The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-03-02
D. MONROE COUNTY, OHIO, TUESDAY MAARCH 2, 1886.

knew not what they we're doing. Mighty
God; Arrest the evil that is overshadow-
ing this ceniuIy.
| charge you, my sister, that you
TAKE YOUR HU BAND ALONG wIrH YOU TO
HEAVEN
Or course this implies that you yourself
are Christian. I must take that for
grart'd. 1t cannot be possible that Of.
ter what Chri-t'aDity has done for woman
and after tsking the infinitely responsible
position you have assumed ct the head
Of the household, that You should be in
position antagohistic to Chri.t. 1t is
not slip of the tongue when speak Of
you as heing at the head Of the house,
hold. We meD rather pride ourselves
as being ct the head sof the household,
but it is only pleasant delusion. TO
whom do the children 60 when they have
troublep When there is q sore finger to
be bound ur or one of the first teeth
that needs to be removed {, make way
for one that is Gro wding it out, to whom
does the child gop For whom do chill.
dren cry in the night when they get
frightened at q bad dream 2 Aye, to
whom does the husband 60 when he has
a business trouble great or too delicst.
for outside ears2 We the men, are beads
OF the household in name, bit you, o
wives are the heads of the household
in fact, and 1t il your business tp take
your husband with you into the kingdom
OF God and see that house prepared for
heaven.
You c,n do il! OF course G DDS al.
mighty grace alone can convert him, but
YOU are {, he the instrument Some
wives keep their husbands cut of heaven
and others garner. them for It. If your
religion, y wife, is simply the joke of the
household, il you you'll rather 60 to the
theatre than the PRAYER NEE ting, if you
can beat all the neishbors in progress
sive euchre, IL your husband never sees
you kneel at the bedside in prayer before
returning, il the only thing that reminds
the family OF your church relations is
that on communion day you get home
late to dinner. you will no, be able to
take your husband to heaven, for the
simple reason that you will not get there
yourself But l suppose that your re-
ligion is genuine and that the husband
realizes there is in your soul q divine
principle. and that. though you may be
naturally quicker tempered than he is aud
have many impeIfsctions that distress
you more than they can any one else,
still you are distined for tie skies when
the brief scenes of this life are over.
How will you take him wit your There
are two oars t, that boat prayer and
holy eximple.
But you say
HE BELONGS TO A WORLDLY CLUB.
or be does not believe word Of the
Bible, or he is an inehriat. and very
loose in his hahitsi What you t,ll me
shows that. You don't understand tist
while you are It the one end of q prayer.
the omnipotent is at the other end, and
it is simply question whether Almieht.
mess is strong enough and keeps His
word. a
have no doutt there will be greet
conventions 10 heaven called for cele-
brative purposes. and when in come Ce.
lestill assemblage the saints shall be
telling what brought them to God, l
believe that ten Thousand time ten tlou.
sand will say, "My wife"
put beside each other two t,stimo-
Mats Of men concerning their wives, and
let you see the contrast. An aged man
was asked the reason OF his salvation
With t,arful emotion he said: "My wife
was brought to God some years before
uyself / persecrtsd and abused her
because of her religion. She, however,
returned nothing but kindness constantly,
mi timing an anxiety to promote my
comfort ami happiness: and 1t was her
amiable conduct when suffering ill-lreat.
ment from me tisf flrst sent the arrows
Of conviction t, my soul" The other
testimony was from dying man: "Hsr.
riet, am lost man. You opposed our
family Worship and my secret prayer
You drew me away into TEMPT ton and
to neglect every religious duiv. / be-
lieve my fate is sesled. Harri I, YOU are
the cause of nv everlat ting ruin" How
many glorious married couples in heaven
Adam and Eve. Abrahsm and Sarah
Lspiioth and Deborah, Isaac and Re.
hekah, Jacob and Rachel, Z,eharias and
Elizabeth. Joseph and Mary, and many
whom we have known as good IS the
mos Of them! 8t
| As once you stood in the village or
city church or in your fathers house,
perhaps der wedding bell Of q '~ers
to-day tt,nd up, husband wife, beneath
the cross tf a pardoning Redeeuer
while proclaim the hanns OF an eternal
marriage. Join yonr right hands.
pronounce YOU one forever. Wnat G I'd
hath Joined together let neither f, MOI
death nor time nor etsrn e. put .asunder
Witness men and angels, all worlds, ell
ages! The circle is an emblem of eter-
nifty, and that is the shape OF the mar
riage ring.