The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-12-09
NAGGING IS CAUSE OF
TROUBLE AND DIVORCE
Eminent Clergyman Says That
Marital Law Means Mutual
Dependence.
-BIsHop FALLows.

Bishop Samuel Fallows. ID. d.. L.
L. D.. of Chicago, well-known TO De
troit clergymen and leading laymen
having visited here a number OF times
in the course OF sermon on the in
stitution OF marriage, said that nag
ging, carelessness, peeyishness and
manufacturers OF others did much 70
disrupt many homes. Taking as his
theme. mo man liveth 10 himself,
Bishop Fallows spoke as follows:
Nothing exists for itself alone. The
law of relationship Is the law OF the
universe. No molecule, atom or cleo
low. The leaves on a tree must re-
spect each other TO drink In the air
and sunlight Alright. The stars In
their course must regard one an
others orbits.
The man who thinks and acts out
his thought that the world was made
for him, who subordinates the inter
est and happiness OF others TO his
own, must pay the penalty sooner or
later. Men who have lived an intense
ly selfish life, who have acted like
grizzly bears to their fellowmsn. when
their pride through misfortune has
been abased or when they have felt
the hand Of the law upon them for
their offenses, meet but little sym
patty In their sorrow and bitterness
Of heart. They had forgotten In their
self-sufficiency, in their domineeFing
attitude, in their repellent gruffness,
the divine statement that he that
hath friends must show himself
friendly
Human life is full of examples OF
this kind.
why are there so many alterations
in married life? Why this fearful ten
dency TO divorce? Why these dis
rupted homes? Because there has
been a fragrant disregard OF the truth
enunciated by st. Paul One has been
unmindful of the other, or both have
been living separated lives In thought
and feeling. though legally linked to-
gether.
'Carelessness, thoughtlessness, peev-
ishness. nagging have taken the place
OF careful consideration OF what this
intimate relationship demands one oil
the other. Mutual dependence is the
supreme marital law. Mutual inter
ests must be cherished. The begin
ming of Misunderstanding must be
resisted. Faults must be overlooked.
the looking glass must be consulted.
Bear and forbear must be the only
bears In the household. Then com
mon joys and common sorrows will
draw them closely together.
The unity of the human race and
its perfectibility consist in each indi-
viduaI life being in right relations 10
every other individual life. Each
one has some gift or grace or quality
that is the complement Of his fellow
man.
Each man must so live that those
he meets may be the better for his
acquaintance.
I'VE are all partakers OF one life
We are all members one Of another
II one member suffer. all the mem
bers shall suffer with IL. Every Dues
ton of the city, the state, the nation
of humanity, Is our question.
Each of us Is under the highest
obligation to do all we can for the
welfare of the children. The child I:
the coming man. The great centra
thought of the American Prison asso
citation, which recently met IN the city
OF Omaha, was the vital relation Of the
child to society. The influence Of the
home, the school and the church was
all-important in shaping Its destiny
The parent. the teacher, the pastor
held it's future largely In their hands
Jails, reformatories and prisons were
the sad and striking testimonies Il
the fact that some one had failed botf
In privilege and duty toward IL
Childhood must not be robbed o.
it's right to gleesome play and happ,
freedom. xfWW
The highest test Of a Christiai
character 10 for one to diffuse Joy Al
the sun its light and heat to thoss
about him"