The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-07-12
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Love Your Wives,

IuSudHuS, iONO 9Out WIVES
Nothing brightens true weman
like love. She will do anything,
bear anything, suffer anything
for the sake of a husband who
truly aRd tenderly loves her, and
whose heart is one with hers
Where such love ends, widowhoed
begins. The woman who. has a
husband who is not wholly haEs.
mOurns the loss of champion,
and endures the presence OF, a
mummy. But where coniugal
fidelity and affection exist, POKER
ty, privatiOn and toll are welcom-
ed gladly for the Joy of love. But
this love must be more than mere
words; it lnust be in heart, and
life, in deed and truth. 1t must
be self-denyiag as well as selfde-
string. Love beareth all things,
aud endureth all things, and never
faileth. And when in her weak
ness, WEAKNESS, aud sorrow, -
woman can feel, that she does
receive from her husband such a
Selfdenying love as this, when
his strength bears with her weak
ness, his patience with her pa
tience, and when his calm courage
SoOthes her frights and fears,
what gratitude swells up within
her heart. Woman seeks lin a
husband truth, a nobleness, and
uprightBeSs- She loves manliness
and spotless purity. fu'Ifa man
will show his manhood in his daily
life, he will find a blessing in his
heart and in his home such as
tongue cannot describe. Wives
need love. Their hearts yearn for
it as much as in the days OF girl
hood when life itself was love.
hey often pass their wemanhood
i'll anxious cares and wearying
labOrs. In the anguish OF matern-
ity they enter into new spheres of
existence, whose only life is love.
Whether woman's course is to be
sadness or joy, sunshine or gloom,
depends upon love. All her cares
are borne with patience of love
-sweetens her bitter cup. A long,
hard, weary, day OF toll is amply
paid for with single smile, and
one tender, loving clasp makes
her forget Il whole lifetime of care
and bless the day when she found
a husband with heart so true
and hand so strong. An unex-
pected favor touches her to the
soul a gift in secret, an appre-
| ciating word, a pitying, soothing
glance, kindly, sunny smiae. a
little self. denial to afford her
pleasure or spare her plan; all
these are sunbeams of gladpess to
the heBrt of the true and toiling
wife. Her husband aud her chill
dren are her treasures. She lives
it they stand fast. She is proud
of their honor and joyous ill their
prosperity. And every token of
their care and love for her in sick
ness or ia health, is laid up as q
cherished memory, "a kindness
which she cannot forget, and
which she is only too happy to
repay. Husbands, love your
wives. A harsh word from you
is worse than a poisoned arrow
from an outside foe. Your sneer
turns life to bane and blackness,
. while your smile alone brings
E sunshine to the soul One selfish
meanness in you, one little con
: temptible thing, robs you of your
crown of honor, and leaves her to
bewail her loss. The wife must
reverence her husband, but your
love must beget that reverence.
We reverence the Heavenly Faith
er, 1--WE love him because he first
, loved us.n $50 let husbands
: love their wives, even as Christ
loved the church and gave him,
self for it,r and that love shall
plantin her glad heart such seeds
of blessing and reverance as shall
cuase flowers radiant as those OF
r Paradise and full of heavenly
, fragrance, to bless and brighten
all year journey in this wifdrness
? ofsin and pain. ..... ....
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