Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-07-07

aud thoughileSs will puiut you 10 beauty, wealth,
! accomplishment; Others, who look beyond the TIN
sci of the exterior regard amsbii'y aud feeling as
the brightest Jewels ia the Finale Character; Others
still who have searched deeper into the springs Of
! human action and know well the fountains whence
| flow the purest and most enduring happiness, MI
/ give the only truc "a the inquiry. viz: a
strong Christian taiih, sentiments, and practice.
| Religion ~ every where lovely, but in woman pc
culiary 10. II makes her but little lower than the
angels II purihes her heart, ceva,es her feelings
| aud sentiments halluws her affections sheds ieht
on her understanding and impatu dignity and pa
thos to her whole character. Nor does It's Unfit
euce end here
:" Il beams in tie glance of tic eye,
IL sits on the lips in a smile,
| II checks the ungracious reply,
Ii cnraptures, but cannot begule."
Woman from her very nature, Is destined to drink
deeper from the cup Of sorrow and suffering. than
the other sex. Her trials are chiefly Of the heart
ara consequently the hardest 10 be borne. She 10
seldom, perhaps, called upon 10 contend with those
! formidable evils and temptations which roukc all
the energies OF our nature 10 repel their attack
| but is beset from the time she enters intu woman
hoodl by thousand petty trials and annoyance.
which, while they seem too insignificant TO require
much effort TO resist, are, al the same time, most
| difficult 10 overcome. Religion alone can dmarr
these trials, and enable her to preserve that equs-
nimiy and peace of mind so essential TO happiness.
II is her talnuan. To i she flies in the hour Of
disappointment, and from il never fails to derive con-
ISOLATION and support. Yet how few 10 their secc-
ton Of partner for lie, regard this most impof-
tant qualification. How few think to penetrate into
the secret chambers Of the soul, TO what is there
hidden within so fair MI exterior--n there tie yeg-
tai lamp sheds lis clear aud constant ray. External
attraction may lead us captive for time, feeling
may send a thrill Of exquisite JOY through the
heart Of the recipient; talent may call forth uii-
bounded admiration but if religion make no part
Of the character the keystone 10 the arch rs want
ing, and the fabric will ere long crumhle and fall.
II should be remembered ulat life Is not oil sun
shine. Bright as the world may be before us, we
cannot live long without encountering many sorrows
disappointment and troubles. They are sent by
kind Providence 10 sever the cords Which bind ~
too closely to earth to turn our thoughts nwards
, upon ourselves aud upwards TO heaven. While our
, bark gdes calmly on summers sea, with the blue
q sky above and bright waters around us, the ban
, dshments Of youth, beauty accomplishments, mag
satisfy the heart; but lei us he oycrtaken by the
storm and the tempest and where Is The support
they ycdl Let darkness enter your dwelling, and
the pleasure you derive from them is forgotten and
, you look in vain 10 the same source for relief Let
death invndc your social circle and lay his ruthless
, hand on your first born, shroudng all around YOU
in darkness and gloom, and where do YOU look for
a ray Of hope 1t under circumstances like these
that religion transforms wife into n ministering
angel, She will bind up your bleeding heart, lead
you 10 the fountain Of living waters and change
! gloom and despondeGcy intolight and chserlnness
Az tie sun in setting, lights up every h,a-top, erA
tree and cottage, 20 religion gilds with its heavenly
beams every feeling, enjoyment and occupation.
Nest persons, on entering tie married state, (par-
tlculury in YOUTH fancy i q condition Of unmngled
Joy ard pleasure ~tat they are within charmed
; circle, the bounds of which no sorrow or trouble
can pass. They forget the new and immense re-
sponshltes that are incurred, and the trials which
must necess- rily accompany them Not these should
deter any one from taking this most important step,
for il is the high road 10 Improvement and happiness
What are The boasied pleasures Of intellect COM
pared with those Of ahection' TIE latter are as
truly heaven born and immortal as the 1rmcr thew
are the earliest developed IN or nature aud the
last touched BY tie finger Of decay. Woman thy
empire is the heart, and he who would know the
capacity Of the human soul for happiness, must yield
himself to ny sway.
Longevity in Rhode Island THAT the times
Of the Revolution produced more robust and
hardy race than the present seems natural 10 infer
by the following table Of venerable widows FREY.
dictionary soldiers deceased, now residing in the
small state Of Rhode Island and receiving PEN
sions from the L. States. We find il II the
Providence COURIER
Abigail Salisbury, aged leo, widow Of George
sergcnt Of guard, married March 176l. Molly
Blowers, aged 81, widow Of Asa, private mar,
RED Oct l77l. Susanuah Smith aged "a, Wild
ow Of SInhely. private, married March, ITS. -
! Sarah Dyer, aged SO widow Of Anthony pit
vate, married Dec 1863. Suannah Mann, aged
80, widow Of George, sergent. married August.
l776. Jomma Tucker, aged SO, widow Of Ma
than, seaman on board the lligaie Alfred, Paul
Jones, Captain, married several years before the
war. Suannab Arnold, aged so, widow Of Oliver,
a Lieut. married July, 1893. Martha Cooks.
aged 80. widow Of Slyanus, private, Married
June, 1858. Sarah Potter, aged SO, of lchabod,
a private, married Nov. l77l. Molly Earth
FORTH ss, widow of John, sergent, married
Dec. l776.
, Filling Tacances.-A farmer having settled
in a country village, on little farm, gained the
esteem of the whole neighboihood Tho frs,
year was hardly expired when he lost a very fine
COW. which was by much the best Of all bis cattle,
and he was extremely mortified at it, but th;s
was nothing 10 the grief which he fe, a short time
afterwards, when death also took away his wife.
His neigabors thought they were obliged 10 com.
tort hun. "Honest farmer, said one Of them, do
not afflict yourself: the wife you have lost was
good one, il is true, but there is as good 10 be
had: have three daughters, for my paH fake
your choice Of them" Lord hayo mercy upon
us!" replied me farmer '' is better to lose ones
wife than ones COW. My wife is hardly three
hours dead. and here ere halEa-dozen people al
ready Offering ;c supply her place for me- has
when my COW died, not soul spoke Of giving me
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