Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-09-23

VIII stand AT TIE altaf ana take inc 10y
ing hand aud say. with all my worldly
goods thee cndow. \ woman that
could not make a loaf Of bread 10 save
her life will swear ia hove aud keep him
in sickness and in health. \ Christian
will marry an atheist. and that always
makes coniained Indebtedness. FOR il a
man does not believe there is God he
Is neither To- lr trusted with a dollar nor
with your lifelong happiness. Having
rcnd much about love IN cottage. pco-
pie brought mp 10 ease will gu and starve
in Il howell. Runaway matches AMI clupe-
mcnis. ninc hundred aud ninety nine out
of thousand II which mean death and
hell. multiply ing an all hands You see
them Ia Cve.! days newspapers.
CicrRs men Left DefenscIrss.
Our ministers IN some regions have no
defense such as they have IN other re-
gions where the bannS must Ice previous
~ published aud an officer OF the law
must give n certificate that all is right.
SO clurgymcn are left drfcnsclcss and
unite those who ought never To- bc united.
Perhaps they are too young. or perhaps
they are standing already in some do
mcstic compact. by the wreck of ten
thousand homes. 10y the holocaust of ten
thousand sacrificed men and women. hy
the hcarthstonc of the family. which is
the cornerstone Of the state and Ia 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 pcrjurics. impl"rc the
congress ~ the United States to make
some righteous. uniform law for all the
states s-sd from ocean 10 "ccan ON this
subject of marriage and divorce
Let NE say To all young people. before
you give your heart aud hand IN holy
alliance. use all caution. Inquire outside
as To- habits. explore the disposition. scrl-
TIME the TASTE. question the ancestry and
find ont the ambitions. DO not take the
heroes and the horoineS of chcnp novels
for model. DO not put your lifetime
happiness In the keeping of man who
has Il reputation for being little loose in
morals or in the keeping ui II woman who
dresses immodcStly. Remember that.
while good looks are kindly Gift of
God. wrinkles or accident may dcSpoil
them. Remember that byron was no
more celebrated for his beauty than for
his dcprnvity. Remember tina, Ah>alom's
hair was not more splendid than his
habits were dcspicahlc. Hear il. Hear
e. The only foundation for happy mar
riage that ever has been or ever will be
is good character.
Ask the COUNSEL of father AMI mother
in this most important step of your life
They are good advisers. They are the
best friends ynu ever had They made
more sacrifices for you than any one else
ever did. and they will do more today FOR
your happiness than any other people.
AL l.,tt al al nn Ii 7
used 10 smile al John Brown OF Hadding-
ton because. when hc was about 10 offer
his hand aud heart in marriage to one
who became his lifelong companion. b.
opened the conversation 10y saying Let
us pray" But have seen 50 many ship
wrecks on the sea of matrimany | hay"
made w my mind that John Brown %
Haddingtnn was right. \ union formed
in prayer will bc happy union. though
sickness pale the cheek and poverty emp
~ the bread tray and death op n tie si.lall
graves and AL tie path of life lr s,irwn
with thnrnS. from the marriage alt r. with
its wedding march and orange blossoms
clear on down TO the last farewell ~ Thar
gate where Isaac and Echccca. Abraham
and Sarah. Adam and Eve parted And 1t
me say To- yen who are in this relation IL
You make one man or woman happy YOU
have not lived in vain. Christ SAYS that
what he Is 10 the church you ought 10
be- Ia each other ana il sometimes.
through the difference of opinion or diff
ference Of disposition. Won make nj your
mind that yogr marriage was mistake
patiently bear and forhcar. remember
ing that there is II glory in the patient
endurance Of a sad yoke Life NJ the
longest is short. aud for those who have
been badly mated in this world death
will give quick and final hill Of divorce
ineni written in letters of green grass
on quiet graves. And perhaps. my broth
or. my sister. perhaps you may appreciate
ench other better IN heaven than you
have appreciated each other un earth.
0uarrel- 10 Re Avoided.
In the Farm Ballads onr American
poe; puts into the lips of rcpcn:ant hns-
band after lie of married pcr,urbs-
tion. these suggestive words:
And when she dies wish that she would be laid
bi mo.
And. hing together in silence perhaps We will
agree.
And il ever Ne meet in heaven would no; think
it queer
II We love each other better because We qiarr,'cd
here
.Ahu let me say To those or you who are
in happy married union. avoid first quar-
rels: have no unexplained CORES pnndence
with former admirers: cultivate no Sus-
piclonS: in moment of bad temper 10
not rush oui aud tell the nci.hhnr~. do
not let any of those gadahouis OF soci.
ETY. unload in your house their ha=ga. 70 OF
gah and little tattlc: do not make il an
invariahle rule Go stand on your rights:
learn how Ia apologize: do not be 20
proud or - stubborn or =" dcviiiSh that
you will not make mp. Remember that
the worst domestic misforiuncS and most
scandalouS divorce eases started from lit
tie infciicities The whole piled M train
of ten rail ears ;rlcscopcd and SmaS shed
at the foot ~ nm cmhankmrni 100 feet
down came Ia thar catastrophe 10y get
ting two or three inches of the track.
Some Of tie greatest domestic msfor-
tunes and the widest rcsounding divorce