The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-08
COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE.
Their Divine Origin Pointed Out by
DIR. j. ID. Jordan.


"Courtship and Marriage was the
subject of Rev. DIR. ]. d. Jordan's SER
mon at the First Baptist Church last
night. It was heard with interest by an
unusually large congregation.
DR.. Iordan's text was from part of
Hebrews xiii: A: Marriage is honorable
in ALL" In his introductory remarks DR..
Jordan said that the question that he
intended to discuss was large one,
and could not be exhausted in one even
ing; some of you he said, have been
at work on it for years and haven't eX-
hausted it yet. Courtship varies accord
ing to the locality and customs of the
people. In scriptural times the favorite
place of courtship was the we'll and,
therefore we find il mentioned of several
of the patriarchs that they met the
wives-to-be at such places. Jacob sat
at the we'll and waited for Rachel. and
Moses, in the land of the Midianites, sat
at a we'll when he first met the seven
daughters of Jethro.
"'AlI the world loves a lover and 1t
may else be said that a lover loves all
the world, except a rival Everybody ad-
mires the man that loves woman out
of the purity of his heart, and tries to
win her for his own. While the man
that loves a woman for wealth or posi-
ton deserves and gets nothing but con-
TEMPT Marriages is the oldest and most
honorable institution on earth. Before
God rested on the seventh day he created
woman and brought her to Adam and she
became his wife.
GOD has permitted polygamy, but has
never favored it. If he had desired
man to have more than one wife wnen ne
made Eve he would have taken more ribs
from Adam and made other women. You
will notice also that after the wedding of
Adam and Eve. came the Sabbath, which
was their honeymoon. People who would
be purest, noblest and best are those that
regard with jealous care matrimony and
the Sabbath.
ut was the custom in olden times that
when a man was married he was relieved
for a year of military duties and other
hazardous undertakings. People often
take a month now, and some men marry
n woman of wealth so that they can have
a life long honeymoon; that is, spend lne
remainder of their life without working.
Fortunately, however, no respectable man
will marry q woman so that she can sup
port him.
"Matrimony is the most holy relation
between man and woman; these twain
shall become one The man that takes
10 nlinStll WAlt lib hAl9g u Ah' "chifA'
that takes a husband inconsderately
makes a grievous mistake and a fatal
blunder / don't believe that all marriages
are made in Heaven. Move have an I'M
fortunate habit of charging on Provt-
dence too many of the things for which
we ourselves are responsible. believe
that many marriages are made on earth,
and that Heaven looks on with weeping
eyes.
There is an old proverb and true that TO
marry in haste is TO repent al leisure. Some
hasty marriages have turned out well,
but the great majority Of them have not.
Marriage is a relation so delicate that
II has been compared 10 the relation be-
tween Christ and the Church; and this is
an essential relation, essential to happi-
ness. Some people are happy though
married, and some are miserable. Many
are married that ought not to be, and
some are unmarried that ought TO be.
There are some persons that ought not
TO ask a woman to link her destiny with
theirs.
1.-THE marriage relation according to
Gods holy writ, Is best because he has
said. 1T Is not good for man TO live
alone Again. II Is essential to social or
der; let the marriage relation be no long
or known and society would be IN the
most corrupt and dangerous condition im-
nglnnbe Marriage also Is essential 70
the purity and perpetuity Of the race.
God knew what lie was doing when lie
ordained the sacred bond OF wcdlock.
early marriage, that s., reasonably
early Is 20 be- desired, It Is hard on old
maids and old bachelors 10 adjust them
selves 10 each other after they have be-
come confirmed Ia the tastes. Whatever
may come ana whatever may go. whether
We marry or whether We don't. We should
remember that marriage ~ an institution
sacred from Goa. ana 90 II We owe The
rueet memories Of mother ana father
M. Gardener 90 Go Co Hichmond.