Evening journal., 1889-07-31
scouNpReLLY RAPTURE.
Neither Science Nor Chri tianity In this
Piunkett-worthingt Anair.

Neither Science Nor Chri tianity In the
Piunkett-Worthingto Affair.
Mrs. Plunkett, the Christian Science
expounder, talks rapturously about her
''soul marriage" TO the scoundrel whose
present alias is Worthington and says
IL was ito all eternity
But at present the Illicit union has
been broken up by the flight Of her ras
callv paramour, and 1t looks now as II 1t
would have TO be renewed, II renewed at
ALL in the eternity she talks aboat.
Worthington, or whatever his name
is. will not be likely 20 risk his
freedom In order to keep up the soul
marriage here on earth. He has already
had a varied experience in marrying, and
we have no doubt that he has put an
abundance of soul into his matrimonial
experiences, taking in return such cash
as the brides happen to have at com
mand. Yet, as he was able to bear sep
aration from them it is probable that he
has become Injured to the business, and
will be braced up TO remain away from
his present soulwlfe and officers OF the
law.
But Mrs. Plunkett need not utterly de-
spair. Even II Worthington has cleared
out for good she can get another soul
husband without any difficulty. There
are great number Of men who are Will,
ing to sustain that part, inasmuch as II
imposes on them none Of the obligatit ns
Of prosaic, legal marriage, and especially
| II, as in Worthington's case, the soul
wife supports the soul-husband. She
thinks now that she might go Thousand
years without finding her souls affinity
1 u. T. ar.tg tnlr m
/ She can find him at any time, and she
may find many before her career Is done
II men and women are not held undel
the restraints Of conventional and lega
marriage, but stand ready to form Illicit
unions as their impulses direct, they are
not likely to be contented with one para
mour, for that would be too much lk'
actual marriage. Their impulses change
and to satisfy them there must be sue
cession of parsmours. That is the rule
and because of ii and to preserve neces
sary order and stability, society has or
dained marriage.
Undoubtedly Mrs. Plunkett's scoun
drelly soul husband must have fascina
tions for some women, or otherwise b
would not have been able to get so man
wives. But it seems that in the pas
! his WIVES nhNt Ahu nN AaoNAAh AooNAheNA'
for him. Mrs. Plunkett, too. has fOun
5 it easy to transfer her affections, th
easiest thing in the world for people VIII
are disposed TO such variety, and th
very violence Of her present attachmer
a indicates that it will be shor
: lived also. Therefore our advice
a her is to give up this Worthington ra
cal as a bad egg, and then let us hei
from her no more humbug about Chri
tian Science. Let her call it free 10y
and be honest about it; for her condu
l. is defendable on neither Christian n
t scientific grounds.
The law of Christianity regarding ma
riage is laid down in the words Of Jesu
"Whosoever shall put away his wi
I, and marry another, committeth adulte
Is against her And If woman shall p
T. away her husband and be married to a
Y other, she committeth adultery
B. There is nothing in that about so
2 marriages or affinities lasting through
le eternity II is a practical rule comman
1t ing husbands and wives TO be faithful
each other because they are marri