Yet even this, which was the highest love he or any man could have, was bounded by a superior: he loved her in the Lord as his fellow-creature, not his idol; but in such a manner as showed that an affection, founded on the just rules of duty, far exceeds every way all the irregular passions in the world.

He loved God above her, and all the other dear pledges of his heart, and for his glory cheerfully resigned them." [2015] Lady Rachel Russell is another of the women of history celebrated for her devotion and faithfulness as a wife.

She laboured and pleaded for her husband's release so long as she could do so with honour; but when she saw that all was in vain, she collected her courage, and strove by her example to strengthen the resolution of her dear lord.

And when his last hour had nearly come, and his wife and children waited to receive his parting embrace, she, brave to the end, that she might not add to his distress, concealed the agony of her grief under a seeming composure; and they parted, after a tender adieu, in silence.

After she had gone, Lord William said, "Now the bitterness of death is passed!" [2016] We have spoken of the influence of a wife upon a man's character.