The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-06-17
worth of "a True Wife.

The man that asks no love is monster. Inc
man who expects none is a child OF despair
There may be hearts so frozen by selfshness, or
ossi6ed by pride aud egotism, or parayzed by
disappointment as to be Indifferent to Affection
But these are cebergs, drifting in darkness, on
Polar Seas cold, barren, desoate. In them no
tree or shrub plants root no flower sheds Its
fragrance there no melody of living joy is chant
ed there. God found that it was not good for man
TO be alone, chiefly because he needed the con-
scious affection of female heart to soften the as
perities of his own and thus give completeness to
his being. In the deep, full affection Of a wifes
heart the husband finds that appreciation and in-
terest which every soul covets. This stimulates
his enterprises. This makes him brave in peril
This cheers his hard labor. This comforts him
under irritation SANDER and reproach, In the out
side world.
To meet this craving of man, woman is adapted.
She is not ambitious of wealth or fame. She
shrinks from great changes and great pers. She
is not fitted for the struggles of the forum, the
conflict of arms or the labors of the field. Her
home is her earthly heaven, and she holds loving
heart to cheer him to whom God has given lof-
tier ambition, deeper craving of earth's wealth,
q stronger arm and higher courage Subjected,
10y the ordinance of God and the laws OF the land
to abide sterner will than her own, she is fur
nished with wealth of affection which makes her
burden of subovdination light, aud melts aud
mouds to tenderness the controller of her destiny.
The treasure of wifes affection, like the grace
of God, is given not bought, Gold is power 1t
can sweep down forests, raise cities, build roads
and deck houses. It can bribe silence or noisy
praise II can collect troups of hatterers and in
spre awe and fear But, alas wealth can never
purchase love. Bonaparte essayed the subjuga-
ton of Europe under the influence Of genius al
most inspired-an ambition almost insatiable--
and backed by millions ofarmed men. He almost
succeeded in swaying his scepter from the Straits
of Dover to the Mediterranean from the Bay oi
Biscay to the sea of Azoff. On many bloody
field his banner foated triumphant. But his
greatest conquest was the unbought heart oi
Josephne-hs sweetest and most priceless treas
ure, her outraged, but unchanged love. III any
man have failed to estimate the affection OF true
hearted wife, he will be likely to mark the value
in his loss when the heart which loved him is still
ed by DEATH >,
In the true wife the husband finds not affection
only, but companionship-a companionshp with
which no one can compare. The family relation
gives retirement without solitude and society with
out the rough intrusion Of the world. IL plants
in the husbands dwelling friend who can beai
his silence without weariness-who can listen to
the detail OF his interests with sympathy-who
can appreciate his repetition of events, only i'm
portant az they are embalmed in the heart
Common friends are linked to us by slender
thread ; we must retain them by ministering, in
some way, to their interest or their enjoyment
What O luxury 1t Is for man to feel that in his
own home there is an afectionate being, in whose
presence he may throw off restraint, without dan
ger TO his dignity he may con6de without the
fear of treachery and be sick and unfortunate
without being abandoned. IT, in the outward
world he grow weary of human sefshness, bis
heart can safely trust in one whose soul yearnS
for his happiness, and whose indulgence oVerlooks
his defects.
No, in tho maftap of ,,,roonnJ royn fort in the
thousand things which combine to shed happiness
upon mans pathway through life, is the wife a
less precious gift OF God. Who is it that gives
care to the neatness, order and tidiness of our
dwellings, our halls, our parlors. our bed-cham-
chambers Who is it that consults our taste,
our afinties, our repelances and SO regulates our
tables, our couehes, our apparel, as to minister
to our comfort Who is it that supplies our
lack of interest in ordinary things, and sends us
out ipto society prepared to meet the claims OF
decency, taste and propriety Who cares for our
appetites. and swelters in heated kitchens for our
indulgence aud often unthanked and unblessed,
plies the needle in the lone evening for cur benefit?
Who is it that schemes, by rigid economy 10 get
the most elegance and comfort for the least tax on
our income? Who furnishes the ready pin, the
napkin. the bandage for our wounds the cup for
our thirst. the friction for our aching head, the
medicine for our pains What angel Of mercy is
it that watches by our sick pillow, bears all our
complaints aud irritations. and moves with muf
Aed step when we slumber.
The assduities OF faithful wife are so common
sc various, so cheerful so unexactng that hus-
bands are, likely to regard her kindness as they
do the sunlight and dews of heayen--matters OF
eourse-to be received without gratitude. Bat
the, consistency which makes them familiar, to
rightly constituted mind deePens the sense OF OBJ
ligahons While the husband safely trusts in the
companion OF his years for his personal comforts,
she has nghtto expect that her bepeheence shall