WHAT A YOUNG HUSBAND OUGHT TO KNOW IN THE HOME
There are hundreds of thousands of homes which are rendered
unhappy, and in many senses miserable, because of the neglect and wants which
are wholly due to selfishness and lack of consideration upon the part of the
husband. If the husband which to preserve and prevail that which is noblest and
best in his wife and children, he can only do so by making his home the center
of his thought, and by making his loved ones the shares of his purse and
pleasures. If he wishes them to live for his comfort and happiness, they have
an equal right to expect him to live and sacrifice for their comfort and
happiness. Nearly any promising bride may soon be made an ill-tempered wife, a discontented
home keeper and an indifferent mother by an improvident, extravagant, selfish
and neglectful husband. If the wife is to have a fair chance for a pleasant
home and a happy and useful life, she will need a husband who can sacrifice his
personal luxuries and self-indulgences in order that he may share with her and
the family the comforts and blessings of their home and who will spend his time
and money for the comfort and happiness of his family.
In most cases, homes that are ruined come principally from
drink, bad tempers, brutal husbands, Christ-less living, idleness, and
shiftlessness etc. A husband should do his duty faithfully to his wife and his
children, and then, if may be the home and the happiness of the home are wrecked;
the obligation will not rest upon him.
In women, the love of home is usually more dominant than in
men. And by cultivating this in himself, he will produce a harmony of thought
and purpose which will contribute greatly to the comfort and well-being of the
both of them. A husband should adorn his home with his own hands. He should be
devoted, and keep his courtship. He should remember and repeat the little
attentions which gave him pleasure months and years ago simply because he knew
that they were a source of pleasure to the one whom he sought after to be his
bride and companion for life.
How can your wife love and respect you if you neglect and
forsake her? During your courtship, the club, the lodge, and the society of
others had to be accepted as second place. You preferred her company to that of
all others. And if you are to her and she to you what each should be, then this
orientation of the one for the society and companionship of the other will
continue throughout life. Your home will be your club house, and no society, or
luxurious hall, or corner grocery with its lounging company, will be able to
attract you from her and your home.
The most men who frequent those places are often attracted
there, but some the men go there because of being drive back from their homes. Although
there are some women whose inconsiderable treatment of their husbands repulse
them from their families and their homes, and the husband simply resort to the
clubhouse or some other place of gathering in their natural search for a place
of refuge and fellowship. But such cases are exceptional. While in the majority
of the cases, the defect is mostly, if not wholly, with the husband, and
frequently his conduct is due to his thoughtlessness, but even more frequently
to pure selfishness.
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