Evening journal., 1894-09-03
DUTIES OF A HUSBAND {.
He Should Support, Protect
and Love the Wife.
DEFIEBDBY THERBV J.p.u HANNA.
An Interesting Sermon Delivered In
Union Church-Rev. John Coleman
breaches on Attention In Reading, in
Trinity Church.

k :
Trinity Church.
Union Nj. E. Church was crowded last
evening. the occasion being the third |
OF the special sermons by Rev. j. d. G.
Hanna Rev. DIR. Williams, formerly |
presiding elder of this conference, who |
was present, made the opening prayer.
The theme taken by Mr. Hanna was that
Of the faithful husband, and was based
on Ephesians, v, 25. Husbands. love
your wives, even as Christ also loved the
church, and gave Himself for It
His sermon was a practical one and was
listened to with the closest attention.
The most pleasant Of all the relations
existing in the home. said he, is that
between man and wife, and the ordi-
nance which binds the two together In
marriage is the most solemn of any of
the church When young man and
woman take upon themselves the
vows which unite them for life, they
have In themselves the making of q
happy or miserable future. There can
be 40 neutral ground. Either their
lives thereafter are happy, or else they
are not. Their interests are ia common,
and there must be absolute harmony In
order to insure success. Two out of
every three married couples lack this
harmony. and their lives are not as
Pleasant as they might be.
One OF the first duties of the faithful
husband is to support and protect the
wife. This is a material matter, and a
most important one Many young
man stands at the altar and gives his ali
to the young woms an whom be is making
his bride. when he has no ell to give and
no prospects of ever having anything.
Such a man the preacher advised never
TO marry. The husband should be able to
suppo.t his wife. He should be am
bilious to give her the best home in his
power. He should be industrious and
energetic. He should ever stand ready
to protect her and those whom God may
give them.
He should have a Just rsgard for her
rights. Physically he is stronger than
she, but he should never be tyrannical
or dictatoria He should treat her as
his equal, and share her burdens, not
throw his on her shoulders He should
be her companion. Many men after
marriage learn to look upon their wives
as inferior to them. They seek compan-
ionshiP outside their homes, and in
lodge, or club. or store seek the society
Of others. II is an injustice and wrong
to the wife, and the man who perpetrates
it Is not living up to his duty. husband
has 0 right even TO devote all of his
time TO the church, to the neglect of his
wife and home, and the msn who does it
Is as culpsbe as the one who neglects
| his wife for worldly busine SIS or amuse
msnts.
Then the husband should not only give
/ the wife his love, but should show 1t.
We are apt, after marriage, to take it for
| granted that our wives know that we
love them, but they crave more than
that; they want the thrill Of being told
| 1t; to experience the sweetness which
accompanied those demonstrations during
the time when they were maidens and
were being courted.
In concluding the preacher said that
the faithful husband should be the priest
of his home; he should be the guardian
of the morals of his family their teacher
and trainer, and by precept, teaching
and example should guide them in the
| paths Of truth and holiness. On him q
large share of the molding Of the chsrac
ter of the children depends
After the sermon a revival meeting
was held, at which several applicants
came forward. The sermon next Sunday
evening will be on "The Good Wife"
The pulpit Of Trinity Episcopal Church
was filed last evening by Rev. John
Coleman, who preached an able and In
teresting sermon from a portion of verse
1S, chapter " First EPistle of Paul to
Timothy: 9TH come, give attention
to reading +" This epistle, said
the preacher, was Of pastoral nature
and contained more particularly the: in
structions Of the apostle to Timothy,
rather than any spiritual message
through him to his congregation. The
words the text contains are, however,
full Of meaning and give ample room for
careful study. Give attention to read
ing, not only to religious but to secular
reaning The word Of God is rich in
beauty and In knowledge, and it is only
by careful and attentive study that all
those beauties are brought out The
sculptures are mine of delightful in
formation, and 1t is only by attention to
reading that this is fully developed Then
there are volumes, beautiful and in.
structive, which will well repay those
who read The confessions OF st. Angus
tin The Imitation OF Christ, by Thomas
A Kempis Holy Living and Dying. by
Jeremy Taylor, and Thoughts on Per
sonsl Religion, hich are sad to say
strangely unfamiliar 10 many protest. +
Christians,
Rev. Mr.. Coleman referred to the many
historical handbooks relating to the
history of the church which would prove
interesting and advantageous reading
aud which would 60 far towards disabus
ing much of the existing ignorancs
relative to the church. The idea thai
the church Of England dates its birth 3,
the time Of Henry VIII is = fallscy
which many believe. yet which is utterly
without foundation, as is also the Of
expressed statement that the Roman
Catholic Church is the oldest aud that
the Church Of England sprang from it
,, These fallacies reveal either prejudice o.
careless Indifference, either Of which n,
| educated person would be guilty Of
Christians should give attention Il
reading aud studying Gods word and 4
F. the history Of His church In seculRi
! reading like careful attention should b.
: given. Books are like friends, and ever
greater care should be given to thei
/, selection than Ia the selection Q
! friends. In the one hsrmful Influences
can be guarded against, but when tn
literature Els hurtful orsunhealthful, tn,
? IL j a