Show the wife in the brome we hear a great deal in these days about homans womans wai nans rights I 1 1 slid and the sphere of womans comans influence christianity has riven given to woman an immense sphere of overwhelming influence it if she have the ilia gifts and the grace to use it rightly in the bosom of 0 her own family it the domestic duties be well performed said confucius there Is 13 no need to go afar to offer perhaps some emancipated women may read the remark with a sneer but so far from re carding the domestic duties as too narrow an area for influence I 1 regard them as forming a region extensive coextensive co with that of the human race A woman weman may indeed take deep interest in ever extending horizons of 0 vision and yet not rank with those detestable who let the bantling scald at 01 home and brav bran I 1 their and wrongs like poth eills in the streets ifer her duties undoubtedly begin with the home and it if home duties be generally alay neglected all attempts at performing wider ones will bs be a more or less disastrous failure A woman may be profoundly learned she may be preeminently devoted to religion she may be widely philanthropic and yet be a perfect wife archdeacon farrar D D in the new york independent |