The Red Cloud chief., 1888-12-14
SOOTHING At MARRIAGE.


SOOTHING At MARRIAGE.
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The unsesrnly discussion which .
q certain ciass Of newspapers have
been making . conspicuous feature n
their columns OF late o! the question.
lis marriage . iailure?' IL simply .
fresh breaking out Of the old and aau-
seous social mxiady Of free love" h0
amazing that any editor Who has either
any regard for the r~eputabilisy Of bis
journal or any respect for the welfare
Of society should ~counsenance the de
| cussion OF - grave . heme In The
reckless and nippans style and maane
in which IL 10 treated by the class OF
| shallow and i~nconoclAstic writers Who.
ia their anxiety 10 Air their immoral
sOphistications. delight 70 exhibit their
contempt for those things and insti'u-
lions which reasonable and good men
deem too sacred " b. assailAole.
The mar or woman who seriously
asks the question lis marriage y fail.
ure?' 10 obviously disqualified. BY .
lack OF either ~virtuous Dr. proper ex-
perience. or Of intelligent or thought
ful conviction. from answering or even
discussing the question al all. b very
asking OF il being almost proc! posi-
tive tina, the one asking it is OF the
affirmative way OF thinking. and that
he or she is o! that way OF thinking
because OF experiences. observations
or theories that are at least superficial.
but more probably the resultants OF
the individual, folly or ~viciousness o! a
depraved nature. 4 married life that
has proved a failure because the parties
u the contract have had neither sense
enough, mutual forbearance enough
nor morality enough 10 be faithful TO
its obligations is not a just sample OF
the marital institution. is not a fair
illustration OF modern domesticity.
is not an exponent OF the aver
age family condition OF civilized
society. 1t is exceptional and
ABNORMAL. A true man and a true
woman, entering into the relations OF
man and wife with rational delibera-
ton. with genuine affection. and with
high and pure motives. do not find
marriage a failure. They know what
they are about before they enter into
the intimate and sacred partnership.
II is on their part not q matter OF i'm
pulse. Of emotion. Of money. nor OF
passion. but of mutual and reciprocal
affection. guided and contaminated BY
the dictates Of reason and OF a thought
full anticipation OF all the possibilities
and all the contingencies that are in
volved in the solemn compact Such
matches are made in heaven. are heav-
emily in their lifelong continuance. and
extend beyond this life into heaven
itself.
Marriage is a failure only when the
man or the woman is a failure in his
manhood or in her womauhoOd. II is
never a failure when the man aud the
woman are true To themselves and u
each other. 1t is never IA failure where
the feeling and the motive and the
purpose are right. II Is never a fail.
ure where true love and honor are the
links Of unity. II is Y a failure
where good sense and good principle
lead to and control the relationship.
1t is very rarely a failure. in any event.
where children are its fruitage and the
family altar is the center o! its daily
sanctitication.
Those who sneer and mock al mar
riage are no; Gods people; they are
not OF those who are the best develop
ment of modern civilization; they are
not illustrations either OF social NOR
ality or OF sound sense. They are the
froth and scum that float and bubble
upon the surface OF social life. They
are people of uubridled passions, sen
sual and selfish instincts or shallow
minds. They are not the many. but
the wild and reckless few. As a rule.
marriage is not a failure. but quite the
reverse. When it proves a failure. II
is an exception To the rule. just as
idiots. cranks. lunatics and moral lep.
ers are exceptional developments Of
human evolution.-ChicaJo journal.