The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-03-02
SERMON.
THE MARRIAGE RING.
DUTIES OF WIVES TO HUSBANDS,
BY DIR. TALXAGE.
Delivered at Brooklyn, N. Y,
February FL.


The text was I. Samuel XIV, g.: 1.-THE
name Of bis wife, Abigail and she s"-s=a-
w0mgn Of good undeIalan'sfnH, and OF a
beautiful countenance." Following is
the sermon: sA
The ground
IN CARMEL
Is white, not with fallen snow. but the
wool from the backs OF three thousand
sheep, for they are being sbeared. And
hear the grinding of the iron blades
together, and the blealipg OF the iocks,
held between the knees OF the shearers
while the clipping goes on, and the rus.
tic laughter Of the workmep. Nabal
and his wife Abigail preside over this
homestead. David, the warrior, sends q
delegation to apply fur aid at this proc
porous time OF sheep shearing. and Ma
bal pereuptoYily denies hia rsq1est. Re
venge is the cry. Yonder over the rocks
came David and four hundred angry men
With one stroke to demolish Nabal and
his sheeptolds and VINEYARDS The reg
iments march in double quick, and the
stones of the mountain loosen and rolf
down, az the soldiers strike them With
their swift feet, and the cry OF the COM
mander is, Forward! Forwsrdw 3
Abigail, TO save her husband and his
properly, hastens to the toot Of ,he bill.
She Il armed, not with sword or spear,
brt with ber own beauty and self sstri.
ire, and when David sees her kneeling
at The base OF The crag, he cries: "Ho,d
Hold" Abigail ia the conqueress! One
woman in the right mighlier than four
hundred men in the wrong! A burri-
cane stopped at the sight Of water lily
A tiew-drep dashed back Niagara! By
her prowess and tact she saved her hus-
hand, and saved her home, and put be-
fore al ages an illusirious specimen of
what q vile can do II che be Cody end
prudent and self.sacri6cing and vigilau.
and devoted to the interests OF her bus
band, and attractive
As, Sabbath before last. / took the re-
sponsibility of telling husbands how they
ought to treat their wives-and, though
i notice that some OF them
sQUIKMED LITTLE IN THEIR PEW,
they endured it WE'LL now take the re-
sponsibility OF telling how wives ought
10 treat their husbaads. l hope your do
mestic alliance was so happily formed
that while married life may have revealed
in him some frsilties that You did not
suspect. it has alec displayed excellen
cies that more than overbalanced them
| suppose that If could look into the
b Fart OF q hon ired wives here present
and ask them where is the kindest and
best man they know OF, and they dared
spesk out, ninety nine out OF hundred
of them would say: 'tAt the o'her end
OF this pew" Though sometimes. YOU
may have snapped each other up little
qnick, think the most Of you are as
well paired as couple OF whnm have
read. The wife said to her husband: 81
have made up nv mind to be submissive
not !. outstanding ali the misfortunes that
have come upon as" They had lot
their children, be had lost his health and
hence the income OF bis profession, and
the wife had temporarily lost her eye
sight s'Yps," said the husband, 'ew'
ought to b, submissive. Let me Sc.
what we have to submit to. First, We
have home; we can submit to that.
Then we have each other; We can submit
to that. Then we have food and raiment !;
we can submit to that. Then We have q
great many friends; we can submit 10
that. We have a heavenly Father to pro
vide for us-" .S-op! Stop!" said his
wife, will talk no more about submis-
sion."
I hope, my sister, you have married q
man as Christian aud ss well-balanced as
that. Bnt il vou we're worsted in the
conjugal bargain, you
CANNOT BE WORSE OFF
than this Abigail in nv text. Her hus-
band was coarse and ungrateful, an inc
hria'e, for on the very evening Of her
heroic achievement at the foot OF the
hill, where she captured q whole regi.
ment with her genial and stragetic beba.
yior. che returned home and found her