. How to be happy though married. Being a handbook to marriage . ine in idle homes. If a use-ful occupation or innocent hobby be not provided for theseveral members of a family, they are sure to spend their timein maliciously tormenting each other. Those whose only care in life is to avoid care make a greatmistake. They forget that even roses have thorns, and thatpleasure is appreciated and enjoyed for its variety and contrastto pain. After all there is but one way of producing sunshinein our homes. We must first let the light into our own souls,and then like burning glasses we shall give it o
. How to be happy though married. Being a handbook to marriage . ine in idle homes. If a use-ful occupation or innocent hobby be not provided for theseveral members of a family, they are sure to spend their timein maliciously tormenting each other. Those whose only care in life is to avoid care make a greatmistake. They forget that even roses have thorns, and thatpleasure is appreciated and enjoyed for its variety and contrastto pain. After all there is but one way of producing sunshinein our homes. We must first let the light into our own souls,and then like burning glasses we shall give it out to others, butespecially to those of our own household. And whence comesthe souls calm sunshine and joy in right doing but from theSun of Righteousness? If there are many unhappy homes, many wretched families—more by far than is generally supposed—what is the cure forthis ? ■ Sweet reasonableness as taught by Jesus Christ. Ifft-e would let Him into our houses to dwell with us, and formowe of our family circle, He would turn our homes into CHAPTER XXir. THEY HAD A FEW WORDS. Something light as air—a look,A word unkind or wrongly taken—Oh, love, that tempests never shook,A breath, a touch like this hath shaken,And ruder words will soon rush inTo spread the breach that words begin.—Moore. Married life should be a sweet, harmonious song, and, like one ofMendelssohns, without Tvorc/s. —Judy, HEN the sunshine of domestic bliss has becomemore or less clouded by quarrels between ahusband and wife, observers very often describethe state of affairs by the euphemism at the headof this chapter. They had a few words —thisEs the immediate cause of many a domestic catastrophe. Ayoung man was sent to Socrates to learn oratory. On beingintroduced to the philosopher he talked so incessantly asked for double fees. Why charge me double?*
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