. Christian herald and signs of our times. ss gam-bling, and eventual ruin. Half the marriedmen who practice swindling are pushed onto it by a wicked friend or an extrava-gant wife and family. A wife is the bestof friends or the worst of enemies.^ It isof little account to a man to be prosperousin his store, or his office, or his pulpit if hebe wretched at his own hearthstone. Onthe other hand, a wife can bear any socialneglect, any stroke of adversity, and evento be ignored by society if her husbandis only loving and her children are affec-tionate and obedient. But a husbandsunkindness is a d
. Christian herald and signs of our times. ss gam-bling, and eventual ruin. Half the marriedmen who practice swindling are pushed onto it by a wicked friend or an extrava-gant wife and family. A wife is the bestof friends or the worst of enemies.^ It isof little account to a man to be prosperousin his store, or his office, or his pulpit if hebe wretched at his own hearthstone. Onthe other hand, a wife can bear any socialneglect, any stroke of adversity, and evento be ignored by society if her husbandis only loving and her children are affec-tionate and obedient. But a husbandsunkindness is a dry sorrow that drinksher hearts blood. Good Philip Henrysaid th?t he and his wife adopted a rulethat only one of them would get angry atthe same time. That scotched theserpent of conjugal quarrels. When hus-band and wife make common cause in en-throning Jesus Christ over their house-hold, and in barring out the enemies thatthreaten the peace and purity of the home,then domestic life becomes as sweet as asong and as holy as a sacrament. 91. The Old Sabbath. HOLD fast to the dear old Sabbath,To the duty of peaceful rest;Look back to the days of childhoodThat its tranquil glories blessed ;Hold fast to its quiet pleasures,All its sweet traditions save,For the sake of the weary living,And the memories of the grave. Hold fast to the dear old Sabbath, That is neared. like a verdant isle,On the weeks dull sea of toiling, With a thankful, happy smile,One day give the great Creator, Be thy creed whateer it may;For the sake of human freedom Keep the dear, old Sabbath day. Hannah. There should be a return tothe good old custom of having the wholefamily at the preaching service. Th3 Small Boy. Small boys, we all agree, are at timessupremely exasperating. But if you havenot patience with your own, who is toshow it them ? If you have not patience,it means that you have not love ; at leastwhen one breaks down, the other failure in patience on your partmeans a loosening of the bond b
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