Sharp County record., 1888-03-22

,,aog for which he was qualified, he under
+ooI, a stvle Of merchandise for which he
bod no qualification, aud soon went into
Lorl.r1ptcy. His new style OF business
rr4 him into evil association. He lost his
morals as we'll as his money lie DsoKe
mn not only his own homer buS broke up
another mans home, and from DeIng
kird, pure, generous, moral man as any
oF F7-or g5o sit here to-day, has become
bomeres penuiIes3 libertIne' his vines
o,nbi+fon for a more geuteel business de-
s+rorad him and d5graced her, and
blighted their only child
Pnt suppose now there be in our homes,
os thank God, there are in hundreds OF
homes here represented, on the WfeIy
+hrona one who says not only by her
vrords but more powerfully by her ac
tions:
CIV husband, our destinies are unitedS
Iet ms see where industry, honesty, COM
man sense and faith in God will put U.s.
am with Won in all yo1r enterprises.
can NOT be with you in person as you 90
to vour dajly business bat Will be-Wlth
Won in nv prayers. Let us see Wna' we
can achieve by having God IN our learS
and God in our lives, and God in our
homes. Be on the s.d9 Of every thing
GOOD. Go ahead and do your best, and
tbough every thing should turn out diff
farent from what we have calculated, you
NAV always codnt on two who are gong
TO help you, and God is one and am the
otber.U Thatman may have feeble health,
and NAV meet with many obstacles and
business trials, but he is coming glorious
" through, for he is reinforced, and ln'
spired. and spurred on by woman's voice,
as much AS was Barak by Deborah, when
Sisera with nine hundred iron chartots
came on to crush him and his army, and
Deborah shouted in the ear Of Barak:
"Trp! for this is the day in which the
Lord hath delivered Si5era into thine
handsD And the enemy fell back and
Sisera,, chariot nos getting along fast
enoughIin;the retreat, the General Jumped
out and took it afoOt, and ran TIL he came
toa place where a woman first gave him
drink OF milk and then sent spike
through his skull, mailing him to the floor.
Some of us could tell Of what influence
uron rs has been a wifely ambition con-
secrated to Righteousness. A my wife IS
ont of tOvu and will not shake her head
because I saw il in public, l will state that
in my own professional life have otton
baen called of God, as I thought, to run
into the very teeth of public opinion, ana
aU outsiders with whom l advised told
me had better not, it would ruin me anu
ruin nv church, and at the same tm9 l
was receiving nice little letters threaten
! ing me with dirk and pistol and poison II
| I persisted in attacking certain eVIS OIL
! the dav, until the commissioner OF poIlc9
| con3d cred it his duty to take ms place III
our Sabbath services with forty otficers
scattered through the house for the
preservation of order, but in my home
there has always been one voice tosay;
"Go ahead, and dverg9 not an inch
from the straight inc, Who cares II only
God is on our side"
! And though sometimes it seemed as II
was going out against nine hundred ron
chariots. I went ahead, cheered by the
| domestic voice.
sun! for this is the day in which the
Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine
hands"
A man is no better than his wife will let
| MIN be. " WIVES VI = lLtl l|pF SWING =
scepters of vifsly influence for God and
good homesl Do not urge your husbands
to annex Naboth's vineyard to your PAL
ace of success, whether right or wrong
lest the dogs that come out to destroy Ma
both come ont also 10 devOur you Right
eousness will pay best in life, Will pay
best in death, will pay best in the Judg'
ment, will pay best through all eternity
What a noble, wifev ambition, the de-
termination, God helping, to accompany
her companion across the stormy sea OF
this life and together gain the wharf OF
the Celestial City Coax him along WIN
Won! You can not drive him there. You
can not nag h IN there: but you can coax
him there That.is Gods plan. lie coaxes
us all the wav-c0axe5 US out OF our SINS
coaxes US to accept pardon, coaxe5 us 10
| Heaven. If we reach tha. blessed place
it will be through prolonged and divine
coaxing. By the same process take your
companion, and th5uyOa will get there as
we'll and all your household. Do just Vne
| opposite TO your neighbOr. Her WlLely
ambition is all for this world, and DIS
appointed and vexed and unhappy creat-
ure size will be all the way, Her resi-
dence may be better than yours for the
few years Of earthly stay, but she VIII
move out of it as to her body into house
about five and one-half feet long ana
about three feet wide and two feet hlgn,
and concerning her SOUPS destiny you can
make your own prognosticatiOn. Her
husband and her SONS and daughters,
who all, like hor, live for this world
will have about the same destiny
for the body and the soul You
having had sanctifed and dt
vinely ennobled wife.y ambition, will pass
up into palaces, and what becomes of your
body is Of no Importance, for it is only
scaffo ding, pulled down now that your
temple is done. You will stand in the
everlasting rest and see your husband
come n and see your children come in II
they have not preceded you. Gloritel
Christian wife! Pick up any crown you
choose from off the Kings footstool ana
wear it; it was promised you long ago,
and with it cover up all the scars Of your
earthly conflict
Sixteen miles from st. Petersburg, Rus.
sa, was one OF the royal palaces, and
there one night Catherine, the Empress
entertained Prince Henry. 1t was severe
winter and deep snow, and the Empress;
and the Prince rode in a magHidcence Oh
| sleiUh and rOba and canODy never sur