Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-10-15
TMR VALUE OF GOOD CHARACTER
"Laying Ep in store for themselves good
soundation for the time to come. - Timothy

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vi 10.
.True wisdom early sought and gained
In age will give thee rest:
fis U thee improve the morn Of life,
s, To make Its evening blest.
Ts young man q good character Is the
heat capital he can possess, to start in life.
II is much better and more TO be depended
on than gold. Although money may aid in
establishing young man in business under
favorable circumstances, yet without good
character he cannot succeed. His want of
reputation will undermine the best adyanta-
gss, and failure and ruin viii, sooner or later
oyertake him with unerring certainty.
= When IL ID. known that young man is
well informed, industrious, attentive to BUSH
ness, economical, strictly temperate and
moral, q respector of the Sabbath, the
Bible anS religion, he cannot sail TO obtain
she rood opinion o! the whole community.
He will have friends on every hand who
win take pleasure in encouraging and assist
ing him; and parents will point to him as an
example for their children to initiate
Blessed with health such aNyouth cannot
failsof success and permanent AaPpiness.
Rut let il be known that q young man is
IGNORANT or indolent, that he is neglectfui
81 business or dishonest; that he 10 given to
intemperance, or disposed to visit places OF
destination, or to associate with vicious
comoanions; and what are his prospects,
Win either one o. more of these evil quail
6cations fixed upon him he is hedged out of
the path Of prosperity. To cover up such
characteristics for great length of time is
q moral impossibilty. Remember this,
beg you. II is beyond the power of mortal
10 conceal vicious habits or propensities for
any long period. And when once discovered
who will confide in such youth! Who
will trust or encourage, or countenance
him, Who will give him employment
Who win trust anything to his oversight
Why will render him assistance in his
business affairs, when he is strained and in
need of friends. Behold his prospect
How uupromising how dark. 1t is impossi-
BILE for such q young man to succeed. No
created power can confer prosperity upon
.hiin. He himself undermines his own wei
fare, blackens his name, and dashes down
a cup of life which wise and good Proyi-
dencs has kindly placed to his lips, and
calls upon him to drink.
III good character, spotless reputation,
10 all essential to the prosperity OF young
man, what must it not be to young woman !.
A well established character for morality
snd virtue is of great Importance to people
az every class and in all circumstances.
RIM, 10 Young lady ''good name" is a
priceless jewel. Ii is every thing to her in
.ome sense. Il will clothe her with an at
.sractioa, value, an inheritance, In the esti-
nation of others, which nothing else can
impart. Possessed Of spotless character,
.shs may reasonably hope for peace and
happiness. But without such a character
she is nothing.
Youth, beauty, dress. accomplishments,
eli gifts and qualities will be looked upon
a. naupht, when tainted by a suspicious
reputation. Nothing can atone for this.
nothing can give charm and attraction where
IL exists not. When the character of q
young woman is gone all is gone. Thence
forward she can look for nothing but deg
radiation and wretchedness.
The reputation of a young woman is OF
the most delicate texture. 1t requires not
overt acts and actual wickedness to tarnisb
Its brightness, aud cast suspicion ON its pu-
rity: indiscreet language, careless dePort-
ment, a want of discrimination in regard
to associates. even when no evil is intended,
will often bring into question her character
greatly to her injury. Many are the instan-
ces of single word. spoken at random in
the ciddy thoughtlessness OF youthful vivaci-
ty, without the slightest thought of wrong,
casting shadow upon the chatacter of a
young woman which it requires years to ef-
face.
How important that every word uttered
and every deed performed should be mature
Iy weighed. A discreet lady will not only
avoid evil itself but will studiously refrain
from every thing which has even the aP-
pearunce of evil.
'iwhatever dirns thy sense of rIsh.
So Or stains thy purity,
Though sigh breath of summer air,
k-atUf II ain In. fhs..