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Show MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE. The question of divorces has been nnder careful consideration for many centuries. The Pharisees tempted Christ by asking his judgment on the Mosaic law of divorcement, and received re-ceived an answer direct and fundamental. funda-mental. It has been a serious, a continuous, con-tinuous, a vexatious question from time immemorial, says Newark News. All governments, clerical and civil, have tried to settle It and have failed. Our own government and each of the states and all the courts have for many years been trying to establish uniform divorce laws, and to discourage discour-age divorces, s much as possible. Yet they are increasing Instead of diminishing. A few denominations will not tolerate divorces, but the civil laws recognize them. From the point of view of the latter the innocent party to divorce proceedings is guilty of no offense, ought not to be held In dishonor, and should be permitted tc marry again. It Is the abuse of the divorce laws by immoral, unconscionable, unconscion-able, undesirable citizens that has brought the most serious dishonor upon the dissolution of the marriage ' '""--ontract. The Reformed synod's attitude atti-tude with reference to innocent parties In necessary divorce proceedings proceed-ings accords with general public sentiment senti-ment What should be done to the guilty ones is yet under discussion. |