Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-01-11

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men, and women that have preceded
rs, and made the world what il Is To-
day. To the ignorant person, travel Is
simply the transfer by railroad, OF vess
sci, or coach from one coantFy 10 an
other, and all are pretty much alike, or
only varying little their discomioFts.
To the Instructed man, or woman,
travel Is the realization Of dream: it
il the coming face TO face with unnuna-
bered ideals; il Is .be meeting ofbuSied
friends: il is making one IN . grand
srmnnsinrn. and 4 = leakine Ifotn :
/ great height, and listening % tie bar
monies OF the world and this is worth
preparation.
As Tor the schemes Of benevolence
YOU need not worry about them; they
will be done, and better done than you
could do them, I'll ifi good time, and in
the meanwhile as each and all Of these
good things, or great opportunities may
come 70 you. prepare yourself for taking
fullest advantage Of them. Resolve at
once 10 waste no more time, 10 give Sc
rious thought and attention TO no more
unworthy objects, TO cultivate your con-
science, your sense of duty, 10 make
Yourself useful and agreeable at home,
and finally improve yourself in such a
way as to yield the most permanent plea
sure and satisfaction. 1s-
Your aims, my restless young lady
reader, are defined and more strictly
personal,-you want to be an artist, or
an author, or physician, and you sec
no reason why you should not astonish
the world, if YOU only had the chance,
which means If somebody would only
print your stories, or your verses, see
genius IN your sketch, or give you plen-
ty Of money, yet as beginning, your
writing is hardly legible, your spelling
is imperfect, you have not mastered The
rudIments Of any art, you display moth
ing of the sacri6cial nature which ac-
companies the sacred FIRE ofgenius, and
know so little of the art of living and
healing, that YOU break the commonest
physiological laws every day Of your
life. Hs
Take these things into consideration,
resolve to do what you can do, and
do well,-remember we live afterward
in what we have done, not in what We
yainly desire 10 do.
1t is perhaps useless, and might be
considered impertinent 10 address any
words under this head to bearded man,
but If there are men among the readers
of this brief chapter, little reflection
and a good intention as the result Of il
will do them no harm on the eve of the
New Year, and perhaps they will in
dulge in little retrospect as well.
Have you done and are doing. to ev-
cry one, your wife for an example, ex-
acily as you would have her TO do TO
YOU! Do you consult her inclinations,
and crafty her tastes as far as your
means will permiti Do you appreci-
ate the value. Of home, and family life,
and try 10 make it as pleasant and hap
py as possible? /? Do you realize that in
your children, in the acts Of your daily
life, you are building up memorial
stone, which will tell those who never
saw you what manner ofman you were!
Have you permitted your ambition to
do this, or achieve that, get the best Of
your manhood, and induce you TO sac
rifiee the happiness, perhaps the health
OF your wife, the future Of your chill
dren, the welfare Of the whole family,
and the influence which it ought TO ex-
ercise in the community, 10 your per-
sonal desire to speculate, spend money,
owH lands, or bonds, obtain Office, or
achieve some other individual object
A very little thought will teach you
whether you have sacrificed the greater
to the lesser in these ways, and if you
have, / hope the New Year will find
you man enough to own up at least 10
Yourself, and see firm determination
to act with more equal justice, with
more honor, with more msnliness, with
more humanity.
To the woman, the wife, and the
mother, what shall say that has not
been said, and better said, many times?
Byron said that two books constituted
woman's library-more truly two words
constitute her vocsbulary-Duty and
Submission. Do not be impatient with
me for making this assertion, or imagine
that beIittle the Office Of womanhood
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Of my soul that I say tit is beeaEse |
know that they are the accompaniment
to the greatest and noblest triumphs wo-
man can ever achieve. But the vision
must be broad, the standpoint high.
The true womsn's lite is always sac
rifcisl one. but duty viii teach her 10
sacrifice inclination, never principle.
Add where to begia ah duty, like
charity. must begin at home. Guard
yourself against over-hasty speech,
against unjust suspicious, against petty
fault finding, against the pride which
will not yield, against the hardness that
cannot forgive. Remember that the
woman, the wife, the mother should be
the saving spirit Of every household. the
kindly, tender, most blessed influence
in every home. To be thus, she must
be wise, as well as good, and not waste
her strength, or dissiPate time. She
must learn the best ways. and gradual
Iy, gently induce her family To walk in
them. Our best intentions sometimes
fail, because they were not well con-
Sidered-take time for thought, have pa
tience with yourself; but do not take il
for granted that other people win un-
derstandzyOur efforts, CT have patience
with your shortcomings. Try Ior the
goods sake, for duiy's sake, for your
cEiIdren's sake, for the sake Of your own
growth, and the recompense will como
J In time--come in uuexpecfed WAYS