The New York herald., 1873-12-08
LYRIC HALL,

Marriage One OF the Sacramento
Free Divorces Insurance of Happi-
ncss--Our Modern Homes--The Loss of
the Vile du Havre-scrmon by the
Rev. u. B. Frothingham.
Mr.. Frothlngham's subject yesterday morning
the "Sacraments OF Homer Sacrament is a
technical term-he began-Gnd it is Wen to under
stand IT. 1t is not . symbol, but channel OF
divine influence. In some OF the Protestant
churches 1t is mere symbol and has no efficacy IN
Itself. Its significance lies in It's power TO awaken
a tender sentiment In the Catholic Church the
bread and wine are supposed to incarnate living
Cod. Tne wine is the very blood and the bread
the veritable body OF Christ. In the High
Church OF England II Is a symbol, and In
the Low Church, a sacrament. Only believers APP
popriate the divine life. In the Episcopal Church
those who humby confess their sins and who live
In charity and love with their neighbors are IN
yited to come and participate in the bread and
wine. In the Catholic Church, among the seven
sacraments, marriage is one. In the Church OF
England marriage Is not considered q sacrament,
yet those who enter into
THE MARRIED STATE
are warned that IT Is sober ana holy The two
persons are adiured under solemn vows that II
either know OF any reason why they should not be
united II must be confessed. ON thus ground the
catholic Church has forbidden divorces. You take
eacn other for better or ior worse, until
death do you part. In the Catholic
yorce. How far this RUE and practice
Of the Catholic Church has avalled 10 make homes
happy Is useless TO inquire. TO say that Catholic
homes are happier than any other would be very
rash indeed. Calvin and Luther said that mar
rlage was no holier o state tnan any other agree
ment. We live In a sentimental, passionate age.
Inc process OF seculariZng marriage has been
gong on. People are drawn together by tnat sub
lie magnetism called love. Feeling is the attrac-
uon, the bond, the pledge. They are all in all TO
each other. The elders are only consulted 10
ratiy the contract The engagement is generally
spent la an ecstasy OF feeling. Then, when the
,llne comes the Church Is called upon to accept
Donu. The Church IL not necessary, but is used as
decoration Of pomp. Sometimes there Is the
ceremony Of
MARRIAGE REHEARsED BEFOREHAND
20 that When the real marriage taxes place there
may Oe no Dlunders, and everything may 20 on
smoothly anu In the most approved style. Indii-
terence, neglect, unhappncss and often misery
that the English language cannot express results
rom secular marriages. The contract did no; hold
hearts together, and there was a restless lonpinu
for liberty and a beating against the doors OF exit
lf the door OF admission IL as wide as humanity
the door Of departure should be AS wiue as neces.
sity. our wish Is to make marriage more perfect
People who would love 10 live together rebel when
they are told they cannot get away. There IL a
natural rebellion against al prohibition. SO long
divorce is impossible, so long as the thing Is
done and there Is no door OF escape, the persons
tnus tied VIII take no pans 10 make each other
any better than they we're. The wie belongs to
the husband and the husband belongs TO the wife.
These Two people who have been DONG 50 much TO