Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-26
THE DIVORCE EVIL.

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fi'o'a"'N "'t'N'' -.
vorce,' which appears IN Tue july
number of the Delincator It is one
ns se,tas az nannrs on Marital
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Unrest. puphSheu ny mat c''''' Pr
ing magazine.
Cardinal Gibbons deulores the IA
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IN TINS country, bach Slh'e'
says. "has on lts statute books list
NJ causos.--or rather. pretexts-
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Wh'Nh a'e
ground for divorce. There are IN an
TWENTY-FIVE or more causes. most or
,ho,,, ~ a tri1trc choracter and in
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some SlaleN' q" gu l'''''''s ""u
the power NJ granting divorce ~ leIt
90 the discrntion pf the Judge
uo csus at,,otlon IA The fact tha.
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the cancer OF ulVoFVe ~ Sp''"'l"s
over the community ana poisoning
tho fountains W the nation" and this
a., -. o,,,o.,,ra.,nn go, ,rbon family
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me Is Imperfect tne hauohat cNiS-
tcnce Is endangered. The writer goes
mn to saw.
ficture 10 Noufstu me Ilu,
NiNNrN9 hS'ifs ."N'''N - N'tis' 'N'eF, -
seaman, and inc hummer on laHli|lts
that are east adlift on the ocean Oh
lie. Great stress " justly ialn by
moralists on the observance OF me
sunday But what q rnockery rs we
external reppso OF the Cnilstlah san
bath 10 homes from when uotlestic
peace is banish9d where the mother
heart IS broken and me rainier Sl'ttl'
crushed, ana where lne cIltlureh III
not cling 70 one OF their parents Win
out exclting thc jealousy or hatreu Oh
the other. And these meiahcholy
scenes are Followed by me ilnai aet oil
the drama when the ihmly yes Are
dissolved ana hearts that mao vowed
eternal love ana union are separate"
10 meet no more
The tacility win which marriage
as annulied Is most injurious 70 me
morals of individuals. OF the family
land of society. II leads to ill-assort-
led and nasty marriages, because per
lsons are less circumspect IN makng
a compact whtch may aiterward be
In discontented and unprincipled hus-
band or wife 10 lawlessness. quar-
tIeis ana even hY,ll.ery; weiI sHpW ,,a
text and legal grounds for separation
IT engenders between husband and
wife fierce litigations about the GUS
my MAJ, .ne ~ retoc,ino orr, ~
a father or the gentle care of a moth
or. nd too frequently oonsigns them
Ia the old charity OF Inc worla, tor
a. me nnsr,en ,o oV"po " az ano.ha, are
too often destitute also of parental
affection In word, 1t brings into
inc nousenold DllEht ana desolt'lou
, wIr "7'''''' "e''''' van
This social plague calls for a radI-
cal cure, and the remedy can be found
Only ~ me hppl,.loh ol our ,,. ms
and In an honest onnIIcation Of tho
teachings OF the gospel
III persons contemplating marriage
were peTsvadod .net once ui'ilea my
tuto sncnnd we9Iock ,hn, vonl1 he
more circumspect before marriage in
tho choice OF NE partner, ana
MoutG oe NOR pet,on' S,'t toV1ln,,, ~,
each others in6rmities,
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",Ha' H'oo'nS' iu''..',' u'"NN
a'','''' s -" l,'S 'onu' , VI, 80.
"A,ormonisrn " which calls for > word
Aor two ~ co,,,,nnr,
no te ncrf.otry riyht ,ypsn n, sovs
hhat the roclr,oss t,c,lit,, win which
Idivorce ia nr,curod in this country
Ne nm ev,I In some roznacts marc d,n.
lo.rous man oNI,r,,orisr, - Cor .,Nror-
Imonisn,r is ,o, aongorous /, o0ors
b MAN az salys,i,n which 80 accented
vnuld insure national .,,rtn.otion ~,
Ices tha, b,aIv,duol r,o,ol,,v p,,
sho cninont nre,ate means ono,yg.
AMY. nhon no savs .>1orron,sn,"
thpd whom mat is understood lao Is
slul nerfoctlc rlcht. for tbe diyorro
levu is dangerous rho systcm OF
,,,,,ratitv Of wives which at various
himes in human history has had al.
wine sanction. ls entirely different w.
have always oootandad mar the en.
ahusiasts who have mad, "polvpany,,
he object of thoI. attacks sbo,td mot
FORGET tho fearful conditions ovistinc
alnder other names. that tboy anorld
mot strain al rnat ANA syyaIIov tho
camel
But. when Cardinal Gibbons saws
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