. How to be happy though married. Being a handbook to marriage . ather than a troubler, and the husband and wife whonever try to serve Him will not be likely to serve each other orto gain much real happiness from their marriage. The following is related in the memoirs of IMary a girl she and her brother had coaxed their timid motherto accompany them for a sail. The day was sunny, but a stiffbreeze was blowing, and presently the boat began to toss androll. George, Mrs. Fairfax called to the man in charge, this is an awful storm ! I fear we are in great danger; mindhow you steer;
. How to be happy though married. Being a handbook to marriage . ather than a troubler, and the husband and wife whonever try to serve Him will not be likely to serve each other orto gain much real happiness from their marriage. The following is related in the memoirs of IMary a girl she and her brother had coaxed their timid motherto accompany them for a sail. The day was sunny, but a stiffbreeze was blowing, and presently the boat began to toss androll. George, Mrs. Fairfax called to the man in charge, this is an awful storm ! I fear we are in great danger; mindhow you steer; remember I trust in you ! He replied, Dinna trust in me, leddy; trust in God Almighty. In terrorthe lady exclaimed, Dear me, is it come to that! To thatit ought to come on the day of marriage quite as much as onthe day of death. It is not only in times of danger and distressthat we want Gods presence, but in the time of our well-being,when all goes merry as a marriage bell. Live away from Him,and the happiness you enjoy to-day may become your CHAPTEl II. TO BE OR NOT TO BE—MARRIED? A bitter and perplexed Whnt shall I do ? —Coleridge. Tlien, why pause with indecisionWlicn bright angels in thy visionEcckon thee to fields Elysian ? —Lcngfdlow, O be or not to be—married ? That is tliequestion that may occur to readers of the lastchapter. If so much precaution and prepara-tion are necessary to ensure a harmless, not tosay a happy marriage, is the game worth thecandle ? Is it not better for the unmarried to cultivate thecontented state of mind of that old Scotch lady who said, Iwadna gie my single life for a the double anes I ever saw ? The controversy as to whether celibacy or wedlock be thehappier state is a very old one, perhaps as old as what may becalled the previous question—whether life itself be worth people are very ingenious in making themselves miserable*
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