Show FAMILY NATIONS foundation dy by MELVIN 1 BALLARD mormon apostles Apost ls la the foundation of our life church and state depends entirely upon I 1 the stability of 0 our family institution such things as childless marriages and the facility with which divorces aro are obtained are doing more to undermine the tha family institution than nuy ally other causes even though wo we oi 0 i tile the united states have a greater divorce rato rate than any country in the he world there ore those among us who aro endeavoring to make looser the already weakened bo bonds ads of marriage the divorce rate of the people of our church is only one fifth as great as that of people throughout the ahe country in tin thi s age when there is ia so much dissension among religious leaders and so many dif different Terent theories it is a joy to find that our church has haa followed a plan for more than one hundred years and that will also work out well in tile the future wo we have the fhe first sunday of every month as aa augst a ast day and we find it to be beneficial not only physically as it gives e the internal organs a rest but it also helps to exercise control over the impulses of tile the body fasting gives us its a feeling 0 of sympathy for the poor as aa weare we arc better able to appreciate the way they too often are forced to feel the money that is saved by doing 0 without these two meals is given to the poor in such a mannor manner that the recipients of the money are jn in no way humiliated |