The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-05-13
"HUNTING A WIFE. .
REV. n S. JONES breaches
ON THIS SUBJECT.
When to Hunt a Wife-What to Hunt
for Wife-HOw to Hunt Wife.
Where to Hunt and Where Not
to Hunt Wife.


to Hunt a Wife.
Rev. n S. Jones preached the frs
If his series Of sermons on marriage
at cad S rect Baptist church las
Sunday night. A large and attentive
C ngreg alton heard him.
"iluuting Wife" was the subject
| rnt. 1t Was chosen from Genesis 2:l8
| Mr.. Jt,Des said:
wife is the gift Of God, and every
| maa expects to f1ud one some time
| and some where. When God created
man ard placed him in his earthly
home, surrou aded with all that was
| beautiful to the eye, and lifes living &c
| the body, even in the midst of this
] delightful paradise, he saw and said
= it is not good that the man should be
alone; | Will make him an help meet,
| so when there was no where for Adam
! to hunt wife, God saw the difficulty
! in his existence and made him one.
! 1t is true that she turned and to be
| the channel through which the old
serpent drove his deadly pangs into
poor Adams heart, but still we are
not sorry that God created Eve. She
may have been first in the fall, but
today her sex stand prominently
above Adams in sweet cOnsecrated
Christianity. There is not home on
the earth that has been made without
a wife and a mother and If perchance
the death angel hath called them
away we only have a little orphanage
left in which we wait and watch, till
home.
A house divided against itself can
not stand, therefore it takes both
husband and wife to build house.
Perhaps there has been no time in
the worlds history when there was
a larger amount OF fraud, deception
and counterfeit than the present.
Therefore when you are ready to go in
pursuit of Gods noblest and best gift,
save eternal life, be sure that you are
equipped for the hunt that will likely
terminate in making your pilgrimage
here foretaste OF the paradise of God
or the fires Of eternal misery and woe.
There is not, and cannot be, place
this side of heaven so sweet and de-
lightful as home. Solomon tells US
that there is time to every purpose
under heaven, therefore there must
be a time to hunt wife. So let US
consider this question under few
practical heads.
WHEN TO HUNT A WIFE.
Now l suppose all sensible people
will agree that no man has any bust
ness hunting wife till he has age,
eXpe rience, and sense enough to know
one when he sees her.
Again any man who has much re-
specL for himself and sense enough to
know how to appreciate wife. will
not be in harry to hunt one, till he
has good reason to believe he is able
to fulfill marriage VOW. Any man
that will marry woman and allow
her to work like slave to support
him in his laziness ought to be sent
to the penitentiary, but still better to
the whipping post.
WHAT TO HUNT FOR A WIFE.
A real live woman, with brain,
blood, bone, muscle and character.
You also want healthy woman. 1t
isn't good to have drug store in the
shape of a wife.
A practical woman is the woman to
make a wife, one that knows what to
do with her hands, her brains, her
feet, her tongue and her surroundings,
one that can use and be used. Indus
try is one of the indispensable things
for making a wife. A lazy woman
may fill some space in house, but
she never will make wife. Some
women have uncommon sense, but
when you get ready for wife, hunt
for woman with common sense. You
are not looking for the college girl
that wanted to see the COW that gave
the butter-milk.
A woman may possess all other
qualifications, but if she be lacking in
one thing you have not found the ideal
wife-that is Christian character.
HOW TO HUNT A WIFE
Well, this is the question after all
about everything. The secret of
doing lies in knowing how to do.
would advise every young man, in
hunting this valuable prize, to use nine
parts of common sense to every one Of
sentiment, and by no means do not
make the proportion less. Some one
hasssaid in choosing wife about the
best thing you can do, is to shut your
eyes, make sure grab, and trust in
theiLord; now | believe in the latter
part Of this sentence with all my
heart. A step that $50 much depends
upon, ought not to be made only in
prayer and by the direction of Him
who makes no mistakes. Some say
that matches are made in heaven;
well, l am not here to dispute that, it
may be true, nevertheless some have
been brought to believe that they are
also made in hell. 1.-The steps of a
good man are ordered by the Lord"
You better let God help you in this
matter.
WHERE TO HUNT A WIFE.
Well, you naturally say, hunt where
they are to be found; that is true, but
they are not to be found everywhere.
Some times they float out of their
and are picked up; but if
n
wifely qualifications would soon be de-
stroyed. A home in which God is fear
ed loved and faithfully served is good
place to hunt. A house of prayer is
not DANCE. Gus house. The circles
Of intelligence. virtue and industry are
best circles in which to hunt. Beauti-
full hands are always useful hands,
and the price of virtuous woman is
above rubies.
WHERE NOT TO HUNT A WIFE.
Now these places are so numerous
that it is like posted land in some
communities; almost impossible to
point them all out in one short dis
course, but bear with me while l
mention few. Well, 1t would not be
a good place to find wife in bed at
9 o'clock in the morning, while her
mother was wearing her life away
with the duties and responsibilities
of the home. Neither would l advise
you to go to the play house for real
wife. Girls that have been freely
handled in the ball room, don't as
rule make good and satisfactory wives;
you always feel like she used to be too
common. Neither among the gay,
giddy and goddess, would I advise
you to go, for wife is something
after you have gotten her you must
keep her or be put to shame and
modification in getting rid of your
bargain.