The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-03-11

Rev. 7. Dswis T1lnags took for the
subject q the seventh discourse Of his
series on The Marriage Ring" The Do
ties Of Wives 70 HusbandK." Els text
was:
The name OF HE wife Abigail sud sbe
was q woman OF COCO understanding, and
q beautiful oouutsnance samuel,
XIV. -
The ground in Carmel is white. not with
fallen snow, but the wool from the backs
Of three thousand sheep, for they are be-
ing SHARED And hear the grinding Of
the Iron blades together. and the blesting
OF the Hocks. held between the knees Of the
Ehearers while the clipping goes on, and
the rustic Laughter of the wUrkmen- Nsbsl
and bis wife Abigail preside over this bone
stead. David the warrior, sends a dele
cation 20 apply for aid al this prosperous
time Of sbeep-shsaring. and Nsbsl per
enptorIy declines his request. Revenge
is the cry. NyndeT over the rocks come
David and four hundred angry men with
one stroke e defnplisb Nabsl and mis-
sbseyfglds and whey yards. The regiment
march In double -gUirk. and the stones Of
the mountain loosen and roll down as the
soldiers strike them with their swift feet,
and the CRY Of the comma adsr is, "FoI-
ward Forward" -
Abigail. 70 save her husband and his
property. hsstens u the foot Of rns nil.
She il armed. not with sword Or spea-. but
with her OWL beauty and self sacrifice.
and when David sees her kneeling a. the
foot Of The crag be cries: "BOld' Hold ."
Abigail is tbe c9nquersss' One woman il
the right uigh;ier than four hundred men
in the wrong A hurricane stopped az the
sight q water-lily' 4 dew-drop dashed
hack Niagara, b her proves and "a q
abe has saved her husband and saved her
home. and " satIrs 81 ages all illustrious
specimen q what = wife can d il she be
cody and prudent. and self scrifcing
and vigilaut. and devoted 70 the interests
q her husband. and attractive.
As. Sabbath before last. took the re-
sponsibility Of telling hasbs nds.how they
ought 70 treat their wIves-and. though |
noticed that some Of them squirmeS in
their pews, they endured it WE'LL now
take the responsibility Of telling how
wives ought 70 treat their hus bands. hope
your domestic alliance was 50 happily
have revealed IL him some fraI.ies
that you did not suspect, it has also dis
played exceleuces that more than over
balanced them. ! suppose that if ] could
look into the heart II 3 hundred wives
here present and ask them where il the
kindest and best man they know Of and
they dared speak out, ninety nine out
Of q hundred Of them would say: AT
the other end Of this pew" Though
sometimes You may have snapped eacb
other W little quick, ] think the most Of
you are as well paired q couple
Of whom I have read. The wife said
70 her husband. II have made up my
mind 70 be Submissive Notwithstanding
all the misfOrtunes that have come upon
Us" They had lost their children. he had
lost his health, and hence, the income Of
his profession, and the wife had tempo
rarily lost her eyesight. Yes said the
husband, 1--WE ought to be subm ssive.
Let me see what we have 70 submit %.
First, We have a home: we can submit 70
that. Then We have food andraiment; We
can submit % that. Then we have great
many friends; we can submit TO that. We
have a Heavenly Father 70 provide for US
-" "Stop. Stop" said the wife, Il will
talk no more about submission"
hope, my sister, you have married
man as Christian and as we'll balanced as
that. But even if you were worgtsd in the
conjugal bargain. you can not be worse Of
than this Abigail in my text. Her hus
band was coarse and ungrateful, an in
ebriate, for on the very evening after her
heroic achievement at the foot Of the hill,
where she captured a whole regiment with
her genial and strategic behavior, she re-
turned home and found her husband 80
drunk that she could not tell him the story,
bus had 10 postpone it until the next day.
SO, my sister, ! do not want you 70 keep
saying within yourself as proceed THAT
is the way 10 treat perfect husband" for
you are 70 remember that no wife was ever
worse swindled than this Abigail Of my
text. Al the other end Of her table sat a
mean, selfish, snarling, contemplate sot,
and if SIZE could do so well for d bastard,
how ought you 70 do with that princely
and splendid man with whom you are TO
walk the path Of life:
l counsel the wife toremember in what
a severe and terrific battle Of life her hus-
band is engaged. Whether in professional
or commercial or artistic or mechanical
life, your husband from morning 70 night
is in a Solferino il not a Sedan. II is
wonder that your husband has any nerves
or patience or suayity left. To get liV-
ing in this next 70 the last decade Of the
nineteenth century is a struggle.
II he come home and sit down
preoccupied, you ought to excuse him. II
be do not feel like going out that night for
d walk or entertainment, remember he has
oeen out all day. You say he ought to
leave at his place Of business his annoy
ance and come home CHEEKY. But If man
has been betrayed by business partner,
Or a customer has jockeyed him out Of a
large bill of goods, or a protested note mas
been flung on his desk, or somebody has
called him liar, and everything has gone
wrong from morning TO night, he must
havU great genius and forgetfuIness il he
do not bring some Of the perplexity nome
with him. When you tell me he ought 70
leave il all at the store or bank or shop,
you might as well tell storm on the At
lantic u stay out there and not touch the
coast or ripple the harbor, Remember, he
is not over working so much for himself as
he is over working for you and the chill
dren. 1t is the effect of his success or de-
feat on the homestead that causes him the
agitation. The most of men after forty
five years Of age live not for themselves,
but for their families. They begin 70 ask
themselves anxiously the question: How
if should give out: what would become Of
the folks at home: Would my wife have
TO go out into the world 10 earn bread for
Oh
troubles me; how if my eyes should fail:
IA, L.. 4 hon 4 ali drnU