The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14
PnAYER AND MARRIAaH


seek Divine direction, About thirty-Aye years
ago when Martin Farquhar Tupper, the Eng
llah poet, urged mon 10 prayer before they do
| cidod upon matrial association, people laughed
And some OF them have lived 10 laugh on tho
other side OF their mouth, The need OF Divine
direction argue from the fact that no many
/ men, and some OF them strong and Wise, have
wrecked their lives at this junoturo Wineas
Samson and this woman Of limnat, Witness
Socrates pecked Of the historical Xantppo,
| Witness job, whose wife had nothing 10 pro-
! scribe for his carbuncloa but alOpathio doses
' OF profanity Witness Ananias, a liar who
might perhaps have been cured byR truthful
| spouse, yet marrying ~ great o liar Rs himself
| --Sapphra Witness John Wesley, one Of tho
best mon that ever lived, united 10 one Of tho
most outrageous and scapdalous Of women,
who rat In City Road Chapel making
mouths nj him whilo ho preached, Witness
d tho once cOnnublal wrOlchOduoHR Of John Rus
| KIN the great art erHOyIst and l'rcdoricl, w,
! lloborlHton tho great preacher Wtuoss q
! thousand h0llr on earth klndlol by unworthy
! wiye4-termigNutH that HoOli litO a March
n0rli-OOstoE iomulc spen0tN ''ls that put th0ir
husbands into fraudulent scnomcH Ia got money
enough TO meet the layshmout Of domestic OK
pondltrei opium eating wOmon--about four
hundred thousand OF them In the Untod Stltoa
who will have the drug thaugh II should
cause the eternal damuation Of the whole
hnus0hOd; hoRrtloss aud OyGrbenring and
mainly pamby and unreasonable women, y0t
marrlod-marriOd perhaps 10 good mon, Tho80
are the women who build the low club houses,
whore the husbands aud sons go because lhoy
can't stand II NJ home, On this sea Of matri-
mOuy, whore no many have wrecked am not
right In advising Divine pilotagoy
Especially h doyout duplication needed,
because Of the fact that society In 40 full Of ar
tlilclulitoa that men are deceived M 10 whom
L.. Il l..tl Al 4
knows After the drosa- maker, and the mill
I hnor and and the jowoler aud the hair-ad-
! justrr and tho dancing master, aud the cos
molio art have completed thor work, how h an
un50phisticalod man 20 dooiphor the physiolug-
ioal hioroglyphicH and mako accurate Judgment
OF who II II TO whom ho offers hand and hearty
That IN what makes 40 many rocroaut huH-
bands lhoy mako an honorable marriage
contract, but the gOOda delivered are different
from the sample by which thoy barganod.
Ihoy wore simply swIndlcd, and they backed
out They mistOOk Jc2ohol for LnngfollOw'a
Eyangolnc, aud Lucrota Borga for Martha
Washington,
Aye; ~ tho Indian chief boasts Of tho aoalps
no has taken, 40 thor0 arc In society to-day
many coquotlos who boast OF tho masculine
hearts they have captured Aud those women,
though they may live amid tho richest uphol,
story, are not no honorable m the cypranH Of
the Htfoot for those advertise their nfamy,
while the former profess hoayon while thGy
moan holl Thor0 ~ no much counterfeit wo-
manhood abroad II IN no wonder that some
cannot tell tho genuine coin from the bas0.
Do You not roali2o you need Divine guidance
whom remind you that mistake IN possible In
t1a important affair, and, If made, IN irroyooa-
bloY
UNHAPPY MARRIAGES
The worst prodicamont possible in to be- un
happily yokod together You 500 II IN imposai-
bic to break the yoke, Tho moro you pull
apart the moro CALLING tho yoke, Tho minister
might bring you up again, and In your prOsa
oncC read the marriage ceremony backward,
might put put You on the opposite sides Of tho
lWfrom whore you wore wh0ny youworO united,
might take lho ring on Of the finger might
rond the wedding veil asundOr, might tear ont
the marriage leaf from tho family Bibor0cord; (;
but all that would fail 10 unmarTy YOU II In
bottcr not 10 make the mistake than 10 attempt
itH correction But mon and wOmOn do not no.
YoNl all thor characteristics tll aftOr marriage,
and how are You 10 avoid committing tho fatal
bundory Thoro ~ only ono Bong IN the unit.
verso who can toll you whom " choose and
that IN the Lord Of Paradise IlOmad0 Eve for
Adam and Adam for Eve, and both for oach
othor Adam had not largo group Of womon
from who 10 SOLICIT his wife, but II IL fortunate
| judging from gom0 mistakes which hO aftOr-
ward made, that II was Eve or nothing,
Thoro Ia In oil tho world nomo ono who was
made for You, "a certainly m Eve waa made
for Adam All sorts Of mHtAkoB occur because
Eve was mado out OF rib from Albania side.
Nobody knows which Of his twonty four ribs
was takon for the nucloua II you depend on
troly upon yourself In tho selection OF wifo
ho" $50 'w'"tv- ihrON nOsl lihilltOa 10 ono that
you will soloct tho wrong rib, by tho faio OF
Ahab, whose wife induced him 10 stoali by tho
fate Of Macbeth, whose wife pushed him into
maeaaoroi by tho fato of James Fergnaon, tho
philosopher, whose wifO entered the room
whilo no was looturing and willfully upset hla
Astronomical apparatus no that ho turned 10
the audience and said, aladOs and gontlomon,
] have the misfortune 10 bO married 10 thia
woman by the fate Of Bulwor tho novelist
whose wilo'a t0mp0r waa 40 Incompatible that
he furnished hOr beautiful house
near London aud Withdrew from her company,
leaving her with the ono do2on dogs whom ahO
entertained IN pota; by tho fato of John Milton,
who married tormigant after no was blind,
and whom Humo one called hOr u roeo tho poet
said VI am no Judge Of cOlora, hut II may 10
80, for fool the thOrna daily" by the fNto of
Nn lGngliahman, whose wifo waa no determined
TO dance on hia grave that ho was buried In tho
sea- by the fate Of village minister whom
know whose wifo throw cup Of hot ton across
the table because they dinCr0d IN sentiment
by all those socnos Of diHquioludo and domestic
calamity we imploro you 10 bo cautious and
prOyorfnl before you enter upon the connubial
UtatO, which dOcidOa whether man shall hay0
two hoayons or two holla, and hayon hOro and
heaven forever, or u hell now aud hol horo-
aftor
/ SontR WIVES
! by the bliss Of pliny whose wife, when hor
husband was pleading In Court, had mcaaOn-
gcg coming aud going TO inform her what m-
precision ho was making; by the Joy Of OrOtiuA,
whOHo wife delivered him from prison undur
the protonao Of having books carried out oat
they hO injurious 10 his health, she sending out
her husband unobaoryod In ono Of tho book.
oasoa; by tho good fortune Of Roland In tnua'
timo, whose wif0 translated and composed for
| her husband whilo Secretary Of tho Inferior
talcntod, heroic, wonderful Madame Roland;
ny tlo happiness Of many mnn who hNa mndo
Intelligent choice Of one capable Of bong primo
oounsolor and companion In Brightness and In
griof--prOy 10 Almighty God, morning, noon,
! aud night that AZ the right tlmo and IN tho
right way llo will send you good, honest
loving, sympathetic wife; or, II BhO IN not aont
10 You, that You may DO sont 10 hor
I AT this point lot mo warn you not 10 lot n
( question OF thB importance DO Hottlod by tho
celebrated machmakors In almoal oycry com
munity, Depend upon your own Judgment
| diyincly illumnod, These brokers In matrl-
I mony arc over planning how thoy can unto
1 inpOcunious innocence 10 M hoiropa or cell
/ bate woman 10 millionaire or Marquis, and
I that In many casos makos lfo on unhOppinoaa,
I How can any human being, who knows neither
| OF tho two parties IN God knows thom and who
| IN ignorant Of tho future, glyo such direction
| Ns you require NJ such q criBa Take tho Nd.
| vice Of tho earthly mOtohmakors inetood Of tho
| Divine guidance and you may somo day bo led
| 10 use tho words Of Solomon, whose experience
In homoly life was M melancholy ~ II vas
multitudlnous
Ono day his palace, with Ia groat wldo
rooms, and great wldo DOORS and great wide
hall, was TOO small for him, and the loud
tongue OF awomau bolaboring him Tor somo of
hia negecte, and ho rotreNtod 10 tho houeo-top
70 got relief from tho lingual bombardmont
And whilo thoro no saw poor man on
ono corner OF the roof with mattross for hla
only furniture, and tho opon sky his only Gov
oring, And Solomon onyioa him aud oriou
OUT ut Ia bottor 10 dwoll In tho corner OF
h9use-top than with brawllng woman In =
villa hn,,aa n