Show I 1 j MARRIAGE early marriages should he recommended com mended and promoted by those naho have aut authority bority and influence over young people the nature and deliberate opinion of great minds in the worlds world s 4 hi history IS tory has been in favor of early marriages I 1 profoundly rofo convinced that early marriages i is the great safeguard of youth and the preserver of purity they I 1 have strongly advocated the early marriage of young men y the morality of the christian r the wisdom of the philosopher and the linow knowledge ledge of the man r of the world favor early marriages marria marriage 01 e is the only natural proper and safe state for the majority of persons living V in the world it is a sure promoter of domestic happiness the only bliss of paradise thal thai has survia ed the fall the law of sparta required a man to marry when he became afave of age it if he did not he be was liable to prosecution tion the salutary effect of this was seen in the sut superior t morality of the spartano spartans Spar tans overta over the e other people of greece the morality I 1 of the people of ireland is one of the brightest gems in the crown of the loved ireland of sorrow the practice of varly early marriage contributes in 9 great reat me measure lasure to this morality the pernicious practice of marrying late in life which prevails generally in france is one of the chief causes of the licentiousness of that gay and gallant nation nat on un unfortunately f or tub abely a tendency toward late marriages lias has been gradually drawing among the AM american people especially in our large cities this is one of the most dangerous and threatening signs of the times it arises from a love of luxury and display which have overspread the land and dest destroyed roi the simplicity of life and manners which was once the glory and strength 0 of our nation parents are unwilling Z that their daughters should marry young men who are not well todo for forgetting gettino that they themselves were poor when they married and that their wealth has been amassed by the long years of constant toll toil when alen asked if whether he would prefer to marry his daughter to a poor man of merit or to a worthless man of esarte replied tac I 1 would prefer a man without an estate to an estate without a man va k the are trend n d alry on our r c country is to wards towards wealth and titles those who have but little of this worlds goods seek to affiliate with wealth and those who have wealth covet titles which are foreign to the simple tastes of a republic N neither either appreciate real worth the consequence of marriage 13 arranged by ambitious parents on this false basis have been most lamentable divorces in high society today are proof abundant bun dant daughters are unwilling 0 to abandon a life of ease and luxury to share the fortunes of young men who though poor in in a material way are rich in real worth and have that which will command success A foolish young woman once refused to marry a young man on account of his poverty whose death was mourned by two continents the noble philanthropist george peabody napoleon III when in poverty in loudon london solicited the hand of an english lady of rank she refused him a and nd his commentary on her rejection of his suit was ma madame dame you ym have ref refused used a crown young women in refusing young men of industry and virtue on account of the poverty living on the hope of accept accepting in i g g worthless young men of fortune frequently refuse a life of domestic c peace and h happi appi ness the standard established by young women is is so I 1 high i j g h that m many any young yoila 9 men have very expensive tastes that make it well nigh impossible for a man of humble life to support them the reason alleged by many young men for deferring marriage r h acre is that thoy they cannot afford it when some one mentioned nod on one occasion to chief justice chase that lately a young man 0 of f his acquaintance ha had grown cynical and censorious because he was engaged and could not afford ff 4 ord to marry his remark was that any ag yg young uno 0 man who can s support himself can support a wife that abat is if he is wise enough to select the right sort of per person soll the chief justice had bad in married ar ried when he was young youn poor a and nd unknown and his su success ce began with his marriage many of the young men in in america today are not satis satisfied fled to live comfortably they must live luxuriously they live as extravagantly as the idle sons of rich men necessarily they must live up to if not beyond their me means ans they can afford to marry if they will give up eapen ses which are always useless and often dangerous our american youth owe a buty to their church and their country which they neg neglect elect lect with criminal indifference an early marriage is the best beginning for the majority it gives I 1 at once an ob object eject and aim to life marriage is a holy state established by god as the ordinary means for the happiness and salvation of the greater num ber of the faithful As a rule it is the safest state for persons living an ordinary life and for many it is the only one that is safe catholic transcript |