The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-24

Nnico sne mas Wopts y0u VIII % able truth.
July to say, In the words Of Solomon's
long:
Behold. thou art fair. my love! Behold.
mon art fair!
And perhaps she may respond sppro.
prtately, In the words that no one but the
natchless Robert Burns could svsr have
Iound pen or ink Or heart or brain to write:
John Anderson, my 10 John
We clamb the hill thegithsr;
And mony canty day, John.
We've had WI ane anither.
Nov We maun totter down. John.
But hand and hand we'll 60;
And sleep thegither Of the foot.
John Anderson, my 10.
II any one assail her good name you viii
have hard work to control your temper,
and II you should strike him down the sin
win not be objectionable. Byas complete
. surrender - tho universe ever saw, en-
cept that of the Son Of God for your saliva
lion and mine, she has FIRST mortgage %
your body, mind, and soul, and the mort
rage 10 foreelossd, and you do not more
own your two eyes or your
two hands than she owns you. The longer
the journey Rsbekah makes. and the great
er the risks Of her expedition on the backs
Of the camels, the mere thoroughly is
Isaac hound TO be kind and indulgent and
worthy.
Now, be honest and pay your debts. You
promised TO make her happy. Are you
her happy? You are an honest
man In other things, and feel the import
ance Of keeping contract. II you have
induced her into q coniugal partnership
under certain pledges of kindness and VAL
liable attention. and then have failed to
fuldll your word. you deserve to have a
suit brought against YOU for getting goods
under falsa pretenss, and then Won ought
to be mulcted in q large amount of dam
ages. Review now.all the fine. beautiful.
complimentary. gracious and glorious
things YOU promised her before marriage,
and reflect whether you have kept your
faith. Do you say: "Oh. that was all SEN
and romance and joke" and
that 'thev all talk that way"
NV brother. do not get mad at what
but honestly compare the promises YOU
made and see whether you have kept
them. Some Of YOU spent every evening
OF the week with vour betrothed before
and since then you spend every
evening away. unless YOU have influenza
or some sickness on account of which the
doctor saws Won must not go ont. You
used to fill your conversation with inter-
jections of adulation. and now you think
II sounds sillv TO praise the one who ought
to be more attractive to you a. the wears
20 by and life grows in severity Of strug-
gle and becomes more sacred by the bap-
tism of tears-tears over losses. tears over
graves. Compare the wav some Of you
used to come In the house In the evening,
when you were attempting the capture Of
her affections. and the way some Of you
come into the house in the evening now.
Then what politeness. what distillation Of
smiles. what graciousness. sweet as the
peach orchard In blossom week!
Now some Of you come In and put your
hat on the rack and scowi, and say: "Lost
money to-day I" and you sit down ct the
table and criticise the way the food Il
cooked. You shove back before the others
are done eating, and snatch up the even.
Ing paper and read, oblivious Of what
has been going ON In that homo all day.
The children are in awe before the do
nestle antocrat. Bubbling over with
fun. vet they must be quiet, and with
healthful curiosity, vet they must ask
no questions. The wife has had enough
ANNOYANCE in the nursery and parlor
and kitchen to all her nerves with net.
ties and spikes. As you have provided
the money for food and wardrobe. you
feel you have done all required Of Won.
Toward the good cheer and the intelli.
gent improvement and the moral enter.
tainment Of that home. which at the
longest can last but a few years. you
are doing nothing. You seem TO have
no realisation Of the fact that soon these
children will DO grown up or In their sep.
ulchers, and viii be far removed from your
influence, and that the wife win soon end
her earthly mission, and that house will be
occupied by others, and you yourself will
Be gone. rrf fr ri
Gentlemen, fulfl your contracts. Chris.
tian marriage is an a6ectional bargain.
In heather lands a man wins his wife by
achievements. In some countries wives
are bought by the payment Of 30 many
dollars, a. 80 many cattle or sheep.
In one country the man gets on q
horse and rides down where q
group Of women are standing, and
seizes one Of them by the hair, and lifts
her struggling and resisting on bis horse,
and II her brothers and friends do not
ovsrtake her before she gets TO the Jungle
she is his lawful wife. In another land
the masculine candidate for marriage ID
beaten by the club Of the one whom he
would make his bridge. II he cries out
under the pounding, he 10 rejected. II h
receives the blows uncomplaingly, she d
his by right. Endurance and bravery and
skill decide the marriage in barbarous
lands, but Christian marriage IL . volun.
tary bargain in which You promise pro.
lection, support, companionship and love,
q Business men have In their nreprooi
safes Ale Of papers containing. their con.
tracts, and sometimes they take them out
and read them over to zee what the party
Of the first part and the party Of the sec.
ond part really bound themselves to do,
Different ministers Of religion have their
own peculiar forms Of marriage ceremony
but II you have forgotten what you prom.
Used at the altar Of wedlock, you had bet
ter buy or borrow an Episcopal prayer.
book, which contains the substance Of al
intelligent marriage ceremonies when Il
says:
take thee to be my welded wife. to have
and to hold from this day forward, for bet
ter or for worse, for richer or for poorer, In
sickness and in health, to love and to cher
ish till death us do part, according to Gods
hrls. &Aa.aAa