Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
SPIRES OF The SPIRIT
A Brides Rosary
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United states Senate

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to one Of those facets of hui
mainly which changing FASH
ions Of living do not alter.
The love Of a man for a maid,
II 1t is unsoiled and free from
base alloys. is as perennially
fragrant as the scented
breath Of pink arbutus when
spring trips North.
Across the centuries what
a social system does with
marriage has been a prophe-
cy Of what time will do with
that civilization. Alas, that
in these glittering gadget-
mad days the holy estate Of
matrimony is being cheap
ened, desecrated and fouled
especially by those in the
public eye who are both IA
nous and infamous. Men and
women highly paid. whose
profession 1t is to depict life
on the stage or silver screen,
audaciously flout all the de-
cencies by chasing from one
mate to another with a lie
ense which savors Of free
love. The epitaph for many
in this fast set" is suggest
ed by Kipling's insight, "a
man may be festooned with
the whole haberdashery Of
success and 60 to his grave a
castaway."
Enslaved mainland China,
whose life for many CEN
turtles has been rooted in the
family ancestors, is now hav-
ing its homes torn apart by
its ruthless masters in the
diabolical commune system
in which the relationship Of
man and wife is reduced to
the status Of q breeding sta
BILE.
Missing the beauty of the
ancient marriage rites in
which religion played so
great a part. even Russia has
been lately forced to recog-
nize the sanctity Of mar
rage which was blasphemed
by the new regime at the be-
ginning Of the revolution.
Under the hammer and
sickle they are now en-
deavoring to garnish god
less wedding ceremonies
with a few Marxist sprouts
to offset to some degree the
loneliness Of the church's
sacrament. with its solemn
warning what God hath
Joined together let no man
put asunder." The Reds are
finding that no pontifical
dietum Of Lenin has revoked
the declaration Of John
Bright, THE nation rests on
the cottage"
What a refreshing respite,
to which the weary world has
been treated. in the midst Of
salacious scandals and Of
frightening threats of push
button devastation when, by
the miracle Of today's COM
munication and Installation,
millions were able to fix
their gaze on a church spire
against the Norwegian sky
and, on a sacred altar in that
tiny church, as, with the
whole world watching, an
American groom and a Nor
wegian bride, coming down a
church aisle strewn with
roses and carnations, took
each other "for better or for
worse, till death do them
part"
With organisms blighting
hands over more than a third
Of the planets population
and endeavoring to strange
the church Of the Living God
wherever its materialistic
creed is enforced, here, be-
fore the listening world. was
lifted up a Christian church.
a Christian minister. ., a
Christian altar. and Chris
tan lovers anxious TO have
their love consecrated with
the benediction Of the Mas
ter. who, in the days of His
earthly ministry. blessed the
happiness Of a wedding feast.
That lovely shrine in a
valiant land is an emblem Of
the church Of every name.
now being subjected to ter
rife pressures and cruel per-
secution with arrogant de-
mands that the church lose
its soul by becoming subser-
Went to a police state. Did we
say the world was watching a
little" church, tucked away
among the hills Of Norway?
A little thing this church?
Remove its roots,
OSSn and Pelion Mould not
fill the pit.
Y0 the WEALTHY opd the