302 SEEMON PREACHED ON THE ISLAND. 
time the holy women, who trusted in God, 
were in subjection to their own husbands : 
even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him 
lord ; whose daughters ye are, as long as ye 
do well.' 
"And for your comfort and commenda- 
tion, and to induce in you a deportment in 
conformity with the will of God, remember 
it is expressly said, ' A prudent wife is from 
the Lord. The heart of her husband doth 
safely trust in her ; she will do him good and 
not evil all the days of her life. She openeth 
her mouth with wisdom ; and in her tongue 
is the law of kindness. She looketh well to 
the ways of her household, and eateth not 
the bread of idleness. Her children arise 
up, and call her blessed ; her husband also, 
and he praiseth her.' 
"Husbands and wives excite each other 
in the path of duty. Form the holy resolu- 
tion, that you and your house will serve the 
Lord ; and having made this resolution, per- 
severe in it till death. Be diligent in reading 
the Word of God, and causing it to be read 
in your families. ' Search the Scriptures, for 
in them ye think ye have eternal life,' is a 
