Smyrna times., 1881-03-02
WHOLE NO. 1859.
Honeymoon Eclipses.
WHY THERE ARE so MANY DARK SPOTS N MAR
RIED LIFE

WY THERE ARE so MANY DARK SPOTS IN MAR
RIED LIFE.
heV' u - 6oss on last Sunday continued
his course of lectures to youny m.,,i.d
people at Utah Hall, New York city, his
subject hring The Eclpsps OF the Honey.
moon and Causes Of the Eclpses.'' II
VIII sho" you" began the preacher, "why
thefe are so many dark spots on the honey
moon OF married life, especially in large
c'Iles' The newspapers sometimes publish
more divorces than marriages Husband
anu vile live together and scratch each
! other. They almost bite, and they Ger.
talnly do USE their claws They live a cat
nd'dogs life-yes, worse; because dogs
ana cats often live amicable together. |
Kno" OF one minister in this city who
llvsd for seven weeks in the same house
with his wife and did not speak to her in
all that time.
Then; tso, there are married people
who move III society together, ride out and
90 10 the theatre, or church, or parties 10.
gether, and yet they fight at home. The
man is kind and pleasant to the partner in
bis store, for it aids the business of the
firm. But the man has q partner for life
at home; it is partnership of love. But
there is an aching void in the wife's heart.
She Is starving for want Of love. By.and-
by comes a ripple on the surface of the
stream; then it becomes torrent, and
then comes separation. The theatres pre-.
} tend to describe this life, but it can't be
done. What actor can have the real
= hakering for love that a neglected husband
or wife has.
? What are tho causes of this vacuum
t in married life? Well, first in Importance
Is the too common neglect of pulpit teach.
E ings Ministers ought to instruct their
" tiocks IN the every day duties Of life, and
D not talk SO much about the Jews or the
: doctrine Of the Trinity or the doctrine Of
s Amusement. They say that | preach the
e Go'pe Of courtship and marriage. Laugh
ter. The dau Ghter of Methodist Blshos
new dead-she is a maiden lady-tod me
the other day that she read my sermon in
"a why preached about courtship and mar.
rlage. told her that the people wanted
to hear absut just that thing, and it was on
e the tip of my tongue to say to her: That's
= just what you want, too. Laughter. Yes,
d the people want to be instructed 10y the
y, pulpit in these everyday affairs. If the
pulpit IN Massachusetts does not do its
duty in this matter law become dead
letter there. Not long ago, in the Supreme
Court in BarnStahe, thirty out of the
thirtytwo cases brought up in the Court
ly were divorce Cases.
or The second cause of separation Of hus
band and wife is that they do not keel
,d their word when they have promised t,
Ia take each other for better or worse. \
matter how low or degraded man Ma
b come his wife ought to stick to him, Ia
:" h r. arms about him and try 10 lift him VI
H- II her husband becomes very poor sh
'$' should not say: want a new dress an
of I'm going to have it, too but she ought I
= adopt her expenses to her husbands means
Ge Why, Id rather be grass.widower tola
than a divorced widower. Laughter.
49,. Why, sometimes man becomes tired c
- his wife because she il nervous invalid
| was invited out to tea in the villag
of Lyons, n. Y, once, and the hostess wa
q weak, nervous woman. She said jus
n after we sat down and she was pouring ou
'th the tea: I'm afraid these biscuits are nc
LAY good; never could make good biscuit
when company comes. l replied: NJ
IAN they're not very good biscuits and SD
in: threw a cup Of hot tea, cup and all at NJ
Ter head. Do you think was angry? No.
said : Why, my dear woman. you shouldn
DO that Laughter She was just ner
III Gus, you see, and didn't blame her. "
got along very peaceably.
0i Finally cause of divorce is the trar
fer of the affections of one or both to sor
ex one else. The husband and wife are on
'als Girls. beware Of the time when you beg
,ws, to think that there are two in the fami
and The tempter is at hand then. Don't
the charming of tho charmer charm "
81, be he ever so charming"