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WOMAN AND MARRlAG 6.
BIZ n. P. WILLIS.

Il Hnafe sPecuialed great deal upon matrilno.
nJ. ! have seen young and beautiful woman,
inc PRIDE OF gay circles married-as the world
says-well! Some have moved into costly
houses, and heir friends have all come and look.
% =. .neir splendid arrangements for happiness,
and they have gone away and committed them
70 lnelr sunny hopes cheerfully and witlb,lt
lear. u is natural for the young 10 be sanEuEne
end at such times am carried away by similar
leeiings. love TO get uuebseryed ifto coraer.
ana watch the bride in her white attire, ana Win
net smiling face and her soft eyes moving Be fore
y 'ne Prlde Of HE, weave a waking dream of
ner future happiness, and persuade myself that
wIll be true. Ethink how they will sid ,,bon
inc luxurious sofa, as the twilight lalls hnd
bufd gay hopes and ymurmur 10 low tones The
now unforbidden tenderness, and how thrill5ng
inc allowed kiss, and the beautiful endearl
men's Of welded life, will make even the part.
ing Joyous, and how gladly they will como back
from the crowd and the empty mirih Of the kay
20 eaeh others quiet company. ! picture 10
mJsen tnei young creature, who bushes eten
lot ms footsteps as the night steals on and with
an affection as undying as his pulse. folds baI 10
nis arms, can feel che very tide flowing thro6rh
ms heart, and gaze with him on her graceful
form IS she moves about him for the kind Offices
OF snectlon, soothing all his unquiet cares. and
making him forget even himself, IN her yo,Ing
and unshadowed beauty. Te
go forward for years Ser brow, and her
glrlish graces ripen into dignity and her bright
loneliness chastened with The gentle meekness
Of maternal affection. Her husband looks on
her with proud eye, and shows her the same
Iervent love and delicate attention which first
won her, and children ARE growing up about
them, anathcJ go on full Of honor and untrou-
had and ara No II n i. a..
] say Hove 10 dream thus when 20 ID Give
The young bride joy, Its the natural tend ehcy
OF feeling touched Dy loneliness, that fears moth
ing Tor itsell, and if ever lyieldsto darker feel
Ings, It IS because the light Of the picture is
changed. ! am not fond OF dwelling upon such
changes, and will not. minuaely, pow. | I al
Jude 10 i only because trusts that my simple
page will be read by some offthe young and
beautiful beings who move daily across my path,
and would whisper TO them, as they glide BY
joyonsly and confidently, the secret Of an i'm
elonded future. a@~
The picture have drawp above is not pecu-
liarA u is colored like the fancies Or the btide;
and many, oh many an houFw will she sit with
her rich jewels lying loose Ohlhsr fingers and
dream such dreams as these. size Believes them,
too; and she goes on for awhife undeceiyel--
The evening is not too long while they talk Of
happiness, and the quiet meal = still pleasant
with the delightful novelty OF mutual relihnce
and attention. There comes soon, However, a
time when personal topics become bare5 and
weaEasome, and slight attentions will MOI alone
keep, up the social excitement. There arellong
intervals Of silence and detected symptoms OF
Weariness, and the husband, first in his man
hood, breaks In upon the hours they wers to
spend together. | cannot(oIlow il eircumstan-
tally. Then comes long hours of uhhhfpy
restlessness, and terrible mjsgiyings Of each
others worth and affection, tiIk by and by They
can conceal their uneasiness no. longers add 70
out separate to seek relief, and lean upon d hol-
low world for support which one Who waskhe il
lover and friend could not give themA
Heed this, We who are winning by xodr limo.
cent beauty, The affections Of high-mineed and
thinking beings Remember thai be wkIsgive
up the brother Ibis heaIt with whom HI ha.
had, ever, fellowship sof miEd-lhe society Of
his contemporary runners in the race Of fame
who have held him with a Stern comlanlo1ship;
and often, lin his passionate love, will break away
| from the arena OF his burning ambition, 10 come
10 listen 10 the "voice Of The charmern II will
bewilder him al first, but it will not be long; and
then think you that an idle blandishmenl will
chain the mind that has 6eeA used, for wears, Il
an equal communication Hhink you Id vii
\ give up, for a weak sdaiahce, the Ant mated
themes OF men, and The search into the niy$teTie
Of knowledgel Oh. mo- lady believe me-
no Trust moi your influence to such light fel
lers Credit not theSeld fashioned labsurdiiy
/ that woman's is a secondary lot minisleFing /
the necessities Of her lofi and master II is
higher destiny would award you. II your i'm
mortality is as complete and your gift Of mind a
capable as ours, wouiapul no wisdom Of min
against God's alc,mentS would charge you /
wafer the undying budI give it healthy cpltnr,
aud open its beauty 70 the sun, and lhsn 20
may hepe thai when ysur life is bound with anC
ther, you will 60 on equally, and in FELLOWSHIP
that shall pervade every earthly interest.
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