The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-11-11
Notes from Lectures at Battle Creek
Sauitarium.
BATTLE CREEK, ,

BATTLE CREEK, MICH, Nov. I'd, '92
In recent regular Tuesday afternoon
lecture, DIR, Kate Lindsay made a few pert
inent remarks on the subject of marriage
which deem worth transcribing for your
readers. She said: Marriage need not be
failure If common sense instead of senti-
ment be used in the choice of partners for
life. In the first place, man and his wife
need to be friends, and lifelong friendships,
in the marriage relation and out of it, must
needs be founded upon character. Make sure
OF good principles, sound morals, a practical
education, good nature and unseltishness,
and upon these, the superstruc.ura of
friendship and love can rest securely. 1t
Will not tOpple over into the divorce court
before the end of five years. Whereas, if
there be only romantic glamor called love,
and each party endeavors to deceive the
other by appearing to be what he or she is
not, it is very likely that ''incompatiblity"
will develop before the honeymoon is over.
Character is the only true basis for lifelong
companionship. Sickly sentimentality will
soon tade and then whatever is gross beneath
will come to the surface.
Rev. Robert Wallace and wife are the
managers of that wonderful charity, the
Marchmont Orphanage, located in Belle
vile, Ont. Mrs. Wallace has been taking
treatment at the Sanitarium for few weeks
past and at the last regular meeting of the
oanitarium medical missionary society, she
gave very vivid account of the work. Mrs.
Wallace is an accomplished English gentle
woman who formerly lived in London, and
while young, became interested in caring
for unfortunate orphan children, being as
sOciated with the well-known Miss Annie
Mcpherson. AS the number of children
increased and as all industries of England
are over crowded, they resolved to try the
experiment of bringing the children to the
American provinces to see if good homes
could not be secured for them. So in 1870,
they came to Canada with One-hundred
boys. These were quickly and satisfac-
torily placed, and Mrs. Wallace, then Miss
Ellen A. BilbrOugh, decided to stay and open
a receiving home while Miss Mcpherson
should return to England and gather and
train recruits as formerly.
In the last twenty-five years, since the
first installment of children was brought
over between six and seven thousand chill
dren have passed through Marchmont Home
on their way to being provided with real
homes in christian families. The managers
are very particular about places, and by
means of regular visitors, keep watch over
the welfare of each child. They must be
sent to day school certain portion of each
year and to church and Sunday school regu-
larly, and as they grow older, proper re-
muneration must be made for their services.
Many of the first brought over are married
and some are settled in the States. Almost
without exception, they are prosperous, re-
spectacle citizens. One young man. once in
the Home, is now a missionary in China,
and his support comes from donations from
the home children, who regard him as their
representative. 1t will thus be seen that
Marchmont represents grand benevolence
on the true basis of self-support 1t has no
endowment, the founders looking to God in
faith for whatever is needed, and He has
never failed them.
At Christmas time, every one of the six
thousand who have been in the home, whose
present address is known is remembered by
being sent copy of the annual report, a
cyclOstyle letter, Christmas card
and roll of illustrated papers,
books and tracts. Just imagine the
amount of labor which this involves. Ger
tainly no one but woman with great
motherly heart like Mrs. Wallace would
ever think it was possible to give so many
children greeting at one time. 1t is pleas
ure to add that Mrs. Wallace is now able to
return to her work, much improved in
health. HELEN l.. MANNING.