The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-03-26

regard for the Christian religion or al.
bad woman and unworthy of bein,
companion in Life charged WITH ~.
stupendous soiemnity and vicissitpd.-
What you want, o man, in a wifa =.
q butterfly of the sunshine, not a yi..a'
nonentity, not a painted doll, not a enV
ing gad-about, not a mixture of artif.;.s
tits which leave you in doubt as to VII
the humbug ends and the woman bss;sO
but an earnest soul, one that can NOT -
laugh when you laugh, but weep when-
weep. There will be wide, deep prava. =
your path Of life, and you will both ~.
steadying when yon come to the yerya >.
them, tell you! When your fortune IN.
you will want some one to talk of the - $
ures in heaven and not charge upon =
with bitter ~ told on so.n As far
can analyze it sincerity and earnestns.s :.
the foundation of all worthy wifehood e.
that and you get all. Fail to get that -
you get nothing but what you will wish ~
never had got.
Don't make the mistake that man Of u.
text made in letting his eye settle the ou..-
tion in which coolest judgment directed 1,
divine wisdom are all important He II.
has no reason for his wifely choice exss,.
q pretty face is like man who should b.-
farm because of the dahlias in the froe.
door-yard. Beauty is a talent, and wb..
God gives it he intends it as a benediet;o.
upon a woman's face. When the good Pr;.-
cess of Wales dismounted fror
the rail train last summer. ana
saw her radiant face, 1 eonls !.
understand what they told me the dav -.
fore, that when at the great military ho..
pital where are now the wounded and -
sick from the Egyptian and other wars - !
Princess passed through, all the sick We.
cheered at her coming, and those VII.
could be reused neither by doctor ma,
nurse from their stupor, would ge. up o,
their elbows to look at her, and wan ana
wasted lips prayed an audible prays.
"God bless The Princess of Wales! DossnH
she loo; 5eautiidi:"
But how uncertain is the tarrying a
beauty in n human eountenance. ExpIo.
sion Of a kerosene lamp turns it into scar.
ification, and scolndrsl with the dasa az
vitriol may dispel it, or time viii drive hin
chagio. wheels across that bri s'lt face, cut.
ting it up in deep ruts AMI cuIIies. But
thera is an eternal beauty on tie face Of
some women whom a rousa and ungalIaut
world may criticise as homely, and though
their features may contradict all the laws
Of Lavater on physiosnomy, yet they havs
graces Of soul that will keep them attracts
i've for time and glorious through all sternp
ity.
There are two or three circumstances in :
which the plainest wife is quee3 Of beauty
TO her husband, whatever her staturs Or
profile. By financial panic or b.
trayel Of business partner, the mar
goes down, and returning to liz
home that evening he says: y
am ruined; am in disgrace forever;
care not whether live or die" It is a
agitated story he is telling in the housos
hold that winter night. He says: tn
furniture must go, the house must 60, the
social position must CO." and from being
sought for obsequiously they must be cold.
shouldered everywhere. After he cease
talking. and the wife has heard all in Il.
lence, she says: as that all? Why, 700
had nothing when married you, and yoo
nave only come back to where you starts&
Z you think that my happiness and tha1
Il the children depend On these trap1lra
rou do not know me, though we have ff7s1
ogether thirty years. God is not dead, .
md the National Bank of Heaven has ma
payment, and il you don't mind
don't care . cent. What little we nesa
4 food and raiment the rest of our live
We can get, and I don't propose to sit down
ind NOPE and groan. Mary, hand me that
farming needle. And, John, light one e
he other gas-burners- And, Jimmy, ope1
he register for little more heat Fanny.
etch your fathers slippers. declare.
ave forgot to set the rising for thoss
akesW And while she is busy at it -
lears her humming Newton's old hyna
To- morrow."
1t can bring with it nothing,
But He will bear rs through;
Who gives the lilies clothing
VIII clothe his people too;
Beneath the spreading heavens
No crsature but IL fed;
And He who feeds the ravens
Will give his children bread.
though vine nor ng tree either
Their wonted fruit should bear,
Though all the fields should wIthef
Nor hocks nor herds be there;
Yet God the sauna abiding, E~4
His praise shall tune my voice;
For while In Him confiding H,
can not but rejoice.
The husband looks up in amaxement Al
ays: "Wen, wen, you are the Creates
roman ever saw. / thought you would
Amt dead away when told you.n An6
he looks at her, all the glories of physis
gnomy in the court Of Louis XIV, or the
lodern fashion plates are tame as cou~ :;
AIRED with the superhnman splendors oe
1as woman's face. Joan 4 Arc, Msrio
.ntoinette and La Belle Hamilton, the e.
hantment Of the court Charles H.. ~ &
owhere.
There il another time when the plainese
lie is . queen Of beauty to her husband.
he has done the work of life. She has
jared her children for God and Heaven.
I'D though some of them may be . little
lid they will yet come back, for God has
She is dying and her husband
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