Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-01-21
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masculine cstray will be as rcpugnant to good
society MS feminine cstray, and no coat Of
nrns or family emblazonry or epaulet can
pass Loahario unchallcnged among tho
sanctitics OF homo life By what law of Gcd
or common sense is IN Absaloin better than
Dclilah q Don Juan better than Messalnal
The brush that paints the ono black must
paint the other black But what q spectacle
it vas when last summer much OF watering
place" society wcnt wild with enthusiasm
over an unclcan foreign dignitary, whose
namc in both hcinisphercs is n synonym for
pronigacy, and princcsses of American society
from all parts of the ]nnd had him ride in
their carriages and sit at their tables, though
they knew him to be n portable lazarctto,
churnel house of moral putrefaction, his
breath typhoid, his foot TINT Of Satyr,
and his touch death. Here is an evil that
men cannot stop but women may. Keep all
such out of your parlors, havo no recognition
for them in tho street, and no moro think Of
nllying your life and destiny with theirs than
"Cales from Araby" would consent to pass
the honeymoon with an Egyptian plague.
AL that money or social position bad man
brings TO woman in marriage is splendid
despair, gil,cd horror, n brilliant agony, a
prolonged death, and the longer tho marital
union lasts the moro evident will be tho fact
that she might bctterrnover have been born.
Yetyou aud have been a5brilliant weddings,
where before tho feast was over, the BRIDE
groom's tongue was thick, and his eye CLASSY,
aid his step stagSer as he clicked glasses
with jolly comrades, all going with lightning
limited express train to the fatal crash over
the embanluncnt of ruined life and lost
eternity.
Woman, join not your right hand with
such n right hand. Accept from such al one
no jewel for finger or ear lest that sparkle of
precious stone turn out to be tic cyc of
basilisl, and let rot tho ring como Oh tho
finger Of your right hand lest that ring turn
ont to bc one LII; OF u chain that shall bind
you in never ending captivity. In tho namo
OF God and heaven and home, III the naInc of
all time ana all eternity forbid the bans!
Consent not to join one Of tho many rc.gi-
,nents Of women who have married for
worldly success without regard to moral
character.
If You arc ambitious oh woman, for noble
aiiiancing, why not marry ki:Igl And to
that honor you are Invited ~ the monarch
of heaven and earth, and this day voice
from the skies sounds forth: "As tho bride
groom rejoiccth over the bride SO shall thy
Cod rejoice over thee" Let Him put upon
thee tho ring of this royal marriage. Here is
an honor worth reaching after. b repent
nnco and faith you may come into u marriage
with the emperor of universal dominion, and
you may be an empress unto God forever,
aud reign with him in palaces that the CEN
turtles cannot crumble or cannonades dc
Inolish.
Highworldly marriage is notnccessary for
woman, or marriage Of any kind il order to
your happiness. Cclbacy has been bonorcd
by the best being that ever lived and his
greatest apostle, Christ and Paul. What
higher honor could single life on earth have?
But what you need, oh woman, is to be afii-
anced forever and forever, and the bands Of
that marriage nm this moment here and
now ready to publish. Let tho angels Of
heaven bend from their galleries of light to
witness whilo pronounce you one-a loving
God and q forgiven soul. Ono of the most
stirring passages in history with which am
acquainted tells us how Cleopatra the exilcd
queen of Egypt, won the sympathies of Julius
Cesar, the conqueror until he became the
bridegroom and sho tho bride. Driven from
her throne, she sailed away Oh the Meditcr-
rcncan sea in a storm, and when the large
ship anchored she put out with one womanly
friend in small boat until sho arrived at
Alexandria, where was Cesar, the great gen.
oral. knowing that $40 would not be per-
mluteQ W Iifftt Z,
to Caesars palace, she laid upon the bottom
of the boat some shawls and scarfs and richly
dyed upholstery, and then lay down upon
them and her friend wrapped her in theni
and she was admitted ashore in this wrap
ping of goods which was announced as
present for Cesar This bundl5 was permit
ted to pass the guards OF the gates of tho
palace and was pat down at the feet of tho
Roman general. When tho bundle was I'LL
rolled there rose before Cesar ono whose
courage and beauty and brilliancy are the
establishment Of the ages. This cxiled queen
of Egypt told the story Of her sorrows, and
ho promised her that sho should get back her
throne in Egypt and tako the throne OF wifely
dominion in his own heart. Afterward they
made triumphal tour i'll barge that the
pictures of many art galleries have called
"Clcopatra's Barge" and that barge was COW
cred with silkcn awning, and its deck was
soft with lnxuriant carpets, end the oars
were silver tipped, and the PROV was gold
mounted, and tho mir was rcdolcnt with the
spiccry of tropical gardens and resonant
with the music that made the night glad as
the day. You mag rejoice, oh woman, thatyou
arc not IL Cleopatra, and that the one to
whom you may be aflianced had none of tho
sins of Caesar, the conquercr. But it suggests
to ME how you, soul exilcd from happiness
end peace may find your way to the I'll, feet Of ,f
the conqucror Of earth and sky. Though it
may be dark night of spiritual agitation in
which you put out into the harbor of peace
you may sail, and when all the wrappings Of
fear and doubt and sin shall be removed you
will be found at the feet of Him who will put
you on throne to be acknowledged as His
in tho day when all the silver trumpets of
tho sky shall proclaim, "Bchold the brisc-
groom comcth," and in barge of light you
sail with him the river whose source is the
the foot of the throne and whose mouth is at
tho sea Of glass mingled with fire.