ave yielded to them, had not a still small voice have
whispered, thy sister prays for thee."

"High above
The fret and tumult, and discordant jar
Of the base world, she led me, and the war
Of grosser passions, which she dreamed not of."

But there is yet another relation, which gives woman her chief power
over the destinies of our race. It is that of the Mother. We have
already spoken of this power, as affecting the intellect of children.
But a far higher work is still to be accomplished. For if the mind alone
be educated; if science and literature be all she impart to them, if
their love of knowledge be not quickened and controlled by a spiritual
love, it will be a vain possession. The culture of the religious
affections, the developement of the sense of duty and of the entire
moral nature, this is the great business of human life. And to whom has
God entrusted the commencement of this solemn work? Who is to cherish
the swelling bud, who to point the infant soul to its spiritual Father?
On whom does it devolve to call forth the infant man? Where is the
influence that shall keep the young heart from fatal wanderings and
errors? It is the mother to whom we look, for the discharge of these
momentous offices. It is not more certain that Providence designed her
to supply the first wants of the animal nature, than it is that she must
impart to her child its spiritual nutriment. If she neglect to do this,
there remains no substitute, none to whom we can turn, to excite, purify
and foster its immortal faculties. An irreligious mother! what an
anomaly, what a monster, among things human, is she. A wicked woman is
always one of the darkest spectacles this earth can exhibit. But if that
woman be a parent, and give poison to her own offspring, who can
exaggerate her faithlessness, her unnatural, may I not say, her inhuman
qualities?

The influence of woman is felt beyond the circle of her own fireside, in
the wellbeing of her Country. If this sex contribute so largely, as we
have affirmed, to the progress of civilization and refinement, then can
it be no little aid they afford, by their character and exertions, to
the support of pure political institutions.

True, the fair hand of woman deposits no vote in the ballot box. She
takes no part, at primary meetings, or on days of election, with the
mass who place men in office. But is she therefore destitute of
political power? No, she ha