Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-08-01

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will often seek her counsel.
Her love casts out fear. Her confdenc
inspires boldness. She is always at han
with her aid Her eyes have seen all. lie
ears have heard all. Her heart has felt a
that pertains to our interest or our reputa
tion. She is the husbands other self at
different angle of vision, watching with earn
estness for bis welfare.
And there is something in the ready. in
stlnctive Impressions of an intelligent wifi
which no sane husband should ever despise
She does not pause to collect facts weipl
arguments and draw inferences. Her i'm
| pressive nature, which renders her indispose,
| slowly to reason, is furnished with an in
stlnctive perception of the right, which il
better than logic.
is wonderful how often, in nicely balanced
cases, when we appeal to the Judgment of 9
wife, how instantly she decides the question
Tor US, and how generally she is ,ight. Ir
ordinary affairs within her province, the
judgment oil wife is almost an instinct o.
Propriety or, rather, an inspiration from
linn who ordained "that by her counsel she
should be helpmeet for man" Plate was
embarrassed in the struggle between bis
sense of justice and desire Of popularity but
bis p,fe said at once, "have thou nothing to
do with that just man." Had he needed her
counsel Pilates hands would not have been
stained by the blood of the Son of God.
In questions affecting the health of hus.
oand-his good name-bis moras-his CON-
panlonships-his business enterprises
religion-hew often has the ready counsel OF
vile held him back from danger, disaster,
rum. And how sad must be the brother here
from whom such counsellor hath been re-
Gently removed by death.
V. The heart Of her husband doth safely
trust IN a faithful wife for competence.
1t is true there are some wives who cannot
thus be trusted Actuated by a foolish van
ity OF dress, furniture and equipage, and reck-
less OF husbands tolls, anxieties and pecu-
mary embarrassments. they will sustain q
certain style in the present, even if they have
to trample on husbands broken heart and
ruined reputation in the process. These are
the wives that drive husbands to wild specu-
lation, to fraud and embezzement. TO debts
never to be paid, to lottery gambling, to
desperation and premature grave.
But am happy to believe that such cases
are few. AS general fact, the principle Of
justice, economy and thrift is strong in the
heart Of woman. Her home destiny quail
hes her for minute regard to the details of
domestic economy, and her love for her hus-
band and regard for the welfare of her chill.
dren dispose her to use wisely and well the
earnings entrusted to her control. She is
the one that obeys Christ in gathering up
the fragments that nothing be lost" Hers
is no hirelng's eye and hand The husband
lays his purse in her lap, assured that the
comfort and responsibility Of his house and
The interest Of his property are safe in her
Keeping. lie hath, says the text, "no need
OF spoil" He has no need of false pretence
-oftrcks OF trade-of grasping speculation
Of over-trading aud debt-of over-tasked en-
ergies and feverish dreams for his wife reg
llates his family expenditures by his fair in
come, and is contented with her lot. How
is the augmented responsibility,
when husband realizes that such care
laker is no more at the head of his house.
hold
VI. The heart Of a husband doth sdfely
'rust a tdithtm uye in the care and training
?t his children.
A father regards his children as heritage
from the Lord. Ills sense Of parental re-
'ponslblity, his yearning and absorbing afiec-
llon, their dependence, their perils, their in
experience, their confdence-all combine to
press them on his heart. But while these
little ones dearer to him than his own life,
father must be abroad for their support. lie
is soldier, and must dwell in camps He is
a sea captain, and must for months and years
make his home on the deep. lie is banker
and must be found at the desk. lie is me.
chanc, and must ply his trade. lie is much
abroad; when he returns he is too absorbed.
too weary, too impatient, to sympathize with
bis little ones, to teach them their prayers
aud smooth the pillow for their slumbers.
He may be rich but can money buy
heart to love these little ones as be loves
them2 Who will listen to their hundred
grievances? Who will be unwearied by their
rlamor? Who will settle their little contro-
versies? Who will answer their thousand
questions? Who will watch their incipent
and patiently abide their nights of
ever Who will guide their opening intel
ects and train to strength their forming
minds? Who will impress daily and hourly
lessons OF taste, refinement, sei.control, be-
levolence and piety? Who will teach their
spng tongues TO pray Who will bear them
u teaIs and entreaty, to the altar of Him
who on earth took little children in his arms
aud blessed them.
The heart of husband safely trusts all this
TO faithful wife and mother. She represents
al his affections, and more than all his pa
tience and care.
The highest confidence ever implied by one
human being in another, is exhibited in the
IN the satisfied, conlidng security with which
q father gives up his chdren-his greatest
treasures, to the sole guidance of good
mother.
When such woman is removed by death,
when the eyes that watched are dim, when
the heart that yearred is still aud cold, where
can the husband and father find solace but
10 resignation to the mysterious will Of
God?
Such wife and mother hath been suddenly
cut down in this church. An intelligent, am
liable, sincere, true hearted wife and mother,
is treasure not alone to her family, but to
the world and in the loss Of such an one, We
have all occasion to mourn to day.
In view of this subject, ! would ask wives
aud mothers now present, to remember that
life is uncertain. Valuable as they are to
their husbands, their children, they are liable
like their sister, at any time to lie down and
die. How carefully and prayerfully should
they then live. How much do they need
practical and earnest piety, that their respon-
sible duties may be all done and well done
As their children are liable to be handed over
to the care of strangers how necessary that
thew be led carefully and safely TO Christ