Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-04-10

man. attended to him with all care and
diligence. Hooker was afraid he would
not be able to preach on the following
Sunday; but the good wishes and good
nursing of his hostess nerved him for his
duties, and he got through his work adj
mirably. The preacher was very thank
full to Mrs. Churchman, who had cured
him of his distemper and cold. and he
thought himself bound in conscience. to
believe all the poor woman said. Mrs.
Churchman told him he was a man of ten
der constitution, and that it was best for
him to have wife that might prove a
nurse to him, such one as might both
prolong his life and make it more COM
Portable; and such one she could and
would provide for him, if he thought fit
to marry. So Mr.. Hooker, in his guile
lessnes, empowered her to chose wife for
him, and promised to return to London at
her call to receive his bride. Mrs. Church
man at once attended to this little busi-.
ness for Master Hooker. In looking round
to find him a wife, she thought it wise to
begin at home, and in her own daughter
Joan, according to her Judgment, she
found one who would nurse the preacher,
prolong his life, and make it more COM
Portable. In due time Mr.. Hooker went
to London to be Joined to the wife of his
hostess choice; but she brought to him
neither beauty nor portion. She was, sad
to relate, woman of an unruly tongue,
and instead of adding to his comfort, she
was an ineessant trial to his patience.
The moral of this is Z: Choose for yourself
The celebrated George Whiteffeld be-
gan his courtship in a singular fashion.
His biographer pronounees him one of
the oldest wooers that ever wooed. When
Whitefield was in America, and had under
his charge the Orphan House in Savan-
nah, sit was much impressed on his heart
that he oughtto marry in order to have a
helpmate in his arduous work. He had
also fixed his mind on the young lady
whom he intended to ask to become his
wife. So he addressed letter to her pa
rents; he stated that he wanted wife to
help him in the management of his in
creasing family, and then said: s'This
letter comes like Abrahan's servent to
Rebekah's relations, to know whether
your daughter, Miss E., is proper per-
son to engage ia such an undertaking;
and if so, whether you will be pleased to
give me leave to propose marriage to her.
You. need not be afraid of sending me
refusal; for bless God, if know any
thing of my own heart, I am free from
that foolish passion which the world calls
love-" He wrote in similar strain to the
young lady, asking her, among many
other questions, if she could leave her
home and trust in Him for support who
feeds the young ravens; and bear the in
clemencies of air both as to heat and cold
in foreign climate; whether having a
husband she could be as though she had
none. He alse told her that he thought
the passionate expressions which ordi-
nary courtiers use ought to be avoided by
those who would marry in the Lord; and
that if she thought marriage would in any
way be prejudicial to her better part, she
was to be so kind as send him denial
that she need not be afraid to speak hel
mind, as he loved her only for God.
The letters were not so successful al
Abraham's servant. The parents were
not very anxious to send their daughter
on such an adventure; and WhitefielC
continued for long space in his bachelor
condition. Some time after he assayet
another .courtship with widow il
Wales after the same style. The mode il
which Rebekah was chosen for Isaa
seems to have been Whitefield's ideal o
obtaining wife. The week after he wa
married he went on one of his evangelist
J tours; and left his newly welded wife t
muse alone amid the Welsh hills in tn
} second quarter of their honeymoon.