WOMAN'S MISSION

woman's mission

​J. A. James

"And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him" (Gen. 2:18).

Woman's mission is to be the suitable help-mate 
of that man, to whom she has given herself as the 
companion of his pilgrimage upon earth.

She is, in wedded life, to be his constant companion, 
in whose companionship he is to find one, who meets 
him hand to hand, eye to eye, lip to lip, and heart to 
heart--to whom he can unburden the secrets of a heart
pressed down with care, or wrung with anguish;
whose presence shall be to him above all other friendship;
whose voice shall be his sweetest music;
whose smiles his brightest sunshine;
from whom he shall go forth with regret; and to whose
company he shall return with willing feet, when the toils
of the day are over; who shall walk near his loving heart,
and feel the throbbing of affection as her arm leans on
his, and presses on his side.

In his hours of private companionship, he shall tell her 
all the secrets of his heart; find in her all the capabilities,
and all the promptings, of the most tender and endeared 
fellowship; and in her gentle smiles, and unrestrained 
speech, enjoy all to be expected in one who was given 
by God to be his companion and friend.

That companionship which woman was designed to afford 
to man, must of course be included the sympathetic offices 
of the comforter. It is hers, in their hours of retirement, to 
console and cheer him; when he is injured or insulted, to 
heal the wounds of his troubled spirit; when burdened by 
care, to lighten his load by sharing it; when groaning with 
anguish, to calm by her peace-speaking words the tumult 
of his heart; and act, in all his sorrows, the part of a 
ministering angel.

"And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him" (Gen. 2:18).