The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-23

! \ christian will marry an atheist. and
'h'l always makes con Joined Wretched.
ness; for fla man does not believe there
l7o tod he is neither 10 he trusted with
dollar nor with your lifelong huppi-
ness Having read much about love In
a cottage people brought mp in ease
| VIII go and st0we IN hovel. Runaway
matches and elopcmcuts, nine hundred
ana nineN-nine out Of thousand of
which mean death aud hell, multiply
ing ON all hands, You see them In every
days newspapers
Our ministers in some regions have
no defense such ms they have In other
regions whore the banns must be pre-
Yously published and an officer Of the
law must give a certificate that all is
right so clcrgymen are left dcfenseless
and unite those who ought never TO be
united. Perhaps they are too young,
| or perhaps they are standing already
in some domestic compact. BY the
wreck Of 10000 hon os, by the holocaust
OF 10000 sacrifices men and women, by
the hcarthstonc Of the family, which Is
] r.
! 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 pcriurics, inn
plore the congress of the United States
to make some righteous, uniform law
for all the states and from ocean TO
ocean on this subject Of marriage and
divorce.
Let me say to all young people. before
you give your heart and hand in holy
alliance use all caution. Inquire out
side as 10 habits, explore the disposi-
tton, scrutinizc the taste, question the
ancestry and find out the ambitions.
DO not take the heroes and the heloincs
Of cheap novels for a model. Do not
put your lifetime happiness i'm the keeo-
ing Of a man who has a reputation for
being a little loose i'm morals or in the
keeping of woman who dresses inn
modestly. Remember that, while good
looks are a kindly gift of God, wrinkles
or accident may despoil them. Remem-
Der that Byron was no more celebrated
for his beauty than for his depravity.
Remember that Absalom's hair was not
more splendid than his habits were
despicable Hear it! Hear it! The
onlyfoundation orhappy marriage that
ever has been or ever will be is GOOD
cborarter
'',', il.
ASH the couhsel OF IaIhef ana mother
in this most important step of your life.
They are rood advisers They are tbe
1,oat f,;a,,'7- ri
"''' menus YOU ever Hau' lucy uldue
more SacIIuceS lor you IMAM ANYONE else
ever ulu' ana theN VIII 90 more to-day
lor your happiness IMAM any other peo-
PIE ASK 'henl' ana above AL ask God.
! uSeu 10 SIniie at John brown OF llad-
ulhgloh, because When he was ABOUT
10 oHer ms mana ana heart IN marriage
10 one VINO became ms lifelong compan-
ION ne opened the conversation by say
ing Let us pray but l nave seen
SO many shlP"recks on the sea OF mat
[linohy nave maze up my mlhd that
"ohh bro"h' OF iiaudlhgloh' was rght.
union formed IN prayer VIII be
haPPN uhioh' 'hough sickness paIe the
cheek ana poverty empty the pread tray
ana uea'h open lne small graves ana al
the path OF Ilte be strewn with thorrs,
from the marriage altar with ITS we'd
ding march and orange blossoms clear
on down to the last farewell at that
gate where Isaac and kebecca, Abra-
ham and Sarah, Adam and Eve, parted.
AND let me say TO you who are IN TINS
relation, II you make one man or Wom-
an happy you have not lived in vain.
Christ says that what lie is to the
church you ought TO be 10 each other,
and If sometimes, through the differ