| Description | Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury delivered this address to Women's Monthly Meeting with the aim of contributing 'a few thoughts' relating to 'the Influence we may exercise on our neighbours.' Her address concerns the responsibilities of individuals to the wider community through their personal actions.
Drawing on the writings of Elihu Burritt, Taylor Cadbury explains her view that each human being was responsible for having an impact on the happiness of humanity and the moral destiny of the world. She asks her audience to consider their influence on people in their daily social interaction. Taylor Cadbury suggests that her audience's attendance at Women's Monthly Meeting reflected their commitment to leading Christian lives and exerting 'a right influence in greater questions.' She argues that this should also be demonstrated in daily life. Taylor Cadbury concludes her address by commenting that as inhabitants of towns, villages or cities, Christian people were obligated to raise the tone of their community. She suggests that people's actions within a narrow circle had the potential to exert a much wider influence. |