Miriam Hardinge

AND my wife just laughed and laughed," our minister friend said.

Someone had brought up the subject of the ever-ringing telephone in the minister's home and the odd hours at which it some times rings. This particular minister was…

I CAN see her now, standing at my front door as she was about to leave after seeking counsel concerning our theological students' wives' club. Her eyes flashed angrily as she said, "Books, books! That's all John thinks about— buying books.…

WELL," said my husband as he leaned down to loosen the strings of his shoes as we prepared to retire, "that wasn't the kind of day I planned."

I chuckled as I said, "Nor was it the kind I had planned."

"But…

Search as you may through the pages of the bulletins of our colleges, you will find no course entitled Ministerial Wives. Yet the one who is to stand at her husband's side, aiding him in the work of saving souls for the kingdom soon to be…

The Minister's Wife!

I congratulate you! You don't need me to tell you how fortunate you are in securing the love of the man with whom you have pledged lifelong companionship.

What hopes and expectations you have! What…

READING has been considered vital to mental development. Paul counseled his young fellow-laborer, "Give attendance to reading" (1 Timothy 4:13).

If we want strength for our daily tasks and wisdom to meet the unseen emergencies that…

The Love of the Work of the Lord

MANY of us were in attendance at the most recent General Conference session and were reminded again of the great and expanding work of which we are a part. As we watched delegates from the lands…

I WANT to talk about the six loves of a minister's wife. By these six loves I do not mean the six young hopefuls who asked you for dates (or perhaps whom you hoped would ask you for dates) in your academy and college days. I mean the loves…