Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-25

REV. JOHN WEISS on TIRE LAWS OF MAR.
RIAGE.-Rev. John Weiss occupied the pulpit
at the Church Of the Unity, yesterday, in the
morning delivering a discourse, the power and
beauty of which it would be impossible to re-
feet by any sketch. In the evening the subject
was "The Laws of Marriage" a meagre and
unsatisfactory report of which we give as fol-
lows:
1t is well, said Mr.. Weiss, to accept the dis
cussons which are springingup, agfruitful crop
of mingled witch-Grass and clover, upon the
field of that great social problem of marriage,
| call it problem, though so many people are
inclined to think that if anything might be left
to take care of itselfin this age which "peeps
and botaniZes" upon its grave, it is this relation
of two married persons, which extos and reg
ulates. But the married persons are the first to
appear with the suspicion that there is mis-
take somewhere, since the reasonable expecta-
tions have not been generously fulfilled. If Ma
ture means anything more than merely to get
her man and woman paired, ii she cherishes
the secret hope of deighting them by surprises
of divine companiOnshp, alter they have hurried
into her baiicd trap, she has in so many cases
overrated her ability, to please high-minded
souls, that the cry OF the capuVeS escapes from
the glded bars, and is piteous suit before So
ciety' " nat Is tne matter VINO Is III Iault
Odh the ldIlt W ieuleuleu! IL u1t, eau tne
paftleS oe released rom us nItter influence Mr.
ing before marriage and the subsequent feeling
when the act of living together subjects two per-
sons TO HhoWiedSe Oh eacn 0ther Hcred tary
iollN anu lhHrmlty are uutiaskeu more quickly
IN marriage thah III any other human relation.
Inc lecilmlnatlhS GllueismS OF either party on
tle Weahhesses vi rue otuet were cohraSleu by
INN win the thoughts oil each concerning the
otner Dclole liarlla@e'
Inc imperfect tendencies on either SIDE after
marIla@e are equally ahhoylh@ -eoarSeneSs IS
repulsNe, so IS trlFlaniy; sensual impulse de-
stroys peace, Put 50 uoes oad temper. me
Wofldlnesso I tne street Is no worse man that oil
she parlor. ms anAIely lor dIVaheeiheht goes
lafther towards rent ana taxes than inc desire OF
tue Wlle III MANY cases 10 vqual hef hel%hoor IN
appearances, anu ille ailgei Oh oelore marriage
oeeoines So eApepsNe luat tne nlah reeaiculates
the Whole cost vi ner sociely. LII now many
ways llle ussolit lloIliellS creep INTO tne mouse
II Is useless 10 ehuineraIe, and IL we dld, the
Ony advantage VIC snould derive would De that
OF seeillS lhole cleariy thail oeiore tnat mutual
lhIulty Is "h iheNtioie elehleuG OF Tue pea 10
ueVclop illatullty ouI vi N0ut4Iulhess, ana Tue
spiIltuuI ouI Vi lne hatura'; nc tnOu@ht tnat
lhis mutual N iI l?horance Woulu DC modlhed oy
mIAeu educa.l2u Vi tGe sexes ana introduced
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system OF education, answering the many oDJec-
tlots WHICH are commonly expressed and re-
lailhg Tue arguments against It's adoption. III
thls connection ne showed that the advocates
Z, carry marriage should favor this
plan, as essential to the salutary work
ing oil thelr theorY' A picture OF the
homes OF lll-mated couples was now graphi-
callV sketched, and the effect upon the children
portrayed lhcy would either become the very
elements III society which would be discounte-
nanccd by the vrtnous, or enemies which would
destroy happV marriage and home where the
well married couple stoop TO blow the freight,
ana the chlldren,s eyes answer, iickering like
hearths wnere refuse and rubbish are consumed.
Would you discover where the atershed of this
country stretches to, drain softly It's brawl and
turbldneSS INTO the Atlantic and Pacific seas3
Behold THIS range OF roofs which the fire OF mar
rlages have upheaved
MT. weiss now noticed the causes which
wOuld procure Il legal divorce, and thought he
would add 10 them chrome Ill temper, and de-
hned 1t by plcturing Its results in the marriage
relation lie would have special court of dl-
yorce, on whose bench noble matrons should sit
by inc SIDE ol accomplished men, to throw the
instinct OF wlehood and the subtle Judgment of
the woman INTO thelr grave balancing. lie hoped
women would demand THIS when the right of
suffrage was uccOfueu them, ana Planned Il