Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-06-11

npr ire same rewards the apostle mas
commanded in the words Of my text.
bid Paul ever speak of money in ref
ercncc To the husbands duty To his
wife: No. he takes that for granted.
He says. Husbands. love your wives"
I;ut that is not all. He gives his com
nIan,,mcnt in the superlative sense,
Husbands. love Your wives even as
Christ also loved the church and gave
himself for it, All. could there be
any Swceter or more devoted or more
intense measure for husbands af-
feciions than that? II is love the true
wife longs for. as il Is love the true
husband in the home should long for.
Not money so much as love. intense.
devoted. loyal. self sacrificing love.
husbands. pay your wives for their
sacrifices of life in the golden coin OF
minted love.
Marriage's Promissory Note.
But there is Il promissory note con-
nected with every marriage certificate
which should compel Il husband TO give
his love To his wife as well rs his graft
tule for what she does. Ii was on ne
count of this loving promise which he
made to her that she. Il young girl. was
persuaded To leave her fathers home
and turn her back upon her school
friends and. like Ruth. who followed
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 if Il
man who has won his bride upon the
promissory note of love does not fulfill
his contract he is Il swindler rs well as
an migrate: Il deceiver. II falsifier. per-
jurcr. as we'll as one whose ideas of
gratitude are as monstrous and dis
tortcd as that OF the Maynard son.
who would trample upon mothers
bleeding heart and turn upon his ia
TIERS love. You believe a merchant is
dishonest who through the bankruptcy
court would repudiate a debt he could
pay. Why will you not say a husband
is dishonest and contemplate who
would rcpudiate the obligation of a
lifetime love. which he accepted when
he pledged himself To the young girl
10y his side ON his wedding day. when
they stood amid emhowered orange
blossoms:
This swindlr in reference to PROM
Used affections which u husband some
times practices upon wife Is the more
contemplate because in one sense the
wife is absolutely helpless after the
preparation of the fraud. Say what
you will. argue as you may. talk glow
ingly and poetically AMI srandiloquent-
ly about woman's opportunities. a
wifc's opportunities have always been
scribed by the four walls of her home.
The husband has his outside business
relationships. lie has his mercantile
friends as well as his store friends. He
meets men on the street. In the cars, In
the office. behind the counter. lie 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 AMI the nursery Of home by the
children. Therefore II he fails her and
dcfrauds 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. II. however ON
account of her husbands neglect a
wife turns her back upon him and
goes forth 10 meet the world as an in
dependent woman. then the world it
self will turn its back upon her. Just
before began my Chicago pastorate Il
very prominent Pittsburg lady who
was divorced said Ia me: "On account
of the neglect ana the inhumanities of
Il brutal husband. for the protection Of
myself and children. | got II legal sepa-
ration. l;ut If had II all to do over
again | would bear any injustice and
suffer every brutality rather than get
Il divorce. The outside world does not
look into the causes OF family dis
ruption. but heartless people will al
ways look upon n divorced wife rs on
one who has black mark upon her
brow" Oh. We faithlcss. unloving hus-
bands. will you not he 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 part?''
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 TO thee
or place my 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 dimmest
dreams
a possible future shine.
Wherein thy life could henceforth
breathe.
Untouched unshared by mine?
If so. at any pain or cost.
oh. tell me before all is lost.
In the death knell OF a husband
love also hear the sobs of the broken
heart of "A mother as well as of wife.
The great dramatist wrote. 'Oh. sharp
er than serpent's tooth IL is To have n