Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-01-07
A BEAUTIFUL. SKETCH.

ture from a recently published address o
Richard V. Cook, Esq5 of Columbus
Texas, on the Education and Influcnce o
Women 1t will touch the heart Of III,
reader We seldom stumble upon SO vel
expressed an idea Of woman s true miss
ions q aor'7 srlg % aba@ ora siagig SEQ
IL fancy young man Just emerging
from the bright elysium of youth and
commencing the bright journey of lie
: Honest, noble and gifted-the broadworld
to bis warm hopes is the future scene Of
afftuence, fame aud happiness. Under his
active energies business prospers, and as
consequences, Friends come about him
Ere long he meets sensible and simple
girl, who wins his heart, and who loves
and trusts him IN return He doeser' I
stop to ask what the world will say about
the match in case he marries her. Not
he. The. world is kicked ont of doors.
and the man determines to be the architect
OF his own happiness. He doesn't stop
to inquire whether the girls father is rich
10 lands aud slaves and coin; buthe mar
ries her for that most honest and pliloso,
Phic of all reasons-because he bues her !
He builds his home in some quiet spot
where green trees wave their summer glo-
ries, and where bright -sunbcams fall -
Here is the Mecca Of his heart, towards
which he tuFas with moro than Eastern
alteration, Here is green island in
the sea of life, where rude winds never
asssil and storms never come Here,
from!the troubles and cares of existence,
he fnds solaee ingthe society of her, who
is gentle without weakness, and sensible
without vanity, o. .'-F z 700. ore Hi "
Friends may 'betray bin, and foos may
oppress butwhen towards home his weary
foo steps turn, aud there beams upon him
golden smiles of welcome, the clouds lift
from his soul-the bruised heart is restor
ed, aud the strong man made whole. L
see the man tail into adversely. Creditors
seize his property, poverty stars him in the
face, and he is avoided on all hands as a
ruined bankrupt. When he sees all GO
friends, credit and property-grief- strick-
en-, and gpenniless, he seeks his humble
home, Now ~oes the wife desert him too (?
Nay, verify! When the world abandons
and persecutes the man, she draws closer
to his side and her affection is all the
warmer because the evil days have come
upon him. The moral excellences of her
soul rise superior, to the disasters of for.
tune, And when she secs the man sit
mournful and disconsolate, like The
mistocles by the Household Gods OF Ad-
metus. hers is the task to comfort and
console. She reminds him that misfor-
tune has oft overtaken the wisest and the
best; that all is never lost while health
and hope survive; that she still is near to
love, to help and encourage him. { The
man listens, his courage rallies, and the
shadows flee from his heart; armed once
more, he enters the arena Of life. Indus
try and energy restore him TO competency;
fortune SMILES upon him, friends return
anu Ir7T f-ff ira's7Hf f.T 3H
"Joy mounts exul'ing on Triumphant wings"
Agaip the scene shifts. see the man
stretched weak aud wasted on bed of
sickness. The anxious wife anticipates
every want aud necessity. Softly her foot
falls upon the carpet, aud gently her hand
presses the fcvered brow of the sufferer
Though the pale face gives token of her
own wearincss and Suffering, yet through
the long watches of each returning night,
her yigils are kept beside tho loved ones
couch. At last disease beleaguers the for
tress of life; and the physician solemnly
warns his patient that death is approach
ing He feels il too; and the last words
of love aud trust are addressed to her who
is weeping beside his dying bed. And, in
truth, the last hour hath come. / imag.
inc it is fit time to depart; for the gol-
den sun himself has died upon the even
ing's horizon, aud rosy clouds bear him to
his grave behind the western hillsl-
Around the couch Of the dying man, weep
ing friends and kinsmen stand while the
minister slowly reads the holy words Of
promise: rai ta
'I am the Resurrection and the Life,
saith the Lord he that believeth on me,
though he were dead, yet he shall live
and wh0s0ever liveth aud belieyeth in me,
shall never die" Slowly the clock marks
the passing moments, and silently the sick
man breath is ebbmg away Slowly the
cold waters are rolling through the gate,
ways OF life. And now, as the death
damp Is on the victims brow and the heart
thrObs lts last phlsations, the glazed eye
opens anu turns in one full, farewell
8 ance Of affection upon the trembling
Wceper who bends over him; and ere the
spirit departs forever, the angels hear the
pale wife whisper---"I'l II meet thee-Ill
meet thee in Heaven !" -,.. .T t'.. .
E@- A poor Hindoo, after being releas-
cd from the cares Of this world and sour
w wife, presented himself at the gate of
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