Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-12
SERMON.

q IIluAAON
Sermon Of the Series On
the Marriage Ring"
n,tx TO Her Husband-To Re-
u;s struggle in the Daily Bat
" Life, and Keep Herself At
,t,ve-.Ante-Nats Murderers'
nov;tt Talmage took for the
the seventh discourse of his
o. .The Marriage Ring" "The Du-
wives to Husbands" HIS text
If his wife, Abigail; and she
aamon of good understanding, and
Seantitul counsenance.- Samuel,
,,d in Carmel is white, not with
~ but the wool from the backs
,hor,sand sheep, for they are be-
.ared. And I hear the grinding of
psI h,ades together, and the bleating
"a aocks, held between the knees of the
~. while the clipping goes on, and
'.;c laughter of the workmen. Nabal
r.;fe Abigail preside over this home
norid. the warrior, sends a dele
~ apply for aid at this prosperous
/. .beep-shearing, and Nabal per-
(.;,v declines his request. Revenge
Wonder over the rocks come
and four hundred angry men with
t."a.a to demolish Nabal and his
.a,ds and vineyards. The regiment
!, IN iouble-quick, and the stones of
[anntain loosen and roll down as the
~ strike them with their swift feet,
[ho cry OF the commander is, "For.
, Forward"
tail to save her husband and his
.r,v. bastens to the foot of the hill.
! armed, not with sword or spear, but
hsr own beauty and self-sacrifce,
,bcu David sees her kneeling at the
\ the crag he cries: "Hold! Hold!"
Nil is the conqueress! One woman in
|ght mightier than four hundred men
wrong, A hurricane stopped at the
Of a water-lily! A dew-drop. dashed
Niagara! By her prowess and tact
he's saved her husband and saved her
and put before all ages an illustrious
men Of what a wife can do if she be
{ and prudent, and self-sacrificing
E%jcilant, and devoted to the interests
er husband, and attractive.
Sabbath before last, l took the re-
siblitv of telling husbands how they
\ TO treat their wives-and, though 1
ed that some of them squirmed in
pews, they endured it WE'LL now
the responsibility of telling how
Is ought to treat their husbands. l hope
domestic alliance was so happily
led that while married life may
revealed in him some frailties
YOU did not suspect, it has also dis
ed excellences that more than over
need them. suppose that if 1 could
into the heart of a hundred wives
present and ask them where is the
Hest and best man they know of, and
dared speak out, ninety-nine out
hundred of them would say: cat
other end of this pew" Though
etimes you may have snapped each
n up little quick, l think the most of
are as we'll paired as a couple
whom ! have read. The wife said
er husband: II have made up my
to be submissive Notwithstanding
fhe misfortunes that have come upon
They had lost their children, he had
bis health, and hence, the income of
Profession, and the wife had tempo
y lost her eyesight. eyes, said the
and, I'VE ought to be submissive.
pc see what we have to submit to.
We have a home; we can submit to
Then We have food and raiment; we
submit to that. Then we have a great
friends; we can submit to that. We
a Heavenly Father to provide for us
stop! Stop" said the wife, II will
no more about submission"
ope' my sister, you have married a
as christian and as we'll balanced as
but even if you were worsted in the
'sal bargain, you can not be worse off
'Als Abigail in my text. Her hus :
was coarse and ungrateful, an in
le' for on the very evening after her
{ achievement at the foot of the hill,
e she captured a whole regiment with
email and strategic behavior, she re-
"a nome and found her husband so
h mat she could not tell him the story,
aa TO postpone it until the next day.
y sister, do not want you to keep
" within yourself as l proceed: "That
way to treat a perfect husbands" for
''e 10 remember that no wife was ever
es"'hdled than this Abigail of my
Az the other end of her table sat a
selfish, snarling, contemplate set,
| sue could do SO well for a bastard,
0usnt you 20 do with that princely
rpaehald mar with whom you are to
the path Of life?
ousSel the wife to remember in what
gre and terrific battle of life her hus-
engaged. Whether in professional
-nn'erclal or artistic or mechanical
our husband from morning to night
'eolierlno if not a Sedan. 1t is a
H 'nat your husband has any nerves
'ehce or suavity left. To get a liv-
WIS next to the last decade of the
S"'n century is a struggle.
come home and sit down
.upied' you ought to excuse him. If
''o' leel like going out that night for
n VI entertainment, remember he has
ou' al day. You say he ought to
MS place of business his annoy
s"u come home CHEEKY. But if a man
sn betrayed by a business partner,
AuSlOnpr h los s~~1----