Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-10
HUSBAND HEAD
OF The HOUSE
Rev. J. H. Northrup Gives
Reasons for Statement

1.-THE husband is the head OF the
house according to the Scripture. ac-
cording to law, according to our use
OF language and according to the
general consensus of opinion. Most
of think II best so and where the
man Is not head OF the house, In
such cases 1t Is usually best so,'
said Rev. James H. Northrup In the
third sermon of a series on THE
! Home" entitled, THE Head Of the
House." at the First Presbyterian
church. last night. Mr.. Northrup
/ showed why the man Is the natural
and logical head of his home. but,
also, told how he let many of his
, lily on his wife. HE Is often only
head of the wife and bosses her, and
that largely constitutes his head
ship" he said.
, Mr.. Northrup began his discourse
by expounding the theory OF some
socialists who believe that women
| were once larger and stronger than
men. They believe that men In those
ancient times we're puny and insig-
| nif1cant. and that only the weakest
| Of the feminine set were captured
and enslaved in the bond Of matrl-
mony, and that by the continuance
Of this process she became the weak
er sex, more delicate and finally the
fairer. Mr.. Northrup thinks that
still spark OF the spirit embodied
In this theory exists. at seems to
me, however, that scientific view
would rather correspond to our ira
ditional opinion" he said. Whether
| by direct creation so at the begin
ming, or by divine direction in the
process, the an, the husband. Is head
of the house"
In speaking Of the different duties
! of the man and wife, he said, 1T is
not in the disputed right but In the
/ twilight zone, the uncoveted field,
| that there is greatest room for i'm
provement." He stated that in old
en- times great" man was ruler OF
his home and that his dictates were
obeyed in every thing concerning the
household, but now such has been
changed. Now the superintendence
! of the servants, the instruction OF
the children and the attention to the
different social amenities have been
left to the wife. he avered.
THE father" he said, "may be
one of those tired business men, "
"Head Of the house! exclaimed the
speaker" Why OF course: but his
wife manages the servants, the So
cial affairs and the children"
| He continued: THE patriachs OF
old set up the altar and taught the
law and the prophets. but now the
| father of a family Is SO exhausted by
that he must have some relaxation al
the club or smoke his pipe and read
the newspaper at home. The wife
explains the Sunday school lesson
! teaches the little ones to say their
prayer and reminds them of the Sun
day school hour and goes with them
to church. In other words. she di-
rects the religious side of the house. u
Head Of the house J the speaker
repeated. "He is often only head
Of the wife and bosses her, and that
| largely constitutes his headship.'
He stated that man has deserted the
house and betrayed the home. and
that 1t is little wonder that women
are beginning to desert It,
| Mr.. Northrup declared that some
times the wife causes these condi-
tions by extravaganza. which makes
the husband spend all his time in
| providing for the expense Of the
household.
Being head of the house." con.
tinued the speaker. requires stew.
ardship both in things material and
spiritual" "A good fellow that
makes bad provision for the family
doesn't deserve to sit at the head oi
the table," he said.
The spiritual stewardship, he con-
tended. means the instruction of the
children and the religious Leadership
Of the family. He added, "The man.
part in the education Of the child
is indispensable to the highest char.
acter." Mr.. Northrup thought the
first four years OF child's life the
most important for its education
land that compfHed with their value
its instruction at the university and
college, amounts to little. The chile
needs the masculine element for fts
ideal development az we'll as the fem.
inine. he believed. The speaker de.
precated the idea that a child at thi.
young age should not be tormented
with elemental education. He said
that the child's mind at that age Il
surging with activity and increasing
development and that 1t 10 only g
question OF whether that activity
which cannot be prevented. shall bs
directed into clear and useful chan
nels or otherwise.
The speaker declared that thu
man should interest himself In the
religious duties OF the household
christianity 10 mans religion
founded by . man. who pointed us t.
. Father" he said.
He closed by counselling tht
head Of the house" He said
"Cling to your home, nnd your pleas
ures in your household. don't betray
your home nor desert your houst
and your wife will not desert It, bu
will ind II her Joy to be in sub
lection ~ helpmeet to. not q nomina
and absentee head. but to An ACTIVE
head OF the house"
During the services Miss Blanch,
Grisvs rendered a violin ohHsato 90
Miss Marguerite BouEhton. sani
l"Crsator Thou py Metcalf.