The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-03

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When, according to the scrip,ur,
word, the time came for Jacob 10 fount
u family-4and that may be considered
ordinarily, US really the beginning O
a mans liie-hls old father called hin
TO him, and said: "Thou shalt not TAX
wife Of the daughters OF Canaan J
why did be forbid him TO take wifi
from among the Inhabitants OF fCanaanI
Because heknew that with the wife h'
would take the religion. Reared with,
out deep religious feeling, misled and
corrupted by their very religion, had
he brought into his household the fair
est and dlscreetest wife from among
the Canaanites, the probability 10 thai
he would have brought In with her the
cause OF long train OF miserable mis-.
chiefs, and defeated the very designs OF
God. For II is proveTb that q man q
tehat Ms IO(fepM lot him b. II ID true
that now and then there are men 40
strong that they controls; but, after ali,
thereis n0art, nor cunning, nor device
nor strength, nor wit, nor Wisdom, by
which man can keep the heat OF
summer or the cold OF winter from sin.
Ing into the cracks OF his house; and a
woman's Influence In the household,
if she bo not stormy and violent, II
she be gentle, and especially u
she be artful, sits itself into
u mans life AZ summer air or
wlntry frost Into house. There IL
nothing TO resiSt II. One can not fight
the citcumambient atmosphere; and
yet man might as well attempt to put
u from him, as TO attempt to put from
bin that influence which IL at his
bosom; which Is at his board; which
IL In his bed which 10 in his morning ;
which is In his noon; which Ia In his
night which comes at all unmatched
moments, and at all times OF wealtness :
which has pressure that Is almost ut.
mospherlc. Old Isaac was u wise nAn,
and he gave sound advice to his son
when he said to him: "Do not 20
among the Canaanites to get wife ;
stand to the customs and the religion
OF your fathers" And that might not
be bad advice yet. There are n great
'mauy men who marry fancy wives.
and get fancy religion with them. Its
not good thing for person TO aban-
don the religion Of his fathers, 10 run
after some new religion, as II II were
the last fashion or the last dress pat
tern. And worse than all, II is A bad
thing for u man TO marry wife that IL
goddess, worldly, giddy, foolish, profit
less, and with her catch the Itch OF an
accursed religion. So Isaac said 10 Ja.
cob: Thou shalt not take wife Of the
daughters OF Canaan" And so / saw
10 you.
Canaan, nowadays, is everywhere.
Canaan Is every house where there has
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been no recognition OF God during the
whole rearing OF the household; where
Mammon Is the god; where pleasure Is
the highest Idea OF religion and the end
OF existence; where the conscience ID
disrobed; where seltishness is crowned
and sceptred. Wherever there Is god
less household, there is the land of
Canaan. And there, II you will hear
the voice OF the Lord speaking 10 you,
young man, he will say: "Thou shalt
not take unto you n wife from The
daughters OF Canaan"
A man that InRrrles good wife has
very little more TO ask of the Lord uu-
Ill he dies, because when the Lord
makes up his mind 10 give man
good wife, he makes up his mind to do
everything else that he wants. A good
wife is blessing to the Lord, and there
are few blessings that he gives, now or
hereafter. that are comparable with It.
The divine thought and ideal In mar
rlage is one Of the most transcendant,
as the accomplishment OF It Is one OF
the most bllssIul, In life. And,it is a
thing not to be rushed into heedlessly,
but TO be dealt with sOberly, discreetly,
religiously. 1t Is anything but u fan
tasy, or u passionate ouiburst, or n
matter OF calculation. ltis II thing OF
moral judgment. 1t Is u duty us high
as that which lifts itself between you
and the face OF God.
After giving him this advice, Isaac
blessed Jacob, and sent him away to
Padan'aram to get a wife.
Now, there is another part 10 this his.
tory. When Esau saw that Isaac had
blessed Jacob, and sent him TO Padan.
aram to get a wife, and forbidden him
to take u wife Of the daughters oi
Canaan, he went and married Il Canaan.
ite. he married out OF spite. And
there have been great many people
who have married from rebound OF
passion. But l have never heard oi
one who WAS glad Of II ailerward. do
not know what sort OF a time he had,
but you can suspect what sort OF time
she had, after marrying under such cir.
cumstances.
This is a typical instance. II Is no,
the only time in which IL man has over.
slaughed his own happiness out ol
spite 10, somebody else. There Is a
great deal Of this yet. There Is n large
band of disciples, think, who ought 70
be called sous Of ESdu.
Two neighbors have premises adioin.
Ing. They quarrel. One builds barn
In the place most ipcOnvenient to him.
self, and In place where, under ordln.
ary circumstances, he would not have
thought Of building II, on purpose Ia
cut of his neighbours prospect. He
submits to extra labor and ANNOYANCE
for ten years, just for the sake OF spltiuV
him any howl
A man shuts up a road that he him.
self wants, Just for the sake OF COMPEL,
Ing bis neighbor 10 20 five niles around
Instead OF three. He subjects himself
10 any amount OF Inconvenience be.
cause 1t will spite his nelghbor that he
hates.
Two men quarrel. They, In order to
spit Q each other, follow each other up
and down In society, that they may get
hold OF somethlng by which TO injure
each other. They spend more time In
making themselves mean and wicked
and dlsigreeable for the sake OF spiting
each other, than would be sufficient "a
resist all temptations and build III
honorable achievements In life. But
then they like to spite each other.
Men will report dnmngIng stories,
aud make themselves the common sew
ers OF the village, for the sake Of spltnp
somebody that they dislike. 1t matters
not how foul or unclean the story NAV
be, II u only hurts the person ut whom
| II II aimed.
Sometimes families seem To be oruan.
lied on this principle, uud the husband
IL perpetunlly acting In such way NJ
to spite his wife; and she Ii perpetuIlly y
acting In such way TO spite HIM
They Inconvenience themselves for thu
sake OF splitting each other.
Political parties do the snmc thing
] think th0t for twenty years In In
diana the United States SenatOrs were
never chosen by the party In power
The other party, combining with II few
In the dominant party, defeated tht
tnnn Of their choice. so that for TWEEN,
tybyeArs the Senators that were sent
were Sent for the purpose of splitting tht
party that sent him.
Aud still the same thing goes on
The same thing haA been done, and