Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-01-01

worth but comes out of the c-ucible rs
heavy and as valuable as when it was
put IN. losing nothing in consequence of
the fiery ordeal except whatever portion
of The dross or alloy may have been in
corporated with the pure metal; so the
most severe Affections, intense troubles,
and fiery prosecutions which may be the
portion of the marriage parties, during
the changes and chances of this moral
life, should never be able to Geteriorate
or take from the marriage union any
part of Its intrinsic worth or beauty; but
the parties should rise from the furnace
of affections ard the dishoDors Of the
grave, without having lost anything ex-
cept the CROSSE. PARTICLES Of earth and sin
which may have unhappily attached
themselves TO the mystic action which
was intended to secure their felicity.
6. The marriage ring should be per
fectly p lain. that is no chased, raised.
or artificial work should appear on It's
surface, implying that the marriage ser-
mon should 5e the result of any arttice,
on account Of ,reaEth. equippage, honors,
or the indae..iia fuence Of friends, but the
! plain result of an honorable an religious
affection between the contracting parties
and that God who instituted the holy
estate of matrimony.
I. As gold is tHoorruptaJle metal, that
is, If thrown into the mire, or imbedded
in the most impure soil. It viii never cor
rupt, corrode. imbide one speck of pest
or impuriry, so should the marriage love.
and friendship, however It may be some
times obliged to descend from the eleva
ton of influence into the deepest valley
Of penury or distress, b doomed To waste
| its sweetness on t;.- aege-. ~ Dc 4
carcerated in the gloomy eoufnes Of
prison cell, or associate with the poor the
mean, or the illiterate still, ike its in
corruptabls emblem should II continue as
bright and beautiful as ever.
s. As gold is the mos ducatile of ali
metals, 50 that an ounce can be beaten
out to cover an acre of land, or gill
aiteDuated thread 10 embrace the circula-
ference Of the worlds surface, 50 should
the results of the marriage union fulfil
the original command 10 increase. multi
ply and cover the air with q The precious
sons of Zion, comparable to find gold"
9. As the marriage ring exhibits no
thing to imply pre-emi0ence Of the one
party over the other notwithstanding the
the word obey is applied to the LADY
rather than to the gentleman, yet the
gentleman should ever roccOilect, that as
in forensic courts especially courts Of
equity, the plaintiff must appear with
what are called - clean hands" in other
words, have fully done his part and duty
so, before the husband can claim any
right to command. or the wife under any
obligation TO obey, he must remember the
test of his love and sincerity, which Is
given in the Holy Scriptures, viz. q" Hus
,, bands love your wives, as Christ loved
his Church but how did Christ Dr3ro
his love Coz his Church by dying for
it. When love of which this be the
model, predominates in the husbands 5
heart, he can require 10 obedience from
his wife, but what she wIll ever feel 1t
to be her honor, pride, privilege, and
delight to honor
When lady reads marks learns and
inwardly digests' the foregoing. with all
l the implied suggestions and endearments
and then glances at the honored finger.
which bears the pure insignia of such
volumnious delights and serious respOu-
sibility. how inexpressiblF happy must
/ sac feel that she can be at al times. and
e unner all circumstances, the bearer Of
} 50 dear and portable a pledge of what
r constitutes real terrestrial felicity, and
c may she often recur to the title or mo-:
c to. :. Think well on it"
Y This IS love and worth commanding.
b Still beginning never ending.
= I shall conclude this article By ho
ping that every married couple viii hv,
= so as to deserve the following EPitapl
on their Tombstone -
:, They were truly one that none oog;ld sa,
Whether did rule OF whether did obcg.
u Hc ruled because she would obeying be
a She ssas obeyed. ruled a. well ls b.