Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-03-23

to that relation there is no possibility
of his getting out, or no probability, he
would be more slow to put his neck in
the yoke. He would say to himself,
Rather than Carl bbeau whirlwind
with whole fleet of shipping in its
arms give me zephyr off fields of sun
shine and gardens of peace.
Rigorous divorce law will also hinder
women from tho fatal mistake of mar
rying mon to reform them. If young
man by % years Of age or 80 years of
age have the habit of strong drink fixed
on him. he is as certainly bound for a
drunkard's grave as that a train starting
out from Grand Central depot at s
o'clock tomorrow morning is bound for
Albany. The train may not reach Albany,
for it may be thrown off the track. The
young man may not reach drunkard's
grave, for something may throw him
off the iron track of evil habit, but the
probability is that the train that starts
| tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock for AL
bany will get there, and the probability
is that the young man who has tho
fore 25 or 80 years of age will arrive at
drunkards grave. She knows he
drinks, although he tries to hide it by
chewing cloves Everybody knows he
drinks Parents warn; neighbors and
friends warn. She will marry him; she
will reform him.
The Altar of Sacrifice.
Il. E.-I Al
ment, why, then the divorce law will
emancipate her because hahitual drunk
enness is cause for divorce in Indiana,
Kentucky, Florida, Connecticut and
nearly all the states. So the poor thing
goes to the altar of sacrifice If you will
show me the poverty struck streets in
any city, l will show you the homes of
the women who married men to reform
them. In one case out of 10, 600 it may
be successful experiment | never saw
tho successful experiment. But have
rigorous divorce law and that woman
will say, IF am affianced TO that man,
it is for life. -
A rigorous divorce law will also do
much to hinder hasty and inconsiderate
marriages. Under the impression that
one can be easily released people enter
the relation without inquiry and with
out reflection. Romance and impulse.
rule the day. Perhaps the only ground
for tho marriage compact is that she
likes his looks, and he admires the,
graceful way shs passes around tho leo
cream at the pienio 1t is all they know
nh t. +L.,
ton for life. a woman that could not
make a loaf of bread to save her life
will swear to cherish and obey. A.
Christian will marry an atheist, and
that always makes conjoined wretohed-
ness, for if aIuan does not believe there
is a God he is neither to be trusted with.
dollar nor with your lifelong happi
ness. Having read much about love in
a cottage, people brought up in ease
will 80 ard starve in howell.
By the wreck of 10, 600 homes, by
the holocaust of 10, 900 sacrificed men,
and women, by the hearthstone of the,
family. which is the cornerstone of the,
state, and in the name of that God who,
hath set up the family institution, and
who hath made the breaking of the,
marital oath the most appalling of all
perjuries, / implore tho congress of the;
United States to make some righteous,
uniform law for all the states, and from
ocean to ocean, on this subject of mar
riage and divorce.
Character the One Essential.
Let me say to the hundreds Of young
people in this house this afternoon, be-.
fore you give your heart and hand in.
holy alliance use all caution. Inquire
outside as to habits, explore the DISPOSE
ton, scrutinize tho taste, question the.
ancestry and find ont the am billions. Do
not take the heroes and the heroipes Of
cheap novels for model. Dc not put
your lifetime happiness i'll the keeping.
of a man who has reputation for be-
ing a little loose i'll morals or in the,
keeping of q woman who dresses fast
Remember that, while good looks are a,
kindly gift of God, wrinkles or acct
dent may despoil them. Remember that;
Byron was 10 more celebrated for his.
beauty than for his depravity. Remem-
Der that Ahsalom's hair was not more
splendid than his habits were despica-.
bic Hear it, hear It'll The only founda--
ton for happy marriage that has ever
been or ever will be is good character.
Ask God whom you shall marry if,
you marry a. all. A union formed in
prayer will be q happy union, though
sickness pale the check. and poverty
empty the bread tray, and death open
the small graves, and all the path of
life be strewn with thorns from the
marriage altar with its wedding march
and orange blossoms clear on down to the
last farewell at that gate where Isaac
and Rebecca, Abraham and Sarah,
Adam and Eve parted.
And let me say to you who are in
this relation, if you make one man or
woman happy. you have not lived in
vain. Christ says that what be is to the,
church you ought to be to each other,
and if sometimes through difference of
opinion or difference of disposition you
make up your mind that your marriage,
was mistake patiently bear and for
bear, remembering that life at the Ion
gest is short, and that for those who have,
been badly mated in this world death
will give quick and immediate bill of
enforcement written in letters of green.
grass on quiet graves. And perhaps my
brother, my sister, perhaps you may ap-
preciate each other better in heaven.
than you have appreciated each other on,
earth
in the Farm Ballads" our Ameri-
can poet puts into the lips of repent
ant husband after life of married per-
turbation these suggestive words:
{ And when she dies wish that She would be
laid by ME.
And lying together in silence perhaps we will
agree,
And if ever we meet in heaven | would not
4 think it queer
: If we love each other better because We quar-
!. relied here,
The Speck the Horizon.
And let me say to those of you who
are in happy married union avoid first
quarrels; have no unexplained CORE
spondence with former admirers; culti-
vate no suspicious: in moment of bad