Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-01-09
ON "MATRiMONY."
Lecture by Rev. Carlisle Last Night
Marriage and Married Life -Hus-
band Getting and Wife Getting.

At the Congregational church, last
enirg,to an audience, taxing the ut
most seating capacity Of the church,
the Pastor Rev. C. b. Carlisle, Ie-
livered lecture on marriage and mar
ried.life; husband getting and wife get
ting. The talk wss in the happiest
vein, yet replete with telling practical
thought, matter of interest and enjoy
ment to all. The special vocal and
instrumental music was exceptionally
fine. Among other things Mr.. Carlisle
said:
At the very outset the infinite father
saw that it was not good for a man to
be alone or without woman.
In his "Betsy and 1 are out" Will Carl
ton-makes the old man say. "Women
without a home are skeery critters"
1t is just as true of men-folks. 1t is
not good for man to be alone. We have a
lot of bachelors who live In dispute Of
this. In the department of the Rhone
IN France, tie authorities impose a
heavy tax on bachelors. 1t is expens-
i've to be single over there. Perhaps
taxing bachelors ID this country, would
be good thing,
1t is interesting and significant that
at the beginIng of his ministry the
very outset of his personal relations
with humanity, Christ was a genial
guest at wedding feast even providing
the wine for the banquet that fol
lowed. And l want to say just here in-
ferentially that in all that three years of
ministry Christ was always in hearty
sympathy with innocent amusements
and pleasures. He was sociable.
Woman was made an obiect-that
man might lOve-for without "some one
to love" even Paradise would have been
a veritable wilderness. She has been
called Heavens best last gift"
Just here l want to put another thought
on record. 1t should be land down as
automatic IN the heart of man, that each
sex is created alike and equally in the
Image and likeness Of God anu is born
with the absolute right To engage in
any legitimate work, religious or social
and is alike responsible to God in that
work, and that for one sex to control or
govern or limit in any way the absolute
perfect freedom of the other is squarely
opposed to New Testament doctrine. |
hauOp1 that 70 hot par
questions can be rightly answered or
problems solved, unless womanklnd has
contributed her full share to such ans
wer or solutions. / am speaking now Of
religious, social and educational ques
tions. l am weary of that old-way
back. claim about the intellectual IN,
feriority of women. d. not believe it.
| think she Is as capable of Greek and
gemometry as man ard needs both
in the care of her home and the baby.
| do not see any great difference be
tween a baby broughG up on Greek
roots and verbs and one brought upon
the harmOnies Of music.
| am not ready to say that because
a woman has hankering to nibble at
any side of the apple of knowledge
thereupoD, there will be an end to the
buttons. the darnings and the baby.
When people get married they should
go away and make home of their own,
A wise mother -in-law Will gen
orally make 1t lively for them until
they do. More downright unhappiness
has come out Of living with the old
folks than from almost any other
source. Very soou after the wedding
day, the gloss begins to wear of-the !
smiles of that happy event tone down |
into ordinary smOothness, stubborn !