The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-08-11

Apostle, is "a great saorsment," there wal wal
somsthing greater, higher, nobler, purer and
ginity. Bnt If one state is holier than another
both are holy, lawful and commendsble. In
deed, all that is fair and beautiful in woman
namely. the perfect purity of the virgin and
the tender, magnificent and loving heart of the
mother: There is nothing grsnder than viz.
ginity. but next to virginiry comes the magni-
THE caRbr1AN MOTHER.
The young mother with q child in her arms,
next to the virgin oopsecrated to God and
sTneeling before Jesus Christ-the virgin Son
OF virgin Mother-is the most beautiful thing
Wordsworth, says: "There is more poetry, to
say nothing of the truth, in the one idea Of the
Blessed Virgin Mary as the Catholic Church
bines the infinite purity of the virgin with the
love of the mother, than ever was written by
the pen of man." The reverend lecturer, hav-
ing here W elt on the indissoluble ms ture the
marriage tie, continued The true girl must
be sought; she is not to be found in the beaten
tracks OF everyday life. Generally she is not
gain her love, your hundreds become thousands
and your thousands become millions. She
gives you such q welcome when you come
home, that yon feel your power hi gber than
ever. She makes You love home. AS priest
LreIned to admire the beauty and simplicity of
GODS work. he said there was nothing half 80
lhtrinsically good as the true girl. She is the
swes test flower in the path way of life. 1t is
Where the daisy grove and t1e modest violet
blooms we like to go TO rett Hence the true
CIR! is one of those lovely, good, sweet faced,
within the sphere of home, diffnsipg around
her the Influence of her goodness like the es- |
sence of sweet flowers. A wife should be
amiable, affable, sffectionate sItiess accomp- |
lished, benign, benevolent, morally beautiful, |
chaste, charitable, ci vii, du.iful, dignifed, en-
gaging, Interesting, faithful, fol- d. feeo grace
ful, good humored. just, kind, loyal, modest.
mercifnl. neat, obliging, pleasing, pure, sensi-
pie, viItuous, well-informed, winning. excel
lent, young and Jealous. Well, it W as time, the
ladies' thought, to cay something of the men
Being man himself, he was sorry he could
not say more in favor of
THE YOUNG MEN OF THESE DAYS.
he had heard talk of the "girls of the period"
bot he thought there never ives nor never
VIII be such period for men. They are so
won't marry. There are al
ways waiting for the passage of the Woman's
Disability Bill, which seemed to be not only
'obssruoted," but thoroughly blocked. A true
gentleman is harder to be found than some of
1s think. Which of them could point to many
rue gentlemen in bis oircle-men whose
sotlon is generous whose truth is cor stant and !
eleyated, who can lock the world in the face
md the smallf They all know hundred
' nose coats are very we'll made, and q score | .
vho nave excellent manners, and one or two
re and bulls eye of fashion-but Of gen tlemen, :
low manyI A mans clothes did not furnish {
riteria Of bis inner nature, but his character,
lis daily life, his habits did ConoerninR these
. careful scrutiny should be made before mar. :
lage. How were they to find out Let them :
q TO bis mother and put to her some test ques. :
ION. Tho irst-the pre-. .eminently frst-dues. :
lon to be asked waP,
DID HE DRINK i
ae told them-and he appealed to every Q
riese OF God present-if he debased himself Q
y drinking they would never be safe. The b
ext q neetions were, did he come home after '
'ofk or businessf Was home dear to him t.
I'D he prize and cherish his mother Z" There | q
as another question which was q sine ava mon o
'r the safety of the other two: "Did be live O
p to the precepts of his holy religion ~ IF
OF, he told them, and he told them with the 81
minority of the priesthood, whatever his other Il
oAlties, he was worthless fellow-Do more 81
: ior matrimony than he was ever to enter the Il
lnGuom of God. Discard him. Then let them t.
y Ins1It @ their own parents about their choice p
10 10 Snurch of God makes the consent of par. "
60 necessary fJr the lioity of marriage. Many 81
5oupg man and woman would have saved p
lenselS's life of misery if they had listened NJ
= ionu pothets warning voice. Aud now be CT
'me TO solve the question, fl
HOW TO GIT MARRADf IL
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