Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-08-18
From the Hiiage Record.
NEW SERMONS TO OLD TEXTS.


NEW SERMONS TO OLD TEXTS.
"who,o findeth wife, fnde,h good thing"
| would not be uncour,eous; but
this text to me appears full of truth.
full of wit, and iaii of satire Me
thinks | see Solomon, not array ed in
his royal robes, sitting on his ivory
throne, guarded by three lions OF ex-
quisi,e sculpture giving audience to
princes, or receiving the august, the
charming, and the curious Queen of
Sheba; nor in the more casycosiumes
of luxurious repose, his soul attuned to
love, and his heart intent on pleasure,
which he wore when he repaired to
the delightful bowers of Incidence and
ease, where he met the beautiful dam
sci who sang to him." am the rose
Of Sharon and the lilly ofthe Valley
but see him, sitting in his study,
slip shod, his night cap pulled over onc
ear, his keen eye glancing with thought
and halt suppressed smile playing
on his lip.
"Wooso fndeh," that is a word
pregnant with meaning-fndeh-as
u 1t were thing not to be obtained BY
diligence, not to b. gained by a wise
exercise of our faculti, $; it is not he
who "cho,seth," as if the understand
ing had any thing to do with it; but he
makes it a mere matter Of chance. of
finding. "a aoife" Women were plen-
ty enough then, l dare say; perhaps
rather superintendent, and thousand
willing yesses, sporting from the glot
It's to the denials, waited a chance to
pop ont to the welcome question; but
Dife;;" none of your everlasting CAD
ders abroad; none of your high topnots
that expend all their husbands ear
ming. on their knots, that expend all
their husbands earnings on their backs;
none of your sly, smiling, simprriug
backbiters. who can ''Shd" or acink a
way neighbours reputation with more
pleasure than she sweeps down cob.
webs, but one Of your nett, kind, af
fectionate, home bodies, who see. that
every thing is done in season and
well; who keeps her children clean
and tidy, and teaches them, from the
least TO the largest, to behave with de
cency and propriety; who mingles the
house wife's labor with intellectual i'm
provement; and while she makes home
by her neatness and good nature,
place where her husband delights to
sit. renders herself, by the improve
ment of her mind, fit governess for
her children, and an amiable compan.
ion to her spouse She is not, merely
a woman, bound to man. but acife;
and whosoever fndeth such one, Ger
tainly findcth good thing.
Bot there is Dorothy Slow, who
sleeps till eight these delightful NOR,
nings Her husband is anxious to get
to the fields with hi. hands. "Doro-
Thy, Dorothy! do you know how every
thing is PIT out Of sorts, by your low
ing your pillow so much better than
your duty" What then. shall we
never marry, lest we find a woman
only, and not a wife? MOI so but per.
NIT an old friend to give few of the
indications which the experience Of
5000 years, since Solomon, time, has
pointed out. which may lead YOU in
he right path to find a good wife.
l. Observe that the girl be neat in
her dress and person. A slatternly
maid, depend on it, will make slot
ish wife.
o. Mark that she be afl'ectionate
aud obedient 10 her parents. and that |
'he treat elderly people with respect. |
A girl who neglects the wishes OF her
parents. and is rude to venerable age,
will neglect you; whenever selfish mo
ives shall prompt, however solemn
May have been her vows.
8 She should be fond enough of |
dress to wish to appear well among
her companions. This is laudable;
but when a fondness for CAV things
leads to extravaganza, bew are, your
purse will pay for it; she is selfish
Am ignorant wife u Ill necessa
rily be self willed, or stupid. and how
ever beautiful, will soon cease TO in.