Show I MARRIAGE VOWS ARE SHAM UNLESS FREE OF MENTAL RESERVATION I LONDON Au Aug 6 By Universal ersal Service Ser Ser- SerI I vice A. A A bishops bishop's pastoral letter on marriage la Is In hi future to be B sent nt to all 1111 contemplating a n church marriage in the diocese of ot St St. Albans at Hitchen The bishop Dr Furse Purse has drawn up the letter and he ho announces that every ery Incumbent In tho the is 15 to b bo be asked to sen eo that a copy Is placed In tho the hands of oC all who desire to be married or to have havo their banns published In any church In the diocese The Tho pastoral letter declares that the utile relation or of parenthood which results from marriage Is necessarily rUy one which cannot be he undone No act of ot parliament I can possibly make mako a father or mother ceana cease to be bo tho the parents of ot their children This fact tact alone ought to o show that the relation of ot husband and wife wife- in mar- mar riago Is equally unalterable Those about to marry are arc toM told b by tho the bishop that they thoy must consider consider con con- sider solemnly the oath they are to take lake and decide whether they are prepared to take It In the simple meaning meaning- of ot tho the words without any mental reservation of ot any kind Tho The bishop also announces that he In In- In tends as far tar as tho the law allows him to Inhibit priests In lila Ills diocese from solemnizing solemnizing solemnizing sol sol- sol sol- the marriages of ot divorced per per- sons It uIt It Is a a. mere sham and mockery he ho declares for tor such persons persona to take a avow avow t. t vow in tn such words as Til death do us part They have already In the bishops bishop's opinion opinionS shown that they do donot donot not believe In the view tho the mar- mar riago o service takes that tales that marriage is indissoluble except by death j |