Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-18
THE MARRIAGE RING,
A Sermon by Doctor Taimage to'
the Ladies
ABOUT THE CHOICE OF a HUSBAND
Interesting And Important Advice tt
Young Women Contemplating
MatrmOny.
Special 10 NE HeQistss.

second OF his series OF sermons on "Ihi
Marriage Ring" Having spoken las
Sunday on The Choice of Wife, he to
day preached on The Choice OF Hus
band. The organist rendered the Son
ats in C minor, by Rheiuberger. Con
gregationAl singing, led by Prot. Ais cor
net, included that of the hymn beginning
Awake, my soul, 10 joyful lays
And sing thy great RedecmeEs praise"
Selecting his text from Ruth |, 9: The
Lord grant that ye may find reat, each o
you in the house of her husband, the elc
quent preacher said
This was
THE PRAYER or PIOuS NAOMI
for Ruth and Orpah, aud is an appropriate
prayer nov in behalf OF unmarried woman
hood. Naomi, the good old soul, knew
that the devil would take their cases il
hand if God did not, so she prays: The
Lord grant you that ye may find rest
each cfyou in the house Of her husband.
| In this series Of sermons on The Mar
riage Ring" last Sabbath gave prayer
ful and Christian advice to men in regarc
to the selection Of wife, and to-day Civ,
the same prayeriul and Christian advice
10 women in regard to the selection OF Q
husband, but in all these sermons saying
much that / hope will be appropriate tol
4 all ages aud all classes.
| applaud the cei5acy OF mulitade o.
women who, rather than make unit seIec
, tion. have made none at nil. 1t has Uot
been lack Of opportunity for marital con
tract on their part, but their own culture
and refinement and their exalted idea as
to what u husband ought to be, have caused
their declira,ure. They have seen sc
many women marty imbeciles, or raiiIans
or inciplent sota, or lifetime incapabies, o'
magnificent Mornings, or men who before
marriage were angelic aud atlerward cla
bolic, that they have been alarmed "nc
/ stood back. They saw 80 many boats e
/ into the maelstrom that they s,eered intC
other waters. Better for woman 70 live
alone, though she live Il thousand years
than to be annexed to one Of these mA'cu
. line failures with which society Is eur
feited. The patron saint Of slmos, every
family circle is some such UNMARRIED wo
man, ind gmoUg al the families OF couS
ms she moves around, Gnl her coming II
each house is the morning, and her gotni
away ia the night.
Ia nv large circle Of kindred, pcEhap!
twenty families in oil,
IT WAS An AUNT ruorbc.
Paul gave letter OF Introduction 10 on'
whom he calls "Pcu5e our sister, as sh'
we,t I'd fog. C5Egh;s4 % Bone con
mepd,ug her for her kindness and Chris
,ian service, and implOring for her al
courtesies. think Aun. Phw1e wa;
named sfIer her. Was there sickness II
auv Of the households, she Was there ready
TO Sit up aud count out The drops OF medl
cine. Was there q marriage, SHE helpsC
, 3ack the bride or the altar. Was there Z
new soul incarnated, she wG9 there 10 re
;n;re n the nativity. Was there sort
bereavement, she was there to console
The children rushsd out at her first appeG.
ance cryinp, Here comes Aunt Phw5e,
and but tor parental interference, they
would have pulled her down with thel
caresses, for she vas not very strong
and many severe illnesses had given b.
enough plimpses Of the next world to maxi
her heavenly mined. i.eE tabie wa
loaded up with BaEters Saints Rest
Dnddridge's Rise aud Progress, ant
Jaws Morning and Evening Exercises,
and John Bunyaus pilgrim Progress,
and like books, which have fitted on
whole generations for the heaven uPo'
which they have already entered.
I "peWitt," she said 10 ne ore day
twice in mY life haze been Sc over
whelaed With tie love nt GCd that
tainted away aud could hardly be Iesusc
ta,cd, Don't tell me there is no heaven
IHAvE SEEN IT TWICE.
II YOU would know how her Presenc
would soothe an anxiety or lit ourde
or cheer a sorrow, or leave q blessing l
avery roobl .n tie house ask any OF tn
Tslmages. She had tarried at hes e9:t
home, taking care OF an invalid .sthej
. mill The bloom Of life had somewhat ia1ei
but SIZE could interest the ysuog !o.k
l with some three or four teuder passage
0 in her own history, so that we a
knew that il was not through lack OF o.
nortupity that sue was not he lueen {
enc household insts2d OF being beredl
lion ca whole circle Of householas 4:
about seventy ycgrs ot Ggo she made /.
q last visit to my houCe, and when abe sat
: nv philadelphia church, l was more ei'
barrassed at hsr presence than By Gil II
audience, bscarse trlt that ia religion
had got no further tnhn The b c while s. ;.
had lsCFuod the whole alphabet, ana Il
:. many yen.B had Hnisaes:: the y md
d When she went out OF this lie into Il
noxt wha, shout there must have bee
/ in heaven. from the front door clear Up
!, ,la , ~. seat in the highest gallery
saw the other day IN tro village "5"'Hie
, Of SomefyilIe, New Jersey, her reoht
:; plsce. the tombstone having on 1t the "oE
; which thirty years ago she told me s.
would like to have inscribed there, rSme
2 "The Moruirr Comet =,
n Had edo = n,ssicn n TO wo!!
10 Csr,aiuly. As much ID C"ro'll
e Hsrschsl, fret amNnuenss
Al her iIlnstrioas brother, aud then
ID assistant in astronomical calculations, 81
ID then discovering worlds for hrrs-ii oyi.
r at .inetv.eisht Years Of aye, still busy WI
pc ,be stars til she spsd neT3nd :hcm
le rnurb ,nu Ia 49, had Florence Nightingale,
." nnree Of the Crimea; or Grace Daring,
borsewoman Of the Long Stone lighth0,a'
J., or Marv Lyon, the teacher Of Meu"t TO
It oke Ernaie Seminary, CT Hannah M9'
I'd the Christian authoress of England;
Dorothea Dix, the apgcl Of mercy fer
NJ insane; or Anna EtbeEidge, among
l5f D5f sounded of Blackburn's Fort; or MaTga
Si Breckenridge, at Nicksburgh; or NJ
.r ~ shelton, distributing roses, and grapes.
- cologne, IN Western hospital; or thous'I
of other glorious women hFe t1eia'
never took tbe marriage sacrament;
III preoigtn all this, my sister, and itW!l nj
't You deliberate before 30" rash cat o'
a single state into another, unless you
- sure Of betterment.
DELIBERATE AND PRAY.
>. Fray snd deliberate. As | showed yoN
nd nv folmer sesmGn, MAJ; o%gh' 10 suT
FaaN u nFaF1