Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-19

TINES. AMI bihle narrative SIS forth
great many pretty love s.orios. beginning
with that OK ADAM. who preferred en-
eomnanicatiqn Wiih I've u fuil para
oisic1 privileges without her. Jacob
ecurted Rachel Tor "a years. and they
SEEMED "a. few days fur tho hove Re
had rai0 her. Al history indeed. botls
prcfA1e snd sacred. atounds IN stories
of tovc us night. Is endurance. its sf-
fret upoa tho world and upon each per-
s5n in H.
Bar. after al. IS 10 net rather remark
sble tat the consensus % the worlds
opinion = that love = god? Should we
net rather sav tlat l0re = the enemy q
nan snd tbs f1voEiie deputy of the arch
en~ny,
Adam lowed Eve and lost paradise:
PARIS l5esi Helen. and thousands n hives
wero cHer-4 - q hecatomb 10 her
charms. CLEOPATRA loved Antony aud
lost both Egypt and her own life: Henry
VII iovef = good many wives aad cut
o1 .hesr heads 50 that ne might love Yet
another ore better. and 30 on.
'Coerehez "A femme" commanded the
subtle lipiouaat when a puzzling crime
or complicated mystery was brought BE-
fors him. And he was wise. but IN rath-
II a che sited fashion. for IL women have
often melted men - CRIME or Conspiracy
they have also very often c.Animitted
crimes themselves for the sake q some
man. and have also allowed themselves
- D. used n tools that the man they
lovel frl.ht attain The success III a crime
In wAich they did not symfathize. In
fat. 10 not know whether the dis.s-
troas eEects q love have fslien most
heavily ap02 The masculine or the feni-
nine majority q mankind. bur i, IL safe
20 s4y that % Per cent u the results Of
love have becn disastrous % he rare.
And yet. and yet, 10 we wish 20 do
away with love- Had we tne remodel
Ing " n world. II which We so loudly
complain AZ times. should we modify
existing conditions very essentially l
fancy nOt, especially IA this matter Of
love with its DISASTROUS results. IL is, in
fact. our dearest foe. and surely good
Christians are bound % love their enc
miss and cherish these who despitefully
Gse thsru-
CUPID Is net benevolent deity: quite
thu reverse. In sact. he far more nearly
resembles Puck and ARIEL, those '-tricksy
sprltss~ whose chief delight seems 20 be
IN tornentfng aud teasing the very NOR
tAis they prefer 70 serve. But yet, and
yeti We cannot 10 without Cupid We
could FAR better spare a better man. :
AMI thee whom Ne kindly refrAins from
t0rsnsntin9 are always vainly c0axing
hs4n a. vssit thenl-
II. Us say. then. that love. like fire and
water and sir. II = gooi servant. bat a
bal master. But here again our own
woxl= InOck "a. fer ara We net always
declaring hat l0vs = lord q all. and. II
50 h0w dare we sIsak Of him as i bad
mssfsr'
We car IA = measure control confsgra-
tions and foods ard avoid cyclones.
wtI1ls adapting re and water aud ar "a
our osn uses. hut who has got cat a pat
ent f1r . love escape. OF love ernbank.
ment. or beneficsnt love trade wind. OF
SAFETY latitude Scr Ioversi
- love - inevitable. iov0 i dangerous
love - essential % happiness. love y dan.
gerous - peaoe. love u a lad master.
love - lord 81 al. .ove should be kept IN
sl5iection. love laughs at ioci<s1nitks
love. IN : ssorl. y . necei'sary evil. .
niost h-,loved torTuent. an idol ~ Ehosf
let 80 tarow ourselves sven wsiis
knowing ta4l unsisr tbose fest jaws the
Ealf u despair
1--we = win - and has come 10 stay
esrae to-tag In fact. before We were born,
before the worlds pere raSie. for love
Il m origin q AL things and the ersl
. wtira al things ara tendinx Know
inx Al thas. - certainly u tho part &
dl.rfetAoa - TT 30 defend ourselves A.
vsii az we eau from the fyrsnnoas sx
sctions q this servant. who ia lord 0i
al. aD.i. wen While eagerly welcoming
BIN - eur hserss snd teseechins hsm q
uasks tb.usn his honie. 70 SCI ~ snsh
dofen-- and provide earsriv,.s WITH sue 1
rutrests an hisitnx nooks thas we rnsy
81 tasst sac . remnant 4 car souis q
rli 5ur own.
First q az. would say - women
kavinx thesr hapffnr-~ mere a he.rt n
shis nsfksr than t.ass e fzsn,--dou't love
800 InEs<,h
Ms wonsn fr-l II Their acut exsc.iy
az. tnat thsy cant lore no much. me,
~uoourax~ tAern~slves - fancy tlaf thsi'
whol~ lives. thar happin~-- hFru sais
hereafter. th<tr sv~ry chssIoe % svss
snessrss~ eonttut. - opuna 1p N the sov'
II sh< uscrnsnt.
Relieve me nv frsnsi. 1hls = <rta
n.i-sake. u fs-t. = = serfs q mis-
tsks~s. fsr Tos - ee1rss bezsn ~ sssilr
ine v-sreeif AL - cbtect e yonr ie
soskn tHe* rea sra lovins ssH Nth ia
cne i7vs - your hfe Al tfaf las g9n'
b>fre hss hs~s = feilT--sii snsf eort'~'
49, ~til-- nut &c. sher- u aoshinx .
rore efser. shss love-. ti,ts hFye = lows
IL - -afnr~ f.sr Ne AM bs'yord isaHh
ks,frsz npsn sais ss,eorr he psrssns Co
sr.ir ~tevs - A sheFt u8ssif 49, fnfll
a. she raanef love 80 mech - te'
iuedir Art rsfa@r pafs Aersrf sp'u ~
baek taas 80 i ae1e g. d. the tti1s =
tfrre~<hff.
thr frss PART - this compeuns
ros.s4e = sa tA.n4inx q NVsg cEEssEi