Improvement Era, 1932 by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Religion

Here Comes the Bride By Adah R. Naylor

THIS is June! A month of sunny days, of blue skies, of flowering earth-Spring at its fullness-"re-newing once again the ancient rapture."

At this season of the year, human hearts are always stirred by nature's gladness, and man-'tis said-is moved to choose a mate. But does man do the choosing? He likes to think so-and yet almost any woman can marry almost any man she knows, providing she goes about it in the right way. Not by approach. She does not seem to choose, but in a subtle manner known to the true daughters of Eve she manages to attract the man her heart desires.

It is right that woman should select her mate, for to her, marriage is the one great incident of life. It is also her great venture. And in order to guard this venture she should use all the intelligence she has in choosing her mate. "Look before you leap," and "not only count ten, count a hundred" are good axioms to remember. Because a boy has a merry laugh, and an intriguing line of talk, and dances well, it doesn't follow that a girl should find in him the one who would prove to be her ideal mate forever and forever. Forever is a long time. And being a mate is a serious business.

Two people joined in marriage take upon themselves a serious obligation. "For better or for worse, through sickness and through health" they agree to love and cherish each other. The journey they make through life together may, in a way, be compared to a trek across country made by men and women who have their belongings on a cart which they push before them. Sometimes the road is so level that by merely keeping their hands on the cart it rolls along ahead of them. At other times there is a down grade, and the momentum the cart gains, fairly carries them along with it. When they strike a hill it is necessary to dig their heels in and push with all their might. Sometimes the hill is so high they cannot see the top, and one grows discouraged and turns back, or both sit down and look about for someone to give them a lift. But if they climb together until they reach the summit, they know the joy of achievement and are thrilled with the view that is to be gained from a mountain top.

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