OCR Text |
Show . --o i U ---c, - iJilt LaL3 c;a cLla L3 cz;.x tic-i frcn thi3 ar- r'-'L. -.t The dirorce r:-" rJ rf city Elands 1 r tV t cf other pL -3 t .1 tl "3 r , ;ear3 1 k 1. l? It, ' :zl cr ec!"-' t ti.3 r.:nar- ic!u..:r. :,::: at' r r 1 .t tl i gr: for di-- di-- : TTT .. the. cc-iu i-. . a rccc: J cf on; di-T;:ca di-T;:ca Tcr trcrj ire marriages, tLa question ia well wcrta loclJrj into. . . Divorca tnd r.Urrba Mziz Ecsy. It is high time that clergymen exercised greater circumspection in consenting to marry divorced per-' per-' sons. The readiness with which many of them, even those occupying pulpits in prominent churches, now do so is nothing less than a scandal. The New York Evening Post does not speak too severely of a recent case in Philadelphia when it says: . The infantile innocence of the Philadelphia' cleV- v gyman who has just married the principals in two notorious divorce suits does more credit to his heart ' than hid head. The couple were unable to secure the services of an Episcopal rector because of the strict rale of the church eo the report runs but they discovered an accommodating Presbyterian, who seem to have regarded the Ten Commandments Command-ments as nothing between friends. The, easy-going minister was told that the woman, as the injured person, was entitled to remarryand he accepted at its face value the man's story: 'I made him put it , virtually In the.form of an oath that he stood before God as an absolutely innocent man.' The worth of a dicer's oath is pretty well understood, even by the z unworldly; but we apparently need instruction about a divorcer's oath, for the benefit of obliging clergymen who are persuaded by a small fee and |