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God creates connubial love.

Duties Of The Husband To The Wife.

Great are the responsibilities resting upon the husband. The wife is
termed the "weaker vessel," unto whom the husband is to give honor and to
dwell with according to knowledge. 1 Pet. 3:7. The Word of God gives
instruction how the husband should dwell with the wife. It is his duty to
glean knowledge from the same and dwell with her accordingly. He is her
example. She looks unto him as her instructor, both in precept and
example. She is to be honored by receiving the benefits, by way of
counsel, support and protection, of his superior strength. He in his
strong, courageous construction, and she in her feminine frailty, are both
heirs together of the grace of life. When each understand their true
position and dwell together according to knowledge their prayers rise
unhindered to the throne of grace.

The Scriptures grant man authority over the wife: "But I would have you
know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is
the man; and the head of Christ is God." 1 Cor. 11:3. "For the husband is
the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church." Eph.
5:23. You understand the protection and care Christ has for his bride--the
church: in like manner man is responsible for the protection and care of
the wife. He takes the position of head of the wife as Christ takes the
position of head of the church--in love. "Husbands, love your wives, even
as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it." Eph. 5:25.
"Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them." Col. 3:19.
The love of the husband must be as deep and true for the wife as the love
of Christ for the church. He gave himself for it. Man considers not his
life for the care and protection of his wife when he loves her. Where
there is bitterness there is wanting true love. Bitterness drives love and
heaven away from the home. "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and
clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: and be
ye kind one to another, tender-hearted." Eph. 4:31, 32.

Man should take the wife into his confidence and entrust her with the
secrets of his private life. He should respect and regard her counsel.
Jacob has given us an example. Gen. 31. Elkanah has set us an example of
comforting the wife. 1 Sam. 1:8. It is a comparatively easy thing, unless
you are abounding in the love of God, to b