The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-09-01
From the N. Y. Sunday Mercury.
PATENT SERMONS.

SHORT PATENT SERMONS.
At the request Of "Henrietta" / will
preach, upon. this occasion, from the fol-
lowing text:
/ A wife, like an echo should be true
To speak when she is spoken to;
But not, like echo still be heard
Contending for the final word.
NV hearers wife is not only choice
lpiece of household furniture, but useful
article for domestic purposes. She can,
besides darning her stockings, mending
breeches, keep all the apartments of mans
heart in order, and entwine for him gar
lands of tenderness to bedeck lis connu-
bal bower. She is the very morrow Of
comfort-lhe principal tributary 10 the
silvery stream of bappiness-lhe fountain
Of joy-a lump of the pure gold of love;
refined in the crucibe of Hymen. l
would earnestly advise all my young male
friends, who wander along the dark ave-
nues of celibacy, with no such bright star
as woman to guide their erring steps. 10
enter Immediately upon the blooming
lawn Of matrimony, and bask in the sun
shine of fond wife's afection-even rs
snakes quit their tenebrious dens; and lie
out to warm beneath the congenial rays of
a Vernal sun. But, my friends, you must
analyze well the component parts Of a
female you amalgamate. You mustn't let
your better Judgment be kidnapped by the
allurement Of beauty; it is but flower
that fades IN the noonlde Of life, and
blossoms no more. The brightest jewel
pertaining to woman is not worn upon
/ her finger-neilher does it glitter upon
her bracelet. No, titles beneath the whole
cargo of silks, salins, and laces, in the
casket Of her mind. 1t is there that you
should seek for those precious gems which
adorn the female character, and give to a
: woman all the attributes that belong to
angels-minus the wings and diadem Of
perfect holiness.
My dear young friends! hope you will
not be misguided in your search after
those qualifications and natural disposition
which wife ought to possess. She
should. of course, be submissive to the
husband, inasmuch as the husband ought
10 be as mild towards her as is the balmy
breath of May 10 the tender rose. Her
bosom should be peaceful lake of love,
surrounded by the high hills Of forbear-
ancc, over which The gales of passion
may blow and ruffle its placid surface
She should like an echo, always be ready
to speak when spoken to by her bigger
and more substantial half; and yet she
should MOI. like an echo, be ever contend
r. hes ol 1unrI Far vha <,prbf IN,
know that perverseness in wife always
presents worse appearance than it does
in the husband, even as fly speck MARI
eth the beauty Of white cambria more than
doth an ink spot the comliness Of black
b-oad-clnlh cloak. She ought to be aware
that the obslinacy of the man genus is
likened unto the bristles upor hogs back
which being s,roksd from the head to-
wards the tail, appear smooth and deli
cate; but, when manipulated from the tail
towards the head, are found TO be as
rough and obtrusive as the pickets that
surround the prison house of endless tor.
ment.
y, nv beloved hearers!I hope and trust
tha, all YOU rnascnlines who bear the con-
jugal yoke have made good selections from
the female creation, to help you drag the
plough Of care over the stubbles of such
barren existence as is allotted to man.
know some wives whose incorrigibleness
is enough to worry the patience of mile
stone; whose indelatigable exertions in the
cause of mischief are worthy of scholas.
tic monkey-and whose gnnpowder TEN.
per little to explode with fearful con-
cussion when touched with the least spark
ofreproof. They draw their social tea al
together too strong tor weak constitutions,
and throw too much salt into their .hus-
bands porridge. Theywant to,wear the
b,ecches whether they will fit or not. =
] They set their lords 10 pealng potatoes
while they go out and chop wood, which
!, the God sof nature never intended should
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