A Solemn Appeal - James White

will not restrain their unreasonable feelings, let the
consequences be what they may. Such men will be
repaid, by seeing their companions sickly and
dispirited, and their children bearing the
peculiarities of their own disagreeable traits of
character.
It is the duty of every married couple to
studiously avoid marring the feelings of each other.
They should control every look and expression of
fretfulness and passion. They should study each
other's happiness, in small matters, as well as in
large, manifesting a tender thoughtfulness, in
acknowledging kind acts and the little courtesies of
each other. These small things should not be
neglected, for they are just as important to the
happiness of man and wife, as food is necessary to
sustain physical strength. The father should
encourage the wife and mother to lean upon his
large affections. Kind, cheerful, encouraging words
from him with whom she has intrusted her life
happiness, will be more beneficial to her than any
medicine; and the cheerful rays of light which such
sympathizing words will bring to the heart of the
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