Marriage is something that will influence and affect your life both in this world and in the world to come. A sincere individual will not advance his plans I this direction without the knowledge that God approves his course. He will not want to choose for himself, but he will feel that God must choose for him.
Those who are contemplating marriage should consider what will be the character and influence of the home they are founding. As they become parents, a sacred trust is committed to them. Upon them depends in a great measure the well-being of their children in this world, and their happiness in the world to come.
Great care should be taken by youth in the formation of friendships and in the choice of companions. Weigh every sentiment, and watch every development of character in the one with whom you think to link your life destiny. The steps you are about to take is one of the most important in your life, and should not be taken hastily. While you may love, do not love blindly.
Qualities Expected In a Prospective Wife
Let a young man seek one to stand by his side who is fitted to bear her share of life’s burdens, and whose influence will refine him, and who will make him happy in her love.
In your choice of a wife, study her character, will she be one who will be patient and painstaking? Or will she cease to care for your mother and father at the time when they need a strong son to lean upon?
Will the one you marry bring happiness in your home? Is she an economist, or will she, if married, not only use all her earnings, but all of yours to gratify a vanity, a love of appearance? Are her principles correct in this direction?
Qualities Expected in a Prospective Husband
Before giving her hand in marriage, every woman should inquire whether he with whom she is about to unite her destiny is worthy. What has been his past record? Is his life pure? Has he the traits of character that will make her happy? Can she find true peace and joy in his affections?
Let the woman who desires a peaceful, happy union, who will escape future misery and sorrow, inquire before she yields her affections. Has my lover a mother? Does he recognize his obligations to her? Is he mindful of her wishes and happiness?
Let the young woman accept as a life companion only one who possesses pure, manly traits of character, one who is diligent, aspiring, and honest, one who lives and fear God.
Shun those who are irrelevant, shun one who is a lover of idleness; shun the one who is a scoffer of hallowed things. Listen not of the proposals of a man who has no realization of his responsibility to God.
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