The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-09-16
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The Preachers Wife.

Another little hint (says the PIttsburg |
Christian AdEocate) for young preachers.
Young ladies can do as they choose about |
reading it. Perhaps they might as. well i
keep their eyes off it. The happiness /
and success of every man who narrfes
depend very largely upon the kind of
wife he gets. This is emphaticaily true
Of a preacher. Hence he should be par
ticuIarly careful in selecting her-should
see to it that she has all the quah6ca-
lions needful for ministers wife. What
some of these are may be indicated.
SHE OUGHT TO BE OF A GOOD FAMILY.
There is such thing as family nobility.
The nobility, not of wealth nor position,
but of goodness-the nobility of intellec-
tual and moral worth. Such nobility is
hereditary; when found in the parents is
seldom, if ever, wanting in the children.
1t is household heritage. From fam
lily thus endowed preachers wife ought
always to come. Coming thence, she
brings with her a warranty to true no
biity-of possessing intellectual and
moral worth, rendering her worthy of the
heart and hand of any man.
she OUGHT TO BE GOOD LOOKING. In
young gentlemen. tell you, beauty in
a woman is never to be laughed at New
err 1t is one of her charms-one of the
things for which she has ever been adj
mired and loved To the true woman,
beauty is like " apples of gold in pictures
of silver" Very comely, indeed. She
may pass at par without it, but with it
will, always and everywhere, command
premium. That premium. man pays
in love. Each mans wife ought, there
fore, to be to him the most beautiful wo-
man in the world Then all comparisons
with other women would be but contrasts
In her favor-contrasts by which his adj
miration and love would be constantly
augmented
SHE OUGHT TO BE EDUCATED, not super
fcially, but thoroughly Both at home
and in the schools. At home, to flial
duties, reverence and obedience. The
girl who has never been trained to these
will not make pleasant WIFE The girl
who disregards the feelings and authori-
ty of her parents will be very likely to
have her own way when married 3
She, ought to be practically educated
in domestic cireles-know how to keep
the house in all it's departments. a
young preacher ought never TO think of
marrying a girl whose mother has had so
little sense as to raise her without train
ing her to work. Such girl ought new
.er to be any mans wife. She is not fit
"A preachers wife ought to be good
scholar-have mind well trained, and
stored with useful knowledge This for
three reasons: First, that she may feel
at,home and appear to advantage in any
society into which she may chance to be
thrown; second, that she may be useful;
third, that she may perform for her hus-
band the double office of counsellor and
critic. 1t is an untold advantage TO
preacher to have a wife capable Of criti-
cising his performances. She is more
sensitive to his failures than any one
else can be, and more anxious he should
correct them. She can be perfectly
frank and candid-ten him ali his def
ciencies. aaes
She OUGHT TO BE RELIGIOUS Last
named, but first in importance She
ought to be truly religious-having not
simply the form of godliness, but the
power also Thus she may be cola
1a,;Devard - husband in the Master
E1tisi preaching by her example
An AFFECTING SToRY.-Ine roTfowfnp
account of heart-rending circumstance
we extract from one of our exchanges.
Read it if you can:
We once. saw a man in 10ac, gazing
at the *ary heavens, with + in / EsSys
and - of pistols in the other. We
endeavored to attract his at1Otion by
ing 2 a in apaper we held in our RsIgs
relating to young man in that 3 of the
country who left home in staS of de-
rangement. He dropped the + and pis-
tolls from his Be Ia with the q Ii is
/ of whom q read; I left my home be4
my friends knew of my design had SO
the. BsS~ of a girl, who refused 2 HsI0 2
me, but smiled upon another. led
madly from the house, uttering wild 2
the god of love (Qpid) and without reply
ing to the ~ of my friends, came here
with this / and - of pistols 2 a. 2 my
xislOce. My case has no in this T."
40tude and clearance R required under
such perplXing circumstances