Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-23

boycott OF divorced people, and to this
the following reply was received'
his Eminonce would say that CATH
Ollie ladies can not well take upon them
selves 20 regulate the customs of So
ciety, situated az they are In this
country Therefore he would not say
that they should not meet married d.
vorced people In general gatherings.
hut he would advise them neither TO
invite such people to their social func-
tions. nor to accept any invitations
from them TO attend theirs
1t Is worth while quoting this, at this
particular time, because 1t proves that
In the view OF prominent teachers Of
morality, this country is face TO face
with problem of evil OF vast impor-
lance. The opinion expressed can be
recommended especially to that large
class OF people which is ever ready TO
swallow q camel, while making great
fuss about a gnat. And that II Is an
important question we need not say.
States are founded upon families, A
house whose foundations are loosely
Joined is always In peril A community
or a people which holds the marriage
obligation lightly is bound to be social
~ weak and corrupt The purity, in
tegrity and security Of the state as well
as the happiness of individual lives are
dependent largely on the purity and the
stability of the home,
Bourke Cochran IN an address at Car.
neglc Hall, New York, last month, al
go took occasion TO say word upon
this subject, He said he saw no real
danger in the accumulation Of wealth.
nor IN the labor problems, "but," he
said,
"fhe blot I see upon our civilization
Is the increasing number of divorces
In the ancient state the supreme inl-
pcrtance of life was to increase the
Importance Of the state To-day the end of
life is the individual good, But the in
diyiduql good lies in the prosperity Of
the family and II Is at this that the
divorce strikes. If not checked IL VIII
destroy the family, The remedy to this,
as | see IT, Is TO realize that matrlmony
is q state, not a contract, and divorce
must be stopped Divorce strikes at
the virtue Of our women, and this Vir-
tue IL what preserves the state. Di-
vorce Is the one foul growth upon our
soil and upon its radiance depends the
fate of our future. II we are To choose
between divorce and poygamy give us
polygamy.
That is the way the problem looks to
Il great many, Concerning the remedy
for the evil there are many opinions.
The Catholic church forbids divorce,
and other churches seem TO incline
more and more to that view. The Can
adam flaws are so stringent that there
s practically, no divorce problems
to meet there In Canada there is but
one ground for divorce recognized by
the law, and the remarrlage Of the in
nocent party is permitted only on con-
sent of the senate. As the legal fees
amount to 81 200, 1t Is practically i'm
possible except to the rich. which, Of
course, is unfair in the extreme. There
can be no remedy except the application
Of the Gospel to the family circle. But
It win be admitted that legislation
should surround the family with safe
guards that cannot be easily broken
through. The law should forbid the
trlnlng with an institution that Is, in
It's essence sacred, but which seems
to be turned into burlesque 10y too
many.