The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1859-03-02
A Beautiful Sketch.

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from recently published address of Rich
ard " Cock, Esq, of Columbia Texas, OF
the Education and Influence of women.-
We seldom stumble upon so we'll expressed
an idea of woman's true mission:
fancy young man just emerging from
the bright elysium OF youth, and commen.
cling the journey of life. Honest, noble, and
! gifted, the broad world 10 his warm hopes
is the future scene of aflcence, fame and
| happiness. Under his active energies, bu-
siness prospers, and as consequence,
friends come about him. Ere long he meets
sensible and simple girl, who wins his
heart, and who loves and trusts him in re-
Turn. lie doesn't stop TO ask what the world
will say about the match in case he marries
her Not he. The world is kicked out of
doors, and the man determines 10 be the ar
chiiect of his own happiness. He doesn't
stop 10 enquire whether the girls father is
rich in lands and slaves and com, but he
marries her for that most honest and philo.
sophie of all reasons-because he ioves her !
He builds his home in some quiet spot
where green trees wave their summer go.
ties, and where bright sunbeams fall. Here
is the Mecca of his heart, towards which
he turns with more than Eastern alteration.
Here is green island in the sea life, where
rude winds never assail, and storms never
come! Here, from the troubles and cares
of existence, he finds solace in the society
OF her who is gentle without weakness, and
sensible without vanity.
Friends may betray him, and foes may
oppress, but when towards home his weary
footsteps turn, and there beams upon him
golden smiles Of welcome. the clouds lift
from his soul-the bruised heart is restored,
and the strong man made whole. see a
man fall in adversely. Creditors seize his
properly, poverty stares him in the face and
he is avoided OH all hands as a ruined bank.
rupt When he sees all go-friends, credit
aud property-sriefstrick and penniless,
he seeks his humble home. Now does his
wife desert him too? Nay, verify. When
the world abandons and persecutes the
man, she draws closer 10 his side, and her
affection is all the warmer because the evil
days have come upon him. The moral ex.
! cellences of her soul rise superior 10 the dis.
asters of fortune. And when she sees the
man sit mournful and disconsolaie, Them
sistocles by the Household of Gods Adme.
thus, here is the task 10 comfort and console.
She reminds him that misfortune has often
overlaken the wisest and the best; tha; all
is never lost while health and hope sur
vive; that she is still near to love, TO hell
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. Industry and energy restore
| him 10 competency fortune smiles upon
him, friends return and
Joy mounts eXulting on triumphant Wings
Again the scene shifts see the man
stretched weak and wasted on bed OF
sickness. The anxious wife anticipates ev.
cry want and necessity. Softly her foot
falls upon the carpet, and gently her hand
presses the fevered brow oil the sufferer
Though the pale face gives token of her
own WEAKNESS and suffering, yet through
the long watches of each returning night
her vigils are kept beside the loved ones
couch. At last disease beleaguers the for
tress of life; and the physician solennly
I warns his patient that death is approaching
| He feels il too and the last words of love
aud trust are addressed TO her who is weep
ing beside his dying bed Aud, in truth
The last hour hath come. | imagine it is q
fit time 10 depart; for The golden sun him.
self has died upon the evenings fair hori
zon, and rosy clouds bear him to his grave
behind the western hills. Around the couch
of the dying man, weeping friends and
kinsmen stand; while the minister slowly
reads the holy words of promise:
q am the Resurrection and the Life he
that believelh IN me, shall never die'-
Slowly the clock marks The passing mo-
ments, and silently the sick mans breath i,
ebbing away. Slowly the cold waters are
rolling through the gaieways of life. Anc
now, as the death damp is on the victim
brow, and the neart ,hrobs its last pulsa
lions, the glazed eye opens and turns in on'
full. farewell glance of affection upon iht
trembling weeper who bends over him
and ere The spirit departs forever, the an
gels hear the pale wife whisper-'Ill NEE
thee-l il meet thee in Heavenp"