The pathway of life; Intended to lead the young and the old into paths of happiness, and to prepare them for a holy companionship with him whose kingdom is as boundless as his love (1894) (14596208200)

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Title: The pathway of life ; Intended to lead the young and the old into paths of happiness, and to prepare them for a holy companionship with him whose kingdom is as boundless as his love
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt), 1832-1902
Subjects: Christian life and character
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pub. and manufactured by Historical Pub. Co. for the Christian Herald
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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ong fast enough in the retreat, the general jumpedout and took it afoot, and ran till he came to a place where a woman first gave hima drink of milk and then sent a .spike through his skull, nailing him to the floor. vSome of us could tell of what influence upon us has been a wifely ambition<:onsecrated to righteousness. I have often been called of God, as I thought, torun into the very teeth of public opinion, and all outsiders with whom I advisedtold me I had better not, it would ruin me and ruin m\- church, and at the sametime I was receiving nice little letters threatening me with dirk and pistol andpoison if I persisted in attacking certain evils of the day, mitil the Commissioner ofPolice considered it his duly to take his place in our Sabbath services with fortyofficers scattered through the house for the preservation of order, but in my homethere has always been one voice to say: Go ahead, and diverge not an inch fromthe straight line. Who cares if only God is on our side ?
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i-,9J i6o THE PATHWAY OF LIFE. And though sometimes it seemed as if I was going out against 900 ironchariots, I went ahead, cheered bj the domestic voice. A man is no better than his wife will let him be. O wives of America, .swayyour .sceptres of wifely influence for God and good homes ! Do not urge yourhu.sbands to annex Naboths vineyard to your palace of success, whether right orwrong, lest the dogs that come out todestroy Naboth come out also to devour you.Righteousness will pay best in life, will pay best in death, will pay Ijest in thejudgment, will pay best through all eternity. HOME INFLUENCE ON HUSBANDS. In our efforts to have the mother of every household appreciate her influenceover her children we are apt to forget the wifes influence over the husband. Inmany households the influence upon the husband is the only home influence. Ina great multitude of the best and most important and most talented families of theearth there have been no descendants. There is not a child or a