The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-03-12

| will give you sermon to-day drawn
from the following text:


i Or. on the floor ashamed to scrub,
And cares not who calls in 10 see,
Her laboring so industriously,
viii make wife for you me.
Nv Hearers-lt was ordained by Heav-
en-not by the devl-ihat every man
should have a wife, and every woman be
blessed with husband In the begin
mug God made Two of The genus homo
of opposite sex. The one elec'ed posi-
tively, the other negatively; 50 that when
they proxiuated. their mystical effect
would be produced one to annther The
how, the why, the wherefore, no mortal
has yet been able TO understand neither
is il necessary thar he should. That the
sexes naturally approach and adhere to
each other, through some mysterious In
/ fuence. admits of no solution. Let IL
suffice that il Is SO When the Creator
made Adam, be saw that it was nor good
for him to be alone, So he nesmerized the
uan-dug a rib from his side without the
least particle oil pain-amd from 1t uIade
Eve. To be nelpnaic for h IN, as we'll a.
IA fancy plaything Now Without know
lug what love was, they couldn't help
loving, the moment they set their eyes
on one another L. cast sheep eyes al
Eer in the distance, ana she threw some
killing eiances on bin in reluru that fred
+ his suul. aud set his heart vibrating like
splinter upon Il chestnut rail IN sou
wesFer They fiEaliy catue together just
as natural as i couple of apple seeds
swimming in basin OF water. But sit.
uated as they were at first, and having
/ little or no MANUAL labor to pertorm-Eve
could be Of little utility to Adam. and
Adam couldn't be great deal for Eve
Sill they loved aud were ready to assist
each 6ther in case OF any energcnt caus
ualltv, aud 50 when thcT found tha;
aprons were necessary they set TO, and
with the needle worked together for n.u-
tual go,d Eve ouly understood plaiG
>ewing,-she knew nothing about your
embroidery. lace working, aud piano play
ing. and cared not about the same. The
eoaple were perfectly happy in their rude
state until the old serpent got among them,
aud even then stuck TO each other through
thick and ihin--thlough all the bramb,
ling vici>situdes OF life-frum Paradise 10
Perdtion
Ny brethren since you know that mar
ria.e Is a divine institution, and that
every one 0. you should have wife, hat
kind Of rib would YOU select? 4 pret
~ little useless doll, or woman big aud
.sruukv enough 20 wre>lle with bear and
come of first best? / imagine you would
not care much for either extreme; but
YOU would look for personal charms 0
YOU foolish idulators at the shrine Of
beauty Know you not that thousands
of hu> >bauds are made miserable by hand
some wives, and lilat thousands are ha spy
in the possession of homcly ones? Home
ly without. buI beautiful within. Alas
what is beauty? Il is a flower that willis
and wilhers IA soon a it Is riucked; a
trausien, rainbow fleeing meteor; a
deceitful -the-wI>p; subliulated
mouushiue.
The kind of a wife You want is Of good
morals and knows bow to mend trowsers;
who can reconciie peeling potatoes with
practical or fashionable piety who ean
waltz with the churn dash, aud sing with
the tea ketlle-wiu understands broom
olony. aud the true science of u,opping-
WHO can knit stockings without knitting
her brpws, and knit up her husband ;
raveled sleeve of care-who prefers sew
I ing tears with her needle. to Saving tares
Of scandal with her tongue. Such is de-
ciIedly better half Take her up if you
can get her-let her be up to her elbows
in the sndS of the washlub, or picking
I geese in a constable.
Ny hearers-My text speaks of lady
at a washrub You may think it absurd,
bat let me assure you that teuaie can
/ be lady beside washtub or in kitchen
as much "a In a drawing room or iu a par
lor. What constitutes lady Il is not
"A costly dress, paint tor the cheeks, false
+ hair or still falser airs but il is her de
pertinent. her intellectual endowmenfs.
and that evidence of virtue which com
nands the silei,l respect and admiration
of the world She would be recognized
as lady al Once-it matters not where
or In what situation she were fund
whethcr scoIchiug bed bags with red hot
poker, or hoilering hailelujah at camp
meeting. All that | have further to say
fellow batcheiols, IS. that when YOU nar-
ry, see that you get lady inside aud out
Que who knows how to keep the poi
boiling, and looks we'll ia her house held
So mote il be-Bdchetor Sr.