The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-24
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

i are ready to say, Let us go to Mont gomery and have a law passed that will forbid such practices and require the contracting parties to be at least . past the school age. We need some legislation along this line, but we can never solve this problem merely with laws to regulate 1t. There are two things that we must do or we shall never be able to correct this situa- ton, and these lead over long road, the long and often weary roads of ed- ucation.
 Tn the first place, the Christian religion must touch in most vital way the home and electrify it with the ideals and spirit of Christ. There must be restored through the home a high regard for sacred things and marriage Altar.
 Right Environment
 Tn the next place, let no minister. magistrate or judge be a party to anything that would cheapen tho marriage altar or breed disrespect for it's sacredness. Let them demand that marriages be solemnized amid surroundings and circumstances in keeping with it's high and holy obli- gatfons, and that nothing be permit ted that would cast the least shadow over this sacred right. So long as those entering into this sacred rela- ton can with a feeling that it is contract that may, by the aid of tho divorce court, be dissolved at will. with the assurance that a preacher or judge or magistrate will assiss in launching on another matrimonial adventure as soon as another of the opposite sexmay be found with whom to set forth, we shall continue feed ing the divorce courts. Let the null pit speak out in no uncertain sounds Of this subject. 'Whosoever shall mt away his wife. except for fornication. and shall marry another, committeth adultery, and he that marrieth her when she Is put away commiteth adultery and the one who officates at wedding of divorced parties is a party to their sin.
 There is one other problem we must think about briefly.
 The Brotherhood of Man
 This, like the one we have been deaiing with. should not be a prob- lem, but 1t Is. Witness the present deplorable situation between the so- called capital and labor. Among those who are out on strike are many who are deyout members of the church, and the same may be said Of the other side. We are deeply in- debted to the man whose hands are calloused with honest toll. We would rot have our beautiful homes and tho many comforts and conveniences we TOW enjoy were 1t not for him. We are also indebted to our captains of finance and those who engineer our great Industrial enterprises. Their interests are common and they serve common end. Where, then, Is the trouble? Surely 1t can be nothing but the failure to apply the Ideals and teachings of Jesus to their deal ings. Strikes and lock-outs will never bring about better understand ings and adjustments of rights, and these are imperative.
 Great md Grave Problems
 We are facing great and grave industrial problems; let us face them boldly and bravely. but in the spirit Of the great teacher. Court injunc- tons and conferences will serve only to widen the breach and will get us nowhere. Have we not become weary ot these things? When shall we dis cover the gap in our reasoning. c, ye Christian men in the ranks of labor and in the line of capital, IS your faith in Christ reserved for some hour when you have laid aside your daily routine and sought some house of worship? These are no idle musings. The Christian religion Is living, vital force. capable of trans~ forming life and making the brother- Eood of man reality Down through the corridors of time comes the voice of the Holy One bidding you try the Golden Rule Apply the ideals and principles of Jesus to ev- cry relation of life and the problems that try and perplex us will vanish like vapor."