The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-02-11
4 GOOD MIFF.

An English Jesuit, Rev. Father Christie
recently preached on the subject a Good
Wife and his words were 50 true and At
Cunents SO logical that We commend them to
the best attention Of our readers. We learn
from the London Unirersc that ne said
If we study the wavs Of God we viii see
how graeiouSly lie treats us. His poor child
ren, and from His treatment II US we may
learn how to behave TO those whom Pr0vi-
dencc has placed under our charge. The
last four petitions OF the Lords PRAYER"
while they teach Us what We stand i'm need
OF from Almighty God. also bring home TO Us
our duty to those dependent on as. Thus
the petition, GIVE rs this day our daily
bread. =" while it causes Us to realize that we
are depending on Almighty Coo for our daily
sustenanCe, also brings home to such Es are
fathers to families the lesson that il is their
duty 10 provide for their offspring. and that
if they neglect that duty they incur = terri
BILE responsibility in the sight Of Almighty
God.
The father is the one on whom devolves
the duty OF providing for the family. He is
The bread winner on whom rests the obliCa-
ton Of providing the other members Of the
household with their daily susteuauCe. BY
the sweat Of his brow and the labor Of his
hands, If Eeed be by intellectual work, N
literature be his calling OF else by the fruits
OF patrimCny inherited from his furefsthcrs,
. ne IS bound TO maintain the children whom
God has given him Yet how many are there
who neglect this duty as completely as tho
they were entirely ignorant Of its existence J
How many fathers are there who can in no
sense be REGARDED as bread winners for
their families The poor man ruins his fam
I lily 10y drunkenness-the rich man sqaunders
his wealth in gaming, and, alas it NAV be
in drunkenness, too Woe be 10 those over
whom this terrible vice has gained the
mastery Few of rs know the extent Of its
ravsges. 1t penetrates into circles where
its existence is least suspected. It Is not
among the poor only thet drunkenness is 10
be found; 1t reiCns among the rich, too
and alas that il should be said ladies-la-
dies the most refned-iadies who stand high
+ in society-lades whose names it would
4 shock society 10 have associated with intem-
perance-are victims Of this terrible vice.
/ Depend upon It, the man who most neglect Is
his duty as a parent does not love his home.
. lie Is not domestic. and herein IS TO be found
the source Of his neglect Of wife and offspring.
For him the Tuddy glow Of his own Eresido
possesses no charm-an evening passed in
the company Of wife and little ones no at
traction. He loves club-life, or the society Of
''jOvial companions" At any rate, he does
not love home, he is q spenathrift and an
idier. He does not work and labor zs be
should do for those whom God has given
in his charge. What is the consequence
One is that he loses one OF the greatest helps
aud aids g man can have. Possessing a
mothers love for his children. and that pow
eT Of seif-denial for which woman are 50 re-
maTkable, good vile is perfect treasure
to a sensible man. He VIII find hrs wife not
only one whose cheerful converse VIII help
him to make the evening pass pleasantly, but
q fellow iahorer ready % share witt aim tEc
burdens of the household She VIII strive 10
reclaim him from tire evil habits he may have
contractcd-she viii endeavor 70 dissuade
him from shat self-iE 'al-cucc which, III per
severed in viii ruin his family. And why
should a man be ayerse To sCck counsel Of his
1 wife .
God has made them one. and it Is His viii
that they should, bv mutual consultation,
prove that they have confidence IN each 9th
I er's solicitide Tor the best interests II the
home, which will be much better promoted
] if husbanl and wife pull together uuitedly
than if they live in a state Of ylrtL estrnnge-
ment Thus viii they help each OF er and
forward the interests Of al. Then iife wiz
. heta domestic li.e. their home VIII be a Chris
tian home and. though Almighty GUd . Y
and again allows good families 70 sink into
( poverty, they may confidently hop tthsy
viii mover want their daily bread.
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