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sT11fNToN, AUGUSTA COUNTY VIRGINIA., APRIL iS 1859
A BEAUTIFUL SKETCH;

+ EH#' 4 BEAUTIFUL SkETCHs
We have selected beautiful picture from
i recently published address Of Richard Y.
Cook, Esq, of Columbus, Texas, on the
Education and Influence Of woman It will
touch the heart Of the reader. We seldom
stumble upon 50 well expressed an idea Of
woman's triie mission: s' a '@A'
II fancy young man just emerging from
the bright elysium of youth, and commenc-
ing the bright journey oflife, Honest, no
be and gifted, Che broad world to his warm
hopes is the future scene Of aMuence, fame
and happiness. Under bis active energies,
business prospects, and as q consequence
friends come about him. Ere long be meets
d sensible and simple girl, who wins his
Heart; and who loves and trusts him in re-
turn. He doesn't stop to ask what the. world
will say about the match ia case he ,marries
Eher. Not he. Tie world is kicked out Of
doors; and the man determines to be the
! architect Of his owl Happiness, He doesn't
stop to inquire whether the girls father Is
rich in lands and slaves and coin, but, he
marries her for that most honest and philo-
sophie Of reasons-because he loves her!-
He builds bis Home Id some Quiet spot where
green trees wove their sumner glofies, 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 of life, where
fude winds never assail; and storms fster
como! 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. j.. 4. +ar
Friends may betray him, and foes may
Eoppress, 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
property, poverty staresi him in the face,
and he is avoided on all hands as a ruined
bankrupt When he sees ali go-friends,
credit and property stricken and pen
niless he seeks his humble home. Now
does his wife desert him too? Nay, verify.
When the world abandon and persecutes
the man, she draws closerto his side, and
her affection is all the warmer because the
evil day has come upon him. The moral
excellences Of. her soul rise. superior to the
disasters of fortune. And when she sees
the man sit mournful and disconsolate; The.
mistocles by the Household Of Gods Adme-
thus, hers is the task to comfort and con-
sole. She reminds, him that misfortune
has overtaken the wisest and best: that all
lis never lost while health aid hope survive
that she is still near to love, to help and tc
encourage him him. The man listens. his
his eourags rallies, and the shadows flee
from his heart; armed once more he enters
the arena Of life, Industry and energy re-
store him to competency; fortune smiles
upon him, friends return and
"Joy mounts exulting on trium plant WINGS
1 Again the scene shifts. I see the mar
stretched weak and wasted on a bed Of sick
ness. The anxious wife anticipates every
want and necessity. Softly her foot falls
upon the carpet, and gently her hand press
ed tie fevered brow Of tie sufferer. Though
! the pale face gives token Of her own weari.
ness and safefifg; yet Though Tie long
watches of each returning night Her vigils
are kept beside the loved dhes couch. 4,
laSt ulSedsF peledSefS Ine loiITeSS VI HE ano
the physician solemnly warns his patient, that
death is approaching. He feels it, too; and
the last words Of love and trust are address
sed to her WHO is weeping beside his dying
bed. And, in truth, the last hour hath
come. I imagine it is fit time. to depart,
for the golden sun himself has died upon
the evenings fair horizon, and ROSY clouds
bear him to bis grave behind the western
hills. Around the couch Of the dying man
weeping friends and kinsmen stand !; while
the minister slowly reads the holy word Of
promise, II am the Resurrection and the
Life; ho that bclieveth in me, shall never
die Slowly the clock marks the passing
moments; and silently the sick mans breath
is ebbing away. Slowly the cold waters
are fofiifg through the gateways Of life. -
And now, as the death damp is on the vic
Tins brow, and the heart tkrobs ITS last pull
Stations, the glazed eye opens and; turns in
one full, farewell glance Of affection upon
(tha trembling weeper who bends over him
and ere the spirit departs forever, the angels
{hear the wife whisper-'Pll meet the e-Pll
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