The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-06-06
WEDDED HAPPINFSs.

Whose fndeth a wife, indeth a good
thing and obtaineth favor from the Lord, >
one of the proverbs of Solomon, was the
Rev. d. J. Holiness text last night at the
Fulton Street Methodist CbnIch, ard his
subject. ''Happy Marriages, and Some
Things that Make Them So" The hand
some new church was filled. DR.. Holmes
began by saying: 'This question of marri-
age is at the basis oftrue happiness and of
good society,"" The reciprocal attraction
of a man and a Woman, singing out each
other from a million. was one OF Gods
methods for our happiness.
Toward a happy marriage an engagement
on right principles was a requisite. Why
did so many engagements run SO long?
Que excuse was in the words, / want to be
my own master awhile longer, and another
was, they said they couldn't afford a prompt
wedding. In France woman's freedom
began when she married; here it seemed to
end. The American maiden could run
around as much as she pleased, while the
wife was sort Of r~ecluse, almost battered
to the house. There was no need of SO
great a change as often oeenr,d, theugh, OF
course, the welded pair had to make mu
tual snrrenders. the woma giving up her
flirtations and gadding, and the husband
his bachelor boorishness and noinadic life,
his club room absorption, and rowing
~fancies. Single life was arithmetic, and
married life, algebra. The responsibility
of eating three meals was different from
cooking three, and the hymeneal altar was
a place Of sacrifice, the surrender of time,
liberty, and preference.
DIR. Holmes thought both parties should
go TO the same church. The girl that
couldn't get her beau converted before
marriage would probably wait a long time
aitersard. No girl in her selsas would
marry a drinking man. Better marry a
man who talked in his sleep or snored.
Charles could afford to marry the right
girl, because it would be as cheap or cl cap
er than single life. Tasteful, net expen-
sive, attire made a woman attractive. The
woman was to blame for extravaganza, if
indeed economy was neglected, and. as a
matter of fact. 4 man didn't know the
difference between a So shaw, and one of
Queen Victoria 'scaslmeres. Every woman
knew that she was as adorable to her
husband If in a plain 10-cent calico as in a
81 silk; whereas, in some fashionable cir
cles, it costs more to drsss a daughter for
one party than to send two sons TO college
for a year.
Don't let the married board, but keep
house, ever so simply. the speaker having
been as happy in two rooms on the kesh-
waukee River in this State as in yonder
nice new parsonage, which was a credit to
them all. The woman who didn't keep
house lacked the opportunity for the cult
walton of all true home affections and
graces.
In selecting a companion, marry health,
appetite, don't marry on the sly. Make
the wedding day the happiest of all your
life, a day OF song, kindly greeting. warm
handshakes, and congratulations. Ask
Gods guidance in every step, making
marriage a veritablc sacrament, as do the
Catholics. Except ply ~sically the welded
should be alike. as in culture and tolls.
To the married people present, and to all
the young people there who hoped to be
married, DR.. Holmes gave his congratula-
tons and invoked the divine blessings
From tie Inter Ocean.