The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-04-26
THE "iNcURAelE INSANITY" o..
voRcE Law.

law recently pdsS' ny DotD Drancnes
|; of the Florida Legislature, making
''incurable insanity" one of the
grounds for divorce in this state. APP
proach the discussion of the subject
as If narriages were made in .aven
and the marriage bans first pro-
claimed by the angels.
These persons endesvur to shift on
TO the shoulders of God the respOusi-
bility for all the misfits ia the mar
risge relation and the misery aud an
gui,h aud unhappiness resulting
th-refrom.
One writer goes so far as 10 shift on
to God the responsibility for ''siI the
ills that flesh Is heir to-"
How unreasonable this is.
God has made certain laws by
which alone TIL universe is governed
If man either wilfully or ignorantly
violates these laws he and not God il
Responsible for the results that follow.
There is no man so unthinking rs
not to know that if he violates the
la VS. of health he must suffer the con-
sequences of the violation.
IL is a logical deduction from ascer
tanned facts that all diseases are in-
h-ri ancrs created by the sins of our
ancestors, or is caused by the neglect
of the fi-rer himself To property ot =
serve the laws of his being; laws. the
observance of which is necessary to
the avoidance of disease aud the
promotion of health.
Ii, ignorant of the laws of gravity,
a person should throw himself from d
precipire, he surely would he dasht d
10 pieces the same as if he were su
PRIME master of the physical Sci
rures
Here is law that is necessary in
the great machinery of creation if it
W. r. relaxed or modified In any par
ti"ular for single moment worlds in
the whole intini.ude of space would
fly To atoms.
Now, this being true, for the willful
or ignorant violation of this law, il
tiud or man to he held responsible for
the RESULTS that are sure to follow
30, likewise, natures law of iuheri
lance cannot he REPEALED nor inval'-
dated
A man may brqueath his estate to
whom he pleases. but his physical,
moral and intellectual characteristics.
ahr,her geo or bad, do - he may,
must dts end to his offspring by n
law over hich he has no control.
So this fastening on to CID all hu
man shOrtsigh' edness, ailments and
infirmitit-s il done in ignorance of
the operations Of hysiral and moral
laws ny which the universe and hui
man heings are governed.
Recognizing. hut of course in very
iiuuIted and narrow sphere, the opera
lions of these immutable laws, We
maxi bold TO say that earthly mar
riages are not contracted in heaven.
nor are the m trri,ge haus of callow
youths here below first b ,rped by ce-
lestial chOIr-.
Marriages are of the earth, earthly,
and for the happiness or unhappiu-ss
of the same the rou racting parties
are alone Responsible.
The marri,g- routr ct in our jhdg-
ment is eutir- ~ evil one, and If
mi-it j. Iu ole. II the tie sh 'uId prove
ftiiur-, If life of mis- .ry and un-
hrppiu-s> ~ t. b. N wag- of the
cOuITarI, mad ia the puppy love"
rst+i-, il wtrs- better for all concerned
that tn,- tie he hrok-n and the mis-.
take corrected.
Along h sc Iiues wrate J I'm Mil
ton. who was deeply devout and
pgous n4u, ani in his Paradise
Lost" and Paradise r gained" did
~ much for the spread of true re-
ligi"n ~ any man, dead or living