The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-30
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE"
THE LECTURE BY REV. FATHER F. V.
NUG5NT, C. N.

Delivered in n Most Eloquent Man,
ner a.; the Opera House Monday
Evening TO n Crowded House.
The lecture last night (Monday) was
quite a pleasant surprise to many of
our people. Numbers, like ourselves,
went there expecting TO hear a re-
hash of the dogmas of the church on
the sacrament OF marriage. and 4 mar
row minded arraignmcnt of the whole
protestant world for their support
Of civil uiarriage:and the too often re-
pcated false charge that: all are bas-
tirds who are born Under the pole Of
civil marriage. Bat. III this we wef,
pleasantly disappointed. t0rihe sf.aaA-
or took broader grounds an~.iaT;."aied
70 the christian sense Of al churrhc
and chur"h-gai2@ people: aai there
wa no. II word spoken that could
! offend the uaoa; sensitive car. wlir.,
( fart proved dearly tha: the isc''.
Father IS Il broad "rag"d, l~i!'"rai,
courageous American ditiac. 81" ih:i
i, keeping up with his progressive
age aAi Z willing for tin dead pa:
TO ourv her dead si:is.
TAa program vas opened by Major
Dennis. who in Il neat. scholarly
speech. in behalf 81 i'athc? Naceni.
presented 70 I. Z. En':oa=h Tie
ha~mi-oaia vo!rn, Of Shakespeare.
voted to that @;u;lrIa!n fer being la"
most ~liir:ary nm in toNu. TAa
speech. ;hr iimc hook. anI liz large
audience took Mr.. ~H#rrungh at Dis
advantage ana ie failed 20 respond Ill
his usual happy ,tyIn; but Judge Al
bert came to III. r"inir amt hclpc:;
him on: wonderfully.
Father Nugrn; finally cams in sight
and was grec!"l with rcuadS Of
cheers. lie. il a cau!l,H: manner.
reviewed the history O: marriage
from that OF orr ir-t parents d1vGt"
TIE present dl%: establishing. Is We
thought. rather weekly. the Authority
% h;r chI:ch for the s.cssn.cnl of
marsi;yr is administered 10y them.
Bat, he ;,L' a, it Lay. IA speaker e
i#h!i>i:el beyond controversy the
iac. tiat the downfall Of nations.
empires AMI king. conll he plainly
traced 10 lhair hsrbarous disregard
Of the marriage staic: and pi>i in pro-
r,r:irH to the Humber of divorces.
the state became weak. until conru }
b;nage -api.ed The fornAA:iun "f civil
g~vc.Ehncn' ani il I'll AMI Wa, bur-
ir;l i'll IL oWa rnT"aptinH.
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hl~ ~ar4g"lan:, applied this rule to II
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