Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-02-21

1t Is q singular TACT that the most
elaborate and extended characteristic
In the Bible is the portraiture of the
mode, wife. There Is nouobler picture
than this furnised In the literature OF
the world of the worth and beauty of q
true apd faithful wife. The. first fea-
ture Of The bictdfe 10 industry. Idle
ness Is said by great writer's TO be the
bane Of the world. III every one of the
scripture poem, Is the virtue of indus
try enjoyed. Al the present day there
Is too extensive and foolish prejudice
against labor for women. Our picture
of wdnieu, nowadays, Is that of a slen-
der bodS, a pale fate, d fair, ffail, and
lovely creature, entirely from the EN-.
tirely removed from the necessity of
vulgar exertion. Instead OF girding
their loins with strength, they gird
them with whalebone. They toll not,
neither do they spin, and yet solomon
In all hts glory was not drTdyed Hike
one Of these Health aud happiness
are closely allied, and health never can
be possessed without industry. "Eveu
an angels wing would drop if long at
rest," The we'll known song BUY a
Broom" would excellently suit such
women, aud I Would repeat the words,
and say To them, "Use it until the iner-
ry blood shall burn I'm your veins, and
the very fiowers OF the carpet blossom
beneath your feet" ,ig...,s s.45 s..ssr
This scriptural picture of the true
housewife enjoins also neatness and
taste. Her husband was "knowR at
the gates" by thousand evidences of
her excellences. She looked to his lin
eh and saw that 1t was clean, and his
garmeiits Id goUd condition, and not
only his, but her OWL as we'll. Her
home was neat atid inviting, purified
by cleanliness and efihatced by tiie
charming neatness of herself. Clean
illness Is next TO godliness, aud the ne
glect of 1t In D home Is sure to eat like a
canker at the domestic peace.
Another trait of this good housewife
Is her prudent and thrifty MANAGE
ment Of domestic affairs. There are
many wives who work hard all day
long. and yet there Is about them no
neatness, no tact or management. The
speaker had heard of Judge who had
inscribed on his wife's tombstone,
good cook Men appreciate these
substantial, practical excellences about
house neatness, good cooking, and
wife needs what Is called "gumption. ]"
A woman may speak many tongues,
may be deep in the. mysteries of the
dance or dress, and yet, IL she have no
"gumption" il profiteth her nothing
SD much prudence and wisdom did this
good housewife OF the Scriptures ex-
hibit, that her husband could safely
trust her with everything. How many
men, because of this wafit of prudence
aud tact I'm their wives, have been led
into speculation, and from that TO pee
dIatitjii, and thus ruined! And vet
many l,ian has had liis fortune re-
paired, by THE prudence, tact, and no
BILE sympathy and advice of q good
wife. Every man should trust his
wife to q large extent, not mutually
annoy each other with details of their
respective duties, but upon matters oI
deeper and broader mutual Interest,"
Heaven has inspired woman i'm re.
marks able degree with an instin, tive
wisdom not possessed by man, and oil
which he ought TO avail himself.
Another charming trait of this good
housewife Is her charity and benevo-
lence---those diamonds among wife's
jewels. LII IL can be proven, as some
selfish men would have 1t, that woman
has one less cell I'm the brain than man
1t can also be proven that she has two
or three more fibres In the heart than
he. It was not woman who slept i'm
the garden at Getbsemarie, and it was
a woman who strewed tie path of tlie
Saviour and Ills apostles with charities
and self-sacrifices almost angelic.
Another commendable feature of the
subject of this psalm-picture Is the
wife's wisdom and kindness her man.
agement of tongue aud temper. How
many women have broken their charm
by an unruly tongue and temper. We
were born with two eyes, doubtless
with the the purpose that we should
see twice as much as we speak Of
whereas many women often reverse It.
Ii woman wants to make mankind
better. she can do il much better ovei
the cradle. than by haranguing from the
platform. Thareally domestic woman
occupies the highest place In the world
and how little do those unsexed refor
Iaers understand either the dignity o.
her sphere, or the might of her influ
ence there The fruits of good wife'i
influence are seen In the great men o
the world, moulded and made great BY
the fostering care of good mother.