The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-08-14

for which purpose lying and fraud are
held to be quite excusable; those Of the
Womea and girls In alluring men and de
coying them into liaisons or marriage BY
the most questionable means convincible
as an instance Of which the present fash
ions in evening dress may be cited. Ian
Of the opinion that this is not right.
The truth Is that the whole affair hal
been exalted by poets and romancers Il
an undue Importance, and that love in Id
various developments is not a fitting OBJ
jet to consume the best energies Of men
People set Il before them and strive aftei
Il, because their view Of life is as vulgal
and british as Is that other conception
frequently met with in the lower stages
Of development which sees in luscious and
abundant food an end worthy Of mans
best efforts. Now, this is not right, and
should not be done. And in order ia
avoid doing It Il Is only needful to realize
the fact that whatever truly deserves to be
held up as a worthy object Of mans striv.
ing and working, whether II be the service
Of humanity, Of ones country, Of science,
Of art, not to speak Of the service Of God,
Is far above and beyond the sphere Of per.
sonal enjoyment. Hence il follows that
not only to form liaison, but even to con.
tract marriage Is, from a Christian point
Of view, not q progress. but a fall. Love
and all the states that accompany and
follow II, however we may try in prose
and verse to prove the contrary, never do
and never car facilitate the attainment oil
an aim worthy Of men, but always makes
1t more difficult. This is my fifth con-
tention.
How about the human race? II we ad-
NIT that celibacy is better and nobler
than marriage, evidently the human race
will come to an end. But II the logical
conclusion Of the argument is that tne
human race will meextinct, the whole
reasoning is wrong. To that reply that
the argument Is not NINE; l did not in
vent ii. That il is incumbent on man
kind so to strive and that celibacy is pref
cradle to marriage are truths revealed by
Christ 1900 years ago, set forth in our
catechisms and professed by us as follow
eEs Of Christ.
The same truth is confirmed by our
reason, which tells us that the only solu-
ton not repugnant to the sentiment Of
humanity Of the problem Of over-popula-
ton is afforded by the systematic striving
after chastity, which, though distasteful
to animals, Is natural to man.
II is a most extraordinary thing when
you come to think Of It.; Malthusian
theories can be preached and propagated /;
millions Of children may be allowed TO die
every year Of hunger and want; millions
upon millions Of human beings may be
butchered in war; the state may strain
every nerve to increase and perfect the
means Of killing the people and look upon
this as the main aim and object Of its ex-
istence-all these things may be done I'M
der our eyes without striking us as in any
way dangerous to humanity; but let some
one hint at the necessity Of celibacy and
,nlneuia'eiy tne cry Is raised that the
human .nli race Is IN danger
When person asks you his way to a
place there are TWO methods oil directing
him. You may either point to distant
Iee ana tell MN to make straight for
InA'' uhence on 70 'he village and IRON
'ne village along the river bank till he
comes 70 tne hlh' etc.' or else you may
give him the general direction, telling him
70 walk que eastward and to let the mac
CeSsiOle sun or the stars serve him as
nnger posts Inc former OF these meth
ods is that OF transitory religions with
their detailed prescriptions and instrue-
ions; the latter is that Of the inner con-
scienuousness Of eternal, incorTuptlble
ruth' 10 the former case certain actions
are described as having 70 be performed
or avoided; in the latter the goal only is
pointed out--a goal which, though forever
unattainabie, Is recognized by our inner
consciousness as the true one, and COM
municates the right direction to our life
Work. Keep holy the Sabbath day, per-
form the rite Of circumcision, drink no
spirituous liquors. do not steal, give 1.-THE
oil your goods to the poor, commit not
adultery, make the sign Of the cross, re-
ceive the sacrament Of communion, etc.
such are the formal precepts Of Brahmin-
ism, Buddhism, lsraelitism, Mohammed-