The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-07-11
MATRIMONY.


wives may not be amiss 4 chapter frnm
thepen ofan eminent writer, in the 'Royal
Path of Life will possibly be read, by all
interested, with much interest:
at is pleasant to contemplate the associa-
lions clustering around the welding
morn. 1t is the happicst hour of human
life, and breaks upon the young heart like a
gentle spring upon the flowers of earth. 1t
Is the hour of bounding, JOYOUS expectancy.
when the ardent spirit, arming itself with
bold hope, looks with -undaunted mien upon
the dark and terrible future. 1t is the hour
when thought borrows the livery of poodnes,
and humanity looking from its tenement.
across the broad, common of life. shakes
of It's heavy load of sordidncs- and gladly
swings to its shoulders the light burden of
. love and kindness. 1t is the hearts hour.
fuli OF bliasiul contemplation, rich promises,
and the souls happy reveals We cordially
echo the sentiment, Happy morn, garment
ed with the human virtues, it shows life to
the eye, lovely, as if
Clad in the beauty of Il thousand stars
| -i'iii"S' HIS III IL less OF beauty, but
more of safety than the single life: it hath
no more case, but less danger; it is more
merry and more sad; it is fuller of sorrows
, and fuller of joys; it lies under more bur
denS, but 1t Is supported by all the strengths
oi love and charity, and those burdens are
delightful. Marriage is the mother of the
world, and preserves Kingdoms, and fills cit
) les and churches, and heaven itself. Celib-
; acy like the fly in the heart of an ample
dwell IN perpetual sweetness, but sits alone.
and is confined and dies in singularitv. but
marriage, like the useful bee, builds a house,
and gathers honey from every flower, and
unltcS into societies and republics, and send,
out colonies, and feeds the world with deli
cacleS, and obeys its king and keeps order.
= and exercises many virtues, and promotes
b the interest of mankind, and is that state OF
p good to which God hath designed the pres
ent constitution of the world
Marriage is a lottery the saving goes
and there are plenty who believe it, and who
l act accordingly, and for such it is well il
r they do no worse than draw a blank, if thew
| do not draw Il lifelong misery and main
p hut marriage Is not necessarily Il lottery,
either in the initial choice or in the months
and years after the marriage day. On can
shut his eyes and draw, or one can omen
then and choose. One can choose with thc
l outer eye alone, or with the eve of intellect
: and conscience. SAYS Jeremiah Toylor
I speaking of marriages when physical beauty
=. Is the only bond: lit is an ill band of aiIcc-
:. tions to tie two hearts together with little
thread OF red and white But let LIS choose
ever so wisely, ever so deeply, and not We
+. ourselves nor the minister can marry us corn-
e pieteIy ON the wedding day. a happy we'd
lock Is long falling in love- Marriage is
very gradual, a fraction of us at a time. And
the real ministers that marry people are the
slow years, the joys and sorrows which they
bring, orr children here on earth and the
angels they are transformed into i'm heaven.
inc loliS and burdens borne in company.
: These are the ministers that really marry us.
f and compared with these, the ministers who
E so through form of words some dav. when
heaven and earth seem to draw near and
KISS each other, are of small account. And
the real marriage service isn't anythino
printed or said it is the true heart service
which each yields to the other, year in and
year out, when the bridal wreath has lone
since faded, and even the marriage ring is
getting sadly worn. Let this service be per
formed, and even if the marriage was a lot
terry to begin with, this would 90 far TO re-
deem 1t and make it. a marriage of coeuuaI
, hearts and minds
When the honeymoon passes away setting
behind dull mountains or dipping into the
stormy sen of life, the trying hour of married
life has come. Between the parties there
are no more illusions. The fevcrish desire
for possession has gone, and all excitement
receded. Then begins, or should, the bust
, ness of adoption. If they find that they
do not love each other as they thought they
did, they should double their assiduous nj
tentions to one another, and be Jealous of
everything which tends nIhe slightest way
to separate them. Life is too precious to be
thrown away in secret regrets or open diff
ierenccS And let me say To everyone TO
, whom the romance Of life has fled and who
are discontinued in the slightest degree. with
their conditions and relations, begin the re-
cancellation Mt once. Renew the attentions
of earlier days Draw your hearts closer
together Talk the thing all over. Ac-
knowledge your fanlts to one another. and
= determine that henccforth YOU will be all in
all TO each other; and my word for it, YOU