Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-02-15
For tAs Vermont Telegraph.
HOLY MATRlMONY.

nguicailon was, as your readers will recol.
rc', that Of Holy Development. endeav.
cred 10 show us plainly and succinc,ly as
could what | meant by those two words,
ana how the object was to be obtained.-
'Hily childhood,' may appear strange idea
d most minds, vet ii holy matrimony' are
words which have any Specification at all,
he consequences Of that maIrimony ought
nol /, b less holy that the matrimony itself
s. thai may readily obtain concession
to nv words.
Notwithstanding the terms have become
ulm1s, a mere phrase in many mouths,
slI mus. assume that matrlmony is holy,
o. should be holy, in The deepest and most
screl Interpretation. MalrimCny Is sacred;
i hallowed sacrament. That which
!. sacred Or secret is always holy; lie ex-
posed o. ag3arebl is profdne. Tie union Of
Two bodies under The sanction of person,
called priest, Can not be ever holy msiri-
m9oy though il be recorded with the greatest
sjrmnily in the church records or the state
elslaors. No enc prctends that this pro.
cess is more than a type Of the union Of
soaI with soul in The unseen world. And
whenever il i. less than this type, The har,h-
est term. are not too harsh as exponents Of
is gaumny a unon OF bodies without
lhc guarantee Of the SOIL union can mol
lake place except under the influence Of
MOVIES which must produce results as "a
tai tohuman happiness a. those we every
day witness. Surh continued series Of
niser,b'e consequences could not come TO
pass were the original uaon based on a
dly basis. l. IS seen, and now pretty gen.
eay acknowledged, that nothing short OF
union Of soul with sol j. entitled TO tie
name ii holy mairimony."
Bot under what conditions is this soul
union 10 b. consummaled in order 10 war
rant cur calling It holy7 An act is not
tccp.sariy good merely because j, may be
originated 81 ewhere than in the body. In
fact 10 act can originate in the body. Ii is
A body that the appearances merely come
forth. Good and evil are terms which can
scarcel be applied TO our physical nature
they peFlan 10 our ply steal nature, or soul
That al action j. thcreiore holy because j
ms place in the invisible world Is so la
iom bang the truth thar il is in this sphere
we are 10 begin 10 question the validity 0
ali We do as we'll A. Of all we are.
This observation seems called for by th,
common supposlion that whatever part:ci
pales of the higher or spiritual nature i
assuredly pure. Out il will be perceive,
on due cbn,iders ion that this Is not Ih
ca,e. Iupuriy takes Us rise IN the huma
soul: the body Is but the plastic instrumen
tie clay in the pouet's hand.
a union Of soul, or rather jaxia positio
Of soul 20 soul may take place on ground
merely Intellectual We are not witho'
examples Of Ibis kind. Men and womc
marry because ihey think alike; they 10
The same creed they read The same baos
or they hear The same preacher. This kin
Of tic, being 10 the understanding alone, al
not reaching even lothe human syinpahie
pre,enisa poor commencement for the ?r
duciion aud education OF off.pring after
divine manner. There may be avery pror
hma harmony between two persons IN the
Intelligent powers, while 10 tastes and sYt
patnes they may be very inharmonious, al
in all such cases true uuiun is impossible.
Let he tastes and disposition Of one
The wedled partners be to order, elcganc
regularity, with Cue organs aud high o
probation Of all external arrangement
while that OF the other is tho reverse Of
these; what Sut a divided house can be /
re.u!il Should their sympaIhies in ca
other or in their offspring be most deep a
muiual. should their intellectual judgmt
10 studies, in morals, in religion be IN p
feet accord, vel it in this comparatively Us
afTur Of personal taste there should not
also oneness, there can no real hafpia
ensue.
But the areater part Of homan unions
attributable 10 harmony in what are cal
the symparhies. A portion Of car existe'
no, very easily 70 be defined. but none
less real aud important. Nay, probabl
happens because the mPaIhetic natur'
superior TO the understanding that the
derslanding can not define il. Here, agi
how frequently does il occur that there
mis- e.. This is so subtle a part Of our
tore, and il is so liule brought, out or les
unlil after the attempt at the closest {
nexion Of soul with soul, that the nun
OF mises,imaies and mistakes amounts
very large share cfour marriage experime
But even allowing me happy cifcumsta