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or daughter select a companion without first consulting the parents,
when such a step must materially affect the happiness of parents if
they have any affection for their children? And should that child,
notwithstanding the counsel and entreaties of his parents, persist in
following his own course? I answer decidedly: No; not if he never
marries. The fifth commandment forbids such a course. “Honor thy
father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which
the Lord thy God giveth thee.” Here is a commandment with a promise
which the Lord will surely fulfill to those who obey. Wise parents
will never select companions for their children without respect to their
wishes
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