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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 14, 1880

The Home Circle.

WANTED, A MINISTER'S WIFE.

WANTED, a perfect lady, Delicate, gentle, refined, With every beauty of person And every endowment of mind; Fitted by early culture To move in a fashionable life. Please notice our advertisement: "Wanted, a minister's wife."

Wanted, a thoroughbred worker, Who well to her household looks, (Shall we see our money wasted By extravagant, stupid cooks?) Who cuts the daily expenses With economy as sharp as a knife, And washes and scrubs in the kitchen. "Wanted, a minister's wife."

A very domestic person, To "callers" she must not be "out;" It has such a bad appearance For her to be gadding about; Only to visit the parish Every year of her life, And attend the funerals and weddings. "Wanted, a minister's wife."

To conduct the ladies' meeting, The sewing-circle attend; And when we work for the needy, Her ready assistance to lend; To clothe the destitute children Where sorrow and want are rife; To hunt up Sunday-school scholars. "Wanted, a minister's wife."

Careful to entertain strangers, Traveling agents, and "such;" Of this kind of "angel visits" The leaders have had so much As to prove a perfect nuisance, And "hope these plagues of their life Can soon be sent to their parson's." "Wanted, a minister's wife."

A perfect pattern of prudence To all others, spending less, But never disgracing the parish By looking shabby in dress. Playing the organ on Sunday Would aid our laudable strife To save the society's money. "Wanted, a minister's wife."

— The Primitive Methodist.