The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-16
THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD.
Rev. Lyman Holds 10 the Old-Fasa-
Toned Views OF Paul.

From a Sermon on Divorce.
The husband is the head OF the household.
Every organization must have a head. Is
this organization a church.? TIE head may
De a Pope in Rome ruling over all: IL MY
presbyteries and all local churches are SUD-
ordinate: IL may be the majority In the
local congregation. 10 which the. minister
somewhere there Is a final authority. OF
there Is no organization The final author
he is head sad Of a'f the h 5s%sS s see Rhsf the
alternative Is. Either there Is a rift In the
family, in this department the wife sn-
preme, in that department the husband SUI
preme, neither entering into the others de-
and then YOU have not q unit.
SON living, with one life. one will. one hear.
but a divided household. divided at the very
foundation. Or there is a perpetual strus-
gle going on between the husband and the
wife. she endeavoring TO get control BY
cunning, he endeavoring TO get control BY
force: she always getting the better OF ~
Then the family Is a perpetual battlefield
Or else the divine relation and order is re-
versed, and the wife is the head or the
household: and that does not need comment
Unquestionsbiy the husband end wife may
very wisely. divide between them by com
mon consent certain things. That does not
touch the question OF dutocracy. In some
families. through individualism. intellectual
or physical or moral, or all three combined.
wife must be. TO the discomfort Of both. But
that is not a normal household. The normal
anu ultiltt OiutA AZ TIC N"ttA III atLt Wv
husband is the head OF the household, and
the household is ar. autocracy.
Do not misunderstand me. 4 am not az
firning that man is superior 10 woman. IL
has been often affirmed j repudiate IL with
Indignation. 1 I'm not affirming that the
husband is superior to the wife. That has
been affirmed, and I repudiate IL with indig-
nation. There Is NJ question of superiority
or inferiority. The question is of headship,
may he a superior officer. During the
Vicksburg campaign Grant was the greater
general, but Halleck was the superior of1-
is the head of the Nation. but he is not
necessarily the greatest man in the Nation.
1 put. then. as Christ's law. interpreted and
honseho:d: First. wives. submit to your
husbands and then, Husbands. love your
wives: as Christ loved you and gave Him
the sermons are eulogies OF women as
cross bearers. All. husbands. how little
credit 1T is TO us that literature always
puts the crosses on the wives. 1t is men
vino ought to be the cross bearers.
Am 1 doing dishonor TO woman? am
h~onorirg her. Am / taking away frocs her
her rights? / am comforting upon her the
rights which paganism takes away. For in
the order OF nature man is the soldier. IL Is
man who is TO shoulder his musket and 20
forth to battle TO protect the wife. Is bread
to be gotten by hard toll? IL Is the man
who Is to fight nature and get the bread
for his wife. IL is not a woman right 10
harness herself with the OK and pillow in
the fields, as women do In some countries
IT is man who is TO do the work and take
the responsibilities, In order that woman
may minister TO love and life. That II the
reason 1 do not believe I'm woman suffrage.
IL is not that she is inferior to man.: II IS
this: Government is not the highest function.
Government Is the breastwork behind
which We carry on life. Life is the great
thing. and the less force there is put into
the mere protection OF life. into the mere
guarding OF the individual against the az
gressions OF other individuals. and the more
into life itself, the better for the state.
Man should be the defender. ana man
should be the burden bearer. / cannot alto
gether look with enthusiasm upon the new
era in which women are rushing into every
kind of employment, and lowering the
wages of men by doing mems work. I would
not close the door against them. nor shut
them out from any vocation; l would give
them the greatest liberty. all the liberty 7
claim for myself: but. fellow men. you and
I. with our strong arms. ought TO feht
life's battles and wins lfe's bread, and
leave the women free from the burden OF
bread-winning and battling, that they may
minister 20 the higher life OF faith. hope.
love