Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-08

courage her to be more and more a Chris
| tian, for there win be times IN vour life
when you will want the help of All her
| Christian resources; and certainly. when
you remember how much influence vour
mother had over you, you do not want the
mother OF your children TO set less grac-
ious example. IL pleases me greatly TO
hear the unconverted and worldly husband
say ABOUT his wife, with no idea that it
VIII get to her ears; "There is the most
cody woman alive. Her goodness is a per
petual sebuke TO my waywardness. Moth
ing ON earth could ever induce her TO do n
wrong thing. | hope the children will
take after her Instead of after me. II
there is any heaven at all, am sure she
will 80 there"
aye, my brother, do you not think IL
you'd be n wise and.a safe thing for You
10 ION her on tie road to heaven? You
mink you have happy home now, but
what nome you would have If you both
were religious. What a new sacredness
IL woniu give to your marital relation,
and what new light it would throw on
the forehead OF your children. In sick
ness, what comfortl In reverses of
fortune, what wealth. In death. what
a triumph God meant you to be the
high priest of your household. Go home
to-day and take the bible on your Ian
and gather all your family vet living
around you, and those not iiy,np viii
hear OF 1t in fash, and as ministerino
spirits will hover. Then kneeI
down, and If you can't think
OF prayer to offer, | will give Won n
prayer, namely; "Lord God, / surrender
10 thee myself aud my beloved wife, and
these dear children. For Christ,s sake
forgive all the past aud help US for ali the
future. We have lived together here
may we live together forever. Amen and
amen!" Dear me, what stir il would
make among your best friends on earth
and in heaven,
Joseph the Second, the emperor.
was so kind and so philanthropic thar he
excited the unbounded love of most of
ms subjects He abolished serfdom. es-
ta0lished liberation, and lived IN the han. |
piness OF his people. One tiay while on |
ms way TO Ostend TO declare It n free |
port and while at the head OF preat |
procession, ne saw woman at the door
OF her mousse IN detection The emperor
ulsHlounteu ana asked the cause Of her
grlei' She said that her husband had
Sone 10 Ostend TO see the emperor, and
nau Declined to take her with him. for, as
ne was an alien, he could not understand
ner loyal enthusiasm, and thai
Il was the one great desire of
her lie TO see the ruler for whose kind.
ness and goodness and greatness she had
m unspeakable admiration, and her dis'
IN not being able to 90 and
see him was simply unbeatable. The Em.
,eror Joseph took from his pocket n hox
decorated with diamonds surropnding
picture OF himself and presented II Ia ber
ma When the picture revealed To whom
me was talking, she knelt In reverence I
' 'na capped her hands in gladness before
nm The emperor took the name of her
husband and the probable place where ne
n'ght be found at Osteud, and had him
Imprisoned for the three DAYS of tho
mperor's visit, so that the husband va
urning home found that the wife had
cen the emperor while he had NOT seen
IN many families on this earth the wife
nrough the converting grace OF q d has
cen the "king In His beauty,n and He
as conferred upon her the pearl OF rrreat
rice, while the husband is an 1aIien
rom the covenant OF promise. w,thnnt O
iod and without hope in the world y arS
pprisoneu IN worldliness and Sin. on :
my lnNS might, arm In arm. 90 this day
M see Him who is not only greater ana
weller THAN any Joseph OF earthly do. a
hhion, but thigh over all in earth and :,
u ana sky" His touch is life. His voice =
music His smile is heaven.
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