Knowingly Married a Drunkard by Lever

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 11, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 35.

Knowingly Married a Drunkard

By Lever

THE Supreme Court of Iowa recently rendered a decision which embodies a world of truth and warning that should interest every young woman in the land. A wife made application for a divorce on the ground that her husband was a confirmed drunkard, when the evidence showed that she had knowledge of his intemperate habits before she had married him. In refusing the petition the judge said: “You voluntarily chose a drunkard for a husband, and you should discharge the duties of a drunkard’s wife. His failure to keep a pledge of reformation, made before marriage, does not justify you in deserting him. Having knowingly married a drunkard, you must make yourself content with the sacred relationship.”—Lever.