Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-27
MARRIAGE RELATIONS.
REV. S. C. HATCHER.s SERMON
THE KIND OF WOMAN THAT
MAKES \ NVIFE,

THE KIND OF WOMAN THAT
MAKES y WIFE.
Despite the bitter weather Sunday
night the auditorium of Queen street
NJ. e. Church was filed TO its utmost
capacity by an audience gathered to
hear the second OF the series OF SER
mons by Rev. $. G. Hatcher on "Mar-
rlage Relations" The congregation was
composed largely Of young people.
MI. tiatcher selected as his text
proverbs 31-12: She will do him good
and not evil all the days of her life"
SUBJECT, The Kind of Woman That
Makes q Wife"
The speaker said. in part:
Spartan law punished those who did
iiot marry, those who married too late
ana those who married improperly. But
since there is no magic for mating
entt VIII make all alliances proper. 1t
Is nara TO punish the poor fellow that
mas made Il mistake. Surely his cup is
luil enough already, and mercy de-
.il'lnuS mat we bestow upon him our
tehoercSt sympathy. 1t also becomes
the duty of all who are conversant with
ne uhhappiness caused by Il misstcp
mere 10 give such advice as he can to
help the advcnturer i'll this field. No
enc ought TO he more competent TO
speak TO us with authority than Solo
mon. lie surely had the lamp of cXpe-
riencc, and he had learned thercfrom
'hat some of his choices were wise and
Scme otherwise. In the 31st chapter of
! proverbs he gives us Il photograph Of
the kind of woman that will make q,
good wife. Read it:
Il once heard OF Il young man that
took the picture he had seen of n beau
tiiul girl and placed 1t next to his
heart. resolving that if he ever met a
woman as divine as the picture he
would marry her if he could. Now, you
take the picture that Solomon gives
mere and hide it i'll your heart and
when you meet q woman like it YOU will
not make mistake to marry her
Iherc are some cardinal virtues that
mark II woman as good wife Having
these and love and adaptability, you are
saie III taking her as your companion
want TO impress the Importance Of
adaptability. If she is not aircadv
adapted ask her if she can Incorporates
I,hii. All in her life. If SO. she is all
right. II not, be assured that you can't
make her happy and She VIII make Won
miserable. History has done Mrs. Nan
iippe an objectionable injustice in
making her Il typical shrew. She was
OF IL good, plain family, and L believe
would haze made Il butcher good
WIG But not being of a Kindred spirit
ana unable to live on air and philoso-
ply, she was sometimes rude in her
demands for money to feed hungry chill
N'i~ii- " iittI NOilldu WOulQ nOL nave
done such?
1T was foolish in John Wesley to
marry wealthy merchants widow of
worldly spirit, and expect her TO he
happy under the intonvcnicnccs and
self-dcnals OF the great intlnerant.
Grace hurry would have gone willingly
10 the end of the Garth for him. and
Mrs. Vazeille might have made re-
tired banker good wife.
Another cardinal virtue is industry
Young man, you may tell your girl in
the soft light of the moon. sitting under
the althea,with fancy lightly tuning
thoughts To love that all you want her
to do is to look her sweetest and love
you best. Unless she looketh well to
the ways of her household and eatcth
no 1.-THE bread of idlencss' the spell will
be broken with the honeymoon, and you
Will stand face TO face with the un-
yelled reality that you have no help
mete, hence no wife. we may live
without friends; we may live without
books, but civilized man can't live with
out cooks
Then to make Il good wife, Il wom-
an must know the law of economy We
will never be able to estimate the mis-
cry caused by social extravaganza The
touchstone OF happiness is To live with
in your income Some women are adept
i,nancicrS, andthc reason their husbands
are known in the gates where they sit
among the elders or the land Is be-
cause their wives have considered the
fields and bought them with the fruit
OF their hands. History teens with in
stances of husbands as defaulters, in
vcighers and thieves to satisfy the am
billions of eXtravagant wives. You have
but to look into the cells of your city
and State prisons TO find this true
The great prerequisite for making q
good wife is religion. Favor is deceit
fuL beauty is vain, but Il woman that
feareth the Lord she shall be praised
1T has long been admitted that Chris
tian girls make the best wives. The
true meaning OF wife and companion is
only known in Christian lands In other
lands she is Il slave, often treat
cd with as little or less respect than a
dog. Jesus crowned woman and made
her the queen OF the home. Religion
illumeS her life. Dear young ladies
you need Christ to help you bear the
responsibilities that will devolve upon
you in this important relation.
young men, choose Il Christian girl
for she alone can make an ideal home
for you.
~ good wife is a beautiful sight-so
beautiful that the angel chose her as IL
type TO represent the triumphant
Church OF our own risen Lord. Come
hither and 1 will show thee the bride,
| the Lambs Wife,"