, 1875-02-21

Angel pf Death shall toll the ssone away sne Il
still ly,ng, having for nearly seventy vears peer
faithful to her early attachment I'm nemnef @ seohi"s
| ThIs eloiuent 81 love ia wo1nan's nattre ID Ioi
a1wavs bIcssiuc, but. On the conttal:v; clr1t
end blight to all -Bho are a1fecte! py It, fef'
| ycrted love dageneratcs into selfish PASSION,
nd ths 1nsei E SRaT sh
| nreuarod to commit any CRIME to gain full pos
tefsIou OF thu ob1ect Of hhf tnholy passion.
The criminal records Of The country abodnd Witt
histories OF foul Inurdefs OF husbands whose
iiycs we're an obstacle between the Guilty Wife
and her paramour. With such. as well as With
tLose I o. whose lore is pure: and holy, they
stop 1T no sacrifice. Husbands, children, home,
rcputatiou everything, is counted of no value.
Take, for an illustration. the case Of M1a. Til.
tpn,-and the truth or fasslty Of Mt. Tiltou's and
as an Illustration. Mr. Tilton expressed it a. bis
opinion that her lore for Mr. Beccher was so
:: frbnE, and her coufdehcA ID him 80 perfect,
1tat ehe would not hcsituto to do anything he
might suggest, even to saclince Der own llfe.
And her determination aB e1preEHed to Mrs.
jushaes the opinion o1pre5scd By het husband.
so completely was abe rossessed by this ldola-
trcus love, that her pas.or in her estimation WIS
= god. and incapable, ,ot wrong.
IAa1o IL etil, another, but qnite ,dtdefent, II.
lus.tation Of woman's love Winch may Dc loona
upon tho great Brooklyn ttial: It IL love
founded maioly upon pride aid feaioueg. O0e
Of the principal reaBons asslgned for Mr. beech-
er's eeck,ng the colnpanlonsn1p 81 Mrs. l1ton
was thu want Of congeniality' aid domestic peace
with his own wife There are few women in tie
world who would stand by a husband who had
been fa4ee TO them, and for such uncomplimen-
taIy reasons, but Mrs. Beechet'a prde was
aroused. and with hero;sm never SURPASSED BY
the early CGristian MARTYRS Sue day atter day
49, 116 $Shr
taan.s nusband's % .ido % in tie Courtroom. and
listening to the disgusting details OF the trial,
and, to cap The climax, extends friendly CREST
.ngs to the woman who ls the alleged pata-
nou1 Of Ler husband. Whether sho believes. II
4beir guilt or not, Te Cannot withhold q GER
taiu meed Of admiration fur one Mho, Whatever
hcr temper and conduct may have been N her
own house, has, IN the painful ordeal through
Which shs is nov passing, proved herself to be
oce Of the most rEnlarkabte women OF the Age
similar Instance came under my own obser-
ratiou in an Eastern city. 4 Fr5niuont man WAS
1t was tho OLD story Of En- unholy lore for an
other Tho trial was lengthy. one, and every
day the wife, who WAS still suffering from tile cf-
fccts Of severe accident ~, MAS placed in
large easy chaii beside her husbaud4 aud oy bcr
side sat tho lady whose rame was lpvolveu (not
ctiuaiua.}y), aud when PLACED tlrou tic stand she
gave the Strongest Kind dr eV'dehce id her nus.
bands favor, aid thus secuted his acauittal, And
in tne evening she opened her elegant house aiiu
entertained those who came to conGfaru1ate hef
husband upon bis escape. This wife knew her
husband was guilty, but she determined to save
him. She succeeded, ard within two weeks shs
separated from him forever.
There are VARIOUS other FORMS In which tbs
ruling passion of WOMAN manlfests itself, but We
lave not time to epeak Of them this morning.
The greatest boon ever conferred upon man ls
the pure holy lore Of . true woman. In it's e3er-
else is her power and strength, and also her
weakness, but yet, althongh it often seems SO. il
ment that the woman (which was sinner" Law
ished upon her Savior, it has its precious tlsee;
although some doubling disciples may fail to
discern them All Acts Or words, prompted by
loving hearts; are precious seed which ara sura
to yield goodly fruit in due season.