Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-12-25
A shori Pntcnt sermon.

SnOr1 khltbt SCEtHOns
will give you sermon to-day
drawn from the following text
"The lady who bcsi the tub,
Is not ashamed to ring aud rub
Or on the floor ashamed to scrub,
And cares not who calls in to see
Her laborirg so iudusriously,
VIII make a wife for you or me-
My HEARERs 1t was ordained by
Heaven-not by the devil--that every
man should have wife, and every wo-
man be blessed with a husband. In the
beginning God made two Of the genus no.
mo-of opposite sex. The one he cleo
ted positively the other negatively; so
that when they opproXimated, their mys-
tical effect would be produced one to an
other. The how, why or wherefore no
mortal has yet been able to un ierstand
neither is it necessary that be should.
That the sexes naturally approach and ad.
here TO each other through some myste'
rious influence admits OF no solution'-
Let it suffice that it is so. When the
Creator made Adam, he saw that it was
not good for him to be alone; 50 lac mes
merized the man-dug a rib from his
side without the least particle of dain-
and from it made Eve to be a hcl pmate |
for him, as well as fancy plaything. =
Now without knowing what love was,
they couldn't help loving the moment
they set their eyes on one another. He
Cast sheep eyes at her in the distance, and
sh, threw some killing glances on him in
return that fired his soul, and set his
heart vibrating like a splinter upon a
chestnut rail in a Southwestern. They f.
nally came together Just as natural as
couple Of apples in a basin Of water
But situated as they were at first, and
having little or no manual labor to per-
form, Eve could be Of little use to Adam,
and Adam couldn't do great deal for
Eve. Still they loved and were ready to
assist each other in case of any inner
gent causality. and so when they found
that aprons were necessary, they set to,
and with needle worked together for mu-
tual good Eve only understood plain
sewing--she knew nothing about your
embroidery, lace working and piano play,
ing, and cared not about the same. The
couple were perfectly happy in their rude
state until the old serpent got among
them; and even then stuck to each other
through thicl, and thin-through all the
rambling vicissitudes of liio--from Par
adse to Perdition
Nv brethren, since You know that mar
iiage is divine Institution, and that ev-
ery enc of You should have a wife, what
kind of rib would YOU select? A pret-
ty little useless doll, or IL woman big and
spunky enough to wrcstle with bear
and come off first best? | imagine you
would not care much for either extreme,
but you would look for personal charms
O you foolish idoitors at the shrine Of
beauty Know you not that thousands
Of husbands are made miserable by hand
some wives, and that thousands are hap
py with homcly ones? IIomcly without,
but beautiful within. Alas ! what is
beauty ? 1t is flower that willis and
withers as soon as it is pucked; n tran.
sient rainbow; a ileeting meteor; deceit
full will -the-wiop; subIimated moon
shine.
The kind Of wife you want, is Of
good moral, and knows how to mend
trowsers; who can reconcile pcaling po-
tatoes with practical or fashionable picty;
who can waltz with the churn dash, and
sing with the tea kettle; who understands
bryomology, and the true science Of mop
ping, who can knit stockings without
knitting her brows, and knit mp her hus-
bands ravellcd sleeve of care who pre-