The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-08-04

! one: ana is faithful to the confidence o.
all. She giyeth not her hand with the
fair speech Of friendship; while there are
seven denominations ofinconstant or divid
ed affection in her heart Prov. XVI.
rs.
The word sincere properly signifies,
pure, actth0ut mirture, aciHout fraud,
thout~djssimulation. And it seemed
to have been a favorite maxim with the
ancient Poets, "That no falsehood could
dwell in the soul Of the lovely" And we
have also the corresponding testimony Of
an ancient Moralist-"A 4 tale bearer" saith
he, "revealeth secrets; but he that is of
la faithful spirit concealeth the matter. "
Prov. xi. 13.
The prudent woman hath paid more
attention to the virtues of her mind, than
tie ornament of her person. She, indeed,
is not ignorant that natural beauty and
outward accomplishments are valuable in
their place, or when properly connected
or improved: But knows they have not
Ia necessary connexion with real worth,
and that they may be possest without
mental excellence. Being fully sensible
that outward beauty, made familiar to the
eye, Is valn-that it soon proves empty,
iooses its charms and is little noticed-in
comparison with other accomplishments /:
She, therefore, seeketh not the gain or
loss of those who, by the mere tinsel glare,
or outward garnish, of 4 sepulchre, would
fain persuade-that all is lovely, is beau
tiful and pure wIthin.-She considers
that fit Of sickness, and a thousand ac-
cidents may mar the greatest, personal
beauty. That there is no escape from the
ravages of old age and death; which can
not be far distant. That such beauty alone
is frequently the fatal means Of seduction
and ruin to the person. And that, at
least, there are many fears, against a sin
gle hope-that she will invite in vanity
and pride, disgraceful and disgusting, to
ell her vacant mind.
Where females have been destitute Of
mental excellence, natural beauty and out
ward graces have frequently become un-
lovely and offensive. Hence, the prudent
womaa accounts to herself for most in
stances of disappointed affection, in a
worthy husband /: While she herself is
vastly more assiduous to deserve the es-
TEEN Of Friend, than to attract the at
tention of an Admirer. And she wisely
avoids those connected, poignant ills, lthe
rewards Of the dissolute) which might
q bite like a serpent, and sting like an
adder
Finally, she encreases not the number
of the groaniag many, 1cho hare 5cen cast
dorm rounded By deceiJul lips Prov,
VII. p, 2G. Hence, she will become
greatly, lastinglyen Ieared--in thorospect-
full and afectionate esteem ofhcr acQuaint-
ance And, in the circle of her more
particular friends, they mutually enjoy
a (oCing Ja00ur, lchjch as greater to be.
chosen than greet riches. And a Joy of
grief survives her last-last silence.
3. MoDEsTY.
This important particular seems to be
a negative virtue, because it appears in
the agent without design: But it is new
peculiarly ornamental 1t ex-
hibits beautiful combination of the ex-
cellent and amiable graccs in women.
Delicacy Of manners and purity of
speech are so much expected from an ami
able or modest female, that she who dis
pcnses with them shall name herself
strange 1coman. She shall be in danger
Of the Judgment, of Solomon. Nor may
she think it strange should the fearful
advertisements of the Wise Man pursue
and detect her, in every place under
the description of, " Fire Goals in cne
bosom live Goals Of fire under ones feet
a deep pit; the top of mast the midst
of the sea and the chambers Of DEATH"
The modest tair one does not even think
of that conversation in a female, which
boldly deviates from the laws of purity or
the rules Of demcacy. without sensible
pain and fixed adherence. And hence,
when uuhappily obliged to DC spectator oft
such improprieties-she has been seen toI
shrink in unaffected confusion, and her
innocence hath undergone a com /
plcatlon OF distress. IlhatSoerer Mings
are pure, l0oeLy, projse-worthy and ofH
good report, relishes, she contemplates, .
she practices.
Modesty iu females implies also the
mild and gentlo opposite of all that which [
is bold and ferocious, rough and daring.
A woman of fine feelings cannot be in
sensible that Ge5. c0Y YsftfJfio3,oJ ,o,,3 No.,
Is secondary aud dPendeat amoag men. /
Nor can she long want conviction that
the sure way to avoid any evil conse-
luence, which might otherwise accrue,
(to the thus dependant) is to yicla the
front Of the battle to the harder seq;
While she heartily embraces those privi-
eges, and patiently waits for that proteo
ton, witch hover about a contssssd de-
Tn this Wayman Is afFenf,aII,-I