Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-10-08
From tho Home Journal.
mI,a Cherished Wife.

There ;s a blissful reliance on the devotion with
which man may inspire his wife, by proper re-
gard TO her disposition, and proper respect TO her
sensbilites, apart from CONSCIENTIOUS IIeleiy al
fecting her personal condition though these, too,
should have his care,-that gives to what may be
called the fifth act of the drama OF welded life,
holier and happier interest than memory, disposed
as she is to gid the past, can ilnd 10 emoelis tue
scenes in which it is believed by many the torch
of Hymen burns brightest. There is tullness OF
enjoyment in that entire identity OF interests pur-
suits and feelings it is possible to estaoush IN TINS
sacred co-partnership, to which tnetescones OUT
one qualifying ingredient-the !enectlon lhat IL
must have an end; and even this carries sweet
conviction with it in promise beyond the grave;
for it is difficult to imagine that He who gives
nothing in vain, will permit his choicest blessing
the hearts affectionnte actlon-lo perlsh win
the sphere in which it was so delightfully."- exercls-
ed A contrary opinion is as natural 10 us as TO
breathe; as much part of us as that hearts emo
tion; as thoroughly engratted IN us us The conscl-
business of immortality TO which it imparts its mos!
precious antcipatIons. 1t is the stay oil the lott
erer nm Iife's scene, when friends kindred and
companions have left him; it forms portion, and
a large portion, of his hope IN the lie 10 COME
1t peoped the beautiful Elysium OF the pagan. 1t
prevails despite his limitations oil Divine goouneSS'
in the breast of the Christian. 1t makes the lndl-
ans heaven. 1t is natures creed. 1t is, TO hus-
band, wife, parent, children and friend, what the
words of our blessed Saviour were to the sisters
of Laznrus,-"He Sleepeth, but he viii nSe again.,
NOT TO OTget yOu5 IOL
connections; not dead to affections that give a
roretaste of heaven on earth-but renewed, not
Transformed; purified, but unchanged; creature
still, blending with service and adotatlon OF us
Maker the practice and ruitlon oil those less sacred
attachments of which it was capable here, anu
which may only become more constant and more
pure hereafter. II heaven Is to be tile sphere LOT
the full development and enjoyment oil love, our
first lessons in this requirement, which Is 10 sur
yiye all Others have been taught us here; and are
we to rort'et the classmates who have shared anu
lightened our Tolls in the dfhcu ties oil imitation,
or been our companions in the pleasant holuayS OF
pupilage? As men, we love to renew the asSocla-
tons of boyhood, and cherish The sentiment though
the circumstances of connection be broken AS
angels, if such be our high destiny hereafter, Is
difficult to imagine, and, may we not aud, palntui
TO believe, our natures will be SO changed that
those WHO taught us TO love, will be excluded from
our affections, aud denied companionShlp IN the
happiness of reward-our fellow laborers in the
field become strangers i'll the harvest. 10 my mind
to think, and hope otherwise, takes from DeraVe
ment its pang, aud gives TO virtue its incentive;
encourages me to open heart to its full capacity
for loving; to gather within it all that IS worthy
not merely TO heat and anus the fleeing moments
of time, but 10 share with me, il 1t be blessed my
portion i'll eternity to console me, II u De otheI
WISE with the consciousness that symPathies which
have sustained me here 10 be as enduring as
the LOT that awaits me hereafter. Mine he tue re-
Election that
"CongenaI spirits part TO meet again."
We have spoken OF welded life as drama, and
of its fifth act, as rendered more engaging than lis
antecedents by the impulse the faithful accom-
pShment of the part assigned us therein, has CIV
en- to its heroine. We hare imagined her more
lovely in the eventful AMI closing scenes winch
indicate the catastrophe and point the moral than
when the curtain rose, and she appeared Ill YOUTH
and beauty and personal grace, before admlrIns
spectators, an unried actress Ill the character oil
wife. We might pursue the metaphor anu trace
her, from the trembling neophyte on The prcscehl-
UNI, shrinking from the responsibilities She mas
engaged in, through the various stages Of her per-
+ finance, conspicuous among the dTdmaus persona
of the boards, until the curtain falls again. ana
nIauditS proclaim her success But we are aware
that beyond the point we have assumed IN Inc
Outsrt OF our undertaking. our allegory cannot be
sustained; for oil her and nober qualities, anu high
er and holie inducements, are ;equlred III The us
charge of substantial duties than those Which Oh
tain renown in the personatonS oil hctIoh' IL ne
loving, faithful and enduring wife has other than
imaginary woe to her allotment; and 10 leel, en-
counter, conquer or conceal its pangS, is surely
more difficult than to represent Them 10 The 81
lent and solitary home vi real atcuon, there comes
not the Soace OF applause that attends successful
efforts to portray it; and tears which dim the eyes
of actual suffering. spring irUm another fountain
than that which art supplies to weep by fule'-
Pride may wound, and rivalry nay VeX the can'li-
date for public favor, but the defeat oil to-nlSbt
NAV be remunerated by the trlumphs of tomorrow.
To the patient wife, the trials OF the day are but
preludeS 10 other demands on her virtue, and her
cunuueStS brings no consultations oil lame. The
popular actress has paItnerS in her mimic Joy ana
sharers in her affected sorrow. Thes. cluded wife
and mournful mother knows but one earthly bosom
on which to repoSe her grleS, and that 49, perhaps
rejoicing with some comic holden, or pouring forth
its compassion with some tragic queen, unnIIndiul,
in the flow Of fictitious sentiment, OF her who is
longing for sympathy, and encouragement IN posi-
tive evil at home. Truly, the votarleS OF IheSPlS,
affords parallel for the heroine OF private lie;
for even though wife and mother herself, she has
IF fotiO md II r hOIt n f.
tered T, prieve, to make her forget for season the
cares OF the household, the cradle and the board
her Indifferent partner and negectful guide
But, from the dark traits of thslpicture, we turn
10 The light, they shine through tile cheerful win
dow of some happy homestead, from the cherished
wife within, blessed with her husbands undated
love, and her oGspring's regard-the blaze from
the domestic hearth, which warns the earthly pa
radise of home,' Imparting to her features glow
that mocks the reflection of the foot-ghts on the
triumphant puppet of the stage. The rose may
have left her cheek, and lines OF thought be plant
ing their burrows her brow; but her eye is bnght
with nat raj and delightful emotion, and her lips
culver with grateful and attectonate utteTahce.-
Hers is not the purchased applause an ungraceful
attitude or false enunciatlOn may forfeit; but she
sits secure in conscious desert, and her recon-
penSe is beyond the reach If accident and CAPRICE
Her very lnfirmities OF body, and declenSIonS of
mind, only make her more beloved; for they point
to the time when her memory will lie all that left
10 US, and remind Affection of debt that never
can be cancelled. She Is the centre, round which
revolve the lesser planets OF the social Systematic
fountain of their light, the source of their wifi
cation; and they feel that when Sue is stricken
from her sphere, attraction will cease, and they
move in other and less delightful orbits. What
wonder, then, if anxious looks follow her in her
daily round? that prayers for her welfare respond
to her retiring blessing? and that the first eager de-
sire of morning is for the healthful music of that
voice which, though soft and subdued, penetrates
to every heart, and regulates every emotion.
What, then, is his responsibility 10 whom Provi-
dence has delegated influence over such nature
as this? What his condemnation who has substI-
tuted for so glorious fabric, ruin? What hea-
ven betting him who has desecrated It's prototype
on earth? What should be his penalty for trust
SO precious, abused? Weshrnk from its conside-
ration; but, on the other hand, turn with renewed
satisfaction 10 tue happy consequences of its faith
full fulflmen:, which we have attempted 10 figure