The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20
TO CUR SISTERS.
Big Brother Warns Them Against Int,
marriage With non-Oatholios.

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a period in our conversations thabmake
it necessary to come to the subject un-
der discussion without further prellnl-
inalies What we wish to tell ana per-
haps what You desire to know Is, the
most expeditions and effective means
of securing nom Catholic consort
providing he is eligible and to be de-
sired. from natural qualifications. we
would have you remember, however,
that no nom Catholic, no matter how
willing he is to embrace the truth, Will
make as compatible companion tor
your Joys and sorrows aa one WHO mas
the happiness to be born in the Church,
and reared on the stimulating and III
MIGRATING sacraments. Thousands OF
proofs could be introduced to supstan-
tiate this statement, even reason, COM
mon sense will show any unprecedented
mind that whatever is pure from It's
inception is more desirable than that
which has TO be concocted by lmpregIa-
[ ting into the crude compound the nee
| essary Ingredient to make a proper sol
| ution. As the world is so desirens for
| proofs to corcoborate every statement
| il will be expedient to adduce at least
on precedent why such preferences
should be given TO original perfsotlons.
This discrimination should never be
! brought into requisition unless iii the
selection of conjugal companion de-
serving our most sanguine affections,
and IS our Saviour author and source
OF all legitimate endearments, and as
we wish to initiate him III all his feel
ings and actions, we will love those 10
| loved and treat them as He would.
| Though Peter WAS made head OF the
| church and received extraordinary far-
ors and powers from the Master; ae
WAS not loved with the divine tender
, ness as was the immaculate. John. Sc.
John was pure from the beginning; he
was constant in his virtue; he never
doubted, nor insuited the divine teach
er, for his nature was pure and rennedi
| his ifs was spotless from the first, ne
was the model for all young 1aen,
| Z our ide5l should be as much like him
as possible. The happiest state OF life,
conceivable for seculars being, is the
married state, according to the approx
sd law of God; and the most unhappy
condition is that which people enter
| into, through the inspiration OF
the Enemy This temptation comes
not in regular and moroge forms; it it
did it would be disagreeable TO our in
cliUatiCnS and therefore would not en-
trap US IS easily DIS the cultured and
smooth temples; for he appeals to The
fine and susceptible inclinations OF
your nature, which never could be
reached and consequently never de-
stroyed by uncultured applicants. Nc
| crisis can be SO etfectuaiiy ruined By one
Enisstep as can the one which Leafs you
u aGlle aila s. tssGi. froEa this
chime only can yea turn and say your
happiness Is complete or your peace OF
mind destroyed forever. Life after
marriage greatly depends on the pains
taken and the means used by you, be-
fore you Join your lot with another;
foriremember you are inseparable; no
circumstances can ever release you; no
one can ever console you; your PRIDE
| viii be only offended by the consolation
of friends, or the interference OF &C.
quaintances. Therefore, be married
before it is too late; weigh well aud
Judge impartially, the object of your
affections. Open your eyes to his faults
as plain as you would, were he another
girls faYorite; and above all don't en-
terrain the thought that you can reform
a dksreputable character after marriage.
Z Gu might, but remember there i. a
| lifetime depending on the risk, The
iirst choice If possible for all our sis
lsterg is TO choose husbands from the in
finite supply to be found in your own
community; but this is not a sufficient
accomplishment or a sure GUIDE
to happiness. While young
man may be very good Christian, ii
does not consequently follow
| that he viii make congenial compan-
ion for life; for while ali men are com
manded to, and are capable of Saving
their sous, by strict compliance with
the doctrines, inculeated in the Catho-
| lie Church, they are not all fitted by
| nature to guide household to its pre-
per destination There is no pater fam
ilias SO Inconsistently UNDESIRABLE as
one protesting, believing and even
practising Catholic teaching and doc
| hrine-and at the same time totally ig-
| norant of the natural Laws governing
! the human family. Such as those you
will have 10 silun with the same e1acti-
tude as the nom Catholic, for they will
poison the wine Of happiness. which
the married life ought to be ineDTiated
with, though with a different lngre-
dieDt from the former, the one, the
slave of bigotry and ignorance, the
other Of cantankerous disposition.
1t frequently happens that some OF you
are sought after By men Of good natur-
al delinations OF character, needing
only the purifying gfsces obtainabie by
the Sacramsn5s of the Church, 10 make
them very desirable companions. Here
Is where your duty to self and society
looms up before you, and how are you
prepared 10 undertake it, Have you
instructed yourself in ali the doctrines
and ceremonies of the Church, Can
you explain what they inculcate and