Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-12
WEDDING WRINKLES
Rvv DR.. aKER TELLS HOwa GIRL SHOULD
PICK HER FELLOW.
Cha SboBl8 Insis. that His Pas. Record Should be
a Pure and Unblsmished as Hsr's-NsY-
G Marry 70 Rshrm-@Wonen
Should Cook.
MAJ uas nnotber large eOngregatiOn


that filed every pew at the Fourth
ytreet Methodist Church last night. 1t
vas the occasion of sermon by the
Dastor, Rev. DR.. Riker, on a rather
perhaps not novel, but taking subject
"Courtship and Marriage"
The pastor started out by saying IN
The language Of the scripture it is not
good for man to be alone; he should
have a help-meet. There is no Ques-
Non that can come before US OF moro
lterlinR Importance, and no affections
Mat stir Us more than those that lead
mn 10 Christian matrimOny. The very
6rst chapter Of the Bible illustrates Ine
principles Of the holy alliance IN tne
connection Of Christ with the church.
while Two of the commandments, nay
tbree OF them, in the deCalOgue nave
reference to the sacred relations we
hear towards the gentler sex. Hardy
any act OF life is so important as mar
rage The church takes coguizance OF
IL. and the state governs certain OF us
relations By law. ~.
II seems singular, but did you ever
notice that there is nothing that Will
draw crowd sooner than wedding
and after all, perhaps, 1t is not surprIS-
ing. They are watching two persons
about to pursue different course OF
lie. and destiny is sealed up In taose
two hearts.
When made known that 1 was to
preach upon this topic tonight, some
one came to me to ask why l
selected such a subject. told my friend
that it was not Sensationalism that
sought, that I felt call TO yentlaGe
these subjects at this particular season,
as the times demanded il, and / felt that
IL would be productive Of good. We
must deal with the practical, everyday
problems OF life in order TO reach the
people. What do the masses care about
the hair-spliting dOgmas, and the hun
dred and one isms in theology that
provoke discussions, and will likely
provoke them among divinity students
for an time TO come. What the people
want to know about and to guard
against are the things that confront US
in everyday life. As 10 was said
of one OF the battles in the
late war, il took LOO pounds Of lead to
kill one man. What is meant by this
is that while one little minnie ball kill
ed him, all the rest of the lead went
uloughing over their heads, and was
wasted I'm trying to kill him. Then the
order came Fire low" Fire where
the people are" This is what / be-
lieve i'm doing, and there are certain
times when il proves effective.
A certain newspaper sometime ago
Altered q prize for the best advice for a
person contemplating marriage. The
prize was awarded TO the answer
"Don't." 1t is more than likely that
this was intended for joke, but, how
ever, the philosophy of that reply is
wholly false. History shows that the
human interests are best served and the
country 40 large is most benefited by
those who wed.
The pastor then went on to speak Of
divorces and depiOred them in terms
that were unmistakabe. he said that
1000 persons daily sailed on the sea Of
matrimOny, and that one marriage in
every sixteen resulted in divorce. Mar
riages are 20 hasty, too incOnSiderate.
The pastor then read a number of sta
ussics showing the increase in divorces
fin this country 10 the past few decades.
What are some of the reasons for this?
I think the divorces have something TO
do with 10. She says now ION, il it
don't turn out well, can easily get
divorce" aud so it goes. There were
400, 900 divorces in twenty years. l also
think the amusements aud literature
have something TO do with it. The pas
tor then told OF the yellow and senSa-
tiOual literature In the way of hand
bills and story papers that had been
thrown in his yard from time TO time,
and read selections from one he had
found, and also gave a synopsis Of
hand-biil of the "N0OdOO." How DeO-
pie can tolerate such an outrage upon
the decency of home-life is more than
can imagine Such literature, as well
as the theatre beiittIeS the holy rela-
lions of marriage, and Is demOraizing
all along the line OF social purity. The
dance also UndermineS the social purity,
and diminiShes the respect the
Young man feels for wOmanhOOd.
One of these fashy papers says a girl
always knows by the throbbing of her
heart when true love comes. This Is
sheer nonsense, it is something more
than the mere thrObbiug of the heart.
i'm marrying, take the counsel of your
best friend also. 1t Is not always nee
essary, but two heads are often better
than one in making a choice. l wish
that c,andestine marriages might be
broken M upon. They are becoming
altogether too numerous. Don't run
Of with a fellow unless you have Gre
dentiais of character certainly
as good as your own. And
don't marry g fellow to reform him.
I've seen too much Of that Iteuds dis
astrously, as Ruskin has remarked "the
wife is she who weaveS the fortunes of
the family" When man mpIrys he
doesn't want fashion plate, no. q rip
pling cOnversationalist on nonentities;
he wants a womanly woman.
The pastor wound up his discourse by
telling what requirements the wife
should have laying particular stress
on cooking.
Hanford Company Arrives.
CborIrs 7 Hanfor3's oTt,Iips Co,-o.