. She decides
what the young life OF today will be;
she Yields an influence over the chhdzen
that viii abide with them to the last.
so the future OF our natioh-lls great
ness, us feho"h-ih the Years thal are
10 come, VIII depend very i&Ess upon
the character 81 the women VINO rune ~
me MONIES Oh the people To-Day.
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