The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04

and VIC. received it from him as an
order of chivalry; but from all such
details the talk turns to the address
which DR.. Davidson gave to John Car
michael and Kate Carnegie. On such
occasions it was his custom to i'm
press upon the husband and wife such
homely virtues as industry, temper
ance, good temper and forbearance,
with illustrations of an extremely
character; but this day the depths of
his heart We're stirred He forgot his
worldly doubts of the wisdom of this
marriage, and remembering the COW
cred portrait of his little maid, and
the angel which he brought home from
Italy for his study, he let all men
know what he thought of love, until
even Marget Howe was satisfied.
Dear friends of us all. your love
has now been crowned with the bless
ing Of the Church, which is the Bride
of Christ, and your feet stand within
the goodly Land of Promise You
have entered into that holy estate
which is the deepest mystery of ex-
perience and the very sacrament of
the Divine Love. 1t is a chief mo-
ment in life when two people, who
other, are drawn together by an ire
sistible attraction so that their souls
cannot be henceforward divided by
time or space. or life or death; when
one sees in a single woman that dream
OF purity and sweetness which has
ever haunted his soul, when in single
man she Iinds that rest and satsfac-
tion her heart has been unconsciously
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and makes all things new; it is the
hand Of Providence, and annuls every
argument of worldly providence. You
have performed an act of utter faith;
believe in one another to the end. AS
the bride has given herself to the bride
groom, let him be to her now father
and mother sister and brother, and,
most sweet, husband. AS he has given
himself to her, let the bride sustain
ard inspire his heart i'm the great af-
lalrs Of life and his holy calling. If
you wish your new estate to be touched
with perennial beauty, cherish those
gracious visions which have made
spring within your heart during the
days OF your betrothal You must new
er forget nor deny the vision you once
saw; you must never allow il to be
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clsm; you must resolve that it be not
plotted out nor blurred by the COM
monplace experience of life. Faults
may appear which were once hidden
in golden mist; excellencies may
seem to fade in the glare of the noon
day sun. Still be unmoved in your de-
Votion; still remain confident and
hopeful Anhd the reality of present
imperfection, believe in the Ideal You
saw 1t once, it still exists; it is the
final truth. That is the man, that is
the woman you love. That Is the shane
of mortal beauty God sees, and which
for an hour He showed unto Won. That
is the soul which is TO be when This
conflict with temptations. Hide that
| imagination in your inmost heart. like
| one of Angelicos angels within a
| carved tabernacle; and on a day 10
come Christ's Hand will open wide
the door, and forth shall come the
bridegroom and the Bride as the An
gels OF God in the Kingdom Of our
Father"
Kate held her court in the Gallery
OF the Lodge and all Drumtochty paid
their devoirs; for she had insisted ev-
cry person should come-from Burn
brae, who held her hand In both of
his, and with a trembling voice prayed
that the blessing of the God of Israel
might rest on her all the days of her
life unto Tammas Mitchell, clothed in
misery and his Sunday blacks, who