The San Francisco call., 1913-09-10
The Beginning of Marriage
Haphazard Reflections On Grave Topics

8 Haphazard Reflections On Grave Topics {
At stated times mortas have stated visitations
One day the grippe day financial problem.
Then is the marriage and divorce question with much
learned expoundng by the the pure such bishops and
members of Soross
What is marriage? How it begin? Whence Gomez
Why is it feature of human life wherever that life is ound
begin such questions Always study begin
nings Nothing by taking hold thing
middle and examining its imperfections
The first priest join and together be-
nign being with lawn sleeves and soul stirring words.
Marriage brought about this earth by the will and
wisdom of God Almighty working through primitive babyhood
In the old days when the world cruder and
wild through forests and swamp They fought fought
each other savage other them There
love- there marriage tt instincts of sepeservation
and of reproduction worked keep the through
its hard childhood
But in cold rough nests under
trunks savage children born by their savage
mothers with savage affection.
Through those infants of the age. of ages much
earlier, marriage and pure affection into the world
1t not hard reproduce minds the picture of the
first marriage
savage woman half human ape rough matted
locks hanging her face holding baby
protecting it from wind cold.
queer baby perhaps with reddish hair
higher than rats It's jaw proudes; tiny, gmy hands
clutch with monkey power all things within reach.
Along the father full of plans kill a
bear interested his tipped caring nothing
for the mother who has been for only whining
nuisance
He stops for creature which he
las added to earths animal life
It's nshapen skull ferret eyes, miniature shoulders-soe
thing about reminds him of his royal pool
He stops bristy are grabbed and
weird insane toothles grin lights up the little monkey
Then the savage takes of life marriage
institution and the marriage problem born simultaneously
Says the mammoth hunter, with whsng words
throat sounds half articulated:
81 like this baby me- Let me hold dn Don't YOU
go with him looking for food don't while
I'm gone I've got bear located No killing
bears I'll bring the bears heart you evening
give this baby of the blood 1t will do him good Don't have
anything say that mammoth in swamp
want you to stick with I'll look after you have taken
fancy to that baby. He looks very like me-"
Off goes the father and that savage mother primitive
is wife Hereafter she be cared for be
killed children to keep her busy and
unsttracve Society takes the baby
has done it.
childhood helpless and beautiful we owe marriage and all
that growth of morality which gradually making really
civilized.
The basis of all real growth atrusn altrs the in
cnaton think of others than of yourself
world through the cradle.
We owe such civilization have acquired to children
"A sotened pressure of uneOuth hand, a
almost animal
human
The influence OF childhood has transformed
traction into unselsh affection 1t has substituted family
savage life The demand that marriage and
responsibilities be held sacred
Duty future generations divorce be made
difficult and considered misfortune
Marriage brought into world through influence of
children should be dissolved only regard interests
of children.
An unhappy marriage is earths aflcon Quite true
But is afliction
Examples needed to the young against matri
monial reckessnes which undere unhappy marriages
Unhappy and husbands ghthouses-lonelv
but useful
who marries woman undertakes her happy
keep busy keeps contract she will keen hers
he fails he has right experiment another unfor
The divorce class selfndugen rafoed class not