The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-10-07

to the furnishings Of his heart that we
may lightly pass over property quaIihca-
tions. II is well enough to say, however,
that u be has a home wise proceeding
may be to deed II to his wife. do not
marry q woman whom you would be
afraid 10 trust with home. When men
engage In precarious transactions IL Will
be we'll for them and their families 10
feel that
THE HOME NEST rs SECURE.
This plan shows more faith, and Is In
much better taste than hasty transfer
ence OF property to a wife on the eve OF
business failure-always an undignified
proceeding. We do not set high enough
the tights OF the hcme. Just as we would
not think OF giving the church edifice as
collateral security on speculation. SO We
sit Is the first sanctuary; the first
school; the first form OF the state. III
there Is anything In society sacred, any
thing as to which we may cry hands OF!
II Is the home. To this end 1t ought not
TO be so luxurious that men will envy
the possessor, and make unkind remarks
about him when he fails, and IL Is said
that ninety per centum OF business men
do fail.
"But the contents OF mans heart are
beyond the touch of sheriff, and conse-
quently he may enrich them without fear.
How much serenity has he TO draw upon,
against the days OF illness? Has he pre-
pared himself to give to his wife all that
he asks OF her, and even TO give more,
not being too exact in the bargainY Here
is the blessing OF love, which is never
calculating. The, question ought never
has contributed the more TO the partner
ship. IL the husband can give more il IL
something for him to rejoice In. When
he begins to call attention to his contri-
button 1t is sign that he has not given
enough. The largest
LOVE DOTH NOT BOAST HERSELF.
An eagerness to furnish the larger part
of the joint capital will enrich the mar
ried life. Marriage Is not an obligation
to dole out Kindness. II Ia not an insti-
tuition to furnish q convenient person TO
blame. Adam did indeed receive the
woman whom the Lord gave him. The
he says: 1.-THE woman whom Thou gavest
me she caused my trouble. Evidently he
had already ceased 10 bear perfect love
| toward her. The man must not proceed
on the principle that when the woman
| Is wrong he Is, therefore. caused TO sin.
| The position OF husband and wife, in cases
where she Is at fault, is similar to the
| position OF Christ and His church It Is
| Christ's opportunity. For the husband TO
| join the wife In a wrong does not make
them love one another better. 1t be-
| comes the cause of recrmination. In
order to restore perfect fellowship the
husband needs to bring the wife to hoiier
views, rather than TO descend to the
| plane OF her sin, whatever II may be,
! and turn upon her with, you brought
me here!' There are some sins into which
| the husband is less likely to fall than the
wife. Yet happily We remember no
| woman in our acquaintance capable OF
saving TO husbands I'm trouble: 'Curse
| God, and diel When some occasion
| arises for patience or magnanimity on
the hus bands part his failure to meet it
may not be the wife's fault, but his lack.
We cannot consistently claim that hill
in the road Is an excuse for profanity.
We may not justify ourselves by saying
that we should not steal il apples by the
road side were less tempting. Every con-
| dition of life brings its temptations. Our
| condition in marriage has led as by
| way that avoids the worst temptations.
But so long as we have any intercourse
with human beings we shall come upon
something TO test US, and IL Is better 10
| be tested by the virtues OF our wives than
| by the vice OF other people. For be II
noted that II is just as easy to become a
sinner against a wife's nobility, as i'm
company with her depravity. know of
men who displease God by anger 1T their
| wives benevolence. Some men are
soured by the wearing result on their
wives OF the extra
| DUTIES THEIR sELFIsHNEss HAS IMPOSED.
| That a man is put out by his wife's good
| conduct is as common as his complaint
against the goodness Of God.
"You must bring to the woman you
marry all the purity you demand of her.
Your breath should be as sweet as hers.
The priority OF your creation carries with
| IL no right to be greater sinner. III your
| n
stronger adhesion 10 Righteousness. The
| character Of the man VINO Is about to be
| n arried ought to be overhauled as ship
|. about TO sail on long cruise. Mems
past they cannot detach from their his.
| tory, but think am safe in saying that
young man who reforms thoroughly
has accomplished as great victory as
| that one who never went astray. 1t is
| possible to make a stained soul white but
autumn resolutions will not do it. Had
men never sinned small power would they
| need to keep righteous. He who fails
alone cannot rise without God. To love
wife with the whole heart, and In a
worthy way, demands a thoroughly puri-
fled character. One department of life
is net enough 10 cleanse. The selfish
| spirit is the parent of an impure spirit.
ONE EVIL HELPS ON ANOTHER.
| "In entering a relation more intimate
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and God who gave them, by offering such
| life as God Himself can smile upon in
marriage. do not mean that a candi-
date for matrimony must feel himself
sinless man, for this would prohibit mar
riage and encourage sin. But he ought
| to purify himself by every means at his
disposal, and il he is true man with a
sufficiently large spirit he will not stop
short Of invoking the help OF heaven in
a task that has proved beyond the powers
| of great men. IL ever wickedness OF all
sorts appears horrible 1t is beneath the
| lights OF a bridal. A mean and narrow
life, a blind, thoughtless life, there ap.
pears in startling contrast to the glory OF
a state depending on the benediction OF
| God for sll its success.
"When in the days OF chivalry the can
didate for the knightly sword must shrive
himself and pray through the night, by
| the side of his armor, at the altar, what
| thoughts would come TO him OF the past,
| which, unless he forsook II completely,
would prove a chink in his armor TO ad-
| NIT the enemy's lance. What thoughts
also must have possessed him "a IN vision
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