The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-02-25
THE DUTIES OF WIVES.
The Seventh Sermon OF DIR. Tai
mage's "Marriage Ring"
Series.
Women 'Or Good Understanding, and Of
Beautiful Countenance" In De-
mand.

Rev. T. Do Witt TalmAge, d, D., preached In
The Brooklyn tabernacle tho seventh OF hiA
serieH OF sermons on ~The Marriage Ring" tho
subject being sDutios OF Wives 10 Husbands" "
Before the sermon no read and eIpounded the
| last chapter OF Proverbs descriptive OF 4 pru-
dent and nenaibs wife The tsTt wan l. Samuel
NV. 81 ~rho name OF his wife, Abigail and
abe was woman OF good understanding, and
Of = beautiful oountenance' Following Ia the
sermon;
Tho ground In Carmel 10 white, not with
fallen snow, but the wool from the backs OF
1900 sheep, for they arc being ahearod And
hear the grinding OF tho iron blades together,
and the blsating OF tho nocha, held between
Mo knees OF the ahearera while the clipping
goes on, and tho rustic laughter Of tho work.
men. NabAl and his wife Abigail preside over
this homestead David, the warrior, sends 4
delegation TO apply for aid at this prosperous
tlme OF Hheep-aheaiing, and Nabal porompto-
rly declines his request Revenge Ia the ory,
Yonder over tho rocks como David and 400 an
cry mon with ono stroke 10 domoliah Nabh
and his Hhoopfolds and Vineyards Tho rOgl-
ment march in double-qulol and tho stones Of
the mountain loosen and roll down a tho
soldiers strike them with their swift feet and
the cry OF tho commander 10 "Forwardl For
wardl"
Abigail, 10 save her husband and his prop
erty, haHlons 10 tho foot OF tho hill. Sh0 Ia
armed, not with sword or spear, but with her
own beauty and soli-nacnhoo and when David
secs her knoeling at the base OF the crag, no
oriea 1Hodl Hold" Abigail In the con-
queressl One woman In the right mightier than
400 mon In tho wrong A hurricane stopped
at tho sight OF watOr lily A dowdrop
dashed back Nlagaral by her prowoaa and tact
sho has saved her husband, and saved hor
homo, and put before all ages an illustrlous
| specimen Of what wife can do II she DO cody
and prudent and self-sacriAcing and yiglant
and devoted 10 the interests OF her husband,
and attractive
A, Sabbath before last, took tho rosponai.
bilty OF telling husbands how they ought 10
treat their wiyoa,-and, though noticed some
OF them squrmod little In thoir powa they
endured II wei, II now take tho responsibility
OF tolling how wives ought 10 treat their hua-
banda hope your domestic alliance was 30
happily formed that while married lifo may
have revealed in him somo frailtIos that you
did not suspect, II has also displayed oxcolon-
eoe that more than ovorbalancod thom. l
suppose that II | could look into the hoarts OF
hundred wives here present and ask them
whore Ia tho kindost and best man thoy know
Of, and they dared toapcak out ninoty-nino out
OF hundred of thcm would say "At tho othor
end Of this pew" Though sometime you may
have snapped each othor upa little quick,
think tho most Of you arc as well paired as q
couple OF whom have read Tho wifo said
10 her husbands II have mado up my mind 10
DO submissive, Notwithstanding all tho mis-
fortunes that have como upon uG" 1hoy had
Lost thoir children, ho had lost his hoalth, and
honoo the Income OF his profession, aud tho
wife had temporarily lost hor oyosight "Yoa,"
said tho husband, "wo ought 10 DO submissive
Lot mo noo what We have 10 submit 10, First
we have q homo We can submit 10 that Thon
We have each other, we can submit 10 that Thon
We have food and raimont we can submit 10
that 1hon wo have groat many frionds wo can
submit 10 that We have a heavenly Father 10
provide for ua--n "stopl stoplH said tho
| uifo, N will talk no moro about submission" I"
hope, my sister, you have married n man
40 Christian and aH we'll balanced Aa that But
even II you wore woralod In tho oonjugAl bar
gain, you cannot bo worao on than this Abigail
IN my text Her husband wah o0arno aud un-
grateful, an inobriato, for on tho very evening
After her horoio achievement al tho foot OF tho
hill, wlsro pho oAptureda whole regiment with
genial aud strategic behavior, eho returned
homo and found her husband 10 drunk that she
could not toll him tho story, but had 10 post
peno II until the noIt day no, my sister, do
not want you 10 keep saying within yourself m
proceed, "ThAt Ia the way TO treat n perfect
husband" for you arc 10 remember that no
wlfo was ever worse awindod than this Abigail
OF my text Al the other end Of her table rat a
mean, uchnh, marling oontomptiblo aot and
n she could do 40 we'll for bastard, how
eught you 10 do with that prlucoly aud aplon-
did man with whom you are to walk the path Of
lifoS
Frat, Icouneol the wife 10 remember In what
n aoyoro aud terrific battle Of life hor husband
is engaged Whether In professional, or COM
morciAl, or artistic, or mechanical lifo your
husband from morning 10 night In In Solfor-
ino, n not RedAn II ipa wonder that your
husband has any nerves or patience or puayily
loft To got living In this, noxt 10 tho Last
decade of tho nineteenth century, Ia ntruggla
II no como homo and nil down prooooppiod
you ought 70 excuse him, II no do not fool like
going ou, ha, night for a walk or sntcma"
mont, remember no hM boon out all day, You
say no ought 10 loAvsA his plAoo Of business his
Annoyanooe aud come homo ohoory, but II =
man has boon betrayed by business partner,
or n customer has jookcyod him out Of large
bill Of goods or y protested no,o has boon
nsng on his desk, or somebody has oallod him
liar and everything has gone wrong from
morning 10 night ho must havo groat gonius
and forgotfulnoau n no do not bring somo Of
Tho porploIity homo with him Whom you toll
me he ought 10 loAvoit all AZ thostoro, or bank,
Or shop, you might as well toll storm on the
Atlantic 10 stay out thoro and not touch The
coast or ripple tho harboE Remember, ho Ia
mot ovorworking 30 much for himaolf as no 10
oyorwordng for you and tho children. II tls
Tho offcot Of hie puoooea or doioat on tho homo
stoad that causes him the agitation Tho most
Of mon aftor N years Of ago live not for thom-
selves, but for their families Thoy begin 10
ask themselves, anxiouely, the quosiioni slow
n should giyo out what would become Of tho
folks NJ homer Would my children over gc,
their oducationS Would my wife have 10 30
out into the world 10 oarn broad for herself aud
our litllo onosS My oyoelght troubloe me,
how II my oycs should failS My head gots
dIszyi how II should drop undor apoploxyS'
The high pressure OF buaInoee lifo, and mo.
chanical life, and agricultural lifo 10 homo
pressure
Aome umc ago \ largo London firm decided
That II any OF thoir olorhs married on lose than
Rl5o, Mat 10, $3.50 \ year, ho should DO dis
charged, The suppoeition being tina, tho tomp-
taton might bo too great for mIuappropration
Tho largo majority Of families In America live