The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-09
OF Interest TO Women
Does Nature Sanction True Love.

Does Nature Sanction True Love.
Scholars in the great school of life
often impatiently toss their books
down and demand of the teacher in
no small voice: well, then, II free
love is sinful why does nature sane
ton 1t; why does she permit her suns
and moons, her lakes and flowers to
promote conditions which saints de-
spise? Why does not the mechanism
OF the world stop at the advent of the
rebelltous man and woman?"
1t Is questions like these, annoying
yet pertinent enough in their way.
which have turned the philosophers
hair white. For In truth nature does
seem to sanction love unqualifiedly.
discriminating not between the good
and the evil. She is absolutely i'm
partial in the matter of gifts. The
same sun shines upon the tramp in the
gutter that shines upon the good
shepherd of the flock. The same mel
low Moonlight envelops the church as
envelops the house of sin. Flowers
bloom to shed their fragrance upon the
breast of the pure white bride and to
adorn the midnight beauty of some
sister Of the underworld.
Nature Is no respecter of persons.
She plants, with but trifling variation,
passions alike in every breast. The
responsibility Of their management she
leaves to the persons themselves.
Does the possessor seek to use them
for the advancement of good the nee
essary power is within him; IL for
evil, this power Is also within him.
POWER Is monster which any man
may harness to further whatsoever
ends he will.
The answer to the students cues
ton would seem to be: Nature is not
the judge to mete out punishment to
sinners. She refuses to make the
many suffer for the sins of the one.
1t Is not in her province to inflict
punishments. Her forces and laws
work uniformly. When she seems to
visit the sins Of the fathers upon the
sons 1t Is really not nature, but the
will of God at work.
Nature not only sanctions but propi
tiates love. because love, is good
thing-God says so and man thinks
so. 1t seems decreed that all the ele-
ments OF nature shall tend toward
H~As>AA . SAJSy VI SuLS0Sudll we saw.
luxury? Hence all love is free and
without price. No man or woman on
earth Is SO poor but if they so will it
they can both love and be loved. It
is everyone's birthright. There is no
tax upon it.
1t is not wrong to love. Surely the
hunger of the heart should be the
first to be appeased. Even unto his
maker man would appeal in vain for
that pleasure which he finds in the
one woman's love, and vice versa.
Have you ever reflected upon the
fact that the best of books does not
teach that man shall not love his
neighbours wife? 1t says that he shall
not covet her. 1t follows that If he
love her he will respect her and her
household; II he covet her-well, the
chances are that If allowed rope he
will hang himself.
The term "free-love" is a yeritable
derelict of nomenclature. 1t is not
love" at all since all love has in it
the sanctification of godliness. It is
the emotions and passions of love pro-
famed. In other words, lust. Free It
may be at the start, but it has been
known to be quite expensive at the
finish.
Nature is SO impartial as to refuse to
continually hide her sun behind