Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-03-29
For the Port Tobacco Times,
FEMALE LONELINESS

G"ALE LOf ILLNESS,
This is subjec, which has received a
t"urh from the pens Of many writer's; bu,
sui there is room left for much more 10 be
said. u is asubject inc xhans,ible in its beau.
ties. No man can look upon q woman and
not fail to see in her (however depraved she
may have become, in The folIies Of the
world the original impress Of the Divine
nand. Though the stamp Of her hearts
hesuty may be overshadowed, so TO speak,
yet it's infant germ is still lying torpid with
IN, and needs but the fit occasion TO arrive,
when il shall come forth in its primitive
splendor, if bu. again to retire to it's dark
ened prison.
Female loveliness! What a volume is
contained in those words! How our
thoughts revel in the land of beauties when
we permit them to indulge in SO fair an ex-
ercIse. But unfortunate is the unsopbisti-
Gated youth, who allows bis un,ried mind
to dwell too long upon brigh. eyes, rosy
cheeks, pearly necks, exquisitely cbiseed
erms. fair forms, and, oh. mouths and lips
ct melting sweetness. Unfortunate, because
before he is aware Of it, his poor uninilaed
heart has gone along with it (,he mind y
and, however hard he NAV try, he is unable
to bring either Of them back, or even in
ha'Iing distance, until disguised with wo-
man by some unkind sct of The fair one, he
swesrs eternal enmily sgains. ell the sex
No doubt he Perseveres in his resolution un-
ri he crosses another pretty face, then
(wonldvou believe ii y the poor gosling is
in exactly The same well of troubled waters
But am DEPRESSING from my subject; how
ever, suppose may be excused, as ] am
entirely under the influence of the plaguy
s'cri,,ers."
What constitutes true female loveliness !?
The surprising beauty Of form and features,
which they (women) alone are possessors
of? No. Where mus, we look for wo-
msn's noblest. brightest gem? Not to her
graceful and lovely form, decked 18th all
that might add to her beauty? No, to her
face Ii, up with smiles Of Undesirable love-
illness All these are as nothing, when the
heart, her greatest treasure, is o'erclouded
by unholy or groveling thoughts. o, what
world Of love and beauty is there within
the heart of christian woman-a woman
sfler the image Of Gods own heart. Wo
man, thon who vast formed for the soolher
and comforter Of man, let thy loneliness
consis. in purity end holiness Of soul! Aim
not to be lovely in The estimation OF fiat
tering end deceiving world. Rather aim
TO be esteemed beautiful by Him who made
thee, and for the sake of thy christian spir,
alone. Wi,hou. these thou canst not be
lovely. Take from woman her virgin hear,
her natural modes,y and simplicity, and
she becomes being a, once ugly and I'M
ioveable, however beautiful otherwise she
nav be.
Woman, from the entering Of Eve into
Paradise 10 the present day, has more or
less influenced man. In lands where her
influence is not fell, what contrast is there
presented to those countries where she is
looked upon as being formed Of man for
his support and comfort. In no country
upon the globe is womsn's smiles and gen.
lie influence more sensibly felt, and held in
greater veners.ion, than in this our land of
liberty. The power Of female loneliness is
absolute. No man can resist it, be j, Of the
features or the heart. And who does no,
prefer the latter TO the former? There is
not being living who would but greatly
prefer woman shining in the gems of true
christian and modest soul, to all the other
beauty that she may be heir to. Let wo.
man clo'he herself in this resplendent love-
liness, and man mus. no, be long in follow
ing her example. NlMRoD.