The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-09-23
CHOOSING A WIFE.
GOOD ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN WHO
THINK OF MARRYING.


THINK OF MARRYING.
The Rev. T. X. Noble, of Plymouth
Congregational Church, San Francis
co, in recent sermon on this subject,
held that the pulpit would be recreant
to the duties of its sacred Icalling did
it not raise its voice to stay the flood
of misery sweeping over the land by
reason of the thousands of unnatural,
hasty, ill-advised and ill-assorted mar
riages entered into nowadays. The
young need TO be advised. For
young man contemplating marriage it
is OF the most transcendental impor-
tance that he make the right choice,
for thence will come all his future
good or evil. Sampson passed by the
women of his own people and took to
wife woman of the Phillistines. She
was faithless, goddess woman, and
left him to become the companion Of
his friend. This has been a history re-
peated in all ages.
Men have taken to themselves as
wives vicious woman, who have been
as rottenness in the bones of their
husbands, or odious, foolish, brawling
contentious women. They often
choose, too, fair woman, but without
discretion, who is jewel OF gold in a
swine's snout. The companionship of
woman whose heart is snare is
more bitter than death. Job. because
OF the continued fretting his vile
cursed the day of his birth. In every
age men however gifted, have often
wrecked their happiness by an unfor.
tunate choice. Xantippe worried So
crates, Macbeth was pushed on to MUIR
der. John Milton felt the thorns OF
the rose every day, and the wife ol
John Wesley made faces at him while
he preached. Bulwer, the novelist
married woman whose companion.
ship he found so uncomfortable that
he built her a home in London for
herself and twelve little dogs she
choose for her pets.
"In matter OF such moment as the
choice of wife," said the speaker, al
will be well for you not to trust tc
yourself alone, but seek aid from
above" Pope, the poet, said a wife
was the peculiar gift OF heaven, ant
Shakspere said God is the best maker
of all marriages. If any man lack
wisdom, let him ask of God, who. Civ
eth literally to all men and upbraidetl
not. Men are apt to be deceived il
this matter, because there is so mucl
artifciality in sight. The milliner
the dress-maker, the jeweler, the hal
adjuster and cosmetic so combine tt
conceal truth, how is it possible fol
poor, unsophisticated man to discern
the real from the false? Make use o
the eye, the brain, the sense, as keel
as you can, and then look abovel Yol
do not want as the priestess Of you
household gay butterfly of society
whose heart is in the world and no
in her home. Nor do you want
painted doll fair OF form and feature
a simpering, giggling nonentity
whose only charm is her so-called Vi
vacity. How weary, how sick, hoy
tired you will grow Of such one! B
careful and take not the ideal OF artif
cial society, the heroine OF novel, bu
take the woman the Bible proclaim
as the ideal OF true woman. 9TH
heart Of her husband doth safely trul
in her. She will do him good and nc
evil all the days of her life. Sh
stretcheth out her hand to the poo
Favor is deceitful and beauty is vail
but woman that feareth the Lo1
, shall be praised" The speaker thanl
t ed God that there are more such W,
=, men in the world to-day than ever b
: fore in its history. OF such wife it
said: "Her children arise up and ca
= her blessed her husband, also, and |
e praiseth her."