Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-11-24

enter my scnool and learn of me
enter my kingdom and obey m,
i directions
4 Our churches are Congregations
in government, Catholic in sympathy
federated in work, aversc Il
sacerdOtalism as anti-Chirstian
ashamed of all that is unjust, ant
therefore refuse the patronage anf
control OF the state. They are swee
in temper, kindly in tone, courteou.
in debate, and teach, and practice a.
well as teach, that the creates
thing in the world is love. We Low,
books, for Emerson we felt was RICH,
when he said, SIN the highes,
clyiliZationthc book is still the highe,
delight, but we have no book-agcnts
Moreover we have no scwing-machint
agents. nor lightning-rod pcdlcrs
we nave no trampS. no strikes. M
boycotts. We never hear or tel
fsh-storlcs. nor is the hackncycd ole
mother-in-law joke permitted t.
enter our community.
we nave no observation-disclosures
Mrs. Wfnslow and Lydia Pinkham
| are unknown to our people. We
nave no doctors. Our souls are pure
and right in Gods sight, hence our
bodies arc always we'll We have
dentists and surgeons. We have nc
undertakcrs: our people never die.
lney are translated instead
We look on the hour Of translation
OF our friends as the supremc)y
happy moment of life. We do not
weep. but congratulate each other
because they have gone to the ioy of
me heavenly world. We have no
Uncle Tom Cabin Co.'S. Our news
papers and merchants do not give
prizes TO those who patronzc them.
AL CiliStmaS time men do not give
lhcir wives box OF cigars or boot
Jacks. nor do our wives give diamond
earrings to their husbands. Now
| sir, ] shall surprise YOU above all |
nave said hitherto. by what | shall
say of
MATElMoNY.
We planned our manner Of life
after the angels iuevcry respect 50 far
as we knew of them. Christ said the
| angels of God in heaven neither
marry, nor are given in marriage.
Hence in this Land Of ~ We neither
marry nor are given in marriage.
Here interrupted and astonishcd
my instructor by saving. But. sir,
you have children here. tell me not
that these are born out of wcdlock. =
| bv no means. sir on the contrary
they are all legitimate
We have no tathcrleS> children. and
what is still better. 10 us as TO the
ancient Spartans even the crime Of
adultery is unknown. and both
because there are no marriage con-
tracts. Have You never read the
comment OF browning on this teach
ING OF Christ concerning the nom
marrying of the angels,
Through the lips of his diving
P"mpiia come these words Of
Interpretations:
Marriage on earth stems such a rutIn,orscit.
Mere imitation OF the inimitu.lc:
In heaven We have thercal andtrucn and sure
lis there We neither marry nor are given
in marriage, but ir.. ~ the angels:
Right oh. no" right thar j. how like rcsu,
Christ to say that
BE a, tn" angels rather: whoapar
Know thcm-elve, into one, are found NJ,
length.
Married but marry never: ponor give
II marriage; they are man.and sif. AT once.
When the time j.,
With us loveis the only marriage.
and loss Of love the only divorce. In
old Iceland children Of home
where there WAS constant di>corrl
between husband and wife were early
DESTROYED.
They tclt. and rightly. too. those
old lcclanderS. that children had
better be dead than brought up in
a home that was hell. We save the
children from destruction by per-
hitting an Immediate. shameless
separation of the parents. You will
be still more surprised. sir. to learn
that seldom, almost never, do hu>-
band and wife separate. and all are
as happy together in our land. rs
they ought to he in matrimony in
your land, but are not. We have no
| wars, no standing army. hence no
active soldiers to pay, nor eX-active
to pension. Our children are all
pensioned from the hour of birth to
the age Of 81 years.
Ii father or motherare taken away.
or separate. the children are safe
from poverty, yes. even from an
orphans home, which institution we
have not, either AS men travelling
on railroad know not when they
pass lolll put Sldlc VI lllt union lnCO
another. so cur men and women
know not when they pass from the
state of single blcsscdncss TO the
state of matrimony. But when once
over the line, they carefully study
each others weak points. as skaters
look out for the weak points OF the
ice, in order to keep Oft them.
remember once years ago in Old
England. of Il husband who said to
his angry wife, Look at Carlo and
Kitty asleep on the rug: wish men
lived half as agreeable with their
wives" Stop said the lady. "Tie
them together, and see how they will
agree" On this hint at the cause Of
matrimonial infelicity, and Christ's
saying on the lives of angels, we
acted, and glorious indeed are the
results.
Bcccher once affirmed: The world
and the race OF men shall attain to a
glorious perfection, toward which,
slowly, but surely. things are
evolving. The perfect age must be
an age made up of men that come
into life better than the generations
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