Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-13

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Rev. Mr. Jones held the last service OF
the series "fcr women only" ut Music Htll
The aervic3 was intended for wives, tut q
number Of young ladies were present who's
youth seemed 10 precllde the possibility of
the title OF vie.
Toe hell was filled, aG,l ever scat in The
balconies, auditorium and on Tho stage YVES
occupied ty wives Of veriou3 ages an dit
ferent naticnalities, from tie young wife
whose blissCul honeymoon has jast fade
away before the dawn Of tho realities Of
. new life, to the aged mother in Israel, who
was accompanied ty her married daughters.
10 was a vast crowd Of women, and one
seldom seen, an1 speaks well for tl3 elo
quence CT the distinguished preacher whom
they had come out tc hear.
After numter O. nymns had been sung,
the congregation joining in the chorus unit
the wondrous melody fillel the hall, Mr.
Jones arose and preoched as follows:
Il invite your attention to The following
verse from the fifth chapter of Galatians:
"Eut the fru OF the spirit is love, jOv.
pecce, long suffel ing, gantleness, goodness
faith, meehn IS, cmp,raIca AgainjS sue
there is 10 law
wives, believe is the question before
us this morning Wives in all the tender r.
lations toward tbcse. whom she loves. F)'
this CAUSE she voull leave fatl2r, p1C,he.
on1 hoile. and thee twain sLlll b, b..
There is no more sScred relation than this
There is no relations in lilo t1at has So
much life and so mu'h s-f-slcclln3 a5 Iii
holy relation, ordained of Col. Thi; nan.
this woman. mutually agree to take each
other as husband AMI wide. an ] live tCge5Lo.
after Gods holy ordinance in the saci51 re
lation 81 marriage an th27 fIr5l2r sicrll.
ly promise to agree to l9yn, treasure an
keep cach other in sickness AMI in health az
long rs they both shall live, AMI, for3lkire
oil others, they c,eave unto ea2l o5h2-
"199 solemn the rite Of mn lim1ny!
How solah.2 the VOWS On that occasion, ana
your happiness and the happiness OF vour
husband depend largely upon his uuGinch.
ing mud your answering loyalty to you
VOWS. All trouble and all nearJach2s in this
relation have been brought about by want
Of fidelity to the VOWS we have made q
each other in the presence of God. 'Whom
God hath Joined together let no man pu
asunder' There is no spot on earth YOU en-
ter more sacredly, ard yet some enter NOR
ruthessly, than tfat spot between hush
and wife, and interference there NAV cosf
two persons their souis. 1t may cost yoU
your life There is no relation in life in
which we need more patience and more for.
bearance and more CT the forgving spirit.
"There is no relation in life that you and
l, as third PARTIES, have less business to b
interested in. Busy bodies su2gesting,
planning, advising, have troken up The
peace of many a home in this country. 4
mother n-law, a father in law, q cousin, az
aunt, a nephew, oh if il yon could remem
Der that God said it!--'Whon Gol hath
Joined together let nc man put aSunlor' |
believe l viii lei anybody in the wor tai
to me about any thing and everything only
about how my wife is doing. If she hiss
any faults | dom want TO know IT, Ifshe hrs
done mn ything wrong | would rather de
than to know if there Wiling that would
be unpleasant for me to know. despiss
tattlers and gossip mowers. You've heard
of em haven't you! I tell you in TIL
sacred relation about the test thing tina,
you can do for those that have any troutln,
is to get down on your knees and ask Go to
bless that woman and help her to under
stand her husband, and to bless that husban}
and help him understand his wife.
"Nino tenths of the difficulties of wives
and husbands occur cut o. the fact that they
misunderstood each Other, and the woman
that will believe no i'll OF her husband an J
the usband that believes no i'll thing of his
wife, they are the happy paople in this life (;
and the reason that she believes no i'll is thai
she knows her hushanl is true t o her. true to
God and true to oil the relations of life; and
the reason the husband believes no i'll of the
wife is bee ause he knows her to be faithful
to him, to her God, and pure an1 good in all
the relations of life l don6 think we ever
made greater mistake t1en to attempt t.
deceive each ether Husband aud wife, !
would rather see my wife buried than tc
cotch her in q downrg hit falsshCod
"Fow cen woman ever respect man
that has told her one DOWNRIGHT falsahoOd
Truthfulness, patience, desire to under
stand the whole neutrality-suspicious. all Ties
things are at the bot ON of hone felcity
and home happiness Nov, in order that |
may do as should co. it is all important
that sh ould be what | olght to he
Nov, we are not cong to talk so much on
what we ought TO do as W. are going TO tails
on doing. must be somothing in order
10 do something. That Old song that / was
talking about the other day:
20 to be nothing, nothing"
ave have sung that and cried over il
until it has turned ont to b. nearly true but
| don't want TO be nothing | am wiling tu
be nothing until the Lori gets hold Of III
and makes me something, and then | want
to be something all the rest of my life.
''Mo,her, your control over your children
is owing to your love Tor them. Your su
premo command over your husband is
largely owing to the fact that your love con
ouered and your love controlled BIN. Love
viii go a long way in this world VIVA
YOU can't do by love you need not try to sc
complish any other way. Love VIII argue
love VIII content, AMI love viii pledge its If
but above all things love can cry, That's
great thing. / have had my wife argue am
ways heat her at an arCumcnt or i'll a war o
VOL Dis, tut have never he'd her vet to or
hut what / surrendered right there an
then. Just quit crying, and I'll do any
thing you say
Nov, where there's love there's n
enmity or malice or iu-will. a woman
whose heart Us full of love, is happy, but
woman that runs love cut of her heart is
mis- T. be woman.
you've teen mad a whole day WASH
tAft great DAY for you2 | have know
women who pouted all cay. ! can stand
quarrelng woman, but these pouters &c
awav with me They pout at the table, an
they pcut in the parlor ani they pout ON to
stree Now, my little Bob used to pout, bu
be got behind door or under a bed to d
his pointing l like that II l was going t
pout. ! would get under a bel and have N
meals sent 10 me. | would never have any
body to s,e me pouting. Pm sorry that oil
poutinG woman amt here this morning
fout; when your husband doa't eat, 70