The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-11-19
From the Waverly Magazine.
The Wife.

And as rich In having such a level
AS twenty seas, if all their sands were pearl.
Inc water nectar and the rocks pure gold"
| Shakespeare
Inc account OF woman's creation, as given BY
inspiration, is simple and concise q" Rut fo,
Adam there was found no helpmeet for hin, y
new world had been fitted up and arrsnoed
ior MIN. He was ruler over the beasts, created
iot MS Deneht, and lord of all surrounding oh
Jects. All created things had been called into
existence TO minister to his hapT mess Eden
oefore MS fall, must have been garden of beau
" and loveliness--beautiful beyond the dreams
oi tte Ihe poets or the elysium of the apciriere
IL LIS author mad i OWL heart and pour
all hs to S For ash we know @ V%D angels
might have visited him in his lovely abode, and
he might have been enchanted in listening to
the eloquence of these divine beings But amid
all the greatness and grandeur, amid all this
pleasure and enjoyment, there was yet an ach-
ing void
~ The world was sad. the garden was Wild
And man, the hermit, sighed till woman smiled"
Something was yet wanting TO complete hishap.
piness. Those angelic beings were too far re-
moved for him to enjoy that intimate commu-
non of spirit which he desired. He longed for
some one, " bone Of his bone" upon an equality
with himself, to whom he could unburthen his
heart.
Z" 1t is not good for man to be alone !" hence
woman was created. A " friend to man." how
noble position Not as a mere plaything
not as the brutal slave of his passions not to
minister to his desires neither is she to exer-
else dominion or to usurp authority" over
him, but TO be his equa-hs friend. Could more
lifting one have been granted her7 Designed as
a help-meet, or in other words, companion
for man to 60 with him--to participate in all
his joys and sorrows-to preside over his home
and make it a parRdi-e beiow-to be his firm
friend through life, and to enjoy with him the
pleasure of an eternal home in Heaven.
In no situation in life does woman appear
more like acting the part of a friend to man, than
when she becomes a wife. Her position now
although often trifed with, has become an i'm
portant one, involving vast and weghty respon-
sibilities 1t is tender and touching sight to
see maiden, in the bloom of youth, standing
before the altar, leaning upon the arm Of him
whom she has chosen to accompany through
life. With what confidence she pronounces
her part OF the ceremony! She loves her broth
ers, sisters and parents with fervent love, but
they do not exclude others; another image is
enshrned in her heart. The friends and COM
panion OF her youth must be left; the little
stream upon whose banks she sat, viewing the
rising of the water-nymphs playing and sport
ing in the sunbeams-ihe forest, where she list
ened to the trees,as waving their lofty heads they
Ndlheu vi uOu N'H-bIlc mtduOWS WHERE
in youth, she had chased the butterfly during
the long summer day, must all be left behind
Trusting III the husband of her choice, she for
sakes all to go forth 10 form new associations,
I and as an angel Of mercy accompanies him
along the journey of life How slow TO believe
any evil OF him The world may load him
with calumny and disgrace, but she heeds them
not; to her he is pure and unsullied.
How vicious and degraded must be the heart
hat n,,ll friG oh L. ,1f
all men. is most despised who could betray such
trust. She has given up all for his happiness
and welfare, and finds that her sacrifices have
not been appreciated. With what feelings must
she look upon the man who has thus betrayed
her? With many protestations of friendship
he has won her unsuspPcting heart, and now
makes light of her affections Language fails to
describe such character.
To the wife, when first giving her hand to an
other, the future appears bright, and everything
glistens with Arcbdian splendor There is moth
ing TO mar or disturb her happiness. She sees
the stream OF life spreading far out in the dis
tance; the water presents calm and unrutfl ID
surface; the sky is clear above, and everything
has the appearance of peace and tranquility
She fondly imagines the journey of life will be
one OF ease and pleasure. With her companion
by her side, she launches her vessel and spreads
her sails. For a time the vessel may glide
are doomed to disappointment. Soon rocks,
which were concealed from her vision, show
their heads above the water, and the voyage be.
comes more perilous; but with proper care her
vessel may be safely landed in the destined ha
ven. Storms and tempests will arise, bat they
should be provided against in the beginning, in
| order that they may produce no deleerious eff
fects. When her heart is full of life and hope,
she must remember that there are thorns con-
| cealp1 beneath the that blOscnpo hy ha
waysde of existence
There is certainly selfsacrifce in the words
OF the wife when she says, to the man of her
choice, Where thou goest will go; where
thou lodgest | will lodge when thou sorrowest
| will mourn; when thou diest the thread of my
life will be severed. When friends stand BY urg-
ing her on, when her heart is burning with fer
vent love, these words may be said: but we
look for the picture of true lpife elsewhere She
who, in the silent hour, when she has nole but
God and her own heart to commune with, still
lives in the humble discharge of her duties, who,
when life is dark and gloomy, and the world ap
pears " a land without son, globe without a
God" still struggles on, hand in hand with her
husband, enjoying JOY or sorrow, and bearing
her part in pletSlre or pain; were life ALWAYS
radiant with sunshine, were flowers ever bloom
ing along her pathway and birds always singing
their sweetest strains, her lot would b. an easy
one. II is she who, when the phantom has dis
appeared and circumstances have assumed a
darker hue, can travel on, trusting in God and
performing her duties to Him and to her husband
that is the true luife.
"of earthly good the best is a good wife
bad, the btterest curse of human life"
H. ADMAs
a CHANGE OF SENTIMENT.--The Aldgate church
in London has fund which was bequeathed to il
in the days of persecution. Its specific purpose
was to purchase taggots, not to warm the cold or
prepare food for hungry poor, but to :" burn here
tics." Some centuries have since passed, aid the
supply has now so far exceeded the demand that
there is no more room for slowing away the abun
dant faggots The trustees of the fund, it is said
now give away the proceeds to keep alive the
poor, ond comfort and save the very class that
different ege had consigned to the stake. Wha
changes there are In nuhlic sentiment ns the RnrC