The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-03
MARRIED FOR LIFE Is THE TOPIC
OF DIR. CHAPPELLS s EVENING SERMON

Only men and women of surface
minds call marriage failure. DR. Ash
ley Chappel. pastor Of the Broadway
Methodist church, told his congrega.
ton last night in his sermon on Mar
RED for Life" Many marriages are
failures, the minister said, but the
failure nis subjective rather than OBJ
jective.
"A love story is the most fascinating
Of all tales that are told" the min
lister said. Love is immortal. 1t goes
on from age to age. ageless and un-
aging, customs may change, empires
rail- and new ones be erected, civili-
zation may shift from place to place,
but love goes on from century to CEN
tury, the same today as when Adam
looked the lovelight into the eyes a
his beloved Eve"
Continuing DR.. Chappell said in
part:
Isaac and Rebecca would look a lit
tie out of place il they were TO walk
down the isle of this church tonight
with their strange manners and their
grotesque oriental garb. Possibly they
would not understand the singing,
nor the mode of our worship. But if |
| were TO tell love story of how a |
strong man poured out his heart to a |
beautiful. modest woman, the eyes of |
Isaac would grow large and bright |
and he would recognize that il is the |
same old world, Isaac and RAbecca
consummated their beautiful courtshp,
short as it was, by marriage, marriage
70, life
Marriage is Gods Plan
Now, men and women with surface
minds have called marriage a lottery.
gamble. 1t is neither. Many count
It failure. Marriage is not a failure
Many marriages indeed fail but the
failure is subjective rather than OBJ
jective. The failure lies not in the
marriage plan but in the parties mar
ried. Marriage is Gods plan. 1t is,
therefore, the best plan.
yorng couple starts on the Jour
ncy of life with no rehearsa!s and
w.h 10 one to prompt them. !. is q
mistake ~ think of ii as nothing more
thar Il lifelong romance. Some diS.l-
lu@onmCnts must come. AMI suon
c'C'cs n time when life mli.. put or
its every day clothes. This, however,
reed be 40 cause for liz falling into )
the drab and common pla =
Mutual Understanding
Many :.sunderstandines arise be.
cause &C are moi mutuf. II ,rank, {
because We 90 not laugh together over !
our dsllusionmcnts ana make the {
best of them. Separate calculations on {
the part of husband or wife are
mistake. Fine, mutual understandings $
of each otner are far better in the !
long run than all the romance of mys. ]
terry and poetry
When / was a boy we used to play !
tying each other with great rope. c
We would tie each other with 7
great, ugly knot which we called a c
slip knot. 1t looked and seemed quite
secure but when pulled would easily
slip undone. There are thousands and !
thousands today who are tied in the
bond by the slip knot 1t is I
not necessary that We argue this
We can see that on every "
hand, even in our own little city day 6
by day. The fact, however, that tn. o
civil court has granted US a divorce
does not mean that We are really free.
There is but one divorce that frees us. !!
When you go home this evening turn +
your Bible pages over and see what
he Son of God sets down as just
cause for divorce. Il
Choosing by Moonlight G
So many use such little wisdom in II
Destowing their affections, You would o
not buy house and lot by the n
although We often choose =
our wives that way.
There are thousands of men, many .
of them have come to me, who have
walked up to the fact that they have
married a dimple and a complexion.
Any real man always desires to see
n the woman Of his choice those fine
qualities of chastity and pride of
purity that will endure no rude IA
but will keep all her maiden
nodesty which the husband worships
as nothing else in all the world. You
should choose q wife whose home is
he most attractive place of all. one
who knows as much about the Bible
Is she does about how TO eat soup.
me who would rather own a baby
han all the cats and dogs in the
Universe.
Physical Dishonor l
You should earn your physical right
o be married. No man has Il right
o bring a taint upon the woman
hat loves him. Your physical dis.
lonor is the vilest of all vile things,
nd would wreck the home and de-
troy society. At least half the time
he knife of the surgeon is used is
ecause YOU have untitled yourself for
he holy place you occupy as a hus-
and and father.
Fit yourself TO make u living. 1t
! not true that two can live as cheap
S one. Because two and two do not
lake six, but two forming a life
will make far more than
w in their united strength and In
he long run far exceeds even the at
amptS of one. both in dollars and in
appness.
When ] say prepare yourself 10
lake a living | do not mean you
lust be rich or have lots OF none.
Set High Standards
Set high standards for your home
lt do not be silly. DO not set them
} high that you will have TO use n
ep ladder TO get up TO them. For i