I to Gladding presented. by her pastor Rev Mr. Early

Dec Q 3 d 1829

CHRISTIAN MINISTER'S

AFFECTIONATE ADVICE

ΤΟ Α

NEW MARRIED COUPLE.

BY THE REV. JAMES BEAN, M. A.

Domestic happiness!

Thou art the nurse of virtue. Cowper.

BOSTON :

Published at the Christian Register office.

J. B. Russell, printer.

1824.

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HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
BY EXCHANGE

Apr 17, 1941.

ADVERTISEMENT.

This useful little work, from the pen of a highly respectable English clergyman, has passed through six editions in England, and one large edition in this country. This second American edition is respectfully reoommended to the clergy of all denominations, as a valuable and unexceptionable present to young heads of, families.

Contents.

CHAP. I.

The important nature of the marriage union--The
married pair exhorted not to grow remiss in the at-
tentions formerly paid to each other-A hint on the
treatment of relations
7

CHAP. II.

On the necessity of attending to the cultivation of
good temper

29

CHAP. III.

The influence of real piety on the happiness of marri-
ed life-The conduct which the Holy Scriptures re-
quire in married persons to each other.
38

CHAP. IV.

The effects of christian piety in the married pair with
respect to their household-On the advantages of
order in a family-The family of Eusebius-The
unhappiness of an irreligious couple

58

CHAP. V.

Short account of Evander and Theodosia How chris-
tianity supports the members of a religious family
under afflictive events, exhibited in the death of
Theodosia-Conclusion

68