The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-11

Will Wunt W houi youi WV - f,'i IN
praise. If Children are gwen sne MN
want your help and example IN ,oauns
them to Christ. This is not smd because
| regard the unoeiiever unworthy .no
church member, but Decause 10 hno"
the happiness oil Doth Is enuangereu.
For the same reason would never en-
courage Jew and aOhrlstlan 10 marry OF
a Catholic and frotestaht.
II Will certainty pass WITHOUT PROOF that
it is better, all things else being equai, ior
the church member TO marry IN the church,
aud for the, non,church member 70 marry
out OF the church ana II VIII not De denied .
but what it is far better Tor both parties,
where it can be SO, 70 belong 70 the same
church. -.
have known very many iatnihes wnere
the wife belonged to one irotestant church
and the husband to another, ana IN every
instance it was barrier to their perfect re-
llgions peace. Inc greater the humper oi
bonds thit bind husband ana wlie 10,
gether, the stronger will be the union an
the greater the happiness.
now TO LIVE AFTER MARRIAGE
is O question OF Unreasonable magnitude
Both should recognize the fact that that
which wins love will retain it. To expect to
Win love III DIG way W ~ ny
pursuing an opposite course, is TO reverse
cause and effect.
Each should note with care the things
that were most pleasing and interesting
during courtship, and see that these are
sacredly guarded. II the young bride re-
members that her lover praised her for her
beauty land he did and that beauty was
in part the work of art, she should keep
| l. l. H.. IL. l.,
box wide open all the time, and always
strive to look as sweet and charming as
when, by the light of the moon, she hung
over the garden gate.
The Young wife who casts aside her ef-
forts to please and crafty her husbands
wishes in the matter OF neatness, modesty,
grace and dress. as soon as he is married,
must not be surprised il her devoted lord
grows less loving as the days 90 by. II
| you won your lover by your musical gifts
and attachments, 10 not give up your mu.
sic when most he needs ii TO cheer and
comfort him.
II you find he was drawn TO YOU by your
literary attachments, your learning, your
knowledge OF science, OF history, Of poetry,
| then by all means keep up your studies,
your reading Do not fall below the
portant point thousands OF noble women
lai. They suffer the cares and duties OF
/ home life to crowd them away from their
! books and the fountains OF knowledge,
I and the result is not only that they do not
make advancement, but that they 90 back,
and many times fall far below where they
were at the time OF marriage.
And when the patient, faithful, strug-
| Cling wife does all in her power to make
| herself as attractive in personal appear.
ancc, in mental attainmenls as is possible,
let the young husband show his apprecia.
ton OF these things. The husband that
never sees these efforts of his wife to please,
and never has word OF kindness and ap.
probation, is more OF brute than the dog
that gratefully acknowledges the crust o.
| bread.
II Is the daily and hourly attention &c
| the minutia OF life that makes happines.
possible. The rays Of the sun do not out
/ number the myriad OF WAYS in which hus
band and wife can promote each Others
comfort and peace. But that which bindi
the heart OF true man is not the mer,
beauty OF face and grace OF form, nor vel
the rich endowments Of the mind, bu
that indescribable glory and beauty tina
| lives in the soul Of womanly purity.
Without this heavenly charm-that nc
/ tongue can describe-this spiritual beaut,
! that always wears the white mantle o.
virtue, no woman can hope TO make I
true and noble man happy. Nor can sh,
hope to retain his love.
In the absence OF these divine charms
Cleopatra, with all her personal beauty
and brilliancy OF mind, had no power Il
win or retain the love Of man. For four
| teen years Antony was her sensual slave
! hut never her lover. His conduct PROVED
him a stranger to the holy passion.
But II husbands and wives would b,
| happy and enjoy married life. let then
live together. And | hope YOU will Ia,
great emphasis upon the word together. :
! Nv friend. II YOU intend 10 become ,
drummer or follow any other business ina
would deprive a wife OF your society ant
companionship. when Won part with he
AT the gate tonight tell her not 10 oxpcc
YOU any moro.
No man has right, human or divine
,oo,ha,'s a,,ns oni saesy 81 f., ~ -, ~