Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-09-23

anO Keep rim IT, >lNNntSs anO IN hcaifn.
A Christian will harry an atheist. and
that always makes conjoined wretched-
ness; FOR " rian Joes not believe there
IL God he Is neither 20 be trusted with
a dollar nor with your lifelong happi-
ness. Having read much about love in
a cottage. people BROUGHT pp In ease
viii 80 and stsrvc in hovei. Runaway
matches and elopements nine hundred
and ninetv-ninc ont OF a thousand Of
which mean death and hell. multiply
ing on all hands. You see them In every
days newspapers.
Our ministers in some regions have
no defense such as they have In other
regions where the banns must be pre-
viously published and an ofi3cer OF the
law must give certificate that al n
right, so clcrgvrnen are left defenseiess
and unite those who ought never % be
united. Perhaps they are too Young.
or perhaps they are standing already
In some domestic compact. BY the
wreck % COO homes. by the holocaust
OF 10000 sacrifices men and women. by
the hearthstone of the family, which 10
the corner stone Of the state. and IN the
name 81 that God who hath set up the
family institution and who hath made
the breaking Of the marital oath the
most appalling OF all periuries. inn
plore the congress OF The United States
10 make some righteous. uniform law
for all the states and from ocean 20.
ocean on this subject Of marriage and
divorce.
Let me say 20 al young people. before
YOU give your heart and hand in holy
alliance. use all caution. Inquire out
side 40 90 habits. explore the disposi-
tion. scrutinize the taste. question the
ancestry and find out the ambitions.
DO not take the heroes and the heroines
OF cheap novels for model Do not
put your lifetime happiness In the keep
ing OF man who has a reputation for
being little loose in morals or in the
keeping OF woman who dresses inn
modcstlv. Remember that. while good
looks are a kindly gift OF God wrinkles
or accident may despoil them. Eemem-
Der that byron was no more celebrated
for his beauty than for his depravitv.
Remember that Absalom's hair was not
more splendid than his habits were
despicable Hear IL, Hear IL, The
only foundation fo~ happy marriage that
ever has been or ever will be is good
character.
Ask the counsel OF father and mother
in this most important step OF your life
They arr good advisers. They are the
best friends Won ever had. They made
more sacrifices for you than anyone else
ever did. and they will do more to-day
for your happiness than any other peo-
pie. Ask them. and. above all. ask God
- - 4
dington. because. when he was about
20 offer Lis hand and heart in maria z,
70 one who beca me his lifelong compan
ion. he opened the conversation by say
ing: LET us pray" But / have seer
so many shipwrecks on the sea Of mat
rimony I have made mp my mind tha
John Brown. OF Haddington. was right
? A union formed in prayer Nill be-
happy union. though sickness pale tn
cheek and poverty empty the bread ira.
and death open the small graves and n
the path OF life be strewn with thorns
, from the marriage altar with its wed
: ding march and orange blossoms clea
2 on down TO the last farewell at tina
, gate where Isaac and Rebecca. Abra
r ham and Sarah. Adam and Eve. parteC
- And let me say 70 YOU who are in thi
< relation. If you make one man or Won
: an happy you have not lived in vaiI
= Christ says that what lie is 10 III
II church you ought 70 be TO each oths
? and III sometimes. through the difTe
. ence of opinion OF difference of disp,
= sition. you make up your mind this
= your marriage was a mistake patientl
/ bear and forbear, remembering III;
o there is a glory in the patient endu
: ance OF a sad yoke. Life az the loRgei
- Is short. and for those who have bee
= badly mated in this world death vi
!. give quick and final bill Of divoreemel
" written in letters OF green grass {
Al quiet graves. And perhaps, my hrothe
= my sister perhaps YOU may apprecia
;. each other better I'm Heaven than yC
- have appreciated each other on earth.
= In the Farm Ballads" our Americl
y poet puts into the lips OF a repenta'
:. husband. after a life OF married pc
:. turbation. these suggestive words:
And when she dies wish that she would
&c laid hy ne,
- And. lying together in silence. perhaps
O. will agree.
And n ever We meet In Heaven wou
= not think * queer
III II we love each other better because
ft Quarreiec here.
Df And let me say 10 those Of you w
n. are In happy married union. avoid fir
he quarrels; have no unexplained cor
OF spondenee with former admirers: e.
IL tfvste no suspicious; in a moment