Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-03-03
On the Choice Of . Wife.

Go. nv son, said the Eastern sage TO
Talmore, 60 forth TO the world; be
wise in the pursuit of knowlsdge-oe
wise in the accumulation Of riches
be wise in the choice Of friends; yet
little will this avail thee, IL thou
choosest not wisely the wife OF thy
bosom.
When the rules Of thy people echo
thy sayings, aud the trumpet OF fame
sounds thy name abroad among the
nations. more beautifully will the sun
OF thy glory set, il one bright cloud
reflects its brightness, and sullied for
ever will bs the splendor OF the rays,
if like dark spot she crosses its sur
face.
Consider this, my son, and look well
to her ways, whom thou wouldst love;
for little will all else avail thee II thou
choosest not wisely the companion OF
thv bosom. See Wonder the maidens
OF lingo. They deck themselves with
the gems Of Golconda and the roses OF
Cashmere re-themsslves more brilliant
and beautiful; but ha take not them
TO thy bosom; for the gem will grow
dim, and the rose wither, and nought
remain TO thee Of all thou didst WOO
and win.
Neither turn thyself to the proud
one who vaunts herself on having
scanned the pages OF Nedss, and faith
omed the mysteries OF the holy tenn
pie. Woman was not born TO WELD
the sceptre, or direct the counsel; to
reveal the mandates Of Brama, or eX-
pound the sacred verses Of Menu.
Rather be it hers TO support thee in
grief and soothe thee in sickness; to
rejoice in thy prosperity and cling to
thee in adversely. Reflect, then, my
son, ere thou choosest, and look TO
her whom thou wouldst make the
wife Of thy bosom.
A Wife what a sacred name-vhat
a responsible office She must be the
unspotted sanctuary TO which wearied
man may flee from the crimes OF the
world, and feel that no sin dare enter
there. "A wife She must be as pure
as the spirits around the Everlasting
throne, that man may kneel TO her
even in admiration, and feel no abase-
nent. A wife She must be the
guardian angel OF his footsteps on
earth, and guide them to Heaven; so
firm In virtue that should he for a
moment waver, she can yield him sup
port, and replace him upon its hrm
foundation; so happy in conscious in
nocence, that when from the perpIsI-
tiles OF the word he turns to his home,
he may never find n frown where he
sought a smile. Such, my son, thou
seekest in wife; and reflect well ere
thou ohoosest.
Open not thy bosom to the trifier;
repose not thy head on the breast that
nurseth envy and folly and vanity.
Hope not for obedience where the
passions are untamed; and expect not
honor from her who honoreth not the
God who made her.
Though thy place be next to the
throne Of princes and the countenance
OF royalty beam upon thee-though
thy riches be as the pearls OF Omar,
and thy name honored from the East
to the West little will it avail thee IL
darkness and disappointment, and
strife, be in thine own habitation.
There must be passed thine hours in
solitude and sickness and thsre must
thou die. Reflect, then my son, ere
thou choosest, and look well to her
ways whom thou wouldst love; for
though thou be wise in other things
little will it avail thee II thou choos-
est not wisely the wife of thy bosom.