The Young Lady's Counsellor by Daniel Wise

142 THE YOUNG LADT's COUNSELLOR.
it." How precious a talisman of safety, therefore,
is
this invaluable po ver of relying upon yoarself
•
— admitting that God may vouchsafe you friends and
But, laying aside the
arguments already adduced,
protectors throughout the period of your mortal life,
and that you are in circumstances to exclude the
mercenary idea from the question of marriage, — still,
self-reliance is indispensable to your happiness. As
your youth changes into womanhood, whether you
marry or remain single, new duties, new responsibilities,
will devolve upon you, and new circumstances
will grow up around you. Instead of havino
others to think and plan for you, you will h^.ve to
think and plan for yourself. Instead of being led,
you will have to lead others. You will, in many
things, be thrown upon your own resources. You
will be called to act new parts in society, and to
meet new expectations. Should you become a wife,
your husband's interests may demand the exercise
of the highest attributes of character in you, to
enable you to sustain, with becoming dignity, the
difficulties or honors of his position. Yor. must,