Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-10-29
IS MARRIAGE A EAILuREi
DIR. Boothe breaches on the Subject TO
Iares Audience.

The Rev. ] w. T. Boothe, D. d.,
preached at Delaware Avenue Baptist
Church last evening on the subject: is
Marriage q FailureP' The speaker read
the second chapter of Genesis. regarding
a help-meet being made for Adam. In
speaking of the fall of Adam. he said
that it was his own fault. He said in
part This subject, as marriage
a failure. demands discussion and
ministers Of the gospel have as
much authority to preach on It as to
preach on Christ. Two sentences: at
is not good for man to be alone, and
Marriage is honorable, will claim
our attention. One thing is evident to
the older people, No such question as
this was ever heard of or advocated in
their youthful days Marriage then was
the same institution as it is now. Why
is this question now before us. This
matter is now being fully discussed by
the newspapers One thing is certain
We do not marry exactly in the same
way, from the same reasons and causes
as we did years ago. There
were ill-mated men and women
then, but the majority were more careful.
Then it was considered from a different
view point; now they marry for different
causes; there are more things in society
and married life than ever before.
Marriage in a sufficient number OF
cases in this country has been put on
such low scale as TO bring this discus
sion up. The elder people married for
real love, the Puritans and other early
settlers had no difficulty. II a young
woman wanted to elope with the family
coachman it was all right and the matter
was adjusted.
Now divorces are increasing. A com
mittee is at work classifying the same
in all the states of the Union, showing d
lamentable condition of married life.
Every state except South Carolina Is q
criminal in the sight of God, because OF
the divorce laws | should like TO know
the right Of legislator TO vote for q
measure that sets aside divine law. W.
do not put the right men in our legisla
tive halls. Statistics from South Caroline
show that the best condition Of marriag,
law is that Of no divorce but for on,
cause
At the present rate OF divorces, in
short time married people who live.to
gether will be an exception rather than {
rule. There are net many young people
getting married in this city. have mar
ried two within year Many Of then
go to Camden; they used to 60 to Chester
because it could be done cheap.
Delawares marriage law is relic Of
barbarism Il is different from that Of
any other state. Ii makes a man give
bonds that he is able to support wife
Efforts have been made TO have this Law
repealed it is a relic Of barbarism that
hampers those who would marry
There has been decrease in marriages
Although this is leap year, not many
young ladies have proposed. There are
constantly growing large numbers OF
bachelors and ladies of uncertain age
Is marriage fail1re2 IL seems TO be.
is marriage failure2 mol IL is one
of the grandest successes under the skies.
Nothing can be failure that has the
divine imprint thereon. This institution
is divine one. 1t is right for man ia
have a woman to be his help-meet The
best possible condition Of human life is
marriage a denial of this in an insult to
divine ordinance.
The purest men and the purest women
are the married men and the married
women. God knew that marriage was
necessary to man il not TO the woman.
Every man is worse man in proportion
as he units himself for the marriage
state There Is tendency to celibacy
Celibacy is not the highest form Of life
ii is wrong.
Married life is divine. do not be-
lieve that marriage is or ever will be a
failure.