Home happiness depends on the wife
(J.R. Miller)
Home is the true wife's kingdom.
There, first of all places, she must
be strong and Christly. She may
touch life outside in many ways--
if she can do it without slighting
the duties that are hers within
her own doors. But if any calls
for her service must are declined--
they should not be the duties of her
home. These are hers alone--
and not another's.
Very largely does the wife hold
in her hands, as a sacred trust--
the happiness and the highest
good of the hearts that nestle
in the home. The best husband--
the truest, the noblest, the gentlest,
the richest-hearted--
cannot make his home
happy, if his wife is not,
in every reasonable sense,
a helpmate to him.
In the last analysis, home
happiness depends on the wife.
Her spirit gives the home
its atmosphere.
Her hands fashion its beauty.
Her heart makes its love.
And the end is so worthy,
so noble, so divine--
that no wife should consider
any price too great to pay--
to be the light, the joy,
the blessing, the inspiration
of her home!
The woman who makes a sweet,
beautiful home, filling it with
love and prayer and purity--
is doing something better
than anything else her hands
could find to do beneath the skies!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
(J.R. Miller)
Home is the true wife's kingdom.
There, first of all places, she must
be strong and Christly. She may
touch life outside in many ways--
if she can do it without slighting
the duties that are hers within
her own doors. But if any calls
for her service must are declined--
they should not be the duties of her
home. These are hers alone--
and not another's.
Very largely does the wife hold
in her hands, as a sacred trust--
the happiness and the highest
good of the hearts that nestle
in the home. The best husband--
the truest, the noblest, the gentlest,
the richest-hearted--
cannot make his home
happy, if his wife is not,
in every reasonable sense,
a helpmate to him.
In the last analysis, home
happiness depends on the wife.
Her spirit gives the home
its atmosphere.
Her hands fashion its beauty.
Her heart makes its love.
And the end is so worthy,
so noble, so divine--
that no wife should consider
any price too great to pay--
to be the light, the joy,
the blessing, the inspiration
of her home!
The woman who makes a sweet,
beautiful home, filling it with
love and prayer and purity--
is doing something better
than anything else her hands
could find to do beneath the skies!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Please take time this weekend to listen to Paul Washer's powerful sermon,
"A Living and Holy Sacrifice!" This message was given at The Master's
Seminary on October 10, 2013. Play Audio! Download Audio
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