, 1874-10-03
Beecher on Early Marriage.

10 be married. IL is not necessary
that they should remain single be-
cause they stand in poverty, for
two can live cheaper than one if
they live with discretion, if they
live with co cooperative zeal, if they
live as they ought TO live. If the
young man is willing 20 seem poor
when he is poor; if the youEg lady,
being poor,is willing 10 live poorly;
if they are willing to plant their
lives together like Two seeds, and
wait for their growth, and look
for their abundance by and ny,
when they have fairly earned it,
then it is a good thing for them 20
come early into this partnership.
For characters adapt themselves to
each other in the early periods OF
life far more elsily than they do
afterwards. They who marry early
are like vines growing together
and twining round and round each
other; whereas, mUI,itHdes OF those
who marry late in life stand side
/ by side like two iron columns,
which, separated at the beginning,
never come any nearer 10 each
other. There is no school which
I God ever oIeue1, or permitted to
be opened, which Young people can
50 i'll afford TO avoid as the school
Of care and responsibility and labor
i'll ,he household; AMI 4 yoang man
and Young woman marrying, no
/ matter from what scOurcc they
came together, no matter how nigh
their fathers have stood, one or
/ the most wholesome things they
can do, having married for love,
and with discretion, is 10 be Will
| ing to begin at the bottom, and
bear the burdens of household life,
SO that they shall have It's educa
tion. tell You, there are pleasures
which many voung married people
miss. | would not Give Up the first
two years Of nay maFsied life for
all | have now. | live in a big
house, with 4 brown stone front,
and very fairly furnished; but, after
all, among The choicest experiences
Of NY life were those which pass
et through in Indiana when hired .
two chambers up stairs ; when all f.
my furniture vas given to me, and
was second hand at that aud the +.
very clothes that | had on my
back had been worn by Judge
Birney before me. We were not
able to hire a servant. We bad to
serve ourselves. 1t was a study
every day how to get along with
our small means, and it was
study never 10 he forgotten. | owe
many of the pleasures which have
run through my life to beng will
iug 10 begm where | had 10 begin.
aud TO tight poverty with love, and
10 overcome il, and 10 learn how
to live in service and helptuIneSS,
AMI in all The thousand ingeuuitie'
which love swec;enS and makes
more and more delightful.
WHAT TIE SOUTH NEEDS The
South wants to be told the truth,
no matter how unpaiataoie it may
be Ii wants here upon The border,
where = roaring sea Of partisan
passion da>hes up againS, the good
Old State OF Kentucky rs against 4
stone wall, 4 lighthouse, supplied
with faithful watchers aud true
signals, not ricketv platform Of
partisan construction trimmed with
useless decorations, % be carried
away by the first strong wind that
blows PaudcrcrS aui parasites are
plentiful; the South need not take a
lantern to look for them. But in
the long run, it will be found that
the sobereSt counselS have not been
the worst counsciS, and that flaterv,
which puhS Up vainglorious self
love and appeals which stimulate
an already PROSTATE body 10 un-
natural and inatiec;ual excitement.
have not cOme from eEhcF q dis
interested or wise patriotism, bot,
on the contrary, from a weak and
selfish, deluSive demagogiSm, fatal
! TO us all. The time has gone bv
when our motives were questioned;
but the time will come when the
most obstinate of those who cen
tend against the course we have 50
steadily urged will admit that it
had been better had our weak
preachment been stronger au,l more
impressive. Courier JourHul.
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