Show THE LAW tho the law for tho the regulation of miri mari ages recently passed by bytho tho afo man ma parliament must lo be regarded rc ed the Land ituria act alone excepted an the most moot important measure 0 of tho the present session it would woula lo 10 diE cult inac ci to fiol fiod anything so go sweeping in ia tho the records of any legis cativo body by this measure prince bismarck las has dealt a blow at tho the power ol of the roman church that will bo be severely felt fait and from which it will bo be to recover the berlin correspondent of tho the london timofi gives an aa abstract of 0 this as 03 law and as bra report is u remarkably romar kally kably concise wo we cannot do better than adopt it giving hovi however ever full credit to the journal irom from which it is ia taken tho the new bia tuto tho the writer says bays is batho the conier notice of the rofo too lulion lution adopted some timo time ago to tho the powers of abo central legislature the lw law is M from midy many points of view la IQ all germany it joes away with tho vicci of the clergy in tho the throe great domestic events of lifo life that is ia it allows people to bo be born to marr marry y dil to die without tho the intervention of tho the church charou children can enter upon their earthly career without being baptized and without being I 1 as signed to any religious religion denomination it enables men anil and women to marry marr without the consent or offices ol of the 0 clergy I 1 er gy and thus does away with the trouble entailed upon them in all catholic countries slid and it allows persons who dio t 3 bo be buried in consecrated ground although the ibo obsequies may be of a purely civil character aud and although their relatives cannot evie bhear tair that tho do ceased belonged to any religious denomination dibilo alive ube ho effect of this thia sweeping measure can bo be divined after an ol of tho the effects of 0 tho the prussian civil 1 act which las has been in id operation but a low few months since tile the of this law hw only twenty five per cont cent of all the berlin have been coleb ritel in ia churches and only thirty shirly per cent ol of the iho child children roa born lavo have beon baptized by clergymen that the proportion of civil burials will bo be largely is from tho the fact that this law all ecclesiastical fees sod and charges the iho poorer clA claasen ases who grudge the iho sums paid to the ibo clergy for birth marriage mtr riago and burial fees face will till readily become reconciled to the changes produced by ibis atia important law lav and tho the proportion of civil services above noted will continuo to cn en laige laigo which tho the power and of tho the clergy will diminish in the same aino ratio Althon although gli tho the law is aimed directly at the church of rome tho the protestant church in germany which has no fees fee wilt will be ba f ciba to fed its effects and the poorly paid pastors will find final their reo revenues nace from marriage and burial luriel fees diminishing day by day this law will beyond doubt pro yoko much unfavorably criticism and the iho clergy of all denominations will V view jew it with animosity but however rigor rigorous ous a I 1 beco jeco of legislation it cannot bo W regarded as an attempt to after pcr suto any ono one church Cathe catholics and are treated alike nod au all religions are taught to bow to th abo authority of the iho state tho the law does docs not I 1 0 p elond to 16 interfere with the iho te rc ligion ot of any german subject ivory lv 1 tiry man ains the right to worship god according to the dictates of his own conscience and is permitted to indulge in any religious religions rites he hobles beer fit there is no attempt to interfere willi hu his liberty borly li all ho he has baa to do s to comply with tho the formalities proscribed ac by the state slate lifter after so 60 doing lo he may practice whatever religions ceremonies he bo chooses lie cm hive his hii eb children illren baptized by a clergyman or a curt core and pay lim him any loco fees lie ho pleases ho he can have his ige celebrated lebr atoil in a church or two clutches clur 0 ches and as often as le bo desires so far as the state stale is concerned he ha can bo be ecclesiastically married every week lill ill tho the end and of will his connubial existence and he be cau can select boy any church recognized by law tor for the of the ceremony eMODY all ali that the measure proposes pro posea to do is to establish esta blua tho the supremacy of tho the state slate in all civil sets acts of 0 this hii nature and in matters which have hitherto bith eito bo be regarded us as exclusively under religious control when this supremacy las his h is acca acknowledged nod the ibo require of the tha law with every man is free to exercise eier ciao LIs own owa pleat lure enro about tho the religious eer services vices bo be the lw law contains a mis maso of details which need not la be given citon because they are contained in the marriage laws of all 11 coundrie coun trie 3 still there are a low ew worth noting doting clergymen anil and priests aro are allowed allow cil to marry if i they choose tho ila lw law ot of divorce li Torce is ia very tory clearly do flood is u taken from the hands of the allrey clirey and DJ conferred upon magit ilia verdict of a tribunal being required to ea married persons pe rooi or to allow them to ro in ia cot caf tin tain specified cases asset clergymen ler forming the ilo ceremony of ango provi oust to lo civil aro are sub ul jcck to a fine cue of cl three aull arca irca marko about seventy five byo dollan dol Jaro that such inch a liw law buet encounter tho the violent ot of the outlined may le be set act docu as cor tain laid and there is il little doubt the iho Prota protestant stant clergy will be just as licar tily op poncil to it yet juru j alista regard the lie law with favor tor and generally express tho the balki that tho the jorman lipiro will bo be vastly by it in thu the end cod |