The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1833-02-23
CHIC OSE WISELY THE WIFE OF
THY BOSOM.

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RS Go, my son, said the eastern sage
4 Talmore, 60 forth to the woId be wi
. in the pursuit ofknowledge-be wise
.. The accumulations of riches-be wise
Is the choice Of friends !; yet little will tn
u avail thee, il thou choosest not wisel
: the wife ofthy bosom.
n When the rulers of thy people echo III
sayings, and the trumpet Of tame SOUND
-tthy name abroad among the nations. NOR
bfautiiully will the sun Of thy glory set,
lone bright cloud reflects its brightness
any sullied forever will be the splendor O
seys, If like dark spot she crosse
istt' s@rjace.
| Consider this, then, my son and looI
we'll to her ways whom thou wouIds,
love (; for little will all else avail thee, Il
thou choosest not wisely the companion
bosom. See yonder the neat nlaidens OF
Tinge. They deck themselves with the
gems ofGolconda and the rose oil HASH
mire-themselyes more brilliant and beau
tifui but ah take not them To thy 10
som for the gem will grow dim, and the
rose whittier and naught remain TO thee
Of all thou didst WOO and win.
Neither turn thyself to the proud one
who vaunts herself on having scanned the
pages of fVedas, and iathomed the miste-
ries of the holy temple. Woman was not
born to WELD the sceptre, or direct the
counsel 10 reveal the mandates OF Bra
ma, or expound the sacred verses of Me-
nu. Rather be it hers to support thee in
grief and eooth thee in sickness to rejoice
IN thy prosperity and cling to thee in ad-
versity. Reflect then my son ere thou
choosests, and look to her ways whom
thou wouIdest make the wife OF thy bo-
som.
A wife what sacred name /! what
responsible office she must be the un-
spotted sanctuary to which wcaried man
may fec from the CRIMES of the world
and feel that no sin dare enter there. A
wife she must be as pure as spirits a
round the Everlasting Throne, that man
may Lucel to her, even in alteration, and
feel no abasement. A wife must be the
guardian angel of his footsteps on earth,
and guide them to heaven ; firm in virtue
that should he for moment waver, she
can yield him support, and replace him
upon its firm foundation so happy in con-
scious innocence, that when from the per-
psrxities ot the world he turns TO .ais
home, he may never find frown where
he sought smile. Such, my son, thou
seekest in wife and reflect well ere
thou choosest.
Open not thy bosom to the triflcr re-
pose not thy head on the breast which
nurseth envy and folly, and vanity. Hope
not for obedience where the passions are
and expect not honor from her
who honoreth not the God that made her.
Though thy place be next to the
throne Of princes, and the countenance Of
royalty beam upon thee--thoush thy rich
es be as the pearls Of Omar, and thy
name be honored from the east to the
west-litle will it avail thee, if darkness
and disappointment and strife be in thine
own habitation. There must be passed
thine hours of solitude and sickness-and
there mus thou die. Reflect, then, my
son ere thou choose, and look we'll to her
ways whom thou would'st love for though
hou be wise in other things-litte will it
avail thee, il thou choosest not wisely y The
wife Of thy bosom.