Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-10-23 | Page 9 | Christian Marriage Subject of Lecture

JRIST1 MAHRUBE ' SUBJEmECTlf j he Rev. Father S. J. O'Reilley Gives Second of Series of Discourses. Another large congregation filled St. ar-5 cathedral lust evening to ruar tha iv. Father S. J. O'Kollley's d'.:o.Hirst i the subjeot ot' "A t'hriMiiui Mar-? Mar-? ipe." Pefore beginning tlio roguLU s?r- mi. F;:aer O" Ufilley extended a vinil -;eo:r.e. especially to non-Catholics, ur.d vited the regular members of the con-- ec.it ion to briii their nii-mls. Kvery-i Kvery-i : e v .is in v 1 1 ctl regardless of religious hi tne discussion of his subject , l ather i ' Kniley spoke in part us follows: If we turn to the i i rs t pages o f .:-tory we find the record of two im- .HMMunt events the creation of man , ; marriage. MKrrtuge ha- a divine or' sin and V.:rxv-e. us xv e!l as a iiiine sa r.etion. 1 The high idea!?, thai God g.ne our 'irst parents w ere lost sight of and e find that manv evil;, have otvpt uto :.:e huimm family, thief anions; vhich is divorve. In past ages woman ""V'si her hich caste and became Uu r-l.-ne ot man. In order to eorve-t "his condition our L-.-rd raised mur- .iacp to the dignity of a sacrament, md st the sme time elevated wom,-u. ' Yoman owes whatever sh.o eipovs in v lie social scale today o i"hri-L. bo-suse bo-suse I-.--1 raed her to the phu-e of lorvar that she now occupies. , The Cat hoi ic church stand? alone, -s she hi's always stood nior.e. in 1 Maintaining that once a man am! I , voman have been united in marriage here is no power on earth that en pa rate them or that wiil permit ce r the other to rvmart y during the hetime of either. , "He that marries her that is put - I way is guilty of adultery," taul hirist. V. ACfordinp to St. Paul the husband represents Christ and the wife rep re -ents the church. Marriage, there- , .".ore. is the symbol of the ntnen t::-t !5ts between Christ and the c.vrch. r.; the ring is utei because it is - ymbolical of unity. The primary object of mai-rhe is T he bringing forth of eniMren, be..nuse . i the garden of Keen God admcu-hed admcu-hed Adani and Eve to increase and " m'.upiy. The great trouble with younsr people onauays is that they are iu-'hned to egard marriage as a natural oon-1 oon-1 rai; and then, being a tia'ura' con-: con-: ract. it is bound to share the fate of J! natural contracts ar.4 be broKn. I r r a s e is the foundation of the ' a:r:ousm of a ration. Tne Unite-i States needs wla v omes whese mothers realize the rush leals of the Christian marriage, ihe - "n:;ed States needs today those .- liresholcs where strong men shall eto ; orth with The srun on their shou'.der nd defend the natiMi. Hen-?e. it is That t:ie Catholic church 1 3 r. J s before t world as the s r e a t -. si , power we nave because she is ea-:h:n.e i:s all that if we v. ill b . re at i'Aor. -e nation we must . i: respect the sacrament of niar-iace."