No plant so needing watchful care and culture; Oh! neglect it not!
What have YOU done with your jewel, your plant?
II. THE TEMPER OF THE WIFE, AND MOTHER.
I. What she should not be.
1. Provoking. Eph. vi. 4. Prov. xv. 1. Gal. v. 26.
2. Easily provoked. 1 Cor. xiii. 5. Jam. i. 19.
3. Brawling. Prov. xxi. 9; xxv. 24.
4. Contentious. Prov. xix. 13; xxi. 19; xxvii. 15.
II. What she should be.
1. Gentle. 1 Thess. ii. 7. 1 Pet. iii. 4. Children are soon frightened by rough words, or rough treatment.