Milford chronicle., 1904-01-15

rifcation Of the American press, bot
: In book form and in periodical and ii
the morning newspaper. The pestifer
Gus trash which every day and ever!
} week and every month. like winte
blizzard. is flung into our faces by tht
snowstorm Of the printing press il
enough to destroy the healthy hear
throbs Of any young person who is al
lowed to read it. | am, of course, moi
speaking against good publications.
but bad publications. Go to almost
any bookstand that you see and open
some Of the books at random and read.
| There we find the authors make their
heroes out Of bad men and their hero
ines out of bad women, with here and
there redeeming white spot to Offset
| thes' black characters. Broken mar
| riage vows. "Childe Harold" indecen-
| cies, 1eceitful wives, deceiving men
these move as an ever changing kalei-
doscope before the fascinated eyes of
the young readers. There the boy and
the girl learn TO call crime respectable
and a mans dishonor a free lance Of
gold" A bad book worms its way into
the moral vitals and fatally poisons the
heart. The way for good people to keep
pure and to prepare themselves for a
Christian marriage. which will never
be broken this side or on the other
side of the grave, is for them to live
with good people. They must work to
make men good They must positively
refuse to associate with the bad,
whether that bad is found in fiction or
in real life. When the newspapers of I
the United States made heroes out Of .
the Chicago bandits. they placed a
premium on crime. When a bad book
eulogizes and glorifies the broken mar
riage ring, it is only gliding the open
door of the divorce court. which is the
guillotine of marital love.
When Divorce Is Justified.
But some one asks me, in closing:
Are divorces always wrong? Should
a husband and wife be compelled to
live together under all conditionsY
Oh. no. The violation of the marriage
VOW justiies divorce Christs own
words imply that. There are other
conditions which justify separation,
wen when there has been no violation
If that vow. 1t would be a grievous
Injustice to enforce constant compan-
onsh.p when one Of the parties to a
marriage has contracted habits which
ender the continued relation an intOl-
rable misery to the other. | have
nown such cases and have reiOiced
hat the law permits the innocent party !
D be relieved of the burden and af-
ords protection from molestation. 1t
not for me to say when stage has
cen reached which demands the in
srvention Of the law. but l do contend
nat it is menace to the morals of y.
le people when a contract so solemn :,
nd sacred as that of marriage can be
'oken On preteXts so frivolous as those E
jW recognized in many states. pro- S
st also against the diversity of the
vorce laws of the different states. b
hich tends to confusion and uncer-
inty in the relation so vital as this
the morality and stability of society.
My belief in reference to divorce can
summed up in the words of Sir
alter Scott in the case of Ecand YER n
Evans, Though in particular cases
repugnance Of the law to dissolve
obligations Of matrimonial cohabi-
lon may operate with great severity
ON individuals, yet it must be care
ly remembered that the general hap
less Of the married life is secured
its indissOlubility." My belief is
nmed up in the thought that the
re people realize when they marry M
t they must marry for life the more
ure generations will be careful how
y marry and the more the sanctity
the home will be preserved. There H
e. my friends. suffer almost every
lstice for your childrens sake. for
community's sake. for Gods sake.
her than break the nuptial bonds.
this discussion / have presented.
the most part. only the temporal
of the divorce question. If | had
Ken from the spiritual side the re-
would have been self evident Cos
love never gave birth to legal hate.
the Christ who uttered the pro-
OF the text against promiscuous
'rce bless the earnest words of one
m God has greatly blessed with a
Dy home.
Copyright. 1904. by Louis Klopsch.1