The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1906-03-09

nerstOne is the permanence of
true marriage. In a true mar
riage God works the miracle of
making two people become one.
While life lasts they must be 10y
al to each other; and their child
rem must be under the control
and care of both, loved alike by
each, and returning the parents
love and care as need requires.
All this is impossible under poly
gamy.
Talking with a bright Mormon
girl one day, l asked her if it was
not painful to think that when
she had won the love of a man to
whom she could commit her life,
in a little while he would be Woo
ing another woman as he had won
her, winning that other by prom
Uses of lifelong devotion, as he
had won her, leaving her in lone
illness, giving that other woman
the attention and caresses that
are so dear to a Wife's heart, and
so necessary to her happiness?
why, to be sure she acknoW-
lodged. eve Mormon girls do not
enjoy the prospect; and there's
no use in pretending that we do,
or in making a fuss about it. We
can't help ourselves. We would
like a whole hearts love just as
well as anybody; but this is a
part of our religion; and we be
lieve it is the only true one. This
is our cross. We've got to take it,
and bear it as lightly as we can.
We understand from our cradles
that we can have only a fraction
of a mans time and love; and the
more we fret about it, the less
likely we will be to hold even
that fraction. So we take up our
cross and 90 on thinking and say
ing as little as we can about it
This young woman was the
daughter of one Of Utah's influ-
entail men. She was travelling
with her father through the
states, with wide open eyes, tax
ing things in as we do when We
90 to Europe. She answered
honestly the question of a happi-
" married Gentle woman, whose
husbands love and confidence
were her greatest treasure, after
her faith in Christ. Do you see?
1t was loyalty to her religion
that held the Mormon girl silent
under the cross. not a word was
said about Il personal God, a real
Savior, His requirements, a de
sire to please Him, to help bring
the world to Him, or to emf
His favor hereafter.
Frances Willard, i'll her beauti-
Aful white Life for Ttco, calls at
tention to the fact that nothing
shows more clearly Gods tender
care for His children than the
establishment of the home, by an
instinct which He gives them, by
which one man and one woman
choose, each other out of the mil
lions of human beings, and leav-
ing all beside, hold to each other
till death does them part
She says: THE sweet beati-
tudes of love, of fatherhOod and
motherhood, are GOd-ordained;
and the faithfulness of two, each
to the other, alone makes posi-
BILE the true Home, the pure
Church, the righteous nation, the
great, kind brotherhood of Man"
There is no stronger bond,
none that gives more unallOyed
happiness than that which binds
two people whom the Lord has
united in marriage. 1t is absO-
lutely impossible in pOlygamy.
They who live together in poly
gamous herds, know nothing of
the tie that God has used as
type Of His union with the
church; so strong, so holy, so I'M
selfish, wrought by himself.
TO see European life one must
leave tourists routes. TO know
MOrmonism one must study it in
the country. There it is the
rule for a man to give each of his
wives a roof to shelter her, and
the flour for her bread. She
must get the rest of the living
for herself and her brood. He
lives a while with one, and then
with another, as a Hindo, or Mo
hammedan is supposed to do.
When there are enough of them,
they do all the farm work, and
he can act the Overseer, or gen
tleman of leisure. They are his
slaves in every sense.
Brigham Young said once to his
great Tabernacle congregation,
make your wives work. They
are a lazy set. What if they do
kick? lash 'em down to it. They
won't hurt themselves. If one
does die, now and then, there's
no great harm done. It's cheap
er to get a wife than a cow"
That talk of the great leader
was decent and elegant beside
much that he has been known to
say to men, women and children,
young and old. No self-respect-