The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-03-04
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Marriage is Divine and beautiful ar
rangement.- 1t WAS designed by Provi-
dence, not solely as The means Of keeping
up population, or as a measure of social
and economical convenience, but as bind,
ing Of TWO spirits into one-the masculine
representing "wisdum,'' and the feminine
''atfaction, When there is a true spirits
ual affinity between the two, then the de-
sign is accomplished.
Premature marriages are amongst the
greatest evils of the times; and it would
net be bad idea in these days of reform,
if an ''anti- marrying in a hurry society
were instituted. Now~a- days people leap
into the magic life circle with no more
consideration than they would partake Of
a dinner-littie thinking that when once
in, they are there ill their end Comes
There are little, sometimes no mutual an
alysis of disposition, and comparison of
taste and affections. They seem to fancy
that if there are any discrepancies, that
the fatal Gordian knot, which can be sell
dom cut aud never united, will harmun>
izc all
The numbers who have felt this truth
the numbers still feeling it to their
hearts c0re-are iucaIcuiable Taey
recognize it as the great mistake of their
lives. The chain is not to them silEen
one, but a cable Of iron, that iightens
around them more and more, crushing all
hope and energy, substituting hate for
love, and eating out with It's rust the inner
life Of It's soul.
Boys and girls marry now to a greater
extent than ever before, instead of waiting
till they become full grown and matuIed
men and women. The young dandy, AS
sooa as ne gets out of q short jacket and
finds little TtTce gathering on his upper
lip, and the young Miss, as soon as she
emerges from the nursery and Abbreviated
hock-think they are qualified 10 assume
the most solemn responsibilities of life
And SO, if s'Pa" and Ma won't con-
sent, they post off TO some Greina Green,
: and there take obligations they will never
cease bitterly to repent.
Marriage should never be the result of
fancy. The ball room and the evening
party rarely develop character. Under
the cxhilerating influence of the dance,
the glare of the lights, and the merry
squibs and Joke. the dissolute young man
may appear amiable, and the slatternly
scold loyeable Matches made at such
places, or under similar circumstances,
are not of the class that originated In
Heaven. They are more generally con-
ceived in the opposite place, and bring
learn each other is at home IN the parIor,
in the kitchen, and on occasions that test
the temper. We see the result of these
unions in the almost daily divorces that
are taking place, in the runaway husbands,
leaving their wives and children to stars e,
and in the copement OF wives. Not only
this, bat in the brokeu- pirited men, made
old in the prime of life, struggling on for
mere food and clothing, and shelter-and
in women, cross, dirty, siuttish, and wrin-
kled
1t would be qnise impossible for us to
depict faithfully the multitude of physical
and moral evils that result from these sin
ful alliances-for sinful they are. They
ruin the body. corrupt the morals, stultlty
the mind And the result does not stop
with husband and wife. There are the
children-they partake Of the feebeness
and vices of the parents, both physical
and moral, and go out into the busy world
stnnled and guarded God pity thcml
We would not be understood as speak
ing against The institution of marriage -
Il is holy, beautiful and beneiicent. But
let every one fake his mate or none
Let not the brave eagle pair with the stu
pid owl, nor the gentle dove with the
carrion crow. Like should have like. Ii
is glorious sight 10 see two old people,
who have weathered The storm and basked
in the sunshine of life together, 60 loving
ly and truthfully down the gentle declivity
of time, with no anger, no jealousy, nor
hatred garnered up against each other,
and looking with hope and JOY to THAI
everlasting youth of Heaven, where the
/ two shall be one for ever. That is true
marriage-for it is the marriage Of spirit
with spirit-the love is woven into a WOO!
/ of gold that neither time nor eternity can
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