Show MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE On the 1st of September the New York Evening Post received a cable dispatch from London which read as follows Church circles nro nol a little moved by Ito action 01 Mr Crlpp Q e iho Ncw Anglican Chancellor of York who hU8 Intimated In-timated to tin Ilergy o 1 ho dloceae that no llrttnae will bo granted lirncoforwurd for the of divorced marriage any PLTHOII lerMon Ardent churchmen deny that Injustice thereby Is done to persons wishing to contract con-tract such a man I ages according to cIvil law Marriage they hold cannot be an nulod by the divorce court according to canon law It ID Jlsolntjloionly by death Those who avail lluniselvcs of tho chUla chU-la to secure rel < jas > e from one marriage are now told In cifcit that only by the civil law thai ls to say by murrlrtgo before be-fore I registrar cnn tney enter Into another an-other ininlage They arc nol high churchmen say entitled to claim as aright a-right the church benediction njion n mar rligc which luis only boon mUle pOHslblo by a flagrant violation of the chnrchH I law Chancellors of other dioceses ate bclnjc urged to follow Mr Crlpnss cx iiinplc I may be out of place fot a layman to discuss the matter but our private belief IG that the churches arc too severe se-vere In the maltor of time llmllallons of marriages The theory Is tils 0 divine sacrament that to keep It divine II must be hedged about by severe se-vere rules and the tear of church displeasure dis-pleasure Is a club heltl OVCI the people I The trutlr Is marriage Is divine only sometimes There are cases where t hearts grow absolutely together whcro I I two lives arc in exact accord and where each Is so absolutely devoid of I selfishness and all tho grosser elements that the honeymoon extends all through this life and the sweetest I hope of life Is that In another wpherfe exactly sthi holy relations may epi i it llnuc aa the rolling ageii ebb and Mow I But the world IB not altogether made up of perfect men and pnrfocl women and very many mistaken marriages arc solemnized There are couples who i grow apart Innlcad I of together unlll I an antagonism Ja J engendered and when that comes talk as we please about the sacredness oC marriage there Is no saercdncss In lber rola lon for their lives are Jangled out of lunc and It would be better for ihom lo separate And when tIme clHlrch I steps In and says they may aepniutc hut neither must Involve any other life villi his or her hut Is I spoken out from under tho dim vision j of this I world because each one might be happy I hap-py with a different mate Tloncc It seems to us the better vny Is lo look I upon marriage as the law looks upon l It a civil contract merely I it ho found lhat the man and woman are oxaclly congenial the civil contract holds them as wejl as would all the solemnities of Ihc church and If the reverse Is discovered to bo the fact why then II simply a pair mlsmnted And the church should keep this In j mind that while its mission In to dram men and women toward hen Ven t there Is uot E road thai leads down roac lll leaca cown I to the I perdItion of the eoul any taster than thai on which a mlsmalcd pal 1 travel MI Cripps Q C Is no doubt a pious man but the very nalilrc of the order he makes Is a pioliy sOOt proof that about once In three eos j his wife wishes that who had married the gardener abound the cornet or the fellow wllh the stock ranch outside that Is somebody with blood in him and the chances arc that the little Crlppscj If there are any with bated brcalh whisper lo each other If 1 heaven Is such a place as papa describes de-scribes It we would sooner a blamed sight go to hell |