Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-21


1861 % 1856 divorces in the United
STATES Increased 1j1 per cent. while she
population Increased 60 per cent.
Among the causes u this decline he
points ont o.. 10 ro ia d general ten
dency oi wat, IS called llbgit.ion-of
subjects fom sovefcigns. slaves fi0m
masters. wives from husbands and chill
dren from pirons. Another j. the dis
appearanca VI she ecclesiastical view
81 marriage. \ more special cause has
been the growth of large uiiies, which
completely alter the cnvlronmcn: Of the
organlin. Men become less dependent
ON women for ,heir home needs. and
women have resources and Interests
which ,he simple NE u the country de-
r,fs thcm. Then. to-. attachments
formed IN sllehi Acquaintance II I'M
DERIVING erais ~ character are les
likely Ia prove LASTING. The number NJ
marriages AMONG women % higher cdu-
cation h. less thnn among thc uncdu-
Gated. Of one thousand four hundred
and .lghiy.siX cX-siuden,s of she chief
wumon'a c0licr. 90 England only tw3
hundred and ,IgN married. The new
economic opportunities Tor women ~
the middle class rival the domestic and
sociai ne which marriage offers. and
also bring into the Industrial market
a class Of competitors with whom she
standard Of wages IL simply what u
sufficient 90 support ihe individual.
Among the working class marriages
are NO. ioss frequent. but the home "a
apt io be- less comfortable on accoun.
Of the tendency u women 90 50 ous 90
work.
or these causes Tor the noted cond-
ilon the most potent one. perhaps. Is
the worldly view u the marriage cove
ntnt. when the fact IL lost slsht Of that
that relation is Divine institution In
tended for the moral Improvement of
The race this side u the Veil and Tor cx-
aitatlon throughout al eternity. when
furthermore the Divine authority " not
recognized In the solemn obligations
there IL nothing TO render the family
relation different from any other mere
~ temporal arrangement. The result II
visible In the decline In marriages. the
lnndeilty Of which both sexes are be-
coming more and more guilty aud the
frequent divorces with all the corrup-
lion. oyll passions and dark crimes that
accompany such condition.
II IL considered one Of the strongest
evidences for the divinity Of Christian
lty that It's teachings are on oSamlne'
ton found TO b. perfectly adapted TO
tho needs Of the human nature. II
points out the sources ~ the evils fodnd
In the world aud supplies the remedy.
This IN true no less ~ the Gospel as
presented tn this age. It carries the
evidence Of It's divinity with II In the
fast that It provides the proper remedy
for every cyil. with special regard to
the subject under confederation II pro-
claims that marriage Is ordained %
uod unto man." II IL a divine inHtitu-
ton. ordained for most hlgh and holy
purposes. II IL a covenant for time
and for all eternity" 30 be- sealed by
the Holy Spirit Of promise through him
whom l have anOintcd and appointed
unto this power" In this Gospel view
OF the family relation is tho remedy
against its PROCLAMATION. the salvation
OF the world from moral decay. Much
81 the rim that nocds the world "a due
to the erroneous teachings Of It's cN-
poncnia Of religion. Lot the truth. as
declared by the servants OF the Most
High. shin, forth ia all ~ splerdor.