Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-01-13
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THE WIFE.
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: 10 Eden, It's great author and angels hav
q been painting upoc IT.; men have TIE,
their hands urSn IL; Influences like ID
Iincessant breath oil heaven. have lei
each IFS line upon The canvass sill th
6Gishing strike Of the pencil will not b.
accomplished sun,il the last, Iinkerin;
survivor oil 1.-The wreck OF matter and ah,
! crush Of worlds" is. changed 10 III,
twinkling pr 40 eye"
The be misphere OF ths plte age i
studded all oyer With such pearls IAN,
Plslines Of bright gold" as never shon,
before 10 be heavens Of the human soul
In these latter days, the waves of i'm,
have awsshed up from depths that ange,
never fathpmed, gems Of purer light Sc.
renel thaa were ever worn before 10 the
crown ofEban. We. are now but hal
way adyaaced 10 the new cficle Of hum a.
| history. The race is bpi jos, emerging
/ from The Long reaching shadows OF an
'Ilrpn age sbd coming outlnlo the starlight
and sunlight Of new influences, II, a
/ We are assFred scores 1oi new stars have
taken rank with thesheaveniy hosts during
.rlhe tso centuries, stars brighter than they
have, 10 The same period, kindled up a "
flights 10 tie moral ornament Among
Ehese aew stars. one. ,lIult lower Than
flhst OF Bethlehem, has just appeared
above the horizon. 1t is the Star OF
/ WoMAN's lNFLuEHcE. Influential wo
man II a being oi scarcely two centuries /:
up 70 that period, and almost hitherto,
her inhuentes have iallentupon human
character and society, hkethe feeble rays
| of rising Iwinier's.sln upon polar fields
OF ice. Buh bar sun i reaching upward.
There is glorious meridianao which she
shall as surely come as toimorros rising
sun shall re- ch bis in our natural heavens. i
W hat man will be, when she shall shine
upon him then and thence Awe are una.
bic 10 divine; out We can found s1 anti
cIpation from the influences OF her dawn.
ling5rays Her morning light hasglIded
lthe3visions pt human sorrows. There has
been no ePih Of huEah misery beyond
the reach OK her ame Iiorallng influence,
ncr any teighl Of human happiness which
she has notlrsised: still higher. Whoever
! has iouchedat either olthese iextremnIes,
or. al any of their intervening points
could attest THAT neither hight, moi
depth, nor Prineipalities, nor powers, nor
things present Or TO come. could dlyeft
or vItisie The accents and anodynes Ii
her love! Whether We trace the llneA.
ments OF het character in The mild tWi-
beams os urF rrsptr e.1yN-- - 80 : - IA
touched H0nan society like an angel. -
II would be Irrelevant 10 her worth 10 say
Il what y aIks otIliie>she has walked most
like an angel ofitght and love; 10 whai
yicissiiudesl invwhat joys or sorrows, Ia
what situations OF circumstances, she has
most signally discharged The heavenly
min1istra,Ion other mission; what ordeals
have Best bTought out The radiance Of her
| hidden Jewels what iruilions oil earthly
kbIiss or fntpaces OF sfiictIon, have best
declsred~t1e fineness OF her gold. til
| Sill, there is a scene, which has es-
caped .1he ,yplture's eye, aud almost
every othereye, where she has cast form
Iber cos,liesl pearls, aud shown such quail
uies Of het native character as al:nosI
merit our alteration. This scene has bee
allotted 10 The, drunkUds vse. How she
has filed this most desperate outpost Of
llbumanityl will be revealed when the Sc.
crcts of human life shall be disclosed 40
r. ore woflds Than this, When,ihe his
\ tory OF novels aud Of murky garrets shkll
be given IN when The career Of the ea
shaved mediate shall be told. from the
6rst TO thk Iowest degree/of his degrade
i tion-;hefeI will be memorial made OIL
woman, worthy Of being tod and neart
\ in heaven. From the first moment she
gave up her young aud hoping heart, ang
all its treasures, into The hands Of him she
loved, 10 thk luckless .hourwhen the char.
mer, wine, fastened around the loved one,
sElAhe serpent spells OF It's sorcery-dowl
Through an the crushing Of her young
( Bopes-through years Of estrange menl
Eand strange insanity when harsh uh-
A Kindness bf at her hesrt-strings with az
addefs tooth-thehce down through each
successive depth Of disgrace ana misery
until she be al over the dFunkard's gravel
through all these,scenea a halo Of dlyIllr
". Has gathered around her and ,slIrset
her 10 angkl deeds OF love. Wien ihs
lmsddened Iyictim' tried 10 cutl hlmseI
adr,i; frou.. ihe sympathy and society q
EGod and .hn; she has chung 10 hin, ant
Eheld him 10, her heart with hooks d
sleel.n Ard when he was Cast out, al
defled with his Ieprods poIlulion-zH hef
. he was reduced to such thing as lhi
beasts of ihe field would below at-thet,
was onea who still kept him thioned il
her heart Of hearts; Who could say owe
the fallen. dwelling creature, Although
!. YOU are nothing to the ,corld,'yo are Al
!, 1.-The world 10 me- When that awful id
sanity Of ;he idrupksrd sets in Upon him
. With all the fendish shapes Of torture
xhife be lay writing beneath the scoE
pinn stIngs Of the fiery Phantssies an
sfuries Of GsLerilm tremsas-there wa
>wpman BY bis SIDE. ensIaved with all ID
attributes Of her loneliness. There wa
her fearful, love .beaming eye. that neve
dtmmedx but with Tears when the blac
. spirits were al him. nv
J, There she stood alone, and in the Ion
hours Of night, 10 watch bis breathing
with her heart braced up with the omni
> potence Of her love. N6l brute as b
Z was. not lie which her young heart ha
! thrown around hiu. in bis bright dayt
. had ever given way. but had grow
stronger as he approached the, nadir
: bis degradation. And II be sank mi
that dark. hopeless grave. she enswaihe
bin 10 herbroken heart. and laid il in b
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