. The family in its civil and churchly aspects; an essay in two parts. CHAPTER IIL Subordination of the Wife. CHAPTER III. SUBORDINATION OF THE WIFE. Wives, submit yourselves unto your oion hushands, as it isJit in the Lord.— iii. IS. HE domestic relations are group-ed in pairs, with duties, of course,^c^ reciprocal. In each case, as weshall continue to see, the nature\mJ^ of the relation, the character of theduties involved, and the temptationsby which it is embarrassed, are allcovered by a single word. In the present in-stance that word is submission, the full exjDO-sition of whic
. The family in its civil and churchly aspects; an essay in two parts. CHAPTER IIL Subordination of the Wife. CHAPTER III. SUBORDINATION OF THE WIFE. Wives, submit yourselves unto your oion hushands, as it isJit in the Lord.— iii. IS. HE domestic relations are group-ed in pairs, with duties, of course,^c^ reciprocal. In each case, as weshall continue to see, the nature\mJ^ of the relation, the character of theduties involved, and the temptationsby which it is embarrassed, are allcovered by a single word. In the present in-stance that word is submission, the full exjDO-sition of which will yield all that is incumbentupon the wife. Indeed, we shall find veiledbeneath it the entire philosophy of the domesticstate. A comparison of passages w411 show thatit is intended to express exactly the co-ordina-tion of the wife with the husband. In Ephesians 49. 50 THE FAMILY. V. 22, tlie injunction is repeated in identicalterms: Wives, submit yourselves unto your ownhusbands, as unto the Lord. In verse 24, theword subjection, is substituted: As theChurch is subject unto Christ, so let the wivesbe to their own husbands in everything. Inverse 33, it is interchanged with the term re-verence : and the wife see that she reverenceher husband. In the preceding chapter, the supremacy of T—the husband was seen to be suggested in a wayinconceivably mild—rather hinted, than distinctly affirmed. The word which conveys thepower, tones it with a softness that takes offthe sharpness of its edge. As soon, however,as we reach below the husband, we touch therelation which is subordinate, and where humanauthority is, for the first time, to be acknow-rledsfed. We encounter now a second loill ;which must move freely upon its own pivot,and yet harmonize with the will which \^ are fairly abreast of the great problem inboth law and grace: What shall be
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