The Detroit times., 1912-04-19
DIVORCE AND SOCIALISM .
dashed BY FIR VAUGHAN
Latter Doesn't Fit In With
Christian Religion, He Says
Exalts Sanctity of Home


"Just as truly as you try to run the
nation, home or child without God,
God will curse you," was the final
summing up of FL. Bernard Vaughan,
Wednesday evening, when the fam
Gus British Jesuit priest addressed an
audience that filed every corner OF
the Light Guard armory.
Fr. Vaughan was accompanied to
the platform by the Rev. William
Dooley, s. j., president Of the Uni
versity of Detroit. and was presented
TO the large audience by Homer War
rem. The noted preacher in his adj
dress touched upon a wide variety or
subjects, including pointed remarks
about the armorys wretched accom-
modations and acoustics as public
hall. Among other things FIR. Vaughan
scored socialism, divorce, the modern
disregard for the sanctity of marriage
and the mad race for money and
pleasures OF life.
"The mother makes the home" said
FIR. Vaughan, "she is Its mistress and
it's queen. Home belongs TO the
tent upon the wild prairie, but
where mother is, there Is home. And
the place for mother Is In the home,
Instead of making the mistake that
some people do of telling poor folk
about the devil, tell them about
home. i wouldn't pay the devil the
compliment OF talking about him.
When he comes around, tell him to
go to hell.
The Catholic church, of which
am a member, has always stood for
the sanctity of the home. 1t has
never stood for it's dissolution. Mar
riage in the Catholic church means
marriage until death do you part. II
you can't be happy, ycs will, never
theless, have to put up with 1t. The
Catholic church is the only one that
insists on people keeping their vows
to God. When people marry they
must be prepared to accept the re-
sponsibility of marriage. They must
be prepared to fulfill the duties OF the
marital state. II we do not accept
these responsibilities, we will have a
bad eternity.
The new ethics of the twentieth
century would allow couple to set
tie their own affairs and break on
marriage after love had ceased to be,
| forgetful of the vow to God involved
| In the marriage.
"Once off the platform OF the Cath
Ollie church on marriage you are on
an inclined plane.
Rising out OF the divorce evil has
come that other evil OF race suicide.
Outside of the Catholic church people
are tearing up the natural law. They
are arranging among themselves how
many children they will have as they
arrange the number of their servants.
| The root crime is that we are living
| in a day when everything must give
| way to the mania for more leisure
and more money. Many people are
trying to get happiness without God
Referring to socialism, FIR. Vaughan
said: IT condemn socialism because
whether considered as new philoso
| ply or a code OF ethics, 1t can not be
made to fit in with the Christian re
ligion. It would not allow me to de
yelop my faculties. 1t would convert
me into a cell in human organism or a
clog in the machinery OF socialism
Still further, IL would tear down the
pillars on which the state rests-the
| family life of the nation. 1t would
shift heaven from the stars to this
| little mud planet. Finally, l condemn
| Il because il makes a great mistake
that all the wealth comes out OF pro
ductive property. Man Is not what
/ he has, bat what he is. Character Is
more important than mere material
wealth. Let us unite church and state
to make what is all wrong all right