The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-12

within. the advice Of the preacher who
takes love for his theme may help to dis
pei the clouds that now oyerhang many
household. The text Is Ephesians
" -. Husbands, love yonr wives"
Two startling facts about pauls per
sonality have always wildly impressed
me, The one is the estimate Of his
physical personality formed by his en-
emics in the Corinthian church who
had sat under his ministry and there
fore knew him we'll Paul himself
tells us that they said, Ills bodily
presence is weak and his speech con
teinptibe" Chrysostom, according to
Albert Barnes, declared that "Pauls
stature was low, his back crooked and
his head bald" According to Nice
phorus, Paul was a little man with
curvature of the spine and pale
countenance. long and wrlnkled and
with d head like Julius Caesar noted
for Its scarcity Of hair. Whether these
descriptions are true we know not;
but 1t is little likely that the CORN
tltAAlio NphNA AitlNN FfI'pANA VA it4ht t'SN
they did, and that writers so near his
own time us Cluysostom and Nicepho-
rus would have SO described him, If
this intellectual and spiritual giant had
possessed an imposing personality. And
vet, all through the Pauline writings.
figures Of speech bristle with the
symbols Of the athletes arena, The
runner, the fighter. the gladiator the
struggle with the beasts Of EpheSus
al have their Inspirations and gospel
teachings.
The second fact, which stands side
by side with the first. about the per
sonnlity Of Paul is this; Paul was |
bachelor 1t has been contended that /
he was 4 member Of the sanhedrin |
and, ii so, must have been married, |
but the expression in Acts XVI, 10, on |
which the theory Of his membership |
Is based, Il vague and may have !
amounted to no more than the testi /
mony of witness. On the other hand. /
his argument In | Corinthians iX. :, |
clearly implies that both he and Bar |
nabas were unmarried. This conai- /
ton, however, by no means Indicates /
that he was deficient in the affection |
ate side of his nature, Ills letters /
show that he lavishcd on his children |
In the faith the love that other men /
give to their offspring and that he was /
an exceedingly nffcctionate. warm /
hearted man. He taught parents that /
they should love their children and |
children that they should care for their /
parents, wives that they should honor |
their husbands and husbands that they /
should love their wives 1t il in refer /
ence to this last commandment that /
would speak today.
Marital Affection.
There II Il special reason ut this time \
for showing the need Of husband I
heing truly devoted and loving to his 4
wife because there seems to be.a pop /
ular theory abrsad that the old fash /
Toned idea Of a family home is gone
and gone forever Rut instead OF be-
lleving that tie old fashioned idea of
love should he done away with, | be-
licvc that like the garden beds which
used TO be planted In our ancestors
front Yards they should be cultiyat-
ed more and more Marital affection
may be old fashioned but | believe Il |
~ one of the noblest, finest. most beau
tiful things in life. What could be
more tender, more pathetic than the
words uttered by the great Dr Thomas
De Witt when, struggling with I'M
trollabe grief, he stood by the open
grave In which he had just laid the
mortal remains of his beloved wife,
He said Farewell. my beloved and
honored and faithful wife The tie
that united us is severed Thou art
with Jesus III glory, and he Is with
me by his grace shall soon be with
you Farewell The Holy Book de-
clares Whose iindeth wife tindeth a
good thing" Ii is no part of my pur-
pose to tell young men bow they
should proceed in frying to win the
affections of the girls they desire 10
marry. My design RATHER Is to urge
married men 10 show their wives the
same Difference. the Same love and de
votion, that characterized them before
the twain stood at the marriage altar
hearing and saying the solemn words
which made them one flesh.
Why Is the true wife's value above
the price Of rubics. as King Solomon
declared: She Is her husbands bust
ness partner; her husbands equal in
brain as well rs in heart power she
fights with him, in financial way.
tie great latte Of life; therefore. like
her husband. she has right to expect
the same rewards for her lab0rs that
he has for bis. II has been the habit
Of some cyaics to represent a wife az
mere parasite a hanger on. cling
Ing vine. q baruacle or human lcerh
sucking ont the llfc's blood Of her mas
culine partner fGlygnotns, the great
Grccian artist. painted her 426 Il c.
as four legged beast in The Rope Of
Genus" deyourIng all the labOrs of her
husband. while he works on and on.
weaving out bis life work In a rope
of straw. Eut that Is not my idea Of
the true wife The true wife Is a con
sumef as man is a consumer. but she is
also n financial producer as man Is d
producer like man she produces far
1ore than she consumes. Is the book