, 1886-02-14

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before the rest arc done, snatch up the even
Ing newspaper, oblivicus to all that has
boon going on in your home during tho day.
The little children are In awe at the domes-
tic autocrnt; bubbling over with fun are
they, but they must he quiet; filed with
lively curiosity, but they must ask no ques-
lions although tho wife has stood the
annoyances Of the nursery, the parlor and
tho kitchen until her nerves are full OF
needles and spikes. You provided money
for the food and the wardrobe, and you
feel you have dischar ged your oblign-
ton; but you have done nothing,
you are doing nothing. for the good
cheer OF the household; you have done moth
ing for the moral enterta inment of that
home, although at the best it will last only
a little while. Ny brother, you ave no APP
probation OF the fact that your children
will soon DO grown up and enter sepulchres,
and you will have no more opportunity OF
influencing them; and the wife will soon be
through with her earthly mission. and that
house in which you 1.-Two will go into other
hands, and you yourself will be gone. Do
you realize that whatever we do for our
homes we must do In n very short space OF
timei
Marriage Is an hffectional bargain. In
some lands people purchase their wives by
dollars, by cattle or by sheep. In one land
a man mounts a horse and rides swiftly
down to where there is n group OF women,
and seizss one. and lifts her. strug Cling and
resisting 10 his horses back, and il he gets
her to the jungle before her brothers come
up she Il his lawful vito. In another land
a man is beaten by his proposed bride with a
club, and II ho resists the beating or cries
out against the clubbing he is rejected; but
II no endures all the pounding and
the clubbing without any resistance
or without any complaint she be
comes his lawful wife. By courage, by skill,
by absurdity, marriage Is decided in some
lads. But here and in this Christian land,
marriage is an affectional bargain, in which
the man promises protection, support, com
panionship and Lowell Geutlemen, are you
fulfilling your bargainl l tell you what you
all know; some men seem more Interested in
the ways Of others than in their own How
many "A man there is that allows his wife to
carry upstairs n heavy scuttle Of coal, and
then clear the width Of the parlor In one
single bound to pick up some other lady's
pocket handkerchief There is an evil l have
seon-andi it Is common among normandy.
husbands in fir tations. The care and atten-
ton and indness that ought to be shown
their wives were put pom other Wives, and
they would seem TO say: Oh, II l were only
free from that old drudge at home, what an
Improvement would be made on my present
surroundings And late at night the man
goes 10 his home whistling n hilarious air,
and is surprised that his wife is jealous
There are a thousand men who are not posi-
lively immoral, but yet are careless in that
direction Oh, it is meAnness beyond de
sciption for n hus band, as to his behavior.
to practically say to his wifi G: You cannot
help yourself; l will admire whom l wish to
admire, and l will go where wish TO go,
and ! will stay rs long AS l wish 10 stay, and
/ defy your criticism. But this is develish
Why didn't you put it i'm the bond, you do
nestle Shylocksi Why didn'tyou have 1t un-
derstood before you were partners-husband
and wife-that she should have only a part
OF the dividend OF your Affection, and that
when time erased some of the bright lines
from her face and gave some imperfections
to her form, you would havo the reserved
right to pay obeisance to cheeks more
rubicund and figure lither and mora
agile; and when you demanded
the last pound OF her patience and
her endurance you could then have
tapped, with tho emphasis Of an f Twin For
rest or n Magrudy, on tho marital contract
and said it Is in the bond. ut Is nominated
in tho bond.n II thus modern Rebecca had
understood where she was riding she would
nave ordered the camel drivers turn the car
avan backwards towards Abdan Aram.
Filtration Is always founded either In dis
honesty or licentiousness, and a married man
who INDUCES in 1t Is either a fraud or a
wretch. How great, how high such an one
may be in society, or how much sought
after, | would not give n three-cent piece,
though it had been three times clipped, for
the virtue Of a masculine or feminine nirt
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parts Of the United States.
Who is going home to apo ogiie for past
neglect and brighten up their old lovei
Fake out the old family Bible and road tho
record Of the marriage day go to tho
dra wer OF the bureau containing the relics
and take out the box containing the trinkets
Of your dead child, or take the yellow letters
that were written before you wore one.
Review the joys and the SORROWS In which
you have mingled, and then put all this on
the altar for fuel, and with q great coal
from heaven, rekindle the extinguished
light-it was n blast from hell that
blow IL out; it will he a gale
from heaven that fans 1t into a blaze
o, you who have broken n marriage vow,
speak Quit My brother, take her whom you
have promised TO lovo and protect Take
her into all your hopes, your plans, your
RAAAAhHRfHF Nth 'AtN Jth
Tell her every thing Go arm in arm into
plncos OF amusement, and when the one
trembles on the way lot the other bring re-
en~forcements.
Again, do not pass yourself of as a single
man. by practising gallantries after fifty
years of age; do not in women's society try
to appear young-manish. Interfere bot with
your wife's religious nature Put her not In
the awful dilemma; in which hundreds OF
Christian wives are put by their husbands,
when asked to go to places or do things
which thcy cannot conscientiously do. aud
are compelled 10 decide between loyalty To
God anl loyalty 10 husband That is an
awful dilemma, and within one week have
hoard it propounded as n question; VIVA
shall / dc under such circumstances Shall
be loyal 10 my God or loyal to my husbandi
/ said: You toll your husband that Is III,
dilemma, and II he DO tho right sort OF man,
as you say he IA, he will say; he loyal H.
God. and then you viii he loyal TO me.
Don't ask your wife 10 compromise herself
by going to any places which she cannot
conscientiously 20 to; you cannot
afford b mako your wifo-you II,
not want TO make your Wireless d
Christian. o, my brother, there will
b. a time when you will want all ih'
love, all OF her Christian resource aud
when you remember what influence YOU
mother had over you, certainly you do not
want the mother OF your children TO set a
less godly ~example.
oh. II pleases ma beyond my capacity e
tell IL when | hear an unconverted and
worldly man say about his wife, not know.
ing that It would come 20 her ears; MY
wife Is the most God-liks woman In tbs
world; her kindness and goodness are a per
petual rabuke TO my w~orldliness. you could
not get her To do n wrong thing; | hope tn,
children viii take after her, and not after
me; II there is any heaven at all, sho will
surely get there'
All, that is marriage worth telling OF on
earth and In heaven, and | believe mors mel
ars brought to God by just such faithfulness
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