The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-02-25

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days, and was demonstrated on 80 hQmea,ead
whore some Of uA we're reared, thu W the old
house long ago was pulloi down and la ooou-
pants scattered mover 10 meet until In tho
higher homo that awaits tho families OF tho
righteous, While there are moro good and
faithful wives and mothers now thpA hero
eyer were, society has got wrong twi la this
subject, and there arc influences abroad that
would make women believe that their chief
sphere ia outside instead Of inside the homo,
Hence, In many households, children, instead
Of blessing. are \ nuisance. II Ia card caae
versus childs primer, oarrhga versus cradle
social popularity versus domestic felicity.
Hence infantlclde and Ante-natal murderbo com.
mon that all tho phyalclans, allopathlS hydro
pAthic, homeopathic and electric, ara crying
out In horror, and II Ia timo the pulpit Joined
with the medical profession IN echo
Ing and ro-ochoing tho thunder Of
Mount binai, which says; ~Thou shall
not kll,' and the book Of Revelations
which sayai @All murdorerA shall have their
place In the lake that burnoth with fire and
birthstone Aud the man or tho woman who
taltosl minute old VILLAS certainly gostraight
10 ho aa the man or woman who DESTROYS life
40 years old And the widest, loudoat ahrioh
Of Judgment day will be given al tho over
throw Of those who moved In the high and re-
hpectod circles OF earthly society, yot docroed
by their own act as far AZ they could privately
effe6t II, the determination of the advancing
generations, abotted In the horH orimo byA
lot OF informal quacka with which modern
medicine Ia infested When, on the last day.
tho orlors OF the court shall, with rosoundng
@oyezl" Aoyozl" declare the Ioyor and tor
minor" Of tho universe openo and the Judge,
with gayel Of thundorbolt, shall smlto the ma
tlons into silence, and tho trial OF all tho fra
troidos, and parrlcdes, and matrcldes,
and patrlcldea, and uxorloidoa, and
roglcdoa and docidOs, and nfantIcidoa
OF tho earth shall proceed, none Of my
hearers or readers can say that thoy know not
what thOy were doing, Mighty God Arrest the
evil that Ia oyorshAdowng this conhryl
charge you, my aIstor that you take your
husband along with you 10 hoayen or course
this implies that you yourself arc q Christian
must take that for granted II can not DO
possible that after what Christianity has done
for woman, and after taking tho infinitely ro-
hponablo position you have assumed At tho
head OF the household, you should bs In poai-
ton Antagonsto 10 Christ II was not slip
OF the tongue whom spoke Of you IA being at
the head OF tho household We mon rAlhor
pride ourselves A bong At tho hoad OF The
household butt only pleasant dOudon. To
whom do tho children go whom, they have
troubloY Whom there Ia a aoro Angor 70 be
bound up or ono Of tho first tooth hAt neods 70
bo removed 10 make way for ono that Ia crowd
Ing II out, 10 whom docs tho child gof For
whom do the children cry out In the nightwhon
they got frightened at q bad droami Ago, "a
whom does the husband 90 whom no has buni-
ness trouble great or too delicate for outside
oarsY We, tho mon, aro heads OF household
In name but you, wiyoa are the heads Of
the household In fact and II ia your businoaa
10 take your husband with you into tho king
dom OF God and 800 that house prepared for
heaven
You can do M OF course Gods almighty
grace alono can convert him, but you arO 10 be
the instrument somo wlyos keep ihoir hus-
bands out OF heaven, and othors garner hom
for II II your religion, o wife, Is simply the
joke OF the houaohold II you would rathor 90
10 tho thoator than tho prayer mooiingj II you
can beat all tho noighbore in progressive ou-
chroi II your husband noyor aoos you knool NJ
tho bedside before rotirlngi II tho only thing
that rominda tho family Of your church rolA-
tons IL that on communion day You got homo
lato 10 dinner, you will not bo able 10 iAko your
husband 10 heaven, for the ample reason that
you will not got thoro yourself But suppose
that your religion In genuine aud that The huB-
-. A.. IA. Ia. i.
principle, and that though you may bo natur-
ally quichor-tomporod than no Ia, and have
many imporfootona that diutroas you moro
than they can anyone olao, still you arc destined
for tho akloa whom tho brief soonos Of thla life
arc oyor How will you tAko him with youi
Thoro arc two oars 10 that boAt-prAycr and
holy example
! have no doubt thoro will bs great convon-
tons In heaven called for oolobratlvo purposes
and whom In some celestial Ahuomblago the
saints shall bo telling what brought hom 70
God, bollove that ton thousand tmes ton
thousand will say, "My Wife,
Iput bcaldo each other two testimonies Of
mon concerning their wlyou, and lol us 500 Me
contrast An aged man was ashod ho reason
Of his salvation, With ioarful emotion he
said; "My wifo was brought to God some
yoars before mysolf Iporsooulo and abusOd
her because Of her religion She, however, ro-
turned nothing but kIndnoau, constantly main
staining an anxiety topromoto my comfort and
happnonp, and II was hor amiabo oonduo,
whom suffering lll-troatmont from mo that Ara,
sent tho arrows Of conviction 10 my SOUL
Tho other testimony was from dying mAni
"lIarrlot am a lost man, You opposed our
family worship and my aoorot prayer You
drow mo away Into temptation aud N nogloc.
oyory religious duty ! believe my faio IL
eoalol, Harriet, you are tho oauso Of my
everlasting ruin" How many glorious mar
riod couples In hoayon-Adam and Eyo, Abra-
ham aud Sarah, Lapidoih and Deborah, IaaAo
and Robohah, Jacob and Naohol, HAoharlaa and
Elizabeth, Joseph and Mary, and many whom
We have known ~ good ~ tho most Of ihom.
AZ onoo you stood In Tho village or oib
church or In your fathers houao, porhapu un-
dor wedding boil OF noworu, to-day ptAnd.up,
husband aud wife, beneath tho cross OF par
donlng lIodoomor whlo I proclaim Tho banda
OF an eternal marriage Join your right handh
pronounce you one forever What 0ed hath
Joined together LOT noithor life nor death nor
timc nor etornity put asunder Witness mon
and angola, all worlds, al Agesl Tho clrolo IL
an emblem Of eternity, and that Ia Mo shape Il
tho marriage ring.
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