St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-22


and her appearance a confused result of
OelladOnna, bleached hair, antimOny and
mineral acids. until one is compelled 10 dis
cuSs her character and wonder whether the
line between decent and indecent life is,
Ike the equator. an imaginary line What
the world wants now is about fifty old
fashioned mothers, women who shall real
ize that the
HIGHEST, GBANDEST, MIGHTIEST
institution on earth is the home. 1t is not
necessary that they should have the same
Old-tme manners of the country farm
house, or wear the Old-faShiOned cap and
spectacles and apron that her gloritied an
ceStry wore; but l mean the old spirit
which began with the Hannahs and the
Mother Lois and the AbigailS OF Scripture
days, and was demonstrated on the home
stead where some of us We're reared, though
the old house long ago was pulled down and
its occupants scattered never 10 meet until
IN the higher home that awaits the families
OF the righteous. While there are more
good and faithful wives and mothers now
than there ever were, society has got a
wrong twist on this subject. and there are
influences abroad that would make women
believe that their chief sphere is outside in
stead OF Inside the home. Hence in many
households children instead of a blessing are
a nuisance. 1t is card case versus ehild's
primer, carriage versus cradle. social pOpu-
larlty versus domestic felicity. Hence in
Iantlcide and ante-natal murder so common
that all the physicians. allOpathic, hydro
pathic, homeopathic and eclectic, are crying
out in horror, and il is time tnat the pulpits
joined with the medical profession in echo
ing and re-echOing the thunder of Mount
Sinai xp s.rThNr, hoIk Ii
and the
BOOK OF REVELATION
which says: "All murderers shall have
their places in the lake which burneth with
fire and birthstone" And the man or
woman who takes life minute old will as
certainly 20 straight to hell as the man or
woman who destroys life forty years old.
And the widest, lOudest shrek of iudg-
ment day will be given at the overthrow of
those who moved in the highest and re-
spected circles of earthly society, yet de-
creed by their own act as far as they could
privately effect it, the determination of the
advancing generations, abetted in the hOr-
rid crime by lot of Internal quacks with
which modern medicine is infested. When,
on the last day, the criers of the court shall
with reSOunding 'OyeS," Oyes~ declare the
''Oyer and terminer" of the universe
opened, and the Judge with gayel of thun-
derbOlt shall smite the nations into silence,
and the trial of all the fTatTicideS, and par
icides, and matricides, and patTicideS, and
uXOricideS, and regicides, aOd decides, and
mfanticideS of tile earth shall proceed,
none of my hearers or readers can say that
they knew not what they were doing.
Mighty GOdi arrest the evil that Is over
shadOwing this century. l charge yCu, my
sister, that you take your husband along
with you TO heaven. OF course this implies
that you yourself are Christian. l must
take that for granted. 1t cannot be possible
that after what Christianity has done for
woman and after taking the
INFINITELY RESPONSIBLE
position you have assumed at the head of
the household. that you should be in pO-
sitiOn antagOnistic to Christ. 1t was not a
slip of the tongue when | spoke of you as
being at the head of the household We
men rather pride ourselves as being at the
head of the household, but it is only pleas
ant delusiOn. To whom do the children 90
when they have troubles? When there is a
sore finger TO be bound up or one of the
first teeth that needs to be removed TO make
way for one that is crOwdng it out. to
whom does the child go? For whom
uO CilliulCu CRY Oul III illc night
when they get frightened at bad dream?
Ave. 10 whom does the husband 90 when
be has a business trouble great or too deli
cate for outside ears? We. the men, are
heads of the household in name, but you.
o, wives, are the heads of the household in
fact. and il is your business to take your
husband with you into the kingdom of God
and see that house prepared for Heaven.
You can do it. OF course, Gods almighty
grace alone can convert him, but you are TO
be the instrument. Some wives keep their
husbands out of Heaven and others garner
them for il. If your religion. o wife. is
simply the joke of the household if you
would rather 20 to the theater than the
prayer meeting, if YOU can beat all the
neighbOrhoOd in progressive euchre, if
your husband never sees you
KNEEL AT THE BEDSIDE
in prayer before retiring, is the only thing
that reminds the family of your church re-
lations it that on communion day you get
home late to dinner, you will not be able to
take your husband TO heaven. for the simple
reason that you will not get there yourself
But | suppose your religion is genuine and
that the husband realizes there is in your
soul a divine principle, and that, though
you may be naturally quicker tempered
than he is and have many imperfections
that distress you more than they can any
one else, still you are destined for the
skies when the brief scenes of this life are
over. How will You take him with YOU?
There are two oars to that bOat-Drayer
and holy example. But you say ue belongs
to worldly club, or he Is an - lte and
very loose in his habits? " you tell
me shows that you don't o. stand that
while you are at the one enc CD Il prayer.
the omnipotent God is at the other end and
it is simply question whether Almighti-
ness is strong enough and keeps His word.
| have no doubt there will be great cOnven-
tions in heaven called for celebrative pur-
poses, and when in some celestial assem-
blage the saints shall be telling what
brought them to God, / believe that ten
thousand times ten thousand will say "my
wife" / put beside each other two testi-
monies of men concerning their wives, and
let you see the contrast.
AN AGED MAN
was asked the reason of his salvation.
With fearful emotion he said: MY wife
was brought to God some years before nv
self. l prosecuted and abused her because
Of her religion. She. however, returned
nothing but kindness constantly, maintain
ing an anxiety TO promote my comfort and
happiness; and it was her amiable conduct
when suffering il-treatment from me that
first sent the arrows of conviction TO my
soul" The other testimony was from a
diving man: Harriet, L am lost man.
You opposed our family worship and my
secret PRAYER. You drew me away into
temptation and 10 neglect every religious
duty. / believe my fate is sealed. Harriet.
YOU are the cause of my everlasting ruin" :"
How many glorious married couples in
heaven-Adam and Eve, Abraham and
Sarah. Lapidoth and Deborah, Isaac and
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