Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1854-10-19
RR0LLTON, CARROLL COUNTY, OHIO-THURsDAy OCT
Pre- mature Ma1rImony.

Marriage is . divine and beautiful arrange
menL Il was designed BY Providence not
solely as the means Of keeping up population
or As mere social economical convenience,
but as the blending Of spirits into one, the mas.
culine representing wisdom and the fem mine,
affection. When there is true spiritual affinity
between the two. then the design is aceOnp-
Plished. Such an affinity, we believe, may,
Continue IN the other life equally as in this.
Premature marriages are among the greatest
evils Of the times and it would not be bad
idea, in these days Of reforms, il an anti-mar
ryiDg-in-a-hury society were instituted Now
a days people leap into the magic life circle,
with no more consideration than they would
partake of dinner, little thinking that when
once in, they are there until the end comes
Thee is but little, sometimes no mutual analy.
sis OF disposition, and comparison Of tastes and
affections. They seem 10 fancy that. if there
are any discrepancies, the fatal Gordian Knot,
which can be seldom cut, and never united,
will harmonise all.
The number who have felt this truth, the
numbers still feeling it 10 their hearts core are
incalculable. They recognize it as the great
mistake Of their lives. The chain is not to
them a silken one, but a cable of iron, that
tghtens around them more aud more. crushing
out all hope and energy, substituting hate for
love, and eating out, with its rust the very in
ner life Of the soul.
Boys and girls now marry 10 q greater ex-
tent than ever before, instead of waiting till
they become full-grOWn and Inatured men and
women. The young dandy, as soon as he gets
out Of short jackets, and finds little furE gath
ering on his upper lip, and the young Miss, as
soon as she emerges from the nursery and alb
breviated frocks, think they are well qualified
to assume the most solemn responsibilities Of
life. And so if "Pa" and "Ma" won't con-
sent, they post off to some Gretna Green, and
there take obligations that, in ninety Ynine caseS
out Of hundred they will never cease bitterly
to repent.
Marriage should never be the result Of fam
cy: The ball room and the evening party
rarely develope real character. Under the ex
hierating influence of the dance, the glare of
lights, and the merry quip and joke, the dissO-
lutte young man may appear amiable and the
slatternly scold loveable. Matches made at
such places, or under similar circumstances,
are not of the class that originate in Heaven
They more generally are conceived in the op.
posite place, and bring forth only iniquity.-
The true way to learn each other is 10 do it at
home, in the parlor, in the kitchen, and on oc'
casons that test the temper.
We see the result Of these unions in the al
most dal!y divorces that are taking place, in
the running away of husbands, leaving their
wives and children to starve, and in the elope-
ment Of wives. Not only this, but we witness
it in broken spirited men, made old in the
prime of life, struggling on for mere food and
clothing and shelter, and in women, cross, dir
ty, sluttish and wrinkled.
1t would be quite impossible for US to de-
pict faithfully the multitude of physical and
moral evils that result from these sinful allan
ces, for sinful they are. They ruin the body;
corrupt the morals, and stultify the mind
And the result does moi stop with husband and
wife. There are the children. They partake
of the feebleness and vices OF the parents, both
ply and moral, and go out into the busy
world stunted and gnarled. God pity them
We would not be understood as speaking
against the institution of marriage. 1t is holy
beautiful and benefcent But let every one
take his mate, or noue. Let not the brave ea-
gle pair with the stupid owl, nor the gentle
dove with the carrion crow. Like should have
like 1t is glorious sight to see two old peO-
ple, who have weathered the storms, and bas'
ked in the sunshine of life together, go hand
in hand, loveingly and trutbfu?ly, down the
gentle declivity of time with no angers' nor
iealousies, nor hatreds garnered up against
each other, and looking with hope and Joy to
the everlasting youth of heaven, where they
two shall be one forever That is true mar
rage of spirit with spirit. Their love is Wo
ven into wool Of gold, that neither time nor
death, nor eternity can sever The Elecuc'
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