TALMAGE SERMON

Ltm Aagrln. C*l. J«n. la—In ■moan the nation's flagrant brwltlnf sin. mst dlTorrr. sod tbs Incbnsraons ceoSict of stats laws on tbs subjsct are nnaparioclj cbaractsrlae^. Tbs prracbcr Indlratsa tbs only waj o th.s Immoral Uncls which U wrecking tbs boms and dssscratlnf tbs marrlags altar. Tbs tail la Mark x. ». "What therefore Cod bath Joined together let not man pot asunder " As tbs dr 11 war was tbs mortal clash between two conCIctlnf ld*na. so today we 6a# conik-tlng Ideaa la mortil combat orsr tbs marrtaas altar Tbs ons la the Christ Idea, wblcb declares that man-lags la not a confsdsratloa tbat can be broken at will, bot ao Indissoluble unlna This Idea aassrU that after marriage the twain In srery actus becomes one. Tbs second Idea declares that easy dlrorce la not a crime, but often, far tbs social good, a necessity. It aaya tbat when a mas and a woman are oasqually yoked together It Is bet ter that they be separated by law. eren If tbs cause for separation be Dot so serious as tbat recognised in the Bible, a ad. more, that they may. If they wish, contract new marriages But though James Bryce In his “American Commonwealth" aBrma tbat the family aa a unit la “tbe one fundamental and permanent problem of bomao life and society." yet everywhere, by reading the alirns of tbe times, we ran see tbat by easy dlrorce tbe sane tity of tbe home la Imperiled- Everywhere tbe danger signals are being lifted. to prere tbat marriage la becoming rolaace. Camdl D. Wright In hie la bat sUUstios declares that In tbe yeer IS88 theye were M.072 divorces In tbe stale of Illinois alone sad tbat there was one divorce to every fifteen mar rials*. Qa went on to show that from 1M7 to ISM there were 828,716 divorces In tbe United States and tbat each year the proportion of divorces te the number of Inhabitants In the Cnltad States was on the Increase. Just as tbe ludlrldnal wealth of tbe Americans per cnplta Increases year by year. Surely socb an evil record aa tbat ought to bring a blush of shame to tbe cheeks

rerteo action between nations as well i aa states Why. In tbe same way. j! should there nut be concerted actliai t 1 between elates In reference to tbe dl voit<e law? But Iboogb concerted and barmonlona action by tbe different state courts shoo Id be regarded aa a necessity yet are find tbe actnal eondl Ilona Jost tbe reveres- To llluatrate bow a mao tan defy tbe divorce courts of one state by living la another state,

prominent member of tbe l*reebyIan general assembly committee told r that a abort time ago a man died In

tbe L'nltvd Steles end left three legal widow* lie left three widows, and he was not a believer In Brigham Young ettberl How was tbat? A few years ago this mas went to a western state and there settled and married. Arterlto-blle be became tired of bis wife and decided be would marry another woman. So this mao left Ibe state where be wa« then living and went Into another state, got a divorce sod there remarried Of course the state of bis former realdeore did not

recognise tbe sscood marriage. Time passed oo. and this husband

tired of bis second wife. He moved to a not her state, got a divorce and marlied a third wife. The marital disease with him by this time waa becoming chronic. But oow neither tbe first nor the second state where be used to live recognised his third marriage aa legal. Time passed, and this husband of sou? Each of his former marital companions Inherited Ibe property of the

' man which then existed In her

By U

states left three different wlrea. each a legal wife In her own state, but illegal In the other two atatea. 8net la au Instance of tbe ridiculous and Infinite abeurditle* existing between tbe conflicting divorce courts of our land. But there must be legal change. Tbe dlrorce question III never be dealt with as It should be ao long as a married woman living In New York city ran go and spend a few vestsrti state aod then take to back to ber old borne n'a wife, (.'oocerted legal be established between tbe state* It la you, Cbriatian people, to whom God assigns tbe duty of arousing public aratlmi-nt against this evil aud compelling our national and state leglato take so*-fa action aa will result In making ’tbe marriage altar something more than a mere mockery. r to dam back

and might be regarded aa a national disgrace even by tbe Inhabitants of tbe French capital. It would bar* been a blot on tbe historical pages of been * So awful la tbe

ir being practiced through the wide open doors of tbe legal courts of our land: “Tbe divorce evU la terrible. It la aa evil we mnri try In

fart tbat a person bad been divorced we tpoke of It under oor breath, as a ■abject not proper for coovereatton. We ~ ~ I something

day. Against It only a few weeks ago themselves together to give religious combat. Thus, as the public leaden of of the borne. It la net Inappropriate for a words lo reference

First, nothing can be accomplished In raj unless there la national nr at least concerted action e different state legislatures ■poo this eubje- t. There moat be all ever tbe land barmonloas and united legal action against tbe divorce evil. It ahonli he made Impossible for a man to get a divorce in one state Which he could not pbtaln oo the same ground In any one of the 8.000 divorce .courts of tbe United Buts* All thane conns ought to be in agreement as to What centra Justify a ad what do not Justify the dissolution of a marriage, f We recognise the necsoaltv of the Foiled States

the auj .^Jiij^and in Indiana >l-hej the would ha ye been the result? Supper walked a fire mao in Phtlndclpua aft er be had poisoned bit child wife la New York city. Why. murder aud out la wry would be everywhere In the railed States tunning rampant Today Jour life-would not be worth the

■e only safety of life do this fact; If you edtni w state sod then ran i

recognize the neeosaliy of a action between -elates on i f question We recognise a

d authorities In cases of theft * murder. A few yeai a cashier had to do after •a the Canadian line and he was safe Ontario and Quebec of ref age." crowded .with fugitives Hundreds of and New York r dtlea r their

Another breakwab

■e this n

f friend)

suffer a

oat e

erR'as tbe Holland dikes have math a rescued oevan bed tbe home for tbi Dutch queen's sohjects. Is for pareuti to train up their children lo regan! ■

marital rugagrwrat

liould II

k deeply

rather than break the nuptial bonds In this dla.iie»l<>u l have presented, for tbe roost lent only the temporal aide of tbe divorce question. If I bad spoken from tbe spiritual aide tbe re suit would have been self evident. Gos pel love never ginc birth to legal bate May tbv Christ w bo uttered tb« pro test of the teat against protnlscuou-

ind h

eatly h

d with i

for life i j log ben (“Just foi

three difien-ot y

■obinergtng famy- It la for tbe gospel ministers to protest against It by practice as well as by preaching. Tbe pulpit cannot apeak loudly and with the mice of a true leader unless at tj>r same time It fuses to become a party lo tbe os goal crime of easy divorce. What do mean by tbls statement? That ibe minister himself aball not be a b!;Mfa'. and a brutal divorcee? Ob. no. No self respecting Cbriatian ehnrcb would allow ber ml slater to centlnoe preaching In bar pulpit after a divorce escapade rani write* “A bishop must be blame Iras, tbe bus hand of one wife" No t can be blameless when back upon bit first wife for an unjust cause. But I do Acid ibis; A minister should not officiate at __ second marriage of a divorcee uo lea be blmeelf knows positively that ao waa not culpable lo tbe snapping of tbe marital bonds By a ministerial course public sent! would be aroused against this national evil, and aroused quickly and

inentiy.

ve taken only lately tbb stand In reference to tbe clergyman's reaponsl -blUty Like hundreds and thousands oC-otber ministers 1- have heretofore . "I am not In any way compelled to look Into tbe personal characters of those whom 1 unite In mar When 1 used to live In New York state 1 bad lo ask Ibe eootractlnc parties a long Hat of questions and report to tbe county officials Ir • same But In tbe stab of Illinois tbe deck of the county eour does that He asks Ibe question*. Hi glees tbe llrrnse He Is responsible for the marriage, aod not L” Bui a ago when talking to a brother minister upon tbe subject, be said: "You are wrong You cannot shirk your responsibility in tbat way.“ Then 1 commenced to look at tbls re Ibillty in another way. I said to myself: "Ye* I am wrong. Tbat ty clerk cannot tall me what I might to do. Tbe paper be sends to me Is only a license, a gov era mental privilege.-per-mining me to marry the parties if I Wish. I am odt compelled SO to do For Instance: The saloon keeper gets a city license and has tbe privilege of Wiling me a glass of whisky. But be Muse It Is lawful for me to buy whisky from him that Is no reason why I should drink It. Because (lie kpoeilng element of San Francisco gets a city Ucrnae for bolding a prise fight tbat la oo reason why I am compelled to go and witness two pogtllau batter each ether's fare Into polp. Because Cbl eago gives a llceoae to gamblers to open track that la oo reason why I should go aod patroolxe tbe book ms k- - ‘■suae tbe county clerk tells me in remarry a libertine, who baa irmly divorced, tbat Is oo res too why I should tarn tab tb ic of my church hy placing -k record' upon tbe session oo. my brother minister* we eaonot thus shirk oor rvsponaihlkti** Yon aod sponsible before Gid when We officiating parties la tbe marriages of dlroreed persons. A religious rriage mesne Infinitely more than a re civil contract If not. why do nearly all people desire to be married clergyman Instead of by a pullet Justice or a county Jodge? Be*»»a»iMIIfr at ■lalalers. We are rrapooslble aa minister* A igal dlrorce. lo ninety-nine rases out f • hundred. Is not eutficteot ground orn ehurrb divorce. We must remem nr tbat tb* mlnlater before tbe world stands at tbe repnaeotaUve ef tbe cbordi. Why. legal dlvgriee sre often obtained on - tbe flimsiest excuses Btabop Fallow* la a scathing attack upon this marital evil. quote*Mm« of tbe moat absurd aud trivial causes on account of which men and Women bave been divorced. One woman got a legal divorce tx-canae her Husband eaUstrd Id the rolled Elates navy: soother because ber Los hand smoked and g|v e

kef from hair and rat part of It off. One husband secured s dlrorce bemuse bis wife refnard to sew oo bit but toot; fiiMNber because be told bit wife be bad forma another woman whom he could lore better Think of any minister being guilty of such a heinous ala as to marry such divorcees Is other marital partner* ' It la high time for at ministers lo band together aod rouse public sentiment upon this question By <.ur actions as rail as by our preaching we must proteal against, this national crime We must do this because a church marriage be-

e-bile s

st. w bleb shall yet i ivorcv court* now ( iwtsonous seeds of , made aod Just as ,

be-production of a

d all t:

fourth Do yoc *

der tbat after such perfidies her n rled life was unhappy? I ntroe to fiam-e. of course she was untrue to busband. A divorce scandal a i year* later was tbe result. Her fatl a noble Christian man of tbe weal, a result felt himself disgraced aod signed his pntpli. for he was u minis

Hi Ufa >

say sorb n |, w suggests no alternative. Yet be .-gse? Of believes that the hundreds of millloBa

uM not be of , urJ ,rcre railed

-mlnsly

will c

quite Indefinite period to come In tbat man might live upon tbe

of ye.

little, i

harmless Qlrtationa during au rations or at a church picnic or lo the rartli for •

street car or concert ball are all divorce fraction of a second In an eternity,

seed plantings. You cannot trifle with London Academy,

human affection* In youth without be

lug in danger.

Hal—What, you've stnpiieO calling oo

tbelr cbHdren aaso f**' *l rl » ,,b l ,1 * M »*•*" them beware of wbat they Tom-Yes; it's all over there, to say to other* aud wbat IUI-Why? Father object?

I lowed to«* to them It Tom-Blea you. not And I had nerve

igh to dodge all ber htnta about

middle aged. I At parent!

HI

date Let are allown: others are

„ ... enough to talk about t... , vaunted freedom of tbe American l«y

and girl: but. for my own pert, cape ~ ~ -

dally In reference to tbe promiscuous

time I called she had tbe sign "Do 11 " stuck on the center table. That ad me, and I've quit.—New York

carries* promises they make. I think they havi Another dlrorce prei

rial expenses In tbe great majoruv oi a should Is- curtailed aud great!} diminished The Incoux- should not Is-

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erb say* "When porerty tbe door love fiivuut of t Tbat la not truewBen all systematically trying to do t But when bus band and wife

made in heaven and then, with hlloded eye* run needWaly into debt then- Is IN' THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, nearly alsffiya marital friction. The i n M. r i,, ■ ran ran- limniu j q_ wife blames the faushaod. tbe husband corner or Kicbih street aod Cestral tbe xrlfifc Perpetual friction, then, on avenue, in said CUy. account of tbe money question .guile* ■ ; D . a P* r ?';.. < ‘ f ‘»n < l tbe divorce fire*. Then tbe family altar ntr — -. •** —**

goes up lo a Satanic blase

Another dlvorre preventive: The pu- fon rtf!ration of tbe American press both lo book form and In periodical sqgl In lion tbe morning newspaper. The pesuferout trash which eeeiy day and erery lag bllxxard. is flung Into our face* by tb* its snowstorm of the printing preaa Is * enough lo destroy tbe beallby heart picmvn tbrol>s of any young person who la al-; j lowed to read It I am. of rout i speaking against good pobll. I but bad publications Go to slmott , ; any bookstand that yon are and open some of tbe tiooks at random and read snenunao. There we find the authors make tbelr heroes out of tod -men and tbelr hero block ines out of bad women with here and there a redeeming white spot to offset three black characters Broken mar- JjJ rlage row* “Cbllde Harold" Indecen .i*r ! de* deceitful wire* deceiving men- {g :banging kale! kibmy WARlx-Aa^rioa doscope before tbe f-jarioalrd eye* of s.mc of owner or rvpowo ovoer. Gsorer tbe young readers There tbe Iwy aod «•<!!?«_£. tbe girl learn to rail crime rrepectable -.5? ... ' ' RJUs. aod a mao's dishonor * 'free lanre of gold.- A bad book worms Its way Into “S;*, of owner or repnlad owner. (Wee tb* moral vital* and fatally poisons Ute JJ« ° r "•Jkay. awvioo A. ^*art. Tb* way for good people to keep iieseeipOon.tr"--—*— • T svenne. pure and to prepare themselves for a , | Christian marriage, which will never HaySar.or aan'oin »CySy°' t, ISrttoS*'i* be broke a this aide or on the other oSI A \ b,r » aide of the grave, is for them to live ss anjusieo. liojm/ oonl ol with good people. They must work to „?»£« make men g'««l They must positively wST&.^o^SS w refuse to associate with tbe k** 1 ^ Am<>0 ° , 01

.papers of

tbe Colled States made heroes ont of itarrtpuJtn.Mfrei by n ; tbe Chicago bandit* IU-y placed a uraa a^mnahficA.

, whether tbat bad U

a led b

premli

eulogtaes and glor.r.e* tbe broken mar riage ring H Is only gilding the open ; door of tbe divorce eourt. wblcb la the j gulllotioe of marital lore.

nggr

no*‘lrecnpuon. lou i-r'icr. fcve. '

lieu s. adjusuO. UXiTX.

Jnstlfle* dlvo

aaStJwS25Su

ire dtvoiree always

bualand and wife

re togetl.rv under *n fabdlHoaiY' j ,l ts.^3T!raer or repawd owner o*or« i. no. Tbe violation of tbe marriage llayfia*. or Hscnsb Bsygar. MectioB A.

v. Christ'

There are other Pro *.*sdJuiiIdTmiji."” "~''

rondltlo-ts wbkb Justify sepgrat.on _ eren when there bos been no vlolstlon tuoekTa. Lou«* «fa*n. east aid* ivnirsl of tbat vom. It would be a grievous •

lojastl.v to eoTotre cotta fat . Ion ship when one of the parti marriage has rootraeted l.xhlt* wblcb render ibe cosirinaed reUlmn an lot.

eratile misery to tbe other I ba.. . _ -

known sncli rase, and bore rejolnd H J;ra;. 0 'o, 0 *uILSn"fu^;. WO S c £rr Hut tbe law permits tbe tn.Kwvnt party .V* 1 ‘

to be relieved, of Ibe burden aod af-i MWSSaStefLMJi;.

ftmla protection from molestatloo. It j Mamsof owner or rwpoled owoer.Gsorwe

llavdaw. or Ansoofcl of

e mdftl. of j {UrMfr** lisaowb

terreotion of the law. bot that It Is a menace to tl

tbe people when a contract ao solemn i boe. iMsicfVpUoiwas bwt 4 incbss l and acred as that of marriage ran l*e , Amount of 1‘cn k» sdiusud. rfasz

broken <a preiexta ao frieobios aa those n^2y. o^Hanomt!"tkorOoyT'^iruoo'l-. now re.-ogi.lied lo many atatea. I Pro , 1-®* «•*■*« •**

t.j>t also against tbe diversity of tbe! umTiTJwS dlvorrs- laws of tbe different state*! Fartbar pamesuarsofU

„„ may bsoOUlMSlorib-v.

ot>!igafBm» af.niatrituoolal cobat.l 2fc

MI may operate With great Severity Urns of.

a lodl. Moah. yet It moat be rare

fully remerrlmred tbat tbe general bap -amsaiibesxpiraUonolon. rear slur

Pin *" of the n.arrbd life I. wqmrel

by ha Indissolubility." Uy belter Is wualbtCltyCw.k.

summed up In the’thought that the NlCHOLAB OtiRyx. mare people realise when they marry JAMES M. K. HILDRETH, marry fa Ufa tb. maw e . CUy «olM*o

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