The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-21
REcITES QUALIFICATIONS
OF MODEL HUSBAND.
The Reverend Frank TyrreIl
breaches Fifth of a Series of Ser
mons on "Happy Homes"

The Reverend Frank &. Tyrrell preached
! last night in the Mount Cabanne Chris
tian Church on THE Model Husband
The sermon was the fifth in a series or
Happy Homes and How to Make Them. -
The text for the sermon was Ephesians. "
25. Husbands. love your wives, even as
Christ also loved the church, and gave
himself up for it, He said In part:
Without faithful and loving husband
and wife there cannot be a happy home.
If either falls grievously short, then woe
betide the marriage venture!
''The husband should never be chosen
on mere appearance: because of his superb
mustache or because he dances divinely.
or because OF his heavenly eyes. Nor yet
because of his wealth.
"An Athenian. hesitating whether to
give his daughter in marriage to a man
OF worth with small fortune. or to a
rich man who had nothing else to recon-
mend him. went to Tnemistocles for ad-
vice. i would bestow my daughter said
the sage. upon man without money,
moneyless man is a thousandfold better
than manless money, even in this age of
plutocracy's triumph.
Sometimes girl marries a man to get
rid OF hfnl-and succeeds! If the suitor is
properly persistent, and another does not
appear who Is more highly favored. the
should be chosen for qualities that will
wear well. Stalwart manhood furnishes
the fundamentals for a model husband.
All that goes TO make man. Of sturdy
integrity. iawless honesty, unswerving
fidelity. daring purity-all is needed in the
The scores of divorce suits that are
to wifely and husbandly fault and imper-
lection. The world needs to be called
back from sodomic iaxity to the high
should love his wife. even as the Savior
loves the church. for which he died. Here
In Is the secret of perfect martial rela-
tions-perfect love.
than mere sexual attraction. The ex-
planation of the divorce evil lies in the
fact that men marry to crafty their pas
sion. Unless there Is an affinity OF char
acter there should be no marriage
The husbands love will be unselfish
II VIII be the handspring of his activi-
iSu. nes; He will welcome the forays, of the
prove his devotion, All the skill. all the
earning power he possesses, will be ex-
ercised under the impulse OF unselfish
love. He will bring the fruit of his labors
a votive Offering to the shrine of love. The
model husband will never permit his wife
to ask for money. All that he has is
as thoroughly as he himself knows it.
The behavior OF the model husband
Win be that of royal gentleman. Gem
uOcS HOI characterize
man. But he is lacking In some of the
essentials of true manhood who cannot be
gentle and tender. especially toward the
wife of his bosom. She is the weaker;
she has all the deiicacy OF her sex:
Coarseness and brutality toward her will
crush the roses In her cheeks and dim
the starlight Of her eyes. Nor will the
hisband himself escape the reflex in
fiuence OF his own brutishness:
The. years will not weaken. but
strengthen the husbands love: Time is
ruthless. Suffering scars. Sickness Is a
great despoiler And II the wife has had
to bear heavy burdens. II the drudgery of
the house has been her portion. then she
will be robbed OF all maidenly charms.
Happy the husband who can see with the
eye of enduring love added |
beauty in the mature and patient wife.
the keeper OF his home. the mother of
his children.
Both man and woman need to study |
and cultivate Christlike love: need to lift |
their eyes to the sunlit heights: to listen |
TO seraphic voices: TO strive for the per- |
fection which crowns life. What they are |
for time and for eternity. husband and |
wife are now determining.