Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-03-28

professional Affiliations, Whom shall
We truSti With whom shall we go7
Who shall we allow 10 enter the holy
Of holies OF our hearts: These are
wrighty. questions which | am putting
10 You today. for mans success IL
not more due TO what be himself does
than 10 what his business associates
do 10 great extent they make him
or break him.
What lot OF trouble yon would have
saved IL you had only known what Il
'asca your partner was before you
htched up with him IN business. 10
you suppose your mother and father
would have let you enter into that
business partnership II they had known
what kind Of a man he wasf oh.
no you reply. MY parents love me
too much to let me get into such quick
sands Of trouble as that" Yes. you
are right But tell me friend does
not God love you as much rs your ia
Their or your mother Would he not
have guarded you from that trouble
II YOU had only asked him. Did you
ask Gods advice when sou entered
into that business arrangement? Am
making too literal Interpretation Of
the gospel What do YOU mean rs
that sign which is tackled over your Of
fee door. business During Business
Hours" Does that mean that God has
no part In your business No. Then
If that IL not 50, why do you not ask
God to help YOU select your partners
aud guide YOU In your great financial
deals Is that sentence OF the Lords
prayer Il mockery. Give us this day
our daily bread" All. my brother. as
business man you had better get
down on your knees and pray for wis
dom God Will guide you Yes. he
VIII. He vii answer your prayers
IN the store just the same as he helped
The disciples TO choose Matthias for
the vacancy In the apostolate God
hears his children pray 10y the store
CONNER On Monday aud Tuesday aud
Wednesday just as much as he hears
his ministers pray on Sunday In the
church pulpit
But, though our partnership papers
at the store are important. there are
closer and more important human re-
lationshlps than even this. And this
other partnership has as much to DO
with what we financially make as II
has TO do with the home and with the
happiness of domestic life, | am Al
luding to the partnership OF the mar
riage altar Some people look upon
marriage rs Joke but II is far from
being Il joke. The marriage altar
should he the most solemn place this
side of heaven, for II II is not the JOY.
full ensavement OF love II IS the most
many eases the merciless rock upon
which the craft Of earthly happiness
IS shipwrecked.
The Marriage Contract.
But. though marriage is one Of the
vital plvois upon which usefulness as
well as happiness turns. vel how blind
ly and lgnorantly most people enter
sacred wedlock, Too often Il seems TO
be the blind leading the blind And l
am not abiding simply to the young
when they get married but to the mid
die aged aud 10 the old who get mar
ried us we'll Indeed sometimes
think II Is far easier for Young man
to pick out a good wife than II Is for
middle aged man TO make Il happy Sc.
lection. The older people grow the
more expert they become In the abli-
ity to deceive II they are naturally mean
and contemplate In disposition And
some of the neanest people on earth
can make the most pleasant, fascinat-
ing impressions II you do not see them
too often And surely woman has
TO be a very repellent specimen OF y
sloven II she cannot dress up and make
herself attractive for couple OF hours
week during the time her lover is
with her And yet IL Is Gpon this
slight and meager acquaintance that
some Of the momentous partnership.
OF marriage are entered into for better
or for worse Do you wonder that so
many OF the marriages are failures
and are truly made for the worse: DO
you wonder that so many people look
upon marriage as a lottery where a
man does not know whether he will
draw as a prize a bee that will gather
honey or wasp that finds her chief
delight In thrustlng mereiless sting.
And If II Is difficult for man 10 81
lect The right kind OF Il wife. how much
more difficult for woman TO make The
right choice OF husband, A woman
seems TO be entirely helpless Her
danger IS greater and the results TO
her at least may be even more tragic.
A man may make success IN spite Of
an unhappy marriage but when wo-
man marries Il man beneath her she
inevitably drops TO her husbands level.
and there is hardly an exception 10 the
rule Now, when men and women 90
counting. what should they do? TIE