Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-11-07

There are thousands OF such cases
where the wife is lifetime serf, her
opinion disregarded, her tastes insulted,
and her existence Indebtedness,
though the world may not know it. 1t
is Pharaoh that sits at the head of
that table, and q Pharaoh that tyran-
nzes that home There is no more alb
horrent Pharaoh than Il domestic Pha-
raoh. There are thousands of women
to WHOM death is passage from Egypt
TO Gamma, because they get rid OF
cruel taS.,u!aSter.
What an accused monster is that
man who keeps his wife in dread about
family expenses, and must be cautious
how she introduces an article Of mil
linery or womanly wardrobe without
lG:niliatinS consultation and apology.
Who is that man acting so2 For six
lnonths-in order to win that wonan's
heart, he sent her every few days Il
bouquet wound with white ribbon, and
OH endearing couplet, and took her to
concerts and theaters, and helped her
into carriages as though she were a
princess, and ran across the room to
pick up her pocket handkerchief with
the speed of an antelope, and on the
marriage day promised all that the lit
urgy required, saying, II will'' with
nm emphasis that excited the admira-
ton of all spectators.
But now lie besrudges her two cents
for g postage stamp, and wonders why
she rides across Brooklyn bridge when
the foot passage costs nothing. He
thinks now she is awful plain, and he
acts like the devil, while he thunders
out: Where did you get that new hat
froini That's where my money goes.
Where's my breakfasta Do you call
that coffee2 Didn't tell you to sew
on that button2 Want to see your
mother, do you2 You are always go
ing to see your mother! What are you
whmpering about9 Hurry up, now.
aud get my slippers Where's the
newspaper The tone, the look, the
impatience-the cruelty of q Pharaoh
That is what gives so many women
a cowed down look. Pharaoh, you bad
better take your iron heel off that wonl-
ans neck, or God will help you remove
your heel. She says nothing. For the
sake Of avoiding Il scandal she keeps
Silent; but Ter tears and wrongs have
gone into record that you will have to
meet as certainly as Pharaoh had to
meet hail and lightning and darkness
and the Death angel. God never yet
gave TO any man the right to tyrannize
Al woman. and what q sneak you are TO
take advantage OF the marriage vow,
and because she cannot help herself,
and under the shelter of your own home
out Pharaoh the Egyptian oppressor.
There is something awfully wrong in q
household, where the woman is not con-
sidered of Us much Importance as the
man. NO room in this world for any
more Pllaraohs.
SIN HAS BEEN OUR TAsKMAsTER.
But it rolls over on Inc with great
power the thought that we have all
been slaves down in Egypt, and sin
has been our tas!lmaster, and again and
again we have felt its lash. But Christ
has been our Moses to lead US out OF
bondage. and we are forever free.
The Red sea of Saviours sacrifice
rolls deep and wide between rs and
our aforetime bondage, and though
there may be deserts yet for us to cross
we are on the way to the Promised
Land. Thanks be unto God for this
enancipatiog Gospel! Come up out OF
Egypt, all We who are yet enslaved.
What Christ did for us he will do for
you. "Exodusw is the word. Exodus!
Instead Of the brick kilns OF Egypt
come into the elnpnrpled vineyards OF
God, where one cluster of grapes is
bigger than the one that the spies
brought to the ISraelites By the Brook
Eshcol, though that cluster was SO
large that it was borne between two
upon staff.
welcc-oe all by sin oppressed,
Wclrome to his sacred rest;