Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-10-12

Joy unto thy soul returning
From this perfect founteinhead.
70 Freely. as thou freely givest
Shall the grateful light be shed.
INDUCED oYs...SELFIsH HUSBANDS.
If bad a boy, my chief aim would be
to make him yield to his sisters. Why ?
Because SO. manr boys bavo been taught
contrary lesson their selfshness every day
growing stronger and stronger, till they
marry some woman, who is expected to
10 tall gline"-t9est.ont, head 'ersct,:
sduared-at the word Of com>
Eaandslikssheis sisters. 1t is a ysry Com:
Eu'on thidgto hear a mother asy TO fhers
daughters, you must do this, or that, or
dome day you will cause the uubappiuess
of the man you marry When was the
parent ever known to say this to a bog
about his future wilea Theidea, have
no doubt, would be considered: quite ludi-
trods. Butt hive yet to learn why it is
not as necessaryk ia one case as in the
other. Now, to bblge the girla Of fam
lily. to be punctual to their meals, on pen
atty Of displeasure, AMI cold food, and to
save warm breakfast for the boy, when
ever he chooseato. lie 'ina bed an 'hopr OF
two later than the rest of the fami ly, is
making ;afatal mistake, as far a. thaabox-.
in spncerned and aduoa.ing se'iisE has
@satofy unfortunate shf Sb6 day
bs s6traHpsa by him, Then this foolish
mother will be the very frst:to lament to
her circle of sympathizing friends, that
"her John" should have married woman
vhdisso exactiDg and unyielding. Then,
his ssistets will mourn publicly that t.'dear
John" should have made such malrimo-
ublablundeJ woman who was not enau1-
orsdfof mehd:ng his stockings every eye-
,eipg in the week, which ho spent out doors,
ID any kind of amusement that the whim
of the hour sugeested. Ihen---aunts, and
edua6a, band uncles, Of The hundredth de-
gree, win join and swell the chorus, till
"dear John," if he has not sense enough to
see the discrepancy between their preaching
and their practice, exen,pIiied in their ex-
actions towards their own husbands, will
believe hfmss1f entitled 10 honerable
naes.ion:ia fFox'a Book of Mar.yrs.' ..
- The evil, have said, begins with the
boys -honseA edaeation., -sister' must
mend bisy gloves and stockings, and altsr
his shirts, whenever be wishes !; but 'bro.b-
pr rey stwayss decline waiting upon. his
sisters to evening visits, snr - amusements,
finhvor Of offer ladies, or may in any other
way shoa his utter ss]fishness aud ,disse-
gardsef tbaiEpatqral claims upon him. y
This rail- wrong, and boys SO brought
tnp tepst of necessity clash, when matrimo.
fly presents any other side of the question
than Of blind. unswerving Obedience. 2tA
Now, imagine this selfishness ipteasi8sd
q thousand fold by solitary years OF bach
telofhood, and you have . creature 10 whom
tftThsHsppy Fsnily" would forever be q
tfaytE. ~, u
Infso,, SbiOh way;you look at Il, men never
Rohlb BE good fer. anything, were It not for.
the regenerating influence. .of .!na ariisee i iia
1.-The most selfish man that ever Ess manu-.
thetlied BY tbe2system Of pstsspsE eduaa--
ion q, which Tlays alluded, involunta, az
isBa slnoonsaioaslY syfsfas tis, swsisE,ess 'saad
iaessysssa shdnsand times a daY. 10 Tia .ai,n.
lung Attle prattles, flesh 5ofi his fleab. swho
fEegSft NisH . clasp 6S sl6ysssboas fhsutes.
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