The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-09


swope preached on Marriage and
Divorce" to large and interested con.
crera,ion. The text OF the discourse
was taken from st. Matthew xix, 5, 6:
"For this cause shall man leave father
and mother and shall cleave to his
wife: and they twain shall be one
flesh? What therefore God hath joined
together, lot not man put asunder."
Said Dr.. Swope: Marriage is sub
ice. OF permanent and universal inter.
est, Most Of US have entered the mar
riape state, others have their dreams OF
it and none can bo interested in the
life of his fellows without being inter
ested in what forms one OF the most
important factors in that life. Marri-
ace bears in the most direct way upon
human we'll being; happiness for life is
hound up with the spirit in which men
and women enter upon the marriage
state. and fulfil its duties More than
tbis. goodness is at stake; men and
women are made and marred by marri-
age"
81 speak therefore this eveninG-apon
this subject under the conviction that
it lies very close to the highest and best
interests Of my hearers. lis a serious
subject. Young people sometimes find
il subject OF piayfulness; they do not
realize what sacred thing is the love
which ripens into lifelong union OF
two hearts. OF all
THE MoMENToUs STEPS
which mon and women take in life this
is Que Of the greatest. For good or ill
it will affect the whole life. In it men
md women find the noblest outgoing OF
life. In marriage, conjugal love with
all it means, is risked. That love eX-
panding in the warm sunshine OF an
others love will grow to be the fine
fruitage OF life, or nipped by the blight
ing irosts Of alienation it will be de-
stroyed.
because marriage is so important
and solemn the church warns US in the
opening Of the marriage service that
it is not to be entered into unadvsedly
or lightly, but reverently, discreetly
advisedly, soberly and in the fear OF
God Marriages which are not OF this
character, in which the union is en-
tered into blindly, under mistaken or
selfish impulses eventuate in disap-
pointed hopes, blighted prospects and
domestic misery
"What marriage will bring you in
life and joy depends in measure on
what YOU are IN your youth. We see
young men and women spelling their
IuIure by playing at loye-hirtation.
Love is too precious to be fritted away
for amusement. Sgander it now
and you run the risk OF bankruptcy in
the future. Who're there is no reserve,
marriage will be failure. A great deal
of moral schooling is necessary before
man or woman is fit for marriage. I'M
selfshness, self control, patience and
forOearance are the qualities which are
as oil to the wheels OF matrimony.
CHOICE OF A WIFE
In the choice of wife you have two
co1nseilors-Prudence and Romance.
You cannot be guided solely by either
# these, but must hear both. Prudence
may be so prudent as to smother love,
while Romance may leave the solid
earth so far behind as to ignore the
plainest facts. A choice dictated by
mere prudence ia as bad as any man or
woman can make. 1t is poor kind OF
love that turns itself into calculating
machine. On the other hand there is
rashness in love which is sometimes
the inspiration of the highest wisdom
Marriage should not be entered into
by those who have inherited disease or
tendency to disease, and consequent
physical unfitness for parentaGe. Men
and women who are separated by gulfs
of inheritedand trained opinions should
never attempt to bridge them by the
marriage tie. Sometimes women are
quixotic enough to marry man bank
rupt in character in the fond hope OF
reforming him. 1t is better to effect
the reformation before marriage. Hus.
bands will resent the air OF moral
superiority assumed by reforming
wife, and such resentment is fatal to
reformation and to the joy and peace OF
life.
EQUALITY NECESSARY.
Among the positive qualities that
should be possessed there is equality;
no man should marry a woman that he
must look down upon MS his inferior as