The Newtown bee., 1892-09-23
Love and Marriage.

The articles published in the BEE con
corning marriage are neither worthy no
sensible. 1t is no business of theirs, o
| any other person, as long as the partie
contracting are satisfied with each other
Neither age, color, nor any other condit
ions are of any moment, as long as tn
parties are of sound mind and fairly
adapted to each other. s,.. 49,.
My ideas of marriage are that but few
ceremonies performed by Christian min
listers or civil authorities are the marri
age of love that was ordained by the Gre
ator, but are marriages of convenience
Each and every person who has arrived
at that state knows whether theirs is a
true or false marriage. The one that
asked in regard to the woman that had
married the seven brothers, Whose wife
is she? might well ask in every city,
town or hamlet through this country,
whose wife is she? No one knows but
herself, her husband and her God. And,
Furthermore, it is none of their business.
My daughter married in June of this
present year at the age of IA years. What
business is it to any one but herself and
her husband? This example is not such
an isolated one that it should be the nu-
cleus of prolonged controversy through
the papers of this vicinity. This contro-
versy was started by some busybody of
no Importance and taken up by others
that pose as models of ability and sound
ness in writing. Is it any business of the
community's? Is it of bad example? Is
it forbidden by any civil or divine law?
Is it not made honorable mention of in
Gods book? / am bold to say that no
person of good principles is concerned
i'm this matter.
am also bold enough to say that the
ceremony is performed and men are liv-
ing with women that are not their wives
in any sense that is meant by the law of
God. There is no conjugal love, no do
mestic felicity and, in fact, no carrying
out of the divine principle. Perhaps it
is no fault of theirs. Hearts are torn
asunder by parents, by caste, by unfor-
tunate circumstances that neither of the
parties could control. The innocence of
childhood destroyed by interference of
parents, by hate, by jealousy, by malice,
by principles that are born of strife and
controversies and desires to interfere with
matters that do not concern any one but
the particular persons, whoever they
may be. But nothing of that nature can
know or contract true marriage. Truth
is one side of the question and falsehood
the other. There is no intermediate po-
sition.-[Jay Tyrrell.
We once heard DIR Burhams say that
laymen had no right to criticise divines,
because they made it their study to learn
and expound the Scriptures. The mouse
should not attack the elephant, as the
elephant is said to be more afraid of
mouse than any other animal. We shall
not attempt to crawl into the elephants
ear.
We believe in early marriages, for we
are sure that thousands of young men
are saved from dissipation and ruin by
when in their teens. AS soon
as the sexual passion impels the sexes
to seek each other and the flame of love
burns as God intended it should, s'Let
them marry" as st. Paul enjoined. The
great set back to marriage is that, in
waiting too long, other thoughts and
other interests take possession of the
mind and fill the world with bachelors.
AS Byron well said:
What is love without youth,
And youth without love?
AS to the physical part of this. monot-
onous question, we should prefer Niche
let on love and marriage, o. e. Fowler,
DR. Hall on sleep or hundred able med
cal writers to any divine, let him be
Wright or wrong.
We confess to another great set back
20 marriage, early or late and this is it:
There are SO few good and sensible girls
ready to enter the marriage state and live
within the husbands means. And too
many young men are ashamed to ac-
their honest condition in life.
There is no true manhood in assuming to
De worth more than you are in any re-
'pect and, when a young man is indie
pendent enough and happy enough to
ind a mate ready to help live and let
ashton 60 to the dogs, he has ruby
lbove price. O. O. w. extols marriage
Ind insists that, to be superlatively hap
~, there must be children. We remem-
Der reading of the seven wise men Of
Greece, where one told his friend that
lis beloved son was dead, in order to
'how him that, by living single like him
'elf, he did not invite the numerous
rails and sorrows consequent upon mar
led life.
1t is sweet to 60 on swimmingly in any
hing. Some have children surrounded
~ the good and beautiful. Their child
en- are affectionate and delight in antici-
Eating what their parents wish Such
children are blessing indeed But how
many, oh! how many remind US of
;hakespeare's expression, stHow sharper
han serpent's tooth it is to have a
hankless child" 1t is said, ssTis better
Q have loved and lost than never to have
owed at all" And we agree with our
ritic that love is not sensuality. We did
lot speak Of the flame in vulgar sense.
We took exception to the words as being
90 like Walt Whitman's Leaves Of
srass,'' too physically expressed. [G.
". b.
WHITE HILLS.
John Mclaughlin entertained Mr. Snow
nd family of Ansonia.