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Show (TuoiikMs for Wonifn. Probably at uo time lu our hlitory si. marriage, It. being a failure, or otbcrwhe, lieu more freely discussed than at the preieut. Woman, her itatu., her duties, and her true position In tl.u commonwealth are brought more prominently to the frout than ever I uteri-, n-,t ouly lu till, but In ti7,ry country on tliofatoof the globe. The marriage tin will al ay.be low. i red, while woman I. degraded, a. .he li, lu many ao called civilized voiu-munltlia. voiu-munltlia. Thoie who woul I degrade marriage forget ll.it by eo doing they degrade themselves. Those who degrade de-grade that which U holy thereby degrade de-grade tb.ero.elve.. We frequently find that bid men l.avu excellent wives, and that good men often bate very bad wives, and tbl. limoit noticeable among great and gllttd men and wo. met.; ot)d tho cauie I. c.iy enough to be explained. Love li notoriously Injudicious; It olteu overlook, sult.bl.nes. and squall. ty. Cervante. ... "l.ovo level, all," yei, It loner, down King Uophclua, and ralic. up the beggar maid. If r man marrlta for beauty, being the lover or herfialure., notot her Intellect, It will U. .(range If ko li not ill.ipolnted. In trouble he neidi comfort, In Ulillrulty oouuiel. and In the event, of llle, wlJo.n, and he find, biauty a tor .uletltulefor r.y ouoof them. Wlthape the .upor. hclal attraction, val.lth, aud lilaad miration vauUbti llkowlee. Monjlo not alwa). make their choice by rea. .on, which 1. the man hluiRelf, al though niarri.go Involve, tremendous luile.. Auotber thlnir men olteu overlook In tl.ulr choice uf artnuri, li religion. A tooruan without religion I. au an-imaly. an-imaly. ltillglou lu a woman ihoubl le gentle, ltlllould win, not reIJ It ibould be ure and holy, aud yet human, heavenly, Lot without u. lerttltloo, and not too lubllme lor eaitb. Wbn. woman marrlta furlovr, It engine, tier whole aoul. lu woman, wo-man, love the ellvlcetlemelitpreilouil. natei. Men and wou.e.i ehould m.ku inurrUse,and tho lire that inuit follow it, a itu ly, not enter Into the i.tate llioughtlelj i tho woll.re of tiulr (l.llori-n nqiilrii It, and tbu good of tbu coiumonwtalth demand. It. Women aru atruggliiH' for ollllc.l iquillty, Aro thty fitting them-irlvtaior them-irlvtaior the cl.nrsi. that will occur luthenearfutunT Do they lealli the rt.iicnilblllty which iveu the right of fr.nchluiwlll enlahT If not, It I. time to teglnthe.tuly ol tbo.e Mib-)tct. Mib-)tct. which cltluniblp rtqulre. tbey ehould know. When wu enter iicii the tatk of .elf education, we mint Itglu ut lion ej wo tuuet tw good daughter!, and alatere, If we would be Kim i wive., and li.ti-lllge.il nu Ihcte. l.trvon. learned at homo will .l.nd u. In (.ootl ittad abroad. Hoiuol.a luisll community, but there we mu.t l-arnL"'i?4tvolua i,mt one. At home one learn, to love, to a-soclite, to practice lolf denial, to bear and to fotbar, and warn.iil irry the principle, prin-ciple, and h.blU of home beyond It. licund.. Home disbelieve In tliephll-I tliephll-I lllty of relf uuliun; tb!a If au error to bo cmrnlly aveloed. (Jod hi. be-etoweJtiponuia be-etoweJtiponuia eelf fonnlng power, whcio extent wo rau.circely comprehend. compre-hend. Our life ha mlelol.. TI.M.one ol the ino.t helpful IlinugliU. Then ti a pl.ee for earh one of ui, a lice np-lulnttd np-lulnttd for our very etlvei, whlcl" none other could occupy. A greater .out wnulil not fill the it ace. To fit ourrelve. for the inh.ion aMi,ried to u. ihould It our aim. tul end. Tu tach one 01 lu. given talent, to l.x- I.rove, ierfect. and uie according to 11. will. W are not all lutendel for.tarllloa achievement.. Uor work miy not extend lyund tb lacroil re-clucutof re-clucutof home, an I Ihle la the mo.t leacelulll o Viominr.n eijiy, and It require, no .mall talent to make bright, and J ijroti.lhe live, of thoeeeu-tru.ted thoeeeu-tru.ted tooureare. Tbehhbr) otll.emo.t humble life, I. a ru.rveloti. lalet It I. a wonderful creation of (?.d, where each Indlvlduel ha.auaipolntetlpl.ru. 'Il.li ihould lan Inctntlve to elf-culture. We know there I. a duty for u. to rfornt, In the., .here In which we nreplactd, and how great lithe leaure we ex. irleucewl.en we ftel Uiat duty l.a lecndoiieto tho beet or our anility. Wo cannot know or do all thing., nor I. Itnero-iary we ihould, tint what we do.hould bewell done. We ihould en leaver to accumuhta material lor thought, w cannot think If we have nothlnr to think about. We should t careful toacqulruby reading and convt raslloii, a iu ly of Idr.. to gv ui n ilait In IhlnkliiK. lu order to learn we must be attentive atten-tive and wo mult it fl ct i.ou the In. formation wn tuvo recelvid. lhl. Is the only way to become J rdlclcht lu the art of thinking. M. A. V, (JHLIMIAUm. |
