The Young Lady's Counsellor by Daniel Wise

08 THE yOUNG U^DY'S COUNSELLOR.
there walked Mar's', the Mother of WASHmoTON
She had trained him in his boyhood, — taught hira
the principles and developed the
qualities which 'ay
at the foundation of his greatness. It was h*^- hands
which had moulded his character to symmetry and
moral beauty. Her prayers, her influence, and
her instructions, had repressed and restrained the
growth of evil qualities, and cultivated that divine
life in his soul, which led him to take counsel of the
God of battles — the Governor of nations. Her
early influence over her glorious son was well understood,
and silently acknowledged, in that
gay assembly.
Yea, her son had owned it, — was proud of it.
He laid his lofty honors .at her feet, and prized her
smile above the noisy voices of fame. Did she then
experience a pleasure aught inferior to his? Wno
shall decide which bosom was the happiest on tnat
triumphant day ? The joy of Washington was
great ; the joy of his mother was, at least, equal.
Would she have accomplished more, or tasted a
sweeter pleasure, if, forsaking her s^phere, she had
tiingled directly in the councils of the states au^^ the