Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-10-07
RELIGION IN WOMAN.

How often have young men propounded to
themselves and others the question, what is the
first quality to be sought for the choice of wife
! and how diverse have been the answers to this
most important interrogatory! The gay and
thoaghtless will point you to beauty, wealth, ac-
complishments: others, who look beyond the tin
sci Of the exterior, regard amiabilty and feeling
as the brightest jewels of the female character:
others still, who have searched deeper into the
springs Of human action, and know well the
fountains whence flow the purest and most en-
during happiness, will give the only true answer
to the inquiry, viz: strong christian faiib SEN
timents and practice.
Religion is every where lovely, but in woman
peculiarly So 1t makes her but little lower than
the angles. 1t purics her heart, eleyates her
feelings and sentiments, hallows her affections,
sheds light ON her understanding, and Hnparts
dignity and pathos to her whole character. Nor
does its influence end here:
SIT beams in the glance of The eye,
1t sits on the lip in a smile,
1t checks the ungracious reply,
l. enrap:ures, but cannot bcsi;le.'
Woman, from her very nature, is destined to
drink deeper from the cup of sorrow and suffer
ing than the other sex. Her trials arc chiefly OF
the heart, and consequently the hardest TO be
borne. She is SELDOM peri a,s, called upon to
contend with those formidable evils and tem?ta-
tions which rouse all the energies OF our nature
to rcpcl their attack bat is beset (from the time
she mcrges into w1manho )d) by thousand pc"
* trials and anroyances, which, while they seem
too insignificant require mach effort to resist,
arc at the same time most difficult to overcome
Religion alone can disarn these trials, ami ena-
Bile her to preserve that equanilnitv and peace Oh
mind so essential to happiness. IT IS her tails
man. To it she flies in the hour OF disappo'nt-
ment and sorrow, and from ii never flls II derive
consolation and support. Yet how few, IN their
selection of partner for life, regard this most
important qualification. How few think to pen
tratc into the select chambers Of the soul, to see
what is there hidden within So far an exterior; II
there the yestai lamp sheds its clear and constant
ray. External attractions may ieat US cnptlvc
for a time; feeling may send a thrill of exquisite
low through the heart of the recipient; talent
may call forth unbounded admiration; but IT re-
ligion make part of the character, the Key
stone to the arch is wanting, and the fabric VIII
ere crumb!e and fall.
1t should be remembered that life is not all SIR
shine Bright as the world may be before us, VIC
cannot live long without encountcrin% many soT-
rows; and disappointments, and Troubles They
arc sent bv a kind Providence to scvcr the cords
which bind us to closely to earth; 10 turn our
thoughts inward upon ourselves, and upward 10
Heaven. While our bark glides calmly on sum
mer's sea, with the blue sky above and bright
waters around us, these bland may s7tls-
IS the hcart-but let be ovcrtakcn by the storn'
and the tempest, and where Is the support tHeE
yie!d?. Let darkness enter your dwelling, ana
the pleasure YOU derive from them Is f'rg2itch:
n
| Let death invade YOUR social circle and lay his
ruthless hand on first-born, shrou.ln5 all a
round YOU in darkness AMI gloom, AMI where DO
YOU look for ray of hope! 1t is under cIrcu.n-
stances like these that religion TRANSFORMERS VIE
into ministcring angel. She will bind UP your
bleeding heart lead YOU to the fountain of living
waters and change gloom and dependency INTO
light and cheerfii!ress. As the sun Is sitting
lights up every hilltop, and tree. and cottage, SO
religion r!ides with its heavenly beams every
feeling, enjoyment, ana occupation.
Most persons, on entering the married state tPar-
ticulariv in YOUTH fancy it condition OF unmiil-
c,ed iov and p,casure-that they are within a
Charmed circle. the bounds Of which no sorrow or
troubles can pass They forget the new and nm
mense responsibilities that incurred, and the
trials which must necessarily accompany them.
Not that these should deter any one from taking
this most important step, for ii IS the high road TO
improvement and happiness what are the poas.
affection The latter are truly heave born and
immortal as the former; they the earliest deve
loned in our nature. and the last touched by the
finger of decay. Woman! thy empire Is the heart
and he who would know the capacity OF the hui
man soul for happiness, must yield himself 10 my
sway-[Boston Evening Post
FROM the Phil. Com. Her. AMI Sentinel
! rrrrrp FROM THE SECRETARY THE TREAsU
! nv IN REPLY TO RIDDLES RESOLUTION
We have accomplished an ardlous task OF read
inr from beginning 10 end, the letter OF MI /" ooa
bury. in reply to the resolution of Mr.. Biddlc re
lative to the offer pay members OF Congress III
soecie. &C. which occupies nearly tour Columns
! of the Globe Mr.. Woodbury. appears TO have
taken great pains to make his letter as Pfo'iS as
possible, doubtless with the hope that few, II any
would have the courage TO read Al. Inc "hoie
matter might have been comprlsei IN enc ionf'f
of the space. and if it had been so comprised
the public might have been able to Understand
hui as il is. we must confess inability TO sea
through the thick veil in which it Is enveioped
The substance of the reply, as far as we can "n
derstand it. is, that the department not having !
sufficient quantity of specie to pay all the pub
creditors. was obliged to adopt ''Princ'Pie
discrimination in the mode of payment, 1--WE hav'
not been able to discover the principle. how ever
and il appears that land officers, Custom ilous
officers Indian agents, stock brokers. the ofncer
and seamcn of the Navy on foreign stations, me m
bers Of Congress and the Judiciary, have been tn
. favored classes, in whose favor a'discriminat,on
has been made, as they have received their due:
when requested, in specie.-The honorable Sex
retarv carefully avoids any alusion to the farthe
sd;scrimiuationn made between the remainin
classes Of public creditors. viz: the office holder
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