The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-02-19
TEE 1rAREsTAGE VOW.
"TilI Death Us Do PART


| sign. fiaance 81 these words as they oc-
ctr ! i lie marriage service. The man
and the woman in passing within the
monde Of Wodtock give their troth to
EACH otter and affirm II the most posi-
Mvo manner that the colnpect then
made III the presence Of God and man
shat. lie kept invlolah!o ''Till death US
3o part."
@, what solemn and waighty words
a,8 these, OF deepest meaning! Here
Nv tie man ard the woman are brought
/ into shat mystical union that typiiies
| Christ and IT'S church. They ple'se
shatnsetvss to enc another in words
i that should never TO forgotten to be
true and faithful to each olher through
out the entire journey Of lite. What
ever batides - JOY OF grief, Of pleasure
or distress, Of veal Or woe, @ good OF
evil, the united pair promise to up
hold ana help, to keep and coinlort, to
loye and cherish each other, TIL, in he
provi12aca Of God, one is taken and
he other lei.
T45s thought makes marriage a
solemn covenant. Sonlewhsra, sofae-
| tiIac, the walk together will end, and
| 5han oyory sighted duty ana every
wrong viii come into judgment and
| tho evil deer will not escape punish
uant. This thought should cause
those who enter the married state that
+! God hes blessed and Christ has sane
| 4ioneG with His presence at tie naar-
riaga in Cana, to reflect that marriage
| is not. step to be taken without seri-
ot3s concern end delibe.ation. There
ar3 Immense responsibilities to be
laced. There will be peculiar, con-
slant and pressing need OF mutual pa
tienca and tender regard Ter the feel
| ings d each other, and never ceasing
/ forbcarapoa. Tor II s.ch is not the
ease The tWo that should be as one can
| net ions conUngo together il peace
And Is Should he Continuously borne
il MIND jaa+ the weaker ors, husband
or wife, neither weak N mind, o.
flesh, Or spirit, IA little things CT great,
$h9uld I1t be ridiculea and cansurec
but Should DO gently and patiently SIS
sisted b. the stranger, that Ia etc
| love and cherish" and to overlook the
9aul;s Of ona another, ana to mutually
Ilaip ol1e another over the rough places
II tic journey OF llie And It IS p
o9nlIogt to husband or vile IL times OF
trouble and distress to have the synnpa-
thy an; ue1. Of each OTTER free from
MI a, b~:..ti4g.
But fsult,fiaeii4g aDd angry recriml-
nations shau!d never occur betWeen
husband al4G Wlia. # one or the other
Is in err5r and there Is danger Of &
breach OF peace, which once broken no
: ore can f3yesaa what the end may be
tie ouIF power shat can set things right
is love and patience. Al harsllnass /
oat q place. Bitter words reEd the
heart; they seattle and blight tender
feelings and cause deep wounds that
!. may never heal. AMI may cause tie
stricken one to seek care and conso!a-
tlol outside O. legitimate lines. The
love tha5 FIRST brought the man and
The woman together IS husband and
wife shonld never be allowed to escape
Tarsbness and uaklnd words be
tween man and vile have DESTROYED
many & home that might have been
happy. 1t il one Of the most terrible
things n life to see separation where
there should have been harmony and
tie closest union. It fills the soul
with borrow and uuspeaIzable mortif
cation 10 find the silken cord thai
bound tive hearts together rudely
broken and the bond OF union desecra
ted l,g p strife fer the possession Of
children whom it should be the mutual
har,4ness and Tho croafesh nleas,,ro n,