The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-01-13

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! dlds't say So
Yea might As well.
10 yoa Thick soi Now uhose iaun \
iif AL 81 eur girls compiAIa oi Being
ovsrworkcd, aud soolded, sud Bha-tiea
and ssdcrpaid; and you haye the wb6c
mansssmcnt Of things here | leave ~
hoase matters 70 yon.
And thls is what Ees for ms nanagc-
nent. interrupted Mrs, Simpkins
But not al, responded her husband
you get great reputation tor pietli
great deal Of Tins 70 20 10 meetings, msle
and female, sewing societies, maternal
associations, anniversaries, aud every
other religious meeting, far ard near,
that You eau bear OF. And ven get
money for Guides TO Holiness, aud life
memberships, and great expensive
frames 10 bsng their certificates ip,
thereby obeying the divine command,
not to let your left hand know what your
right hand doe,h, all your good work
done secretly that you may be rewarded
openly.
What has all this to DO with Bridget
interrupted Mrs. Simpkins, hltle
tooehed By the cutting irony.
Il has great deal to do with her, an.
swsred her husband; If il puts part Of
your work on her, or tires You out SO as
to make you cross and unreasonable with
her, or II II makes you pinch Der Ia
wages, or deny her IN food or wrong her
In any way; yoa'll allow that won't your
Yes, If IL does.
Well, dou't iti | ask the question.
What, would you have me do more
than do now, shonld like TO know!
Perhaps not more, but would have
you do somewhat differently. You can
make some equalization. De sweet and
angelic with Bridget as you are with
your deacons, as mild IN the nursery,
where only God and the children hear
you, rs you would be II the Maternal AS
socislion were here. Show little OF
your deadness tothe world and heavenly
nindedness when the new fashions come.
Stop taking the Guide to Holiness and
give the money to Bridget as her right
ful due. Don't furnish up the parlor
with any more religious show till you've
given her as good wages as you'd think
yourself deserving If you were in her
place. Don't go TO single meeting
when she will lose more by your going
than you will gain. Don't say anything
moro 10 the church about sanctitication
here below ill you've made your own
family think such thing is possible.
Learn TO be just before you even aim at
perfection; learn to be patient before yon
think you have reached II; and be sure
and take the opinion of those who know
you best before you come to settled
opinion on the subject. Don't think Pm
prosecuting you, wife, or anything OF
the sort. Pm glad you're a pious wo-
man, and that's one reason why mar
ried you. Every man likes to have a
good wife; want little Of your piety
myself; aud the children wouldn't be the
worse for some, nor Bridget neither. We
aren't deacons, nor ministers, nor saints,
but we should like to be treated in q
sweet, heavenly way sometimes, and
perhaps II would make us better. Pm
sure 1t would make us happier, and you
too. Suppose you try to give us little
more family piety. This is my first SER
mon, and hope 1t will be productive Of
good. There's no company here, so
wont pretend that it has been preached
from . sense of duty, but because ! feel
out Of patience and just like speaking
my whole mind.
Well, what did Mrs. Simpkins say in
answerY This only: that she was glad
there was one in her own family to hear
him, that she was glad there were some
people who bad good opinion Of her;
that Rev. Dr. Smoothtongue bad told
soms of the church, that very week, he
wished there were tew more women
just like her.