Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-03-03
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sS sEx Vol. 10, NO. 80.
Communicated
Proerastination.

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/ been brought more wildly before M
t during the past few days than at an
) previous time in my life, and til
} common remarks of all classes con
corning this subject has led me to ex
, anime and analyze it for myself
How often do we hear people say
"I'll do it tomorrow" or next week
, or lets leave such and such thing
until times are better, or we ar3 il
more pleasant circumstances wheI
perhaps the very things themselve
should brook no delay, much les.
their postponement tor an indefinite
period.
1t has been often suggested To my
mind when hearing people make
such remarks, that If they themselves
knew the danger in most cases at,
tending such delays, we should have
far less mlshaps and accidents thro
life, both to property and person.
But | am deviating from the theme
on which / intended making a few
! remarks when | commenced this pa
per.
Ny subject is to be altogether mat
rimonial, and | am going to urge all
young men to get narrated, and show
some of the necessities for SO doing,
and advantages to be derived there
from, whilst at the same time | will
not forget to compare side by side
some things which are every day
raad nc or~upaanfc oraincf my enh
iect, and which a large portion OF
young men deem as sufficient excuse
for not marrying. OF course | allow
| that every man is free agent, and |
| do;not expect because | advocate and
advance marriage as a necessity, ali
young men are to abide by it, but to
nv reasons for SO doing.
lst. | advocate it as special
command Of GCd, and though | may
fail to prove at what time the Di-
vine Being intended man should be
united in the "holy bonds OF matri>
mony," my convictions have been
that we are not to live the best and
greater portion of our lives in sim
gle state, or as some would term il,
single blessedness, and when weary
of life, tottering to the grave, almost
helpless to ourselves and mankind,
generally when gray hairs are on US,
VIXEN the eye has become dim, the
step feeble, and all our manly vigor
and youth of both body and soul are
gone, take TO ourselves a helpmeet.-
1t is a positive assertion that when
God gave Eve TO Adam as wife, he
was then in the full acceptation OF
the word, man, still how old he was
do not pretend to-say, but one thing
is sure, since the time of Adam mans
days are shortened, and what would
then appear to be the age OF very
young man, would at this period OF
the world he far beyond the days OF
human life. and therefore | infer it
would be useless to argue from scrip
ture at what age man should mar
ry. We all know that customs
change as we 60 from country to
country, aud what appear as most
absurd in one country, would be the
prevailing custom in another. There
are scarcely any two nations that
think alike on this great sIbject, each
being guided by its own laws and
customs. We know, however, that
in civilized America mans age is set at
twenty-one, and that of the woman
at eighteen years, and | advocate
that as soon as q man has the ability
and power of supporting himself and
wife, he is then at a proper age for so
doing, and until he does SO, fails to
obey the Divine ordinance.
We have most of us.heari of the
impossibility of mans becoming fully
developed in manhood until he be-
comes husband and father. They
can do more unitedly for society than
can be accomplished by either alone.
An old bachelor or old maid has little
or no influence they are looked up
on as excressances, deforming rather
than giving beauty to the earth, as
was intended at the creation. Mar
ried people make homes, build viii
lagos, towns and cities give dignity
to age and race; the world has to be
peopled, children must be born, rails
ed, educated and prepared for this
great work, and it is for men and
women to do which can only be done
By getting married. Then man needs
companionship, and be is sure to seek
and have it from one source or anoth
er; if he has not wife, house OF
home of bis own, he seeks for COM
partnership IN the grocery, the billiard
| room, the house of ill.fame, or he
joins a club or something which Is
still worse. When he needs love, he
wants wife to watch for bis com
! ing, and welcome him at the gate
to caress him when be IS worn out
with excitement and fatigue TO
counsel with him in danger; be
needs moral support, a wife's prayers
and blessings, s:imulant, and where
can one better be found than in
loving, kind, affectionate aud trugaI
wife. She helps save his money =
she encourages him with smile
she receives him always with kind
words and loving looks, and with
prayers for each other they have an
| ambition that is sare to bring sue
cess
Now we will look at some Of the
arguments against or excuses made
for not marrying:
1st. | am told that woman is very
extravagant, unfaithful and without
true, genuine love. What an awful
amount of misunderstanding facts if
proved, are brought to bear upon the
case; but meet them we must, and we
look at the first statement made,
that she is extrayagant Can it be
possible to bring such an accusation
against our own mother; she who
has gone almost without the common
necessariss of life that we might be
well fed and clothed lived hard and
Jared worse to give us an education
so that We might be able to compete
with mankind generally ; yet you