I am looking for marriage records with in the last 10 years i do not have to pay for suggestions?

Since “Mother’s maiden name?” is a common question in banks and credit cards, and bride’s maiden name is on marriage records, and it it no one’s business if someone gets married in June and delivers an 8-pound baby in October, almost all free on-line marriage records less than 80 years old have been taken off the Internet. They are much stricter about giving out paper copies at the county clerk’s office, too, for the same reasons.

IF you know the date within a week or two AND live near the county, you can look through the “vital records” section of the local newspaper on microfilm at the county library, for free; but note there are two big If’s there.

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Looking Forward $16.24 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: TIL The Family. Monogamy is in present times generally prevalent in the entire civilized world. The monogamian family gradually and slowly grew out of the Syndiasmian. It is based upon exclusive cohabitation between one man and one woman, theoretically for life. According to Morgan's hypothesis, it owes its existence to the wish of establishing paternity with certainty for purposes of inheritance. As I said before, I do not fully agree with this hypothesis, although the motive of establishing fath- ership with certainty may have been very powerful toward maintaining monogamy after its establishment and with the continued growth of property. From my studies, I conclude that there must have been a more direct economic reason for it, although it cannot be denied that there was, probably, always a close relationship between marriage and inheritance. So, for instance, we find in the Pentateuch (Numbers, ch. 36), that the members of the tribe of Joseph objected to the marriage of the daughters of Zelaphahad out of the tribe, because, as they said: Then shall the inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe, whereunto they are received; and that by the decision of the Lord, they were not allowed to marry out of the tribe. But we find that the objection was purely economic, and that there was not a bit of sentimentality about it. Those who objected did so in their own interest, not only in that of their progeny. At that time monogamy was not yet known, and land v:as held in common within the tribe. The common ownership of land secured to every member of the tribe at least a subsistence. With the establishment of private ownership in land, however, and especially after the tribal relation had ceased to be a-part of...

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Money In Marriage Workbook $2.1 DIVBlending and sharing money with one's spouse is probably the most challenging aspect of marriage. It can be so destructive to a relationship or it can be a source of closeness. It's your choice.Since money is an interwoven part of the marriage commitment, couples must learn and apply what God has to say about money in marriage. That's why author, speaker, and syndicated radio host, Larry Burkett has created the Money in Marriage Workbook. Recognizing that couples often bring into the marriage attitudes and habits about money, Burkett uses this valuable workbook to identify each partner's tendencies.The valuable topics addressed include:Creating and Sticking to a BudgetDiscovering Money PersonalitiesMoney Management TendenciesAssessing Financial PositionThe Money in Marriage Workbook is an essential tool for any couple, whether just starting out or looking to shore up this crucial area of marriage. Seek God's Will for your fiances and you will surely be blessed!/DIV

Marriage and Families $3.98 In this fresh, more structural, alternative to other texts for the marriage and family course, Seccombe and Warner provide a comprehensive look at close relationships and the family in just 15 chapters. Examining close relationships and families by placing them in social context, the authors offer a unique emphasis on the structural and relational aspects of the family with a focus on family resilience. The text weaves together a macro view ? social structural analysis of close relationships- with the macro ? an individualist view. The authors demonstrate the interaction of theory and methodology in family studies in Chapter 2 and blend cutting-edge research and practical applications throughout. Among the highlights of this first edition are the exceptionally thorough exploration of the topics of singlehood and cohabitation in Chapter 7 and the unique six-chapter core (8-13) that focuses on all aspects of parenthood and the challenges and crises that families face today. The authors' emphasis on family resilience and how families can be strengthened is reflected in the "Constructing Strong Families" boxes that appear throughout the text. These features encourage students to apply groundbreaking research on what makes a family strong to their own families and in the concluding chapter, "Looking Ahead: Helping Families Flourish," which examines the factors that successful families ?regardless of ethnicity, culture, or social class?consistently exhibit.

An Arranged Marriage $9.7 Bill did not need a wife, but wanted one. He had become romantically lost. His continued failure to make an honest connection with the women in his life makes him question his current bachelor status. With the right wife, his world could be more.pFrom his time spent in the orient as a young man, he knew formal and informal arranged marriages were the primary method for couples seeking matrimony. Knowing exactly what he was looking for in a wife Bill felt this direct approach might be the answer for him. Fate intervened and Bill was off to Fuzhou, China, to meet Uncle Wu, an unlicensed marriage broker.pGrowing up on the other side of the world in central China, Wei refuses to let her dream of marrying an American fade. Strong and courageous, Wei moves from the farms of rural China to the city, determined to immigrate to America, even though her family thinks such dreams foolish.pHowever, the question remains, is it possible to find the right spouse without courtship? Bill and Wei seek to find the answers along with their own happy ending.

Marriage and Modernization: How Globalization Threatens Marriage and W $5.97 A realistic, constructive look at modern threats to married life The processes of modernization and globalization promise more wealth and health for many people. But they are also a threat to the stability and quality of marriage and family life. This new book -- at once sobering and constructive -- looks at the impact of these processes on marriage and asks what Christianity, in cooperation with other religions, can do to strengthen married life today. Among the deleterious effects of modernization and globalization on marriage are a worldwide drift of men away from the responsibility of parenthood and the tendency of mothers too readily to take on the task of childrearing alone. After looking at recent research on these and other problems, Don Browning suggests that the cure for modern marital disruption entails reforming and reconstructing the institution of marriage while also nurturing relevant forms of social support. Yet the effort to initiate a world marriage revival requires a complex cultural work, and Browning explores the key contributions that the religions of the world must make for such an effort to be successful.The processes of modernization and globalization promise more wealth and health for many people. But they are also a threat to the stability and quality of marriage and family life. This new book -- at once sobering and constructive -- looks at the impact of these processes on marriage and asks what Christianity, in cooperation with other religions, can do to strengthen married life today.pAmong the deleterious effects of modernization and globalization on marriage are a worldwide drift of men away from the responsibility of parenthood and the tendency of mothers too readily to take on the task of childrearing alone. After looking at recent research on these and other problems, Don Browning suggests that the cure for modern marital disruption entails reforming and reconstructing the institution of marriage while also nurturing relevant fo@áG®záÿ¾Úx

The Amateur Marriage $3.48 From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage—and its consequences, spanning three generations.They seemed like the perfect couple—young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment Pauline, a stranger to the Polish Eastern Avenue neighborhood of Baltimore (though she lived only twenty minutes away), walked into his mother’s grocery store, Michael was smitten. And in the heat of World War II fervor, they are propelled into a hasty wedding. But they never should have married.Pauline, impulsive, impractical, tumbles hit-or-miss through life; Michael, plodding, cautious, judgmental, proceeds deliberately. While other young marrieds, equally ignorant at the start, seemed to grow more seasoned, Pauline and Michael remain amateurs. In time their foolish quarrels take their toll. Even when they find themselves, almost thirty years later, loving, instant parents to a little grandson named Pagan, whom they rescue from Haight-Ashbury, they still cannot bridge their deep-rooted differences. Flighty Pauline clings to the notion that the rifts can always be patched. To the unyielding Michael, they become unbearable. From the sound of the cash register in the old grocery to the counterculture jargon of the sixties, from the miniskirts to the multilayered apparel of later years, Anne Tyler captures the evocative nuances of everyday life during these decades with such telling precision that every page brings smiles of recognition. Throughout, as each of the competing voices bears witness, we are drawn ever more fully into the complex entanglements of family life in this wise, embracing, and deeply perceptive novel.From the Hardcover edition.

The Amateur Marriage $3.48 From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage—and its consequences, spanning three generations.They seemed like the perfect couple—young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment Pauline, a stranger to the Polish Eastern Avenue neighborhood of Baltimore (though she lived only twenty minutes away), walked into his mother’s grocery store, Michael was smitten. And in the heat of World War II fervor, they are propelled into a hasty wedding. But they never should have married.Pauline, impulsive, impractical, tumbles hit-or-miss through life; Michael, plodding, cautious, judgmental, proceeds deliberately. While other young marrieds, equally ignorant at the start, seemed to grow more seasoned, Pauline and Michael remain amateurs. In time their foolish quarrels take their toll. Even when they find themselves, almost thirty years later, loving, instant parents to a little grandson named Pagan, whom they rescue from Haight-Ashbury, they still cannot bridge their deep-rooted differences. Flighty Pauline clings to the notion that the rifts can always be patched. To the unyielding Michael, they become unbearable. From the sound of the cash register in the old grocery to the counterculture jargon of the sixties, from the miniskirts to the multilayered apparel of later years, Anne Tyler captures the evocative nuances of everyday life during these decades with such telling precision that every page brings smiles of recognition. Throughout, as each of the competing voices bears witness, we are drawn ever more fully into the complex entanglements of family life in this wise, embracing, and deeply perceptive novel.

The Amateur Marriage $9.98 From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage—and its consequences, spanning three generations.They seemed like the perfect couple—young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment Pauline, a stranger to the Polish Eastern Avenue neighborhood of Baltimore (though she lived only twenty minutes away), walked into his mother’s grocery store, Michael was smitten. And in the heat of World War II fervor, they are propelled into a hasty wedding. But they never should have married.Pauline, impulsive, impractical, tumbles hit-or-miss through life; Michael, plodding, cautious, judgmental, proceeds deliberately. While other young marrieds, equally ignorant at the start, seemed to grow more seasoned, Pauline and Michael remain amateurs. In time their foolish quarrels take their toll. Even when they find themselves, almost thirty years later, loving, instant parents to a little grandson named Pagan, whom they rescue from Haight-Ashbury, they still cannot bridge their deep-rooted differences. Flighty Pauline clings to the notion that the rifts can always be patched. To the unyielding Michael, they become unbearable. From the sound of the cash register in the old grocery to the counterculture jargon of the sixties, from the miniskirts to the multilayered apparel of later years, Anne Tyler captures the evocative nuances of everyday life during these decades with such telling precision that every page brings smiles of recognition. Throughout, as each of the competing voices bears witness, we are drawn ever more fully into the complex entanglements of family life in this wise, embracing, and deeply perceptive novel.From the Hardcover edition.

The Amateur Marriage $3.48 From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage—and its consequences, spanning three generations.They seemed like the perfect couple—young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment Pauline, a stranger to the Polish Eastern Avenue neighborhood of Baltimore (though she lived only twenty minutes away), walked into his mother’s grocery store, Michael was smitten. And in the heat of World War II fervor, they are propelled into a hasty wedding. But they never should have married.Pauline, impulsive, impractical, tumbles hit-or-miss through life; Michael, plodding, cautious, judgmental, proceeds deliberately. While other young marrieds, equally ignorant at the start, seemed to grow more seasoned, Pauline and Michael remain amateurs. In time their foolish quarrels take their toll. Even when they find themselves, almost thirty years later, loving, instant parents to a little grandson named Pagan, whom they rescue from Haight-Ashbury, they still cannot bridge their deep-rooted differences. Flighty Pauline clings to the notion that the rifts can always be patched. To the unyielding Michael, they become unbearable. From the sound of the cash register in the old grocery to the counterculture jargon of the sixties, from the miniskirts to the multilayered apparel of later years, Anne Tyler captures the evocative nuances of everyday life during these decades with such telling precision that every page brings smiles of recognition. Throughout, as each of the competing voices bears witness, we are drawn ever more fully into the complex entanglements of family life in this wise, embracing, and deeply perceptive novel.From the Hardcover edition.

The Amateur Marriage $6.48 From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage—and its consequences, spanning three generations.They seemed like the perfect couple—young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment Pauline, a stranger to the Polish Eastern Avenue neighborhood of Baltimore (though she lived only twenty minutes away), walked into his mother’s grocery store, Michael was smitten. And in the heat of World War II fervor, they are propelled into a hasty wedding. But they never should have married.Pauline, impulsive, impractical, tumbles hit-or-miss through life; Michael, plodding, cautious, judgmental, proceeds deliberately. While other young marrieds, equally ignorant at the start, seemed to grow more seasoned, Pauline and Michael remain amateurs. In time their foolish quarrels take their toll. Even when they find themselves, almost thirty years later, loving, instant parents to a little grandson named Pagan, whom they rescue from Haight-Ashbury, they still cannot bridge their deep-rooted differences. Flighty Pauline clings to the notion that the rifts can always be patched. To the unyielding Michael, they become unbearable. From the sound of the cash register in the old grocery to the counterculture jargon of the sixties, from the miniskirts to the multilayered apparel of later years, Anne Tyler captures the evocative nuances of everyday life during these decades with such telling precision that every page brings smiles of recognition. Throughout, as each of the competing voices bears witness, we are drawn ever more fully into the complex entanglements of family life in this wise, embracing, and deeply perceptive novel.

The Amateur Marriage $2 From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage—and its consequences, spanning three generations.brbrThey seemed like the perfect couple—young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment Pauline, a stranger to the Polish Eastern Avenue neighborhood of Baltimore (though she lived only twenty minutes away), walked into his mother’s grocery store, Michael was smitten. And in the heat of World War II fervor, they are propelled into a hasty wedding. But they never should have married.brbrPauline, impulsive, impractical, tumbles hit-or-miss through life; Michael, plodding, cautious, judgmental, proceeds deliberately. While other young marrieds, equally ignorant at the start, seemed to grow more seasoned, Pauline and Michael remain amateurs. In time their foolish quarrels take their toll. Even when they find themselves, almost thirty years later, loving, instant parents to a little grandson named Pagan, whom they rescue from Haight-Ashbury, they still cannot bridge their deep-rooted differences. Flighty Pauline clings to the notion that the rifts can always be patched. To the unyielding Michael, they become unbearable.brbrFrom the sound of the cash register in the old grocery to the counterculture jargon of the sixties, from the miniskirts to the multilayered apparel of later years, Anne Tyler captures the evocative nuances of everyday life during these decades with such telling precision that every page brings smiles of recognition. Throughout, as each of the competing voices bears witness, we are drawn ever more fully into the complex entanglements of family life in this wise, embracing, and deeply perceptive novel.brbrbriFrom the Hardcover edition./i“An ode to the complexities of familial love, the centripetal and centrifugal forces that keep families together and send their members flying apart, the supremely ordinary pleasures and frustrations of middle-class American life.”@

Marriage Under Siege $9.97 Marriage is expected to expand and preserve the family and provide compatible companionship for both partners. Marriage is under siege on many fronts. Family preservation includes accommodation of divorce and provision for remarriage. Coping with a dysfunctional marriage and the psycho-social effects of divorce are an important part of this text. The family is the primary agent of socialization and within this psycho-social construct beliefs are born, cultivated and behaviors shaped. It is in the family that children learn skills to apply to systems outside the family unit and ultimately to their own spouses. Consequently the author based on experience in family relations offers a plan to rebuild broken fences and institute the healing process.Exploring such topics as dysfunctional marriage, family preservation, divorce and its psycho-social effects, remarriage, and the healing process, Lawton provides practical treatments for anyone looking to survive the effects of a marriage under siege.

Money in Marriage System $9 DIVBlending and sharing money with one's spouse is probably the most challenging aspect of marriage. It can be so destructive to a relationship or it can be a source of closeness. It's your choice.Since money is an interwoven part of the marriage commitment, couples must learn and apply what God has to say about money in marriage. That's why author, speaker, and syndicated radio host, Larry Burkett has created the Money in Marriage System. Each Money in Marriage System includes:CD-ROM: individual personality assessments, interactive budget, and interactive question and answer session with Larry Burkett.Audio cassette entitled, 'Honey, Let's Talk.'Audio cassette entitled, 'Taking Charge of Your Credit Card.'Two workbooks, one for each partner.Facilitator's Guide to assist pastors, counselors, and small group leaders.The Money in Marriage System is an essential tool for any couple, whether just starting out or looking to shore up this crucial area of marriage. Seek God's Will for your fiances and you will surely be blessed!/DIV

Looking for Mr. Goodvendor $13.22 Have you ever had a vendor who made you want to tear your hair out and yell Why did we choose this awful company!?!?! Read this book to save your hair. . .and your sanity. Looking for Mr. Goodvendor deals with all aspects of the vendor association, from finding the right vendor to deploying their products and rehabilitating vendors gone bad. It's tough to find a marriage counselor for two companies with a relationship on the rocks. Goodvendor will help you find, reclaim, and sustain what you're looking for in a good long-term business relationship.

Identity and Stability in Marriage $27.52 This book is a digital reprint of Janet Askham's Identity and Stability in Marriage.This book presents a unique way of looking at and understanding marriage behaviour, based on detailed examination, by interview, of the joint lives of a small sample of married couples. People seek various types of aim in marriage, and the intention of this study is to examine two such possible aims, namely the search for a sense of personal identity and for a sense of stability or security. These particular aims are chosen because, although the seem to be commonly sought, the conditions necessary for the achievement of one appear to conflict with those necessary for the achievement of the other. The study indicates that successful marriages achieve a compromise which fulfils neither end completely. The study advances our knowledge about the internal nature of marriage and offers a means of understanding why marriages fail, and even why changes in divorce and marriage rates occur.

Not Your Parents' Marriage $13.48 Find God’s Unique Shape for Your Marriage It’s not just the two of you and God. The truth is, you bring your family into your relationship in more ways than you realize. Yet God has plans for your marriage that differ from the expectations of your parents’ generation. Looking at the past, how do you know what to jettison and what to keep as your own? Jerome and Kellie Daley have wrestled with the tough questions about which spouse is responsible for what and why, how last night’s fight could help you love each other more, and what it really means to leave your parents and become full partners in marriage. As you practice the freeing biblical truths about marriage, you discover that many of the practicalities that worked for previous generations are a poor fit in your relationship.Not Your Parents’ Marriage examines God’s dreams for marriage today, based on the scriptures and including honest dialog, fun questionnaires, and space for journaling. It’s time to honor what God has done in the past while unlocking the creativity and passion that are unique to your relationship.Whether you are engaged, married, or somewhere on the way, God wants to do a new thing in your relationship. Are you ready to experience it?Includes discussion questions for couples or groups.

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Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution $57.27 There is long-standing constitutional protection of the right to marry that applies to same-sex couples.There is long-standing constitutional protection of the right to marry that applies to same-sex couples. Balancing strong advocacy of this position with respectful engagement with those who oppose same-sex marriage, Evan Gerstmann concludes not only that the Constitution protects same-sex marriage but also that it is the proper role of the courts to enforce this right.There is long-standing constitutional protection of the right to marry that applies to same-sex couples. Balancing strong advocacy of this position with respectful engagement with those who oppose same-sex marriage, Evan Gerstmann concludes not only that the Constitution protects same-sex marriage but also that it is the proper role of the courts to enforce this right.The revised and expanded second edition of Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution makes the case that the Constitution has long protected the right to marry, and that this protection includes the right to marry a person of the same gender. No other book makes this argument. This book addresses other issues, such as why same-sex marriage is completely different, both practically and constitutionally, from polygamy and incest, and it debunks the myth that pro}}}same-sex marriage decisions have created a backlash against either gays and lesbians or the Democratic Party.1. Introduction; 2. Reason and prejudice: is the heterosexual monopoly on marriage rational?; 3. Looking for stricter scrutiny: sexism, heterosexism, and class-based equal protection; 4. The fundamental right to marry; 5. Same-sex marriage and the fundamental right to marry; 6. Should courts create new rights? 7. Identifying fundamental rights; 8. Democracy, neutrality, and the consistency of principle; 9. Principles and practicalities.

Living a Covenant Marriage $10.98 In 1995, President Gordon B. Hinckley indicated that his greatest concern was the disintegration of marriages and families worldwide. This book was created to address such problems and to provide some perspective and suggestions for LDS couples to "divorce-proof" as well as enrich their marriages. Elder Bruce C. Hafen, a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, begins the volume with an excellent article adapted from his conference address on covenant (verses contract) marriages. Each of the remaining contributors to this volume is either a professional educator or a marriage counselor in private practice with extensive experiences in working with Latter-day Saint couples. This authoritative and insightful book is an invaluable resource for anyone looking to strengthen his or her marriage relationship.

Why Men Fear Marriage $24 You're out there, you're dating, and you're looking for marriage material. But is he? Believe it or not, many men -- especially men over thirty -- do have the strong desire to settle down and embrace the marriage package. What stops them? How can you tell if the guy who's wining and dining you tonight has (somewhere deep inside his complex male machinery) the potential to make a lifelong commitment to you?#1 Essence magazine bestselling author RM Johnson, who has brilliantly portrayed the provocative dance of the sexes in his acclaimed fiction, now delivers his first work of nonfiction, explicitly designed to shed light on the surprising secrets of the male psyche and unravel these timeless and perplexing questions: Why do men fear marriage? And what can you do to significantly increase your odds for finding Mr. Right?

Why Men Fear Marriage $24 You're out there, you're dating, and you're looking for marriage material. But is he? Believe it or not, many men -- especially men over thirty -- do have the strong desire to settle down and embrace the marriage package. What stops them? How can you tell if the guy who's wining and dining you tonight has (somewhere deep inside his complex male machinery) the potential to make a lifelong commitment to you?#1 Essence magazine bestselling author RM Johnson, who has brilliantly portrayed the provocative dance of the sexes in his acclaimed fiction, now delivers his first work of nonfiction, explicitly designed to shed light on the surprising secrets of the male psyche and unravel these timeless and perplexing questions: Why do men fear marriage? And what can you do to significantly increase your odds for finding Mr. Right?

Why Men Fear Marriage $24 You're out there, you're dating, and you're looking for marriage material. But is he? Believe it or not, many men -- especially men over thirty -- do have the strong desire to settle down and embrace the marriage package. What stops them? How can you tell if the guy who's wining and dining you tonight has (somewhere deep inside his complex male machinery) the potential to make a lifelong commitment to you?#1 Essence magazine bestselling author RM Johnson, who has brilliantly portrayed the provocative dance of the sexes in his acclaimed fiction, now delivers his first work of nonfiction, explicitly designed to shed light on the surprising secrets of the male psyche and unravel these timeless and perplexing questions: Why do men fear marriage? And what can you do to significantly increase your odds for finding Mr. Right?

Why Men Fear Marriage $24 You're out there, you're dating, and you're looking for marriage material. But is he? Believe it or not, many men -- especially men over thirty -- do have the strong desire to settle down and embrace the marriage package. What stops them? How can you tell if the guy who's wining and dining you tonight has (somewhere deep inside his complex male machinery) the potential to make a lifelong commitment to you?#1 Essence magazine bestselling author RM Johnson, who has brilliantly portrayed the provocative dance of the sexes in his acclaimed fiction, now delivers his first work of nonfiction, explicitly designed to shed light on the surprising secrets of the male psyche and unravel these timeless and perplexing questions: Why do men fear marriage? And what can you do to significantly increase your odds for finding Mr. Right?

Why Men Fear Marriage $24 You're out there, you're dating, and you're looking for marriage material. But is he? Believe it or not, many men -- especially men over thirty -- do have the strong desire to settle down and embrace the marriage package. What stops them? How can you tell if the guy who's wining and dining you tonight has (somewhere deep inside his complex male machinery) the potential to make a lifelong commitment to you?#1 Essence magazine bestselling author RM Johnson, who has brilliantly portrayed the provocative dance of the sexes in his acclaimed fiction, now delivers his first work of nonfiction, explicitly designed to shed light on the surprising secrets of the male psyche and unravel these timeless and perplexing questions: Why do men fear marriage? And what can you do to significantly increase your odds for finding Mr. Right?

A Demoralizing Marriage $23.77 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: II. Now it must not be supposed that cither Mrs. Casilear or Rosalind was by any means ashamed of being Moses Matu- rin's daughter. They had both dearly loved their father, though during many childish years they had seen him quite rarely. Their mother had died while they were very young children, and they had been placed at a seminary in San Francisco, where they became known, in course of time, as the two young heiresses to colossal wealth. The lady who presided over the seminary was quite loth to receive the little girls when their father had first presented them for her future tutelage. Perhaps this unwillingness would speedily have ossified into an outright refusal, had not Moses Matu- rin shown her a purseful of tempting gold-pieces which he offered as payment in advance. He was a rather rough- looking young man in those days. He wore a beard as big as Kris-Kringle's, though it had in it the chestnut gloss of youth. His hands were tanned and horny as any workman's, and slight wonder, since he had handled the pickaxe in the mining countries for months at a time. He meant, moreover, to handle it again. But the years proved very civilizing to him, for they brought him wealth in amplest measure. He took trips East, and one of them even extended across the Atlantic as far as middle Russia.His little girls were being very competently educated there at the San Francisco seminary, and he knew it. He had become qualified to judge. The lady-principal of the establishment would have a thrill of excitement, nowadays, when she learned that the millionaire, Moses Maturin, had called. She was inclined to slip on her best silk gown, also, and put a bit of tasteful ribbon at her throat. It was not at all the same with her as it had been a few years ago. Moses Maturin conferred an honor by ...@7ŸQë…ÿ¾Úx

A Demoralizing Marriage $14.26 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: II. Now it must not be supposed that cither Mrs. Casilear or Rosalind was by any means ashamed of being Moses Matu- rin's daughter. They had both dearly loved their father, though during many childish years they had seen him quite rarely. Their mother had died while they were very young children, and they had been placed at a seminary in San Francisco, where they became known, in course of time, as the two young heiresses to colossal wealth. The lady who presided over the seminary was quite loth to receive the little girls when their father had first presented them for her future tutelage. Perhaps this unwillingness would speedily have ossified into an outright refusal, had not Moses Matu- rin shown her a purseful of tempting gold-pieces which he offered as payment in advance. He was a rather rough- looking young man in those days. He wore a beard as big as Kris-Kringle's, though it had in it the chestnut gloss of youth. His hands were tanned and horny as any workman's, and slight wonder, since he had handled the pickaxe in the mining countries for months at a time. He meant, moreover, to handle it again. But the years proved very civilizing to him, for they brought him wealth in amplest measure. He took trips East, and one of them even extended across the Atlantic as far as middle Russia.His little girls were being very competently educated there at the San Francisco seminary, and he knew it. He had become qualified to judge. The lady-principal of the establishment would have a thrill of excitement, nowadays, when she learned that the millionaire, Moses Maturin, had called. She was inclined to slip on her best silk gown, also, and put a bit of tasteful ribbon at her throat. It was not at all the same with her as it had been a few years ago. Moses Maturin conferred an honor by ...@,…¸Që…ÿ¾Úx

Toward A Growing Marriage $3.48 Marital Bliss?'My wife is a nag!' 'My husband thinks I'm his slave!'We just don't love each other anymore.'Common phrases in an all too common world of marital failure. We hear them everyday from our co-workers, our friends, and even ourselves. The separation and divorce rate among Christian couples continues to rise while thousands of other Christian couples continue to live together in something far less than the 'abundant life' that Jesus promised. Is your marriage turning out differently than you expected? Are all of today's alarming statistics making you wary of ever getting married? Well you are not alone. In Toward a Growing Marriage, Dr. Chapman offers the hope you've been looking for. The author of the best-selling book The Five Love Languages, will help you get your marriage off to a good start or back on the right track with advice that is both biblical and practical. Part of the problem, according to Dr. Chapman, is that too many times our churches have focused on the negative biblical directives when teaching about marriage. We need to know more than to not marry a non-believer and to save sex for marriage. We need to know how to succeed. Toward a Growing Marriage is divided into two sections in order to help two different audiences succeed: those who are in the process of finding a spouse who will be a 'fitting' or 'suitable' marriage partner those who have already said 'I do' and are trying to fulfill that commitmentMarital happiness is not automatic, but the practical application of Dr. Chapman's helpful information will put couples well on their way to successful and fulfilling marriages.

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