Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-01-11
Marriage.

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qulres no argument to prove. Divine feylca-
ton and common sense combine to show, that,
without'it tho human race would become ex
tinot, or SO dotoriorated that lifo would BIZ no
longer blessing. 10 talk, then, Of tho tri
ais, tho evils, tho hardships, attendant upon
tho married state, as boing incidents swoh
oil might avoid, or all might expect who rash
ly venture thoir all on the great gambling
board OF humanity, is as absurd as it would
be to discuss the matter whothor VIC should
cvor cat, because some, by so doing, have
chokcd themselves whether we should ever
drink, because some have inadvertently,
i'll allaying their thirst, swallowed poison, OF
still more frequently, stepped their senses in
the incbriating cup. Trials, cares, and aAlc.
tions arc attendant on this probationary state
This life, though spread out before us with
many charms, with much Of comfort aud hap.
piness, is not to BE- state Of perfect unal-
loyed enjoyment else Christianity would not
point to better, even heavenly. A. due es.
innate of these things would radiate many q
dark spot in human existence, and gather
from the clouds of adyersty, salutary dew
to nourish the plants of mort; ity, - panacoa
to invigorate tho spiritual natr ra and boar it
onward and upward to its destined heayon. =
Is there no means, then, by VII ioh tc regulate
our life, our affection in the soc:... and tonles-
tic constitution of things 30 as to put to 81
lonce gainsayers? There is. Is is reIiy
ious, philosophical education.
Marriage, to be that divine institution
which God has authorized, should be found.
cd, not Oil tho multitude Of worldly motives
Which stand out US prominent objects to the
unthinking world, not on that animal iispo.
sition which is keeping with all lower orders
of being, but it should be spiritual union,
an intercourse of soul with soul; else our Di
vine Master would not have said -" For this
cause shall man forsakc father aud mother.
and cleave to his wife, aud they twain shall
be one" If a tree be good, tho fruit will be
good also. Hero, then, is the groat point in
which 30 many fail Of attaining that degree
Of happiness which might be enjoyed ia this
transitory state They build on o sandy foun-
dation; and when tho foods Of evil oome,
which arc nseparablo from human nature,
their house falls, tho whole fabric is swept
away. We hear it said, that marriage is "a
lottery. Why sit so? Because the pa,tics,
like Wcstcrn-ani spcculators, venture their.
all on tho ever,auctuating current Of public
opinion, or yainly believe in tho validity Of
unauthorized titles. How shall this evil bo,
roctiGed by rightly teaching the young
Mothors must first estimate what is truly val.
liable, and thon teach il to thcir children. -
Until a race shall grow up to appreciate the
superiority of the Intellectual and spiritual
ovor tho animal nature, there will bo fnoon.
gruous connections, founded on the love Of
wealth, or some othor Of thc lower propcnsi-
ties OF human nature, tho result OF Which
will be personal misfortunes, and the entail
,nent Of a host Of evils which words cannot
describe. Were these things duly estimated,
no jarring clements would be abroad, farming
tho world upsid, down. Uniallowad motives
would no moro rae, 10 bring the weak in sub
lection to the strong War and slavery would
not exist within tho social, ana domestic dir
Gle; concord AMI hermony s,nla prevail -
Unholy passions wou!lnot mar this glorious
creation Thsn, in tho ,yor4s OF one Of our
poeta,--
f" Lifc's blessing al enjoycd tlos labor done
Sercnely to their rest have passed tho aged"
For no premature deaths would como to
break up tho halowed relations Of lifo, until
its declining sun should sink, to rost within
mild, uuclouded lht
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