Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-02-24
CHOOSE WISELY THE WIFE OF ruT

BOSOM. =.
Go, my son. said the eastern sage TO
| Talaiore, so forth 10 the world; be
wise in the pursuit of knowledge-be
wise ia the accumulation Of riches
be wise in tie choice of friends; yet
little will this avail thee, il thou choos-
est not wisely the wife of thy bosom.
/ When The rulers of thy people echo
thy sayings, and the trumpet oil fame
sounds thy name abroad amDng the ma
tons, more beautiful will the sun ofthy
glory set, if one bright cloud reflects
IFS brightness, and suIlied for ever will
be the splendour Of the rays, if like a
dark spot she crosses its surface.
Consider this, then, my son, and
look we'll to her ways whom S,hou
wouldst love; for little will all else
avail thee if thou csoosest not wisely
the companion of thy bosom. See
yonder, the maidens Of Tingc. They
deck themselves with the gems Of Col
coada and the rose Of Kashmirc- them
selves more brilliant and beautiful: but
ali! take not them to thy bosom; for
the gem will grow dim, and the rose
witi,er and naught remain TO thee OF all
thou didst WOO and win.
Neither turn thyself to the proud
one who vaunts herself onhaving scan
ned the pages Of Vedas, and fathomed
the mysteries of The holy temple. Wo-
man was not born to WELD The sep
ire, or direct the counsel; to rlvcal the
mandates Of Drama, or cxpound the
sacred verses of Menu. Rather be it
hers to support thee in grefand soothc
thee in sickness; 10 rejoice in thy pros
perity and cling to thee in adversely.
Reflect then my son ere thou choosest,
and look to her way s whom thou wouldst
make The wife Of thy bosom.
A wife! what a sacred name, what
responsible Office! she must be the
unspolied sanctuary TO which wcaricd
man may flee from the crime Of the
world, and feel that no sin dare enter
thcre.-A wife! she must be as pure
asspiriis The Everlasting Throne
that man may knecl to her, even in
alteration, and feel no abascment. a
wife! she must be the guardian angel
Of his footsteps OF earth, and guide
them 10 heaven; so firm in virtue that
should he for moment wavcr, she
can yield him support, and replace him
upon its firm foundations; SO happy in
conscious innocence, that when from
the perpIeitics of the world he inrns to
his home, lie may never find a frown
where nc sought a mile. such, my
son, thou scckcst in wife; and reflect
well ere thou chouscst. toeapi ~ q
Open not thy bosom to the traer:
reposc no, Thy heal on lhebscast which
nurscih envy and folly, and vanity.
Hope not for obedience where the pas
sionsa are .intamctl; Handicapped not hon
or from her who honorcthnot the God
that made her: t."E - s ..s. ,s
Tbolgl' thy place be next to the
throne 81, princes ana the countcnance
OF royalty beam upon thcc-lhough
thy riches he as the pearls oil Omar,
and thy name be honorcd from the east
TO the wcst-liiiIc will il avail thee, i'll
darkness and disappointment and strife
be in thine own labita,ion. There
must he passed thine hours Of solitude
and sickness and there must thou die.
Reflect, then, my son ere thou choose,
and look well to her ways whom thou
wouldst love; for though thou he wise
in otherthings little will ii vail thee,
If thou choosest not wisely the wife OF
thy bosom. st..e
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