The age-herald., 1901-02-24
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miliar 'nouge in all our lives, and there. fore this is not the time or place, nor this world-over the chronicler to make the applications which occur to everyone having eyes to see ears to hear heart to love. In Geraint and Enid the Master has given us the nobest and most world embracing lesson yet given us to know, and to such of LIS as Told the cackle of our daily lives to be the murmur of thc world it comes with all the force and power and beauty and heavenly sweet ness of inspiration.
 To every man there is a trumpet call to duty ay soft as angels whisper, and etit be>>s against the gates Of paradise q prayer that can never be silenced and never denied. It is woman's entreaty, unuttered or expressed, the language of her love speaking from eyes, lips, soul, and seen in frail white hand pointing the way to victory over self and ovsr the world, that victory which makes for joy upon the earth and makes for the unslumbering joys of the long after whiles.
 That man makes for destruction whose life in the essentials is not fashioned, guided and guarded by woman's wisdom and love, whether given in the boundless measure of womanhood's heavenly good ness upon the earth, or bestowed as from one loyal heart loving and adoring "her lord, her own, the first of men,"
 Given womans wisdom, mothers wit. mission in the world and if tU not needful to consider what man may do.
 In the Providence of God woman is come to be the sovereign enthroned in every home. whence she rules the world; the high priestess at the altar of the fire side with power alone to grant remis- sion of those nameless sins that violate the social covenant and elude the reach of our Holy Church, to the uttermost to forgive as only woman may forgive, the granting of pardon that carries with 1t an obligation to sin no more which no worthy man can ever deny.
 It is from her throne in the home that woman is come to rule the world; and 1t is her benign sway which has made the home the antechamber to the sanctuary.
 It is the power of woman's love and womans prayer, in the fullness of wom- ans wisdom of intuition, that are mak- ing for the regeneration of mankind and transforming world of scoffing into a world of prayer to the God of fireside, altar, life, love, maidenly and motherly purity and righteousness. More and ever more men are coming to adore the Holy Mother of faith, and it is because of the saintly virtues of the mothers of this world. The world rings with Hail Mary, whilst all the Marys make for saintli- ness.
 He prays not worthiy, strives not, hopes not, dreams not, aims not worthily who bears not ever in his heart woman in her goodness and nobility of soul; and the little Saint Agneses of this life are ever blessed inspiration!
 Let us bear these lessons constantly in our hearts, alike in seasons of penance and in seasons of merriment ana rejoic- ing, resting or laboring, hoping or real izing. my beloved. Believe me. without these there is mo- worthy life in all the sphere of worldiness, in the offices and affairs of all those whc laboi to be good outside the blessed circle of holiness in teaching holy things As fell the spar row-hawk for denying the virtuous Enid, so also shall fall every one who wanders from the narrow path of worthy impulses given over to strivings after nobler pur- poses
 The mother is the figure around which all men and women may rally in the common cause of virtue, justice, sinless- ness, righteousness. Hail blessed Motherl Though low subject to the empire of pain tonight, T cry my beloved joy THE MURMURER.