Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-27
MAN OF THE HOUSE
REV. BROUGHER'S THEME
Pastor Addresses Large Congre-
cation at the Temple
Auditorium

The Rev. J. Whitcomb Brougher
spoke to a crowded house last night in
the Temple Auditorium on the subject,
1.-THE Man of the House; Is He the
Head of the Home?" 1t was the fourth
of a series of sermons on "Home,
Sweet Home, or How to Be Happy
Though Married" He said In part:
"Paurs position on the relation of
husband and wife is considered by a
great many as too old-fashioned for
this age, but we must remember that
he enunciated principles that are just
as true today as at the time he an
nounced them. Conditions may be
changed but the principles are eternal
and are not affected by time or place.
Paul dealt with the whole question of
the home life. According to Paul's
conception, the Man of the House. If
he maintained the true relationship to
his wife, should be the Head of the
Home
What kind of a husband ought he
to be?
LOVE YOUR WIVES
Paul says, Husbands, love your
wives, and be not bitter against them
The man who fulfills this requirement
will show his wife the same thought
full, loving consideration after he mar
ries her that he did before the wedding
day. Too frequently he complains of
the cooking, and in his Ill temper and
churlishness turns the entire house
hold into disorder.
mo man has a right to take ad-
vantage of the marriage vow and treat
his wife indifferently or meanly; he
has no right to keep all his smiles for
society," the lodge and the public, and
have only vinegar and pickles and
sauer kraut for the home. Many d
wife is the slave of a tyrant husband,
who never has pleasant word for her.
| The man who loves his wife as he
loves himself will have the kindest
consideration for her. Her character
and her eternal salvation will be mat
ters of supreme Importance to him. He
| will do his part to bear the burdens OF
| the home and to make her life bright,
| beautiful and happy.
What kind of father ought he to
be?"
| DUTY OF FATHER
"In his instructions to fathers, Paul
| says, Provoke not your children to
wrath. but bring them up in the nur-
ture and admonition of the Lord The
question of training the children in the
home is one of the most serious and
important in the world today. Many
fathers are absolutely untitled by char
| acter, education or training to bring
up children in the way they shoulo
co. Parents provoke their children tc
wrath by unreasonable demands, by
placing upon them perpetual restric-
tions and by failing to govern theil
own tempers. They too frequently scolG
when they ought to praise and are la2
and lenient when they ought to be
firm but kind. 1 thank God for the
father who takes an interest in his
children, who makes companions ol
them, who never forgets that he was
once a child, and who never gets too
old to spend some time playing with
them, and thus holds them by his love
and not by the lash. 1t is the father
duty, as we'll as that of the mother
to bring up the children in the nur'
ture and admonition of the Lord A
father may make money and accumu'
late a fortune, but If he fails to leave
a true and noble character to infiu
ence his children for truth and right
he has failed in the supreme duty o.
life"