Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-11-10

Hcin2e and his alleged fall before
red haired siren is Mrs Frenchs chap
ter on marriage.
Marriage is an institution by the
people, for the people and is as necess
sars To evolution as humanity NJ its
present stage, writes Mrs French
as are all other laws and rules laid
down by men to govern nations
lSut the time will come when there
Will be neither marriage non giving in
marriage. However. no force can
hasten this ultimate condition. for
long roads to intellectual and spir,
itual development stretch out before
us and we must individually and
alone find our way along these roads
ere the mind can grasp the scheme
of mother nature and apply it
When we can grow as the flowers
and love as the sun, who gives his
warmth and light to every animate
and inanimate thing alike then only
are we able 10 discard the present
necessary system of matrimohy
When We have reached this point in
| evolution all human passion and emo
tion will have been subdned and ruled.
| instead as today the majority are
ru.ed by them, which present condi.
tion is also necessary All this time for
the development of the true self
Tine was when polysamy formed
part of the belief of the cid worlds,
but we have intellectualized ard spir.
re al;
lief; nor was polygamy wrong at that
time, as all things are right and
necessary In their proper time and
place. and orr inability TO grasp the
| stupendous plan of human evolution
causes us to look from a narrow. dog
NAUTICAL point OF view
| True, there are some who run ont
ahead of their field, not knowing
whittier or why they go, only that the
impulse moves them. and there be
those who this day come forth with
statements concerning the useless
ness of marriage, giving no logical
reason. nor offering substitute sys-
tenn more acceptable
"Usclessness" Of MARRIAGE
1T requires a peculiar and highly
developed mentality to grasp the real
reason of the uselessness of marriage,
and humanity as a whole has a long
way to go before it develops the
| necessary attributes to the attainment
| of such knowledge as will fit 1t to
discard the present marital relations
The fact that day by day marriage
|
| the divorce courts. and shows we are
| approaching thing higher and bet
ter-a condition where jealousy. envy
selfshness and pride of possession
sits at the feet of love and does her
bidding, nor ever rises up in rebellion
| against her-a condition where pure
uradulterated love rules supreme and
is empress of the whole wide world
And that love is not the selfish
love OF one individual for another, but
! the love of the sun for the earth. the
love of the mother for her children
the love OF mate for mate. who will
sacrifice his or her all for the other
and glory in the sacrifice. When the
4 human heart is capable of radiatng
/
j marriage laws or any other laws, and
we are surely moving toward this
condition, however far away the goal
Radical Opinion.
There are undoubtedly thousands
of couples today living happily and
performing their duties to society, to
whom the marriage ceremony Is a
mere form which could neither bind
nor compel them to share the same
abode did they not have real love for
each other On the other hand there
are thousands of couples bound to-
gether and sharing the same abode
with no semblance of love between
them simply because the laws Of
church and state have distorted the
command. What God hath joined to