suffering sisters.

Would man and woman give to this all-important subject, so vital to
their life-long happiness, the consideration it requires, we should
not so often meet with men broken in spirit--_memento mori_ legibly
written on their countenances; with women prematurely old--unloving
wives, careless husbands. Meditate long before you assume ties to
endure to your life's end, mayhaps to eternity. Pause even on the
altar-stone, if only there thou seest thy error; for a union of
hands, without hearts, is a sin against high heaven. Remember,

"There are two angels that attend, unseen;
Each one of us; and in great books record
Our good and evil deeds. He who writes down
The good ones, after every action, closes
His volume; and ascends with it to God;
_The other keeps his dreadful day-book open_
_Till sunset, that we may repent; which doing,_
_The record of the action fades away,_
_And leaves a line of white across the page."_






THE BRIDE'S SISTER.