Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-22

mother. No age or situation can annul
this obligation. A man who will not thus
honor his father and his mother will
come 70 bad end. / could give
you g number OF cases illustrating this
position. ! have seen such men marry,
and have noticed that they in turn were
dlshonored by their children. One case of
disrespoct for q mother and the sad results
following shall never forget. The man
was Of the best family and concluded 10
watch his history. He married sweet
woman, whom he sent out an Indictment
night for medicine for himself while in-
toxicated. She took pneumonia and died,
and soon he followed from intemperance.
Another was torn limb from limb by the
betting IN machine-shop. The Bible
says OF such one (metaphorlcally) the
ravens shall pluck ont his eyes." The
noble men who sacrifice themselves 70
duty of whatever kind are heroes and
will not lose their reward. God has
promised that thew shall have SONS and
daughters in the better land, notafter the
tesh bat Of the spirit.
The second honorable class exempted are
those few men of whom st. Paul Is a type
who for the Kingdom of Gods sake or
some kindred motive (like the good priest,
Father Damien. who lately died a martyr
toleprosy) decided not TO marry. The great
womau's, speaks often of his "children in
the Gospel" and of his little children"
70 whom be writes lin tears that they
keep themselves from idols"
There are some positions in life where
wife would be hindrauce. st. Paul said
because of the present distress" and of
the "straitness of the times" it WAS not
good TO marry. At one time commodore
IN our navy was allowed to take his wife
with him d, Int that loU xUaa nbOi-
ished some time ago, aud wisely. i was
never so embarrassed during our four years
war az by the presence of my wife on
the eve of a battle. As good as women
are there are times and places unsulted TO
them. There are so few men of this class, of
which st. Paul is the type, that the popu-
latiOn Of the world land certainly Of Viz
ginia) will not suffer much from it.
third and last class, and also q small one,
are those bachelors who have been ill
treated. whose honorable motives and ar
dent affections have been trGmpled upon
by unholy feet When an ardent youth
| used TO say that a woman guilty of this
crime should be "sent to the penltentiaTy.n
Though much older now, don't know if L
can reverse this opinion. Being firm be-
lever in the sacredness of the tender
passion hardly know q worse crime than
the one referred TO, chiefly because 1t Is one
excuse. For q JoOTndn 10 enter this holy
temple of the affections with deceit and
falsehood upon her lips and offer incense
TO false gods is the climax of iniquity. L
have seen one OF two of this class drink the
gall of bitterness in this world. What, alas!
will be their destiny in the next. none can
tell. She is a modern " Sophia" But let
me say 10 my sad and injured friend, your
ostracism of all Ewes daughters for the sin
of one is unjust. Suppose a friend of
yours should distrust you for your brothers
sin, would you think he was dealing fairly
with your Try again and make good use
of an improved judgment and you may yet
be happy.
If my Bachelor friend will not send me his
photo or write q letter / will conclude this
series with your kind permission by two
letters-one a history in part of talented
bachelor who said to me my life is q fail
ure,n and second, some suggestions as to
what sort of a woman to marry. Z.
February II. 1891.