Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-02-02
CHOOSING A WIFE.
Charlotte Minister Gives Some Mighty
Good Advice.

Good Advice.
Fifteen hundred people, some fifty Of
whom stood. crowded the First Bap-
tist church last night to hear its pas
tor. Rev. DIR. H. H. Hulten. on "Choos-
Ing the Right Woman. 1t was the
third Of his series of lecture-sermons
on marriage. Though chiefly designed
for masculine ears. majority proba-
bly, of those that heard It were femi-
nine. The female Of the species is
more wary than the male, and had not
the slightest intention Of losing touch
with the situation. The 8. r. o. sign
might have been truthfully displayed
some time before the beginning Of the
service.
The keynote Of DR.. Hultens appeal
was his injunction to man to seek di-
vine guidance before making his choice
of life-mate. The necessity for this
was shown by instancing the gigantic
disquietude which pervades matrimony
throughout the world today; the num-
berless tragic cases Of brilliant men
who were welded to Outrageous wo-
men," and the deceptive artifices sane
toned by modern fashions which swim
die many a man into receiving goods
that are not UP to the sample on which
the bargain was made.
What you want Is q wife!" exclaini-
ed the speaker near the close Of his
discourse. "A real wife, not a giggling,
gossiping gadabout; not puffed, pow
dered and padded doll; not a woman
who challenges mans ability to dis
Germ where the artificial ends and the
woman begins!"
One Of the most interesting utter
ances was his charge to men to avoid
the busybody matchmakers. who dwell
in every community and are never 80
happy as when trying to effect an alli-
ance between persons temperamentally
or otherwise unsuited for mating.
DR.. Hulten's text was Judges xiv. g.:
Then his father and his mother said
unto him: Is there never a woman
among the daughters Of thy brethren.
or among all my people. that thou 60
est to take a wife Of the uncircumcised
Philistines? And Samson said unto
his father, Get her for me, for she
pleaseth me we'll"
Samson's Error.
"On the occasion of which the text
speaks we find Samson asking the per-
mission of his parents to marry a wo-
man whom they considered unfit for
him. It was wise in him to ask their
counsel. It was very unwise In him
to reject 1t when given. He was cap
tured by mere physical charms. She
was very beautiful but also very de-
ceitful, and after he had secured her
she gave him no end Of trouble until
finally she quit him forever. We have
recorded here the emphatic protest OF
Samson's parents against his passing
by the damsers Of his own people to
wed a foreign fiirt. Is there such a
dearth Of lilies in Israel, that you pre-
fer a foreign thistle?"
"Samson's mistake was absolutely in
excusable," continued the speaker, for
he lived among people known for
their female loveliness. 1t was the
Jewish race which gave Abigail, Debo-
rah, the glorious Ruth, the triumphant
Miriam, the menial Martha, the love-
ly Mary. SO likewise is 1t an inexcus-
able blunder for that man who weds
a woman who by her habits, or hered-
ity, may be likened unto the Philis-
tines. Never in all the worlds history
has there been such an opulence OF fe-
male character as today. BY all the
diversified means Of education, woman
has already become mans equal, and
in affection she Is fifty per cent his su-
perIor. And charge you men that II
her intellectual growth increases at the
same pace for the next few years, II
will be a difficult task for you to find
sufficient ignorance In the opposite sex
LOT IlItlIlB COHSOEI- III CNCay 'hAooS
and town throughout the United States
you will find a multitude Of women
who are daily sitting at the feet OF
Christ and drinking in his divinity.
And yet, in the face Of this fact, thou
sands Of men make the great mistake
and marry a fool. dare say there are
men in this presence tonight who have
made that blunder.
Celibaey for Some.
"I would not be understood as hold
ing that marriage is intended for all.
That would be an egregious mistake.
There are a multitude who are born to
celibacy. There are many women who
will never get a chance to marry, for
there are 100000 more women than
men in the United States. according to
the last census. And there are more
than two million mon who have liv-
ed such corrupt lives their offer Of
marriage to any woman Is an insult to
her dignity. Under God. the time has
come to break down this double stand
ord ~ roorolaf Oh tho masculine