A SISTER.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1933, 7 March 1885, Page 2

A SISTER.

No household is complete without a ' ' sistor. Sho.gives the finish to the family. A sister's love, a sister's influeriee, what can be move hallowed! A sister's watchful care-can anything. be more tender ? A sister's kindness-docs the world[show us anything purer? Who would lire without a sister? A sister is a sort of guardian angel in the- circle. Her pr«. ~. sence condemns vice. She is the quick-' ener of good resolutions, the sunshine in z ? : " the pathway of home. To cyery brother ■ ■'" : i she is light and life. Her heart is the ; ' treasure-house of confidence. In her he - finds-a safe advisor, a charitaebforgiving, •■ • " ■'•' tender though often, severe friend. In her he finds a ready companion, Her ..■;.-..;■ sympathy is as open as day and sweot as , •.-• the fragrance of flowors,. >Vo. pity the .:., :•• brother who has no sister, no sister's love. We feel sorry for the home which is apt enlivened by a sister's-/presence." 'A' "■'''"i. sister's office is a noble : and'gentle one. It ishers to persuade to virtue, to win to ' '"' ffisdomywaysjgentlyioieadwhereduty- ■ : - calls.; to guard the citadel of home with . the sleepless viligance of virtue; to gather graces, and strew flowers around the home altar. To be a sister is to hold ■ a sweet place in the heart of home. It ' to minister in a holy office. ■ ■'-'■