Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-27
of the wrong answer to that question.

DEFYING
lie is lie IN the shape OF broken es-
pCu'al.
But suppose man changes his mind,
ought he not back outf Not once In tea
thousand times. What if l change my
mind about promissory note and decline
to ray il, and suddenly put my property
IL sGch Shape that you could not collect
your note? How would you ike
that? Tha', you ssy, would be
iysud. So is the cthN- fraud, snd pun
isE I. GJd will ce1tGirly a. you live eDa
jd:t as certsiDlY if you do
not live. 1 have known men
betrOthed to loving and good
woms2Acod Tesiguing thsir engage
ment End the victim went down In hasty
consumption, while suddenly the recre-
ant man would go up the aisle Of
church IN brilIiaat BRIDAL psrty, and the
two promised 81 will'' VITA II sOlemrity
thst eened insurance CT lifetime hap
piness. But the simple fact was, that
was the frs ect Ct Shskesperisn play
entitled flaming the SareT." He found
out when too lhte that he had not mar
RED into the family of the "9rEces," but
| into the family OF the ''F0Ties." To the
day Of bis deGth the murde- OF his first
betrothal followed hun.
The Bible extols che who "swesreth to
| his own hurt and changeth not" That is,
when you make q promise keep II at all
| hazards. There may be cases where de-
cep:ion has been used ct the time of en-
gsgemelt, end extraordinary circumStan-
ces where the promise is not binding, but
! In nine hundred and ninety-nine cases out
| OF s thousand engagement is as binding
e
faults, well knew the force Of q marital
| engagement. In obedience to some rus
| tic idea he standing on one side the
! brook Ayr, and Mary Campbell on the
! other, they bathed their hands in the VS.
ter and then put them on the boards OF 8
Bible, making their pledge of fidelity. GA
the cover Of the GA Testament Of that
book to this day in Robert Burns
Handwriting may be found the
words: "Leviticus xix: u: Ye
shall not swear by My name falsely: l
| an the Lord" And on the cover OF the
New Testament IL his own handWriting
"MettheW V: 80: Thou shalt not for
swear myself, but shalt pc! form unto the
Lord tbiDe oaths."
Suppose ship captain offers his servi-
ces 10 take a ship out to sea-. After he
gets little way he comes alongside OF q
vessel with q more beautiful dag, and
which has perhaps richer cargo and is
, bound for
MORE ATTRACTIVE PORT.
Suppose he rings q bell for the engineer
10 slow up and the wheel stops. Now |
see the captain being lowered over the
eide of the vessel into small boat, .snd
he crosses to the gsyer and weather.
] I'D al he no GjH
seen walking the bridge Of the other ship.
[ pick I'D his resigned speaking trumpet
and shout through it: Captain, what
does this mean? Did you not promise to
take this ship to juthsmpton, EaelaId?'
hYea," SAYS The capts1n, shut l have
changed my mind, and have found | Car
do Better and I AIN going to take chsrge
here. | shall aeLd back 10 you oil the
letters | got while managing mat saip
and everything l got from your ship, aud
It win be slI right You tell me that in,
worst f.te fo- such q captain IS that II
too good 4or hIE. But 1t is just Whist
, man or woman does who promises II
, take one through the Voysge Gf lie
t.cyoFs the ocean Of earthly existence
( and then bresks the promise. The send
ing back OF all the letters and rings ent
|
0 that right VII Oh is in the sight OF CSC
= and ought TO be In the sight CT nan, a
] everlasting wrong. What America
q society needs to be taught is TIA
o betrothal is an act so solemn and tire
J. mendous that all men and women mas
: stand back from it until they are sur
C that it is right, and sure that 1t Is bes'
n aud sure that no retreat will be desired
8 Before that promise Of lifetime compan
It ionship any amount of romance that 20
e Wish, any srdor OF friendship, any COR
e ing and going. But espoussl Is gst
d q golden gate, which one should not pa;
8 unless he or she expects never to return
II Engagement is the porch OF which ma
d rage is the castle, and you have no rlgl
is in the porch il you do not mean to pa
q into the castle.
J. The trouble has always been that III
IS whole subject Of sfi nee has been rel
l. g.ted to the realm Of frivolity and lek
es and considered not worth sermon
NJ even
81 A SERIOUS PARAGRAPH.
II And SO the massacre of human liv
" has gone on, and the devil has had II
as own cruel wey, and what Is might
ID needed is thai pulpit and platform al
III printing press ell speSE word OF unml
e. taxable and 'h0GcerorS protest on II
subject of iutlnlte importance we
IN clear out into thin pCseY Snd light reedl
in the marital engagements Of Ptt-arch q
re his Laura, Dante and his Beatrice, Chsuc
ah apd his Philippe, LorerzD De Medlcl a.
TO his Lucretls, SpeDser aud his Roseh1
he Waller aud his SacCherisss, not resllz!
al that il was the STYLE Of their en2agemeI
'er ths: decided their happiness or wreiche
le, ness. their virtue or heir pCctiigaCY.
CT the literary and military sud rsE2l@
he glory Ci Queen E'ZAbeth'S reign CAM
TO blot out from one Of the most CoDspic
tsl GUS psges Of history her Infamous Q
he bavior towards Seymour, and Phlhp, u
ed Melville, and Leicester, and others.
lot the ecclesiastical robes that Dean )"
ever rustIed through cousecrated plat
csnnot hide from Intelligent people CT
ages The fsct that by TT mise CT marrls
10 which he never fulfilled he broke
70 heart Of Jsue Wsring after 81 engsE
are ment OF seYen years, and the hesft
ar Stella after an engagement Of fourte
In vesrs, and the poetic stsDzss he ded1ca
the to their excellences only make the m'
in immortal his own perfdy.
"a "But suppose l should make N
he take" says some man or woman, "an
20 find il out after the engagement and
zoe fore msrriage?n MY answer is, you hi
ar no excuse for making mistake On
m subject. There are so many wsys
on. finding out sll about the character
ora preferences and dislikes snd nsolts
in s msn or woman that II
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