op Tillotson. Motives to this Duty.
Obstacles to the Efficacy of good Home-Example. Unequal Marriages. Jacob's
Marriage. Zacharias and Elizabeth.

CHAPTER XXI.

THE CHOICE OF PURSUITS.--Duty of Preparation for some Useful Occupation.
This should be made in Childhood. The part Parents should take in this.
Duty of all Persons to engage in some Useful Pursuit shown from the
Relation of the Individual to the State, from the Possibility of Future
Misfortune, from the Excessive Prodigality of those who have been brought
up in Idleness. Law of the Athenians. What Parents should consider in their
selection of an Occupation for their Children. Injudicious Course of some
Parents. Fruits of Disobedience to the Law of Adaptation. Social Position.
Exigencies. But one Pursuit. Jack of All Trades. Loaferism. Fruits of
Indolence.

CHAPTER XXII.

THE HOME-PARLOR.--Its Idea and Relations to Society. Why we should hold it
Sacred. The most Dangerous Departments of Home. Duty of Parents to instruct
their Children in reference to it. How far the Christian Parlor may Conform
to the Laws and Customs of Fashion. Adulteration of the Christian Home
through Indiscriminate Association. The Sad and Demoralizing Effects.
Address to Parents.

CHAPTER XXIII.

MATCH-MAKING.--_Section I.: The Relation of Parents to the Marriage Choice
of their Children_.--The Bridal Hour. A Home-Crisis. The Bride's Farewell.
Have Parents a right to take any part in the Marriage Choice of their
Children? This Right Proven from their Relation to their Children, from the
Inexperience of Children, from Sacred History. The Patriarchal Age.
Judaism. The Christian Church. The Extent of this Right. The Duties it
Involves. Moral Control. Coercive Measures. Improper Parental
Interposition. Its Sad Effects. Persuasive Measures. Should Parents Banish
and Disinherit Children for their Marrying against their will? Paley.

_Section II.: False Tests in the Selection of a Companion_.--The Mere
Outward. How we determine Unhappy Matches. The Manner of Paying Addresses.
The Habit of Match-Making. Tricks of Match-Makers. The Sad Fruits. Book
Match-Makers. Their Auxiliaries. The Evil. How Parents may Preserve their
Children. False Influences. Smitten. Outward Beauty. Impulsive Passion.
Falling in Love at First Sight. Wealth. Rank. English Aristocracy.
Nepotism. Snobbishness.

_Section III.: True Tests in the Selection of a Companion_.--Judicious
Views of the Nature and Respons