The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-11-20
WoMAN 7

BY the light quivering aspen made.
| When pain aud anguish wiring the brow.
ministering angel thou,
SIR WALTER SCoTr.
There was debated recently in the
Ocala High School a resolution in
vOlving the question, (which Is the
Greater, the Man or the Woman ~
and the matter was settled in favor
of the latter
Do our readers think that it was
rightly or wrongly settled?
All male writers are At least gallant
enough to affirm that the woman was
J tie last and most perfect of Gods
| creation and places the man who
does not worship at her shrine on n
! level with him who has no music
in his SOUL" and il fit for treason,
anarchy and spoil"
Woman's is the guiding hand that
leads the child through the tender
years of infancy and childhood.
These are the formative years. The
years of our first impressions, and the
first impressions are always the most
lasting.
Give me child" said great
teacher, until he is ten years of age
and I'll make him Jew, Gentle or
Heathen."
Not only does the woman shape the
career Of the man by having the di-
rection of the child but in the gravest
epoch4 sheis often consulted oy the
statesman and warrior aud, more
! frequently than il supposed, j. the
power behind the throne"
We are born of woman. We grow
of her a. truly a. the flower grows of
! the soil in which it Is planted.
We can no more escape from wo-
man and her influence than the tides
can escape the influence Of the moon
or the plant cease drawing its life
| from the suns rays.
As an executive, ruler, economist,
! diplomat and general, all are involved
| in the management Of the household,
and the home, surely il the strong
hold our civilization.
Outside the household woman has
been conspicuous wherever her inhu-
ence has been permitted.
Few rulers have left a greater i'm
press upon the world than Elizabeth
or Victoria ana the Maid of Or
| leans" is almost as much OF mill
tary marvel "a the hero of Austerlitz.
In the profounder realm % religion
woman mas played no ignoble part.
From the time of Mary, the mother
of Christ, and Mary, who was last at
the cross and first at the tomb, to the
present moment, woman has been
the strong pillar of the church.
The Texas Christian Advocate
draws the following picture of the
Christian wife and mother:
"There is 40 blessing comparable
with a good wife and devoted moth
er. She is Gods best gift the world.
The husband may be man OF souI
disposition and unpleasant habits.
but he can not live long with u good.
true ana wise woman without toning
up his character and adjusting him.
self To the decent requirements of MS
home life. She rules and moldS him
without his becoming conscious of
the power OF her ruling spirit. And
her children love, reverence ami re-
spect her. She i the Inspiration Of
his life aud the JOY OF their circles.
From that sort Of home there blow 40
adverse winds, and into it there comes
no poison OF jealousy aud di-cord.
Around its altar il the incense of
prayer, and from its soil the flowers
of virtue and love grow and bloom
perpetual beauty and sweetness. To
enter such place is 10 breathe the
perfumes of paradise and to drink
from the fountains of pleasure. 1t is
paradise regained, and the mother
Is the guardian angel whom God
sends into the world to transform its
discords into harmonies aud to change
Its thistles into roses. There is no