The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-06
SPEAKS OF THE
DIVORCE EVIL
Bishop W. H. MoTeIand Delivers Ad-
dress at Episcopal Conference.
W0MAN'S PLACE AND WORK
BISHOP w. F. NICHOLS AND DEAN
Kinks ALSO HEARD,

The afternoon session yesterday OF
the Episcopal conference DIT St. Marks
was productive of several interesting
addresses. The general topic for the
session was ''Women's Place and
Work" and under this head Bishop W.
II. Moreland Of Sacramento spoke on
In the Home" Bishop William F.
Nichols of San Francisco on I'm the
Church" and Dean Kinks Of Boise on
In the Church Institution, School and
Hospital" Dean Kinks spoke in place
OF Bishop J. B. Funston, who is unable
to leave Boise because OF illness.
There was 10 small sprlnkling OF
women when the meeting was called to
order at $50 D. M. Before the pro-
Sramme was taken up Bishop Nichols
who presided yesterday. read d letter
from Bishop Keats OF Olympia, Wash.
ia which the latter expressed his regrets
nat press Of church duties prohibited
his attending the conference
Bishop Nichols announced as the
rcrmitte on resolutions. Dean J, L.
eddie. Rev. y b W GaHwcy and Rev
= Rufin Jones
Touches on Divorce.
Bishop Moreland's address was a
straight appeal for 4 more sacred re-
gard FOR the home and the influence it
wiClds in shaping the lives OF the
younger generation.
The home. he said, in introducing his
subject was the unit OF society. If the
home was pure thensJhe streams whiC.
should fiOW from s. would be pure The
speaker said that TO deal with wOmans
Mace in the home uecessitateG the con-
sideratiOT of marriage. He pointed out
the relation of the Savior 10 the church.
fRI-E HOW H. had hry4857r his bride T4-f+g
his blood Continuing. he said.
JUS as incunceivable as that Christ
car be divorced from the church it is
that maE and woman can be divorced
that man can be united in holy. bonds
With more than one. Marriage
Is Vocatic-. not contract, not a
mere ceremony The climax
of selfshness III marriage is. Of course.
divorce Many men and women enter
into marriage with the idea that if il
~ not satisfactory they can break it
off and draw another ticket in the lot
teTy-'
Growth of Evil.
Bishop MoreIand pointed out that
there. had been 700. 000 divorces in the
United States during a period of thir-
ty-touT years ending 1901 Divorce, he
said was the darkest cloud in life to-
day"
portion in the next thirty-fou years.
We shall have 5000 900 divorced persons.
II will go on and on until d great sac
Tament becomes merely a social event
The position of a wife is not safe so
long as the divorce courts are open
Teach your boy that selfish marriage
means destruction Of happiness. and
Your girl that lOvelesS marriage means
degradation of home"
Christ, he said. was the one through
whom the home was bound together
Bishop MorelaRd held that women
who believed that they were justified
In seeking divorce. but who refraiued
because they hOnOred their marriage
VOWS, were heroes as brave as those
who gave up life on the field.
Homes or Hotels?
1T rests on woman more than man
to make the home what it ought TO be.
We're getting to be nation of hotels
and inns. We need more little homes.
we need Housekeeping.
Our motto is no longer God Bless
Our Home but God Bless Our Apart
meUts'
Our Srandmothers and their ances-
tors were able to shell peas and enter
tain continental generals at the same
time The modern generation needs
more of the housekeeping spirit"
In concluding, Bishop Moreland made
statement that drew many a smile
from the congregation
Many z man is walking the street
today who carries in his face a notice.
Wanted a Home
Bishop Nichols in telling of "Wo-