Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-06-09

Naomi go with her husband where he
went and lodge with him where he
lived and make his people her people
and his God her God. Therefore II
man who has won his bride upon the
promissory note Of love does not fulfill
his contract he Is swindler as well as
an migrate; n deceiver. a falsiher per
jurer, as well as one whose ideas Of
gratitude are as monstrous and dis
torted as that Of the Maynard son.
who would trample upon q mothers
bleeding heart and turn upon his IA
theirs love. You believe a merchant Is
dishonest who through the bs nkruptcy
court would repudiate a debt he could
pay. Why will you not say husband
Ia dishonest and contemplate who
would repudiate the obligation Of a
lifetime love. which he accepted when
he pledged himself to the young girl
by his side on his wedding day, when
they stood amid EMPOWERED orange
blossoms?
This swindle In reference TO prom
ised affections which husband some
times practices upon a wife Is the moro
contemplate because in one sense the
wife is absolutely helpless after the
preparation of the fraud. Say what
you will, argue rs you may. talk glow
ingly and poetically and srandiloQuent-
~ about worpan's opportunities,
wife's opportunities have always been
and nearly always will be c!rcll1n-
scribed by the four walls of her home.
The husband has his outside business
relationships. lie has bis mercantile
friends as we'll as his store friends. Ha
meets men on the street in the cars, In
the Office. behind the counter. He can
get away and does get away from the
home. But for the most part the wife
Is anchored to the Kitchen, the bed
room and che nursery of bone by the
children. Therefore If he fails her and
defrauds her Of his promised love she
is absolutely helpless and must suffer
more than he can realize She has
practically no redress, for she has civ
en- up her all For him. If. however, on
account of her husbands neglect n
wife turns her back upon him and
goes forth to meet the world as an in.
dependent woman. then the world Il
self will turn its back upon her. Just
before began my Chicago pastorate Il
very prominent PittsburS lady who
was divorced said to me: "On account
Of the neglect and the inhuman'ties Of
n brutal husband. for the protection NJ
myself and children. I got legnl sepa-
ration. But If had II all to do over
again / would bear any injustice and
suffer every brutality rather than get
divorce. Tho outside world does not
look into the causes Of n family dis
ruption. but heartless people Will al
ways look upon a divorced wife MS on
ono who has black mark upon her
brow oh. ye faithless, unloytpg hus-
bands, will you not be honest to your
selves and honest TO your wives and
pay the promissory note of love which
you made when the minister pro.
nounced you and your wife one until
death do you partf'
Broken Hearted wives.
Can you not hear the wailings and
sobs Of broken hearted wives in the
words of the poet OF old
Before trust my fate u thee
or place M hand in thine,
Before let thy future give
Color and form to mine.
Before peril all to thee,
Question thy soul tonight for me.
Does there within thy dimrnest
dreams
a possible future shine,
Wherein thy life could henceforth
breathe.
Untouched, unshared by mine?
If So. at any pain or cost.
on. tell me before all Is lost
In the death knell Of a husba nd 8
love also hear the Sobs of the broken
heart Of a mother as well as of wife.
The great dramatist wrote, oh, sharp
cr than n serpent'S tooth 1t is 10 have a
tnankless child" Many a mother has
learned this by bitter experience,
through her husbands conduct. The
love that the child naturally feels for
the mother withers and dies under the
poison that comes from witnessing the
fathers contempt for the mother. Lit.
tie likely is II child 10 reverence the
mother after hearing the blame and
vtuperation hurled nj her by her hus-
band In the Venetian museum is a
fatal instrument, invented by Tibaldo,
called the key OF death" 1t was q
key having in its handle small hid
den spring, which inclosed a needle
filed with deadly poison. When this
key was pressed by the hand the nee.
die would spring forth. inject the poi
son into the hand of the holder, and
death would always follow the touch.
SO IN many a home there is key of
child's love. Ii is the key which opens
the chamber of horrors in which
rattles the grinnng. hidrous skeleton
OF husbands dead love II n brutal
fetuCr systematically continues TO find
faulc With his wife. If he ncglects her
and ridiculeS her and sneers at her.
he sets an example which his children
are only too prone to follow, His est
mate of their mother, often Goa rseiy
and buntly expressed, is likely to be
come theirs. and their Natural affection
for her turns 10 Indifference and in.
gratitude. oh, my friends, who are
husbands and fathers You know how
sanctifyinG and purifying Is the indu-
ence that has come 10 you from your
mothers graves. Your love ana reVer
ence for your mother have kept you in
many an hour of temptation. Let your
children bave the same heneGcent inf'u