The Journals & Notebook of
 Nathan Bangs 1805-1806, 1817

 

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Bangs's advice on marriage
Bangs Letters to Young Ministers of the Gospel 197

You hint about marriage. You will doubtless marry. If you think it most for the glory of God — and few ever thought otherwise — fix on a suitable person, and have done with it. Do not pay your addresses to half a dozen or more at once. Never thus trifle with their affections and your own. Piety, good sense, and industry in a wife, are essential to conjugal happiness. When married, let not your wife govern either yourself or the church. God has made you the head [1 Cor 11.3]; and if you are not qualified for the station, it is her misfortune, and therefore she must submit to it with patience.

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