like home."

7. Reciprocated love produces a general exhilaration of the system. The
elasticity of the muscles is increased, the circulation is quickened, and
every bodily function is stimulated to renewed activity by a happy
marriage.

8. The consummation desired by all who experience this affection, is the
union of souls in a true marriage. Whatever of beauty or romance there may
have been in the lover's dream, is enhanced and spiritualized in the
intimate communion of married life. The crown of wifehood and maternity is
purer, more divine than that of the maiden. Passion is lost--emotions
predominate.

[Illustration: AN ALGERIAN BRIDE.]

9. TOO EARLY MARRIAGES.--Too early marriage is always bad for the female.
If a young girl marries, her system is weakened and a full development of
her body is prevented, and the dangers of confinement are considerably
increased.

10. Boys who marry young derive but little enjoyment from the connubial
state. They are liable to excesses and thereby lose much of the vitality
and power of strength and physical endurance.

11. LONG LIFE.--Statistics show that married men live longer than
bachelors. Child-bearing for women is conducive to longevity.

{137} 12. COMPLEXION.--Marriage purifies the complexion, removes blotches
from the skin, invigorates the body, fills up the tones of the voice, gives
elasticity and firmness to the step, and brings health and contentment to
old age.

13. TEMPTATIONS REMOVED.--Marriage sanctifies a home, while adultery and
libertinism produce unrest, distrust and misery. It must be remembered that
a married man can practice the most absolute continence and enjoy a far
better state of health than the licentious man. The comforts of
companionship develop purity and give rest to the soul.

14. TOTAL ABSTENTION.--It is no doubt difficult for some men to fully
abstain from sexual intercourse and be entirely chaste in mind. The great
majority of men experience frequent strong sexual desire. Abstention is
very apt to produce in their minds voluptuous images and untamable desires
which require an iron will to banish or control. The hermit in his
seclusion, or the monk in his retreat, are often flushed with these
passions and trials. It is, however, natural; for remove these passions and
man would be no longer a man. It is evident that the natural state of man
is that of marriage; and he who avoids that state is not in harmony with
the laws of his being.