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TALMAGE'S SERMON.
Seventh Sermon Of the Series On
the Marriage Ring"

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Seventh Sermon Of the Series On
Tho Marriage Ring"
The Wifs's Duty TO Her Hssband-1e Re-
member His Struggle IN the Daily Bat
- II IiSs. and Keep Herself At.
6sstivs-Ants-Natal Murderer.
Rsv. r. Dewitt Talmsgs took for the
subject Of the seventh discourse Of his
series ON "The Marriage Ring" "The Du.
ties Of Wives TO Husbands" His text
was:
The name OF his wife, Abigail; and she
was woman Of good understanding, and
Of . beautiful countenance. Samuel,
x1v..a
The ground In Carmel IL white, not with
fallen snow, but the wool from the backs
OF three thousand sheep, for they are be.
Ing sheared. And hear the grinding Of
the iron blades together, and the bleating
Of the Aocks, held between the knees Of the
shearsrs while the clipping goes on, and
the rustic laughter of the workmen. Nabal
and his wife Abigail preside over this home-
stead. David, the warrior, sends . dele
CATION to apply for aid at this prosperous
time Of sheep. shearing, and Nabal per.
emptorily declines his request Revenge
10 the cry. Yonder over the rocks come
David and four hundred angry men with
one stroke to demolish Nabal and his
sheepfolds and vineyards. The regiment
march in double quick, and the stones Of
the mountain loosen and roll down as the
soldiers strike them with their swift feet,
and the cry Of the commander 10, S"For-
ward! Forward"
Abigail, to save her husband and his
property, hastens to the foot of the hill.
She Is armed, not with sword or spear, but
with her own beauty and self-sacrifcs,
and when David secs her kneeling at the
foot of the crag he cries: "Hold! Hold"
Abigail 10 the conqueress! o Q woman in
the right mightier than four hundred men
in the wrong! A hurricane stopped at the
sight of . water.lily! A dew-drop dashed
back Niagaral By her proves and tact
she rs saved her husband and saved her
home, and put before all ages an illustrious
specimen of what wife can do if she be
cody and prudent, and self-sacrificing
and vigilant, and devoted to the interests
Of her husband, and attractive.
As, Sabbath before last, took the re.
sponsibility of telling husbands how they
ought to treat their wives-and, though I
noticed that some of them squirmed in
their pews, they endured IL WE'LL now
take the responsibility of telling how
wives ought to treat their husbands. hope
your domestic alliance was SO happily
formed that while married life may
have revealed in him some frailties
that you did not suspect, It has also dis.
played excellences that more than over.
balanced them. IsLppose that il could
look into the heart Of hundred wives
here present and ask them where 10 the
kindest and best man they know of, and
they dared speak out, ninety mine out
Of hundred Of them would say: "At
the other end of this pew" Though
sometimes you may have snapped each
other up little quick, think the most Of
you are ~ we'll paired o. . couple
Of whom have read. The wife said
to her husband: ~ have made up my
mind to BE- submissive notwithstanding
all the misfortunes that have come upon
u.s." They had lost their children, he had
lost his health, and hence, the income Of
his profession, and the wife had tempo
rarity lost her eyesight. Eyes," said the
husband, i've ought to be submissive.
Let me see what We have to submit to.
First, we have home; we can submit to
that. Then We have food and raiment; We
can submit to that. Then We have great
many friends; We can submit to that. We
have . Heavenly Father to provide for US
=" "Stopl Stopw said the wife, VI will
talk no more about submission"
Ihops. my sister, you have married .
man % Christian and - well. balanced a.
that. But sven II you were worsted in tho
conjugal bargain, you can not be worse OF
than this Abigail In my text. Her hus .
band was coarse and ungratsful, IN in.
ebriats, for on the very evening after her
heroic achievement ct the foot Of the hill,
whore she captured whole regiment with
her genital and strategic behavior. she re.
turned home and found her husband 20
drunk that she could not tell him the story,
but had TO postpone It until the next day.
So, my sister, do not want you to keep
saying within yourself a. proceed: "That
is the way to treat . perfect husband;" for
you are 10 remember that no wife was ever
worse swindled than this Abigail Of my
text. At the other end Of her table sat Q
mean, ssl6sh, snarling, contemplate sot,
and II she could do 20 well for bastard.
how ought you to do with that princely
and splendid man with whom you are to
walk the path Of life!
counsel the wife to remember In what
. severe and terrific battle of life her hus.
band 10 engaged. Whether in professional
or commercial or artistic or mechanical
life, your husband from morning to night
10 In Solferino II not . Sedan. II 10 Q
wonder that your husband has any nerves
or patience or suavity left. To get liv-
ing in this next to the last decade Of the
nineteenth century Is struggle.
II he come homo and cit down
preoccupied, you ought to excuse him. II
he do not feel like going out that night for
. walk or entertainment, remember he has
been out al day. You say he ought to
leave ct his place Of business his annoy.
ancs and como home CHEEKY. But IL man
has been betrayed by business partner,
or . customer has jockeyed him out Of q
large bill Of goods, or protested note has
been flung on his desk, Or somebody has
called him liar, and everything has gone
wrong from morning to night, he must
have great genius and forgetfulness il ht
do not bring some Of the perplsxity home
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