Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-11


two heavens or two hells, a heaven here
and heaven forever, or hell now and
hell hereafter.
FRAY FOR HER.
By the bliss OF Pliny, whose wife, when
her husband was pleading in court, had
/ messengers coming and going to inform
her what impression he was making; by
the Joy Of Grotius, whose wife delivered
him from prison under the pretense Of hay-
/ ing books carried out lest they be injurious
to his health, she sending ont her husband
unobserved in one OF the bookcases; by
/ the good fortune of Roland. in Louis's
/ time, whose wife translated ard composed
for her husbupd, while Secretary Of the In.
| terior-tslented, heroic. wonderful Mad.
ame Roland; By the happiness Of many q
man who has made intelligent choice Of
one capable 0! being prime counsellor and
companion in brightness and in grief
pray to Almighty God, moruiDg, noon aud
night that ct the right time and in the
right way, He will send you o good hon
est, loving, sympathetic wife; CT If sLe is
no, sent to you, that you may be sent TO
her.
At this point let me warn Won not 10 le'
q question Of this importance be settled by
the celebrated matchmakers, in almost
every community Depend upon your
own Judgment Divinely illumiIed. These
brokers IN matrmony are ever planning
how they can unite impeCunous innocence
10 an heiress, or celibGte woman 10 mil.
lionaire or marquis, aud that in many
CSses makes life an unhGppiGcsS How
can any human being, who knows neither
Of the two parties rs liCl knows them,
and who is ignorant OF the future give
such direction as you require u such q
crisis. Take the advice Of the earthly
matchmaker instead OF the Divine guid.
ance, and you may some day be led 10 use
the word5 OF
soLOyoH,
who,e experience in home life vas as
melancholy as it WAS mul;;t1diaous
One day this palace with i'a grea wide
rooms and great wide doors and great wide
hell was too email for him ana the loud
tongue Of q Noman 6claborirg him ub9a'
some OF his ncglec's, and he r-Irea,cd r.
the housefops % pct relief from the lingHai
bombGrimelt And while there he lhw q
poor man on ono corner Of the root with q
mattress 70. his only tarGiure, and the
open SKY his only covering. And solomon
envies him aud cries out: 1T Is better 20
dwell in the corner Of the, housetop then
with q brawling woman in wide house.
And one day during the rainy season,
tie water leaked through the roof Of the
palace aud began to drop in u pail or pan
set there to catch it. And at one side Ct
him ELL day long the water went Drop,
Drop Drop while on the other side IT,
male companion quarrelling about this
and qusrreIling about that, the acrimonious
aud petalaut words falling on his ear in
cegseiess psl;iGg-DrCpl Drop, Drop.
and he seized his pen aud wrote "a con-
tinual dropping in very rainy day and
contentious woman are alike.
II Solomon had been as prayerfGl at the .
beginning Of his life as he was at the close,
how much domestic intelicity he would
have avoided Bat prayer about this will
amount to nothing unless you pray soon
enough. Wait until you IRE fascinated
prd the equilibrium of your aoul is dis
iur6cd hy magnetic and exquisite pres
ence and then YOU will answer your own
prayers, and YOU will mistake your own in.
laluatioH for the voice Of God.
If you have this prayertul sPirit you vii
surely
AVOID ALI FrMALE SCOFFERS
at the Christian religion, and there e.
quite number Of them in all cOmmunI.
ties 1t must be told that, though the only
influence that keeps woman from being
estimated and treated as q slave--aye. as
brute aud beast Of burden is Christiani-
ty, since where it il not dominant she is so
treated, YET there are women who will so
far forget themselves and forget their God,
tha; they will 20 AMI hear lectures malign-
ing Christianity and scof st The most
sacred Ihines OF the soul A good woman
oyer-pcrsuaded by her husband, may 20
oucc to hear such tirade again.t the .
Christian religion, not fully knowing what
she 10 going 10 hear; but she will not 60
twice. 4 woman, not Christian, bat e
respecter Of religion, said 10 me 81 was
persuaded By nay husband to 20 and hear
an iuiidel le, turer once, but going home
said to tim: Ny dear husband ! would
not 20 sGaiu though my declinaturc should
resalt in our divoTcement forever. And
the woman was right If after ail that
Christ and Christianity have done tor wo-
man she can 90 again and again 10 hear
such assAults, she is an awful creature
and you had not better not come near such
a reeking lep.css. She needs 10 be washed
and for three weeks TO be soaked in car.
bolic acid, and for whole year fumigated
before she is tit tCr decent society
While il is not demanded that
woman be q Christian before marriage,
sho must have regard for the Christian re.
ligion or che is e bad woman and unworthy
OF being your companion in a life charged
with such stupendous solemnity and vcis
situdes.
WHAT YOU WANT, on NAN
in a wife is not butterfly of the Sunshine,
rot a gigPliug aoneniity, not a painted
dell, not Cossipirg CAD about, not q mix
tuce Of ariihcialitles which leave you in
doubt as to where tho humbug ends and
the woman begirs; but an earnest soul,
ore tha. cannot only laugh when you
laugh, but weep when you weep. There
viii be vide deep g5aye3 in Jour path OF
life, and you will both want steadyiDg when
you come to the verge Of them, tell you
Wh.n your fortune tails you will want
some one to talk OF treasures in heaven,
Gnd not charge upon 7ou with bitter, !