Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-01-04
Beeeher on Love, Home, Marriage and
Divorce.

State Course In Boston, lately, that
10 was given % an audience crowding
Music Hall 70 its utmost capacity,
and that the discourse was admir-
able. both 10 regard TO depth Of
thought aud sentiment, TO its wealth
ot graceful and apt imagery, and
from the many-sisedness with which
% was treated We select from the
ADVERTISERS report fow notable
passages
The lecturer began by saying that
he was sorry i0r any man TO whose
ear thero was no sweeter word than
that vi Home" His must have
boon q sad history to whom its sound
bad SEQ mus. After "a few feeling
illusions to tba indispensable attrac-
IoHs % nouns, he said that the secret
Il S. tender memories was to be
fii onlf pa the divine nature az
love whose seed was planted ia
aitl shoo9 aua vhose growth was
iu .ree 81 life Notwithstanding
tua Uuiversa grace and witchiug
0eaaty alton. the dawn Of early
love. yet this very fact often furnish
~ food Ter % tth aud raillery. It.
might be- sail 9v cyuic that this
kiad OF reveage praeticed by gfown
people TOR afiag been fooled and
deceived them elves. There were
como persons. however. who had
been 10 love uii their lives who had
no erulge b. ayenge and yet young
love WAS just a5 full Of mirth TO them
as it was TO The grumblers-with its
Innocent Silp5, IS noble sympathies,
its times to come and 90, as if it had
the whole ocean behind it, it's gener-
osity, rs abounding hopes, and its
poetry. Yet il he recollected Alright
when he was ID love there was moth
ing iudicrous about it. 1t was the
point OF view that made the differ
cnce.
The power Of love must be meas
ured not by rs intensity bat by its
effects by lis oeuefcence in bring
Ing INTO play higher range Of mo-
tive- by the faculties IL uufoided by
It's skil in harmonizing different ma
lures. One Grand mistake was in
snnp0slrg hat love begun was love
completed The orchardist knew
thal blossoms were not apples, hu
inc lover eft 20 thought Thea W r. -
N man could love with all his iacnl-
ties 81 once If BE coul1, tnere woulo
be ezcitemeut-the power ol
lowe equally distributed through the
8 ~ produce calm and strength
Naeu love ught together Two
t'tl adapted ID each other, q
40 IS he H. .eo4 tried ia the iurn-
aae "a aiii cGon, or iu q wide 0xperi-
au without which there was %
lfa mauhoua o. Womauhood, then
possibly love might begin at the
wgi ling. Without such experience /
hoNaVer, two Young people did not
know anything The magistrate
married hut marrying was not mat
lug Aat once 10 q hundred time-
d'd Two natures side by side har-
NOME "a every part OF nothing
were people more ignorant than Of
bUWnH nature Very rich and fruit
ta aatgre5 we're often side by side
wifl very barren ones-noble ones
vida 0rdij oucs--eXquisItely sensi-
iea with iat nseiv tough
lle taen spoke VI the amount oi
lis piue, Of mutual iorbearauce
uacy-s .,A ,o aeyolopo thorough har-
mou u married life Men were |
said avo They did fall, |
aaa marJ .eFer rose again They
should a0s .ali-thev should climb
ia4e uas -cEaoi where men
aaull II joi i. obstruction.
ilo lettaIei then considered Other
hnei.lon- ut wediaca and remarked |
a4 Us baa seen royal woman |
marry g pgmy and IN score OF |
ycar she had 40 uuraed him chat ID |
u0 SANDER 90 call him man.-
+ people were only partially mar
riei only chose were thoroughly |
married. chose natures were recipro-
cai- 4oe.ug reason with reason. aud |
me- affection with moral affection
o iuat bolh ruled aud both served |
Iaa r-4 icto,ics Of love were those
winch came late.
With reference to the question of
divorce, he said that married people |
-hguld learn 10 overcome their |
troubles within the household. Dis
ciphne, and suffering, and seif-control |
and mutual torbearance gave adj |
ditiona sacrcduess to love, and would |
often change discord into harmony.
Facilo divorce might help a few sui
.orcrs but 1t was at the expense Of
society at large. The remedies for
he possible troubles Of marriage
should lie at the door Of entrance.
and not att S exit, He deprecated |
the growing laxity Of public senti-
meut 10 this matter. The household |
should be q school whore two hearts
shoaid inteliigently adjust their dit |
fcgeaccs, aud then they would nol
wish to separate.
}lo then eOnr0vertcd The opinion
lha. che family lie ana the family in
hue ce had generated He maiu-
tai d It wa8 never 50 tuli IT gIpr-
Gus romiae as to-day. Hothen con-
lea~t.d The mopjcrn family under
! Christianity with TIE family under
I Iudaism and Pagauism, aud showed
I how Tbs richness and refinement aud
/ Diversified source ot happiness Of the
| former bad Increased This tie as
eribod 70 the gradual rise OF woman
from state Of yassaIage to her pres
eut condition
Ha then drew some powerful ar
garments from this with the view TO
show that when woman elevated
herself to perfect equality with
man, the glory, the beauty, the good
ness aad joy Of homo-life would be
/ immensely increased. There would
be uobler motherhood, nobler chill
dren and nobler men. At every step
woman took toward equality with
4 mon rnen had cried mt that she