San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-28
MARRIAGE NOT A FAILURE.
But Great Many Husbands and
Wives Are Absolute Failures.

tic and cynical Englishmen: l. as
Life Worth Living 2" and =. as
Marriage a Failure ?"
Life, with all its trials, discom-
forts, hardships and disappoint-
ments, is a blessing. 1t is note
worthy fact that the beasts of the
field display no WEAKNESS of life
and never commit suicide. The
life of domesticated animals, such
as oxen and horses, is harder than
that of any man.
1t is wholly fault of men and
women if they find "life is not.
worth living" They do not take
the trouble to cultivate content
ment, and are chronic grumblerS
and GROWERS. "Cursed with every
granted WISH" they still repine
and grumble, and industriously
nourish and cultivate discomfort.
AS a general thing, the rich suf-
fer most from WEAKNESS OF life and
ennui. This comes from their hav-
ing no business to perform moth
ing to do that will afford bodily
exercise and mental employment.
The best preventative of ennui,
dependency, discomfort and wear
mess of life is bodily and mental
work, for the reason that it is law
of nature that men should work.
Those who declare that ''life is
not worth living" would not be
contented and happy under the
most propitious circumstances and
conditions that can be conceived.
The fault is in themselves; their
minds, hearts and tempers are so
cross-grained, peevish and ill-reg-
ulaeed as to be really irreconcil-
able with happiness.
Civilization and mechanical in
ventions and Improvements have
multiplied artificial wants and
changed the nature of a large |
number of men and women to
such an extent as to render these |
artificial wants the utmost neces-
saries of life to them. They live |
feverish lives; they are always in
a hurry, and they have acquired |
an abnormal craving for excite
ment of some sort. Indeed, eX-
element has become as necessary
to them as dram is to topper, or
morphine is to the morphine fiend,
and when deprived of excitement,
they fret, chafe and grumble, and
conclude life is not worth living.
Every human creature should
have an object in life and should
feel there is a sacredness in duty,
and that there is something en-
nobling in performing ones duty;
however, unpleasant it may be, at
times. There is a duty devolved
on every man and woman in the
world, and they wrong themselves,
when they shirk this duty, from
Incidence, selfishness, or moral
cowardice.
Men and women owe duty to
society, to their fellow creature, to
their country and to themselves.
Parents owe a duty to their child
rem, while children owe a duty to
their parents. ParadOXical and I'M
fashionable as it may sound, hus-
bands owe duty to their wives
and wives owe duty to their hus-
bands, and in case they honestly
discharged this duty marriage
would seldom be considered fail
ure, and there would be but little
grist carried to the divorce mill.
God requires us to love Him SUI
premely, and to love our neighbor
as ourself. How many individu-
ais do you know who love their
neighbOr as themselves Look
around your circle of friends and
count on your fingers those whose
deeds prove they love their neigh
Dor as themselves. Kindness,
charity and friendliness are the
fruits of love to our neighbOr. You
cannot possibly make mistake as
to whether a man loves his neigh
Dor as himself if you look to his
acts and put his profession to one
side.
The selfish person is incapable
of loving any fellow creature. He
cannot love his wife or his child
rem, much less his neighbors.
Selfishness and self love are ST.
amese twins and the effect of self
ishness and self love is to absorb
and monopolize all the love of
those cnrsed with them and unfit
them for friendship, benevolence,
kindness, sympathy and love.
A man incapable of friendship,
benevolence, sympathy, kindness
and love falls below the level of
the beasts of the field. A dog loves
his master, and will sacrifice his
life to protect him from harm.
The scrub and the blackguard
who have grown rich. forthwith