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marquis, and that In many cases makes life
an unhappiness. How can any human be-
ing, who knows neither Of the two parties
rs God knows them, and who is ignorant of
the future, give such direction as you re-
auire at such crises. Take the advice Of
the earthly matchmaker instead of the Di-
vine guidance. and you may some day be
led TO use the words of SOloman. whose ex-
perience In home life was as melancholy as
Il was muititudinOus
One day his palace with its great wide
rooms and great wide doors and great wide
hall, was too small for him and the loud
tongue of woman belabOring him
about rsome (of his neglccts, and he
retreated to the housetop to get relief from
the lingual boMbartiment. And while there
he saw poor man ON one corner of the
root with a mattress for his only furniture,
and the open sky his only covering. And
Solomon envies him and cries out: 1T is
better to dwell in the corner of the house.
top than with brawling woman in wide
house."
And one day during the rainy season the
water leaked through the roof Of the palace
uHu ucSau W uioP III Poh VI Poa SCs usoAS
to catch it. And at one side Of him all day
long the water went drop! drop! drop
while on the other side female companion
quarrelling about this aud quarTelling about
that, the acrimonious and petulant words
falling on his ear in ceaseless pelting-
Drop Drop Drop and he seized his pen
and wrote: "A continual dropping in .
very rainy day and contentious woman
are alike"
II Solomon had been as prayerfui at the
beginning OF his life as he was at the Close.
how much domestic infelicity he would
have avoided. But prayer ABOUT TINS VIII
amount to nothing unless you pray soon
enough. wait until you are fascinated ana
the equilibrium OF your soul Is disturbed Dy
a magnetic and exquisite presence and then
you viii answer your own prayers, ana you
VIII mistake your own mfatuatlon iof tne
| voice OF God
II you have this prayerful spirit YOU
Will surely avoid all female sconers a. tne
Christian religion; and there are quite .
number OF them In ail communities. II
must be told that, though the only influence
that keeps woman from being estimated and
treated as q slave-aye. as Drute ana
beass OF Durden-s ChIistianity, since
where II Is not dominant she Is SO ueased,
yet there are women VINO VIII 80
far forge! themselves anu iof-
gee their Tod, tnat ahey VIII go ana near
Lecturers maiign Cniisuanity ana Soon II
the most sacred tnngs OF sne sooi, a
good woman. o'ef-Peisua1eu py hei hus
oand, may go once I'd near sucn uisae
against tne Cnlistlan Ieiieion, ho' Iuny
kn0"ihg wna' sne . son.k W neAa, oa. si'c
VII ~..; NJ. ~ WE s's s,;a;.. wUIa ma nU :, :
me. II was persuaded by INV h1sbend to 10
and hear an infldel lecturer once. hut roing
home I said 10 him. NV dear husband. /
wonld mot On again thongh INV declinat,,re
shonId resuit in our diyorcement forever. ~
And the woman was right If after all
| that Christ and CHRISTIANITY have dome for
a woman She can 20 au.in and ,p.in 10 hear
snch assaults. She i an avful Creature and
Won had better not come near such reekipR
ienress. She needs 10 he washed and for
| thre,, weeks 10 he soaked In carl Ole acid.
and for a whole wear fumigated be-
fore she is fit for decent
| society. While it is not demanded that q
woman he Christian before marriage. she
| must have regard for the Christian religion
| or she ia a had woman and unworthy of be-
| ing YOUR companion in a life charged with
such stupepdous so,emnity and yicissitudes,
What YOU want o man, i'm \ wife. II NOT
| butterfly of the sunshine. not = giggIing
uonentity. not ainted doll. not eossiT.
ing gad-about not q mixture OF artificiaii-
ties which leave YOU in doubt as 10 where
the humbue ends and the woman begins.
hut an earnest soul. one that cannot only
laugh when YOU laugh. but weep when YOU
wesp. There will he wide. deem graves In
your path OF life. and YOU will both wsnt
steadying when Won come 70 the verge of
Them tell Won! When your fortune fails
YOU viii want some one to talk of treasures