St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-22
Dr.. Talmage Points Out to Married
Women Few Of Their Many Re-
spOnsibilities.
An Attractive Wife in an Attractive Home
Things Essential to OOnnubial
Happiness.
Conversation About the FraIlties and
shortcomings OF the Husband To
be Avoided.
The Home Should be Realized as the
Highest, Grandest Institution
on Earth.
DIR. Talmage,s Sermon.
Special to the Globe.

Ject OF Dr. Ialmage's sermon this morning
was Duties of Wives to Husbands. The
text was Samuel XIV, 3: The name of
his wife, Abigail; and she was a woman of
good understanding and OF a beautiful
cOuntenance." Following is the sermon:
The ground in Carmel is white, not with
fallen snow, but the wool from the backs
Of 1000 sheep, for they are being sheared
And hear tine grinding of the iron blades
together. and the bleating OF the hoeks,
held between the knees of the shearers
while the clipping goes on. and the rustic
laughter of the wOrkmen. Nabal and his
wife. Abigail, preside over this homestead
David, the warrior. sends a delegation 10
apply for aid at this prosperous time of
sheep-shearing. and Nabal peremptorily de-
clines his request. Revenge is the cry.
1Onder over the rocks come David and
400 angry men with one stroke to demolish
Nabal and his sheepfoldS and vineyards.
The regiment march Is double quick and
the stones OF the mountain loosen and roll
down as the soldiers strike them with their
swift feet and the cry Of the commander is
Forward. FOrwardr' Abigail. To save
her husband and his property, haStens to
the foot of the hill. She is armed, not
with sword or spear, but with her own
beauty and self-sacTihce, and when David
sees her kneeling at the
BASE OF THE CRAG,
he cries, ''Hold Hold ~ Abigail Is the
cOnqueresS. One woman in the right
mightier than 400 men in the wrong, 4
hurricane stopped at the sight of a water
lily 4 dew drop dashed back Niagara
By her pIOwess and tact she has saved her
husband, and saved her home, and put be-
fore all ages an illustrious specimen of what
4 wife can do IL she be gOdly and prudent
and self-sacrihcing and devoted To the in
tereStS of her husband. aud attractive.
First, | counsel the wife 10 remember i'm
what a severe and terrific battle of life her
husband is engaged. Whether in profess
siOnaI or commercial. or artistic OF mechan-
zeal life, your husband from morning to
night is in SOlferinO, if not a Sedan. 1t
is a wonder that your husband has any
nerves or patience or suavity left To get
a living in this TeNt 10 the last decade of
the nineteenth century is a struggle. If he
come home and sit down preOccupied you
ought To excuse him. If he does not feel
like going out that night for a walk or en-
tertainment, remember he has been out all
day. You say he ought to leave at his
place of business his annOyanceS and come
home CHEEKY. But if a man has been be-
trayed by a business partner. or a customer
has jOckeyed him out of large bill of goods,
or protested note has been flung on his
desk, or somebody has called him liar
and everything has gone wrong
FROM MORNING To NIGHT,
he must have great genius and fOrgetful-
ness if he did not bring some of the per-
pleXity home with him. When YOU tell me
he ought TO leave it all at the store. or
bank, or shop, you might As well tell
storm Oh the Atlantic to stay out there and
not touch the coast or ripple the harbOT. Re
member he is not overwOI king So much for
himself as he is OverwOI king for you and
the children. 1t is the effect of his success
Or defeat on the homestead that causes him
the agitation. Mort of men after 40 years
of age live not for themselves but for their
families. They begin To ask themselves
anxiOusIy the question: Now il / should
give out, what would become of the folks
at home? Would my children ever get
their education? Would my wife have to
go out into the world to earn bread for her
self and our little ones? NV eyeSight
troubles me. how if my eyes should fail?
NV head gets dizzy, how if / should drop
under apOpleXy?" the high pressure OF
business life, and mechanical life, and az
ricultuTal life is home pressure. l charge
also the wife TO keep herself as attractive
after marriage as she was before marriage.
The reason that so often a man ceases to
love his wife is because the wife ceases to
be lOvable. In many cases what elaboration
Of toilet before marriage and what
RECRLEssNESs OF APPEARANCE
after. The most disgusting thing on earth
is a slatternly woman. | mean a woman
who never combs her hair until she goes
out, or looks like a fright until somebody
calls. That man married to one of these
creatures stays at home as little as possible
is no wonder. 1t is a wonder that such a
man does not go on a whaling voyage of
three years and in a leaky ship. Costly
wardrobe is not required: but. o woman, if
You are not willing. by all that ingenuity of
refinement can effect, to make yourself at
tractive to your husband YOU ought not to
complain if he seeks in other society those
pleasant surroundings which you deny him.
Again. charge you. never talk TO others
about the frailties of your husband. Some
people have a way, in banter, of elabOTately
describing to others the shortcomings or un-
happy eccentrieities of a husband or wife.
An, the world will find out soon enough all
the defects of your companion. No need
of your advertising them. Better initiate
those women who. having made mistake in
Alliance, always have veil to hide imper-
fecIions and alleviatiOns of conduct to men,
ton. Further. l charge you let there be
no outside interference with the eOnjugal
relation. Neither neighbOr nor confidential
friend. nor brother nor sister, nor father
nor mother, have a right to come in here.
The married gossip will come around and by
he hour tell you how she
MANAGES HER HUSBAND.
You tell her plainly that if she viii at
tend to the affairs OF her household you
will attend &c yours. l charge you also,
make yourself the intelligent companion of
your husband. What with these floods of
newspapers and books. there is no excuse
for the wife's ignorance either about the
present or the past. If you have no more
than half hour every day to yourself. you
NAV fill your mind with entertaining and
useful knowledge. 1 charge you, my sis
ter, in every way TO make your home at
tTactive. l have not enough Of practical
knowledge about house adOrnment to know
Just what makes the difference, but here is
an Opulent house. containing all wealth of
bric-a-brac, and of musical instruments, and
of painting. and of upholstery, and vet there
is in il a chill like Nova Zembla. Another
home, with one-twentieth part Of the out
lay, and shall supply of art, and cheap
est plano purchasable. and yet, as you enter
it, there comes upon body, mind and soul
a glow of welcome and satisfied and happy
dOmeSIicity. The holy art of making the
most comfort and brightness of the means
afforded, every wife should study. Do not.
my sister, be daZzled and disturbed by the
talk OF those who think the home cirle toO
Insignificant TO woman's career. and VINO
want TO get you out on platforms and in
conspicuous enterprises. There are women
who hate