CHAPTER Tenth.
MATERNAL ASSOCIATIONS.
The mother, in her office, holds the key Of the soul; and she it is who stamps the coin Of character, and makes the being, who would be a savage But for her gentle cares, a Christian man.
-- Then, crown her Queen o' the world.
OLD PLAY.
The pastors now adjourned their session under the maples, and repaired to the room where their wives were sitting.

The ladies had finished their deliberations, and had been strolling in the woods.

But they, too, had been engaged, like their husbands, in conversation about their children, and the children of the church.

"Maternal Associations" had been the chief topic.

They had discussed their advantages, and had considered objections to them.