Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-02-19
MIS- CELLANEOUS.
From the Boston Evening Gazette.
RELIGION IN WOMAN.
PUBLISHED BY REQUEsT,1

PUBLISHED BY REQUEST.
How often have young men propounded
TO themselves and others the question, wha,
is the first quality to be sought for in the
choice OF wife, and how diverse have
been the answers to this important inter-
rogatory The gay & thoughtless will point
you to beauty, wealth, accomplishments
others, who look beyond the tinsel of the
exterior, regard amahili.y and feeling as
the brightest jewels i'll the female charac-
ter--o.hers still, who have searched deep
er into the springs Of human action, and
know well the fountains whence flow the
purest aud most enduring happiness, will
give the only true answer TO the enquiry,
viz strong christian faith, sentiments,
and practice.
Religion is everywhere lovely, but in
woman peculiarly so. Ii makes her but
little lower than the angels. /, puriies
her heart, e!eyates her feelings and senti-
ments, hailows her affections, sheds light
on her understanding, aud imparts dignity
and palios to her whole character. Nor
does its influence end here
''It beams in the glance of the eye,
1t sits on the lips in smile,
1t checks the ungracious reply,
1t enraptures, but cannot beguile.'
Woman, from her very nature, is des-
tined TO drink deeper Of the cup OF sorrow
and suffering than the other sex. Her
trials are chiefly Of the heart, and conse-
quently the hardest to be borne She is
seldom perhaps, called upon to contend
with those formidable evils and temptations
which arouse all the energies Of our nature
TO repel their attack, bu. is beset from the
time she merges into womanhood by
thousand petty trials aud annoyances,
which. while, they seem too insignificant
to require much effort to resist, are at the
same time, most difficult to oyercomc.-
Religion alone can dsarm these trials, and
enable her 10 preserve that equaniniiy and
peace OF MUD so essential to happiness
1t is her tslisman. To it she flies in the
hour Of disappointment and sorrow, and
from it never fails TO derive consolation
and support. Yet how few. in their selec-
ton of a partner for life, regard this most
important qualification. How few think
to penetrate into the deep chambers of the
soul, to see what is there hidden within so
fair an exterior-if there the yestal lamp
sheds its clear and constant ray. External
attractions may lead US captive for time :;
feeling may send thrill of Joy through
the heart of the recipient-talent may call
forth unbounded religion
makes no part Of the character, the key
stone Of the arch is wanting, aud the fabric
will ere long crumble and fall.
1t should be remembered thai life is no,
all sunshine. Bright as the world may be
before US, we cannot live long without en-
coun.e1ug many sorrows and disappoint-
ments and troubles. They are sen, by a
kind Providence to sever the cords that
thoughts lnwards upon ourselves and up
wards toward heaven. While our bark
glides calmly on summers sea, with the
blue sky above and brigh, waters around
US, the Establishments OF youth, beauty, ac-
complishmen.s. may satisfy the heart; but
let us be overtaken by the storm and tenn
pest, and where is the supper, they WELD,
Let darkness enter your dwelling aud the
pleasure you derive from .hem is forgotten
and you look in vain 20 the same source
for relief. Let death invade your social
circle, and lay his ruthless hand upon your
FIRST born, .si'rouding all around you in dark
ness aad gloom. and where do you look
for ray of hope? |, is under circumstan-
ces like these, that religion transforms a
wife into a minis,ering angel. She will
bind up your bleeding heart, lead you TO
the fountain of living waters. aud change
gloom and dependency into ligh, and
cheerluness. AS the sun in setting, lights
up every hilltop. tree, and cottage, so re-
ligon gilds with its heavenly beams every
feeling, enjoyment and occupation.
Most persons, on entering the married
state particularly in youth fancy it a con-
di'ion of unmingled joy and pleasure
that they are within charmed circle, the
bounds of which no trouble or sorrow can
pass. They forget the new and immense
responsibilities tina, are incurred, s. the trials