The Washington herald., 1909-03-22
SPEAKS OF WOMAN
rs MANS HELPMEET
DR.. Shannon breaches Fourth
Sermon Of Series.
INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE
Preacher Declares Il Was Started
Under the Surroundings Of Para
disc l. Closest Corporation
known 50 Earth and Time"
Paints Picture OF Good wife.


preached last night at Metropolitan Ne
mortal n. Z. church the fourth sermon
OF his series on 'Womanhood-- His sub
ject was Woman ae a mans heIpmeet
in the sphere OF wlfehood
DIR. Shannon said. Man needs a good
wife 20 bring him to his best II takes
the inspiration of a Wife's eyes. the as
surance OF wife-s sympathy. the hope
OF q wife's approving smile 10 bring our
of man his best possibilities There is
no greater human power that can come
into "a mans life than the companion
ship % a noble wife.
Ewes Marriage.
IN speaking OF Eve created as a help
meet for Adam Dr. Shannon described
the marriage Institution as something
started under paradisalc surroundings
There is no other partnership said The
preacher. like that OF marriage. It is
the closest corporation known 10 earth
and time r involves the most intimate
OF All human relationships and the most
solemn OF all human obligations. God
started marriage IN the happy atmosphere
of Eden. bat the Institution has been SO
roughly handled that to-day i is not Un-
like vessel which. having encountered
many terrible storms. IS badly damaged
DIT. shannon painted the picture Of a
good wife such "A wife, according 10
the Bible" said the preacher. us from
the Lord She needs no title Of duchess
or princess 20 add 70 her dignity She Is
a queen without any royal coronet upon
her brow. Her price IS far above rubies-
Center Of Cheerfulness.
"A good wife seeks 10 make home a
center OF chee-fulness. brightness. SYM
patHy. love Home IS % her better than
the court of a king
one great reason why some men 90 not
get on well in life is that they are mar
ried 20 a wife who does not Try % be a
helpmeet. She does not give her husband
any Reinforcement in Hfe's struggles
she Is a heavy weight 10 draE him down
The burning o. Latimer and Ridley Is
hardly 20 be compared % the martyrdom
Of the man who finds himself. as some
men do. married 90 a feminine csricatuTe
OF q, woman. a kind of a sWindle iu skirts
John Wesley has as bis wife woman
who Is jealous scoicins- malignant Al
times she IS a storm Of satanic fury She
makes his domestic life continual pas
SAGE through sea many farhoUs deeper
than the Red sea NantiQpe- the wife Of
Socrates. Is most ~tantaIizing creature
All the Smolde-inC fires Of a termaEant
are IN her nature. The wife Of the prophel
Hosea is 10 him a witherinE curse She
goes of with another lover. and finally
sells herself into a life of public har-
lotry Jobs wife is a very profane Won
an. and she cOUnsels Job IN the midst Cl
his troubles 70 curse God and die
a Good Wife.
zone great reason why some men are 50
successful is because they have a good
wife-a wife who is a center OF Infu-
erce. dignity. and power in the home
NJ words can set forth the stimulus and
helpful ministry Of a good wife She is
q treasury Of Comradeship. sympathy. and
love
The old Greek myth tells Us how The
seus. By the clew Of thread that his wife
/ Ariadne gives him. finds his way through
the Cretan labyrinth and slays the lIino-
taur. The myth Is eloquent with the deer
truth that human life is a strange. ulys-
/ terious labyrinth that man can thread
I rightly and best only as he has the heIr