The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-09-21
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Marriage aud Health.

No man who fails u enter this condition ~ this
period can - considered a. COMPOSING all the
relations for which his Orator designed HMM
otLer wgri- Le J. Dot = cLEplete man. There
i desct-rdieal defect. He was designed % be
the bead Of n family. and a. the family state l.
the very hasi> Of society. hi failure ! N a vital
point. and We ID him 10 wrong IN proDOCneIns
him incompetent g. a man We ODce heard a
learned divine, IN preaching on the family state
on q Thanksgiving day, assert this lnc0mP!ete-
ness Of the bachelor, and he, among other Illus
tntiOns. .aid thar We might a. well call 4 man
destitute Of some limb a whole and perfect man,
az to pronounce the bachelor 10 be such.
~ The risk Of been called Ungallant, We must
say that the same remark pphes 10 the female
The single state being then the abnormal and
unnatural condition. IL i. a. a general rule, Un-
favorable u health and longevity That this Is
true Of longevity Is demonstrated by the fact
stated by Hufeland, that in the lists Of indiyid-
uaIs who have lived TO a great aga there are no
unmarried persons. That II Is true in regard 10
health cannot be so definitely proved, and yet
the fact just stated. and the observations of ply
sicians. quite satisfactorily establish its truth.
The reasons that marriage II favorable 10 health
and longevity are very readily seen. We Will
notice some Of them
Of adults the married alone experiences to the
full all those genial and satisfying influences
which are properly included in the idea of home.
The unmarried raw, when fortunately situated,
~ al k~--s - - al. - .-At-
even under the met favorable circumstances.
They may endeavor 10 enter into the feelings OF
parents in helping to care for their children both
III health and in sickness, and IN doing 50 they
Iartake of some Of tine elevated and sweet joys Of
home but still they iaIl 10 ger at the very pene-
tralia where cluster the most sacred and deep
affections that belong 10 the married state. IL IL
but few even Of the gentler sex among the unmar-
ried that really do enter in this limited degree
into the knowledge of the sweetest ministries
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Of the other sex have this knowledge and its
consequent enjoyInents.
This leads Us TO saw that the ties which bind
those Joined in wedlock together are alike strong
er. closer. and more multiiorm than those of any
other relation. not even excepting that of parent
AMI child The expression vi our Saviour on that
point &. they twain shall be one flesh is very
significant. 1t betOkens something more than a
mutual contract which can be broken for slight
reasons, a. our legislators will have IL. in oplO-
sirion To the express teachings of the Bible. Ii
l. a union which should be dissolved for only one
ofense-the trampling under foot Ut once of both
IT physical and moral bonds. Plainly u union
- close, and binding both body and soul, should
neither be lightly entered upon nor lightly set
aside.
sexes, which Is the basis of this union, il of a
compound character. What Is termed sometimes
physical love enters largely into il. The abuse
Of this, degrading it to mere sensuality, Is the
source OF some oil the worst OF turn moral and
physical evils; while, on the other hand. it's
proper indulgence has connected with il something
Of the highest and mOst ennobiing virtues OF which
human nature IL caIablc-thOee which belong TO
home and the family state.
There i in that which draws the sexes together
in true cOnnubial love something unictnable and
not easily understood. No correspondence. no
description Of qualities of person and character.
however satisfactory all NAV seem 20 be. can in
sure real mutual attractions when the PARTIES
come 10 meet There may be actual repulsion,
and Yet neither may be able 10 define the reasons
for 1t. This cannot be set down 10 a freak of
fancy. There is something deeper than that: it
i among the occult things of nature. When
connections are formed from mercenarv motives,
or on grounds of mere expediency. the element of
attachment of which we speak may possibly after
ward he evolved, but if 1t does not the happiness
which belongs alone - true love will not be real
lied.
In the complex bond which unites the married
pair, the physical and the spiritual are most IN
timately blended, and for the proper development
OF the domestic virtues, the spiritual. let ii be
remembered, must predOminate over and control
the physical. When this Is done the union Is
prOmOtiye of health and longevity. IL Is go by
all those genial influences which are involved in
IL. These withdraw from the selfishness which Is
apt To attach itself TO an insulated condition.
furnish continual indictments To the affections,
and invite 70 n life of cheerful activity. Espe-
cially do these results come when the union IL
blessed with fruitfulness, the ties of affection
being thus both strengthened and multiplied.
Perhaps it will be said that very many are
rendered feeble and unhealthy in bearing and
rearing children. True but the cause of this is
to be- found in either the faulty management of
the individual or bad training on the part of her
parents, especially in the physical portion of her
education. With suitable training in carly life.
and good hygienic management, afterward tie
duties Of maternity will usually be promotive Of
health. That they are less apt to be so now than
formerly, is owing to n deterioration of female
health and vigor, as the result of modes of educa-
ton and the customs of society. And this deteri-
Grafton, az We have said in another article, il
one Of the causes of the smallness of families at
the present time.
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