The Washington times., 1921-02-22

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xxTHERE are many things ]
want to say to you, John"
she told him once, land
, they trouble me a little. IL Is only
because i am so utterly devoted 10
you that l wish you to know me as
/ am. / have always had queer
{ views, and although much has hap
pened TO change me since l have
known and loved you, / am not
quite sure how much these views
have changed. Love-" she added.
plays havoc with ones opinions"
!, MANY FALSE MARRIAGES..
She returned his smile, but with
knitted brows. .,
z tits really serious-you needn't
: laugh. And it's only fair to you to
: let you know the kind OF a wife
you are getting before 1t is too
/ late. For instance. 1 believe in d.
! vorce, although 1 can't imagine II
for us. One never can, l suppose,
+, in this condition-thats the trouble.
II have seen so many immoral
marriages that i can't think God
4 intends people TO live degraded.
7 And I'm sick and tired OF the argu-
ment that an indissoluble marriage
under all conditions Is good Tor
society. That a man or woman,
the units of society, should violate
tho divine in themselves for the
sake of society is absurd. They are
/ merely setting an example to their
Z children to do the same thing,
: which means that society in that
/ respect will never get any better.
I'm this love that has come to us
we have achieved an ideal which
II have never thought to reach. oh.
|, ohm, I'm sure you won't misunder-
! stand me when l say that i would
/ rather die than to have to lower IT.
mo" he answered. II shall not
/ misunderstand you"
Even though 1t Is so difficult to
: put into words what 1 mean.
don't feel that we really need the
I marriage service, since God has
. already Joined us together. And 1T
is not through our own wills, some
how, but through His.
'lDIVOrCe WOulu HOI OHiy 10
crime against the spirit, 1T would
be an impossibility while we feel
as we do. But If love should cease,
then God himself would have di
vorced us, punished us by taking
away a priceless gift of which we
were not worthy. He would have
shut the gates of Eden in our faces
because we had sinned against the
Spirit. 1t would be quite as true
to say, Whom God has put asunder
no man may join together Am l
hurting you?"
AN UNPARDONABLE WRONG.
Her hand was on the arm of his
chair, and the act of laying his
own on 1t was an assurance
stronger than words. Alison sighed.
"Ycs, 1 believed you would UNDER
stand, even though I expressed
myself badly-that you would help
me, that you have found solution.
/ used to regard the marriage serv-
ice as a compromise, as lowering
of the ideal, as something mechan-
icaI and rational put in the place
OF the spiritual; that it was max
{ ing the church, and, therefore. God,
conform to the human notion or
what the welfare of society ought to
:be. And it is absurd to promise to
glove. We have no control over our
affections. They are in Gods hands,
to grant or withdraw.
And yet I am sure-this is new
since l have known you-that II
such a great love as ours be with
drawn it would be an unpardon-
able wrong for either Of us to
smarry again. That is what puzzles
.me--confounds the wisdom l used
Eto have, and which in my littleness
land pride 1 thought so sufficient. l
didn't believe in God, but now l
'-fcel him, through you. though l
cannot define Him. And one of
many reasons why l could not be-
leve in Christ was because l took
il for granted that He taught,
among other things, a continuation
OF the marriage relation after love
had ceased to justify it,"
Holder did not Immediately re-
.ply. Nor did Alison interrupt his
silence, but sat with the stiffness
which at times so marked her per-
sonality, her eyes trustfully fixed
on him. The current pulsing be-
tween them was ,unbroken.
Holders own look as he gazed into
the crate was that of seer.
Yes" he said at length, "it is by
the spirit and not the letter of our
Lords teaching that we are guided.
The Spirit which we draw from the
Gospels. And everything written
down there that does not harmonic