Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-03-27
miscellaneous.
Moral and Social Philosophy The
Duties of Wife

Moral and Social Philosophy The
Duties of a wife, .
The Rev. DR.. j. p Wilson, of New
ark, is delivering a course of sermons on
the Family Circle The fourth Of the
series was devoted to the "Duties of Il
Wife" and the Newark Advertiser gives
the following outline Of its leading points:
The first duty of the wife is Submission,
reverence and Difference for the husband.
The Bible commands the husband to
love the wife, but it does not say one
word Of the wifc's loving the husband !;
that is taken for granted.
She should acquicsco in the authority
Of the husband, who should also remember
that when command begins happiness
ends She should have submission to
the reasonable authority of the husband
not like that of the servant to the master
but quiet submission which tends to
her own advantage more than her hus-
bands.
Some women are weak enough to mar
ny husbands to rule them. Such mar
riagcs are always unhappy, as the wife
acknowledges she marrics a fool, and is
obliged to drag him after her all her life,
and in the end finds she has less advan-
tage over him than she supposed. Wo-
man should submit, as our first mother
Eve had the sentence passed on her that
her husband should be her desire, and
should rule over her. A woman should
not, however, be submissive in divine
matters, but should differ in meekness,
leaving God to decide.
The second duty is real and high respect
to her husband. If her husband is no
model in the eyes of the world, he should
be in wife's; for when the latter thinks
meanly of her husbands appearance Or
talent, the next thing is contempt. -
When this begins, the delicate sentiment
that belongs to the relationship Of man
and wife is gone forever. If woman
marries man of stupidity, whom she
can't respect, she is the more foolish,
and breaks that holy vow to honor, love
and obey. a wife should respect the
husband when she can't the man, and
should never complain of his impropric-
ties, because seal should be forever set
on the improprieties of the husband,
which. when broken, destroys the fami-
ly circle, and makes the wife and hus-
band no longer one. She should not
even confide in a mother, for conceal
ment is the true path, and these faults
should be hidden, and though il bring
her to the grave with broken heart,
they should be screwed up in her coffin.
The third duty is quietncss and gen.
aeness Of spirit A wife should be
cheerful and unmurmuring, and should
acquiesec with the husband in the man
agement of the family affairs. lie should
locate the residence, regulate the family
expenses, and have the power Of deciding
such matters for on, him the responsi-
bility rests TO keep the wolf from the
door. A wife who complains to her
husband, because she cannot 90 to as
much expense as some other women, is
at once mean, ungenerous and cruel.
4 She should have tho control Of her
tongue, knowing how to say just the
right word in season. She should not
try to have the last word, or to talk
husband down, for like an ancient GEN
eral, another such victory will be her
ruin.
The fourth duty is that she should be
help-meet, If a help-meet was neces-
sary in the days Of innocence, what is it
now? She should be wise and judicious
in the management of the household af-
fairs, and should follow the commands |
of the third chapter Of Solomon, which !
is more than many modern wives do. A !
part Of female education should be to
attend to commoa things, and no fine
music, or worsted piece can take tho
place Of order and ncatness at home. 49,
Fancy pursuits should be secondary to
family duties.
She should have tender Cancellation
and sympathy for her husband, who
comes from the cares Of the world to find
repose and sincere affection at home, and
she should make him forget in its genial
sunshine the storm without. In times Of
sorrow and grief she should be an ale
Walton, and make the burthen lighter by
bearing part Of it. But in sickness
wife shows the true woman, which the