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 Responsibilities of the Marriage Institution. Our
Forefathers. Reciprocal Affection. Paley. True Love. Adaptation of
Character and Position. Fitness of Circumstances, Means, and Age. Religious
Equality and Adaptation. Only in the Lord. The Sad Effect of Inequality.
Should Persons Marry Outside of their Own Branch of the Church? Sin and
Curse of Disobedience to the Law of Religious Equality. Duty of Parents in
reference to Religious Equality. All Matches not made in Heaven. Law of
Moses. Abraham. Historical Instances of the Fruits of Disobeying this Law.
Reasonableness of the Law. The Primitive Christians. Sense of the Christian
Church. Address to Christians.