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Show JEWISH- OPPOSITiOX TO MIXED M . KIAGES. JeA-s are by no means the only people who dep. recate mixed marriages, says the London J. wMi ; World. You will not find any one in authority i;i the Protestant faith who would encourage a marriage mar-riage of that kind, and Roman Catholics ar, stronger on the point, that is to say. marriage -,,.. tween Protestants and Eoman Catholics and vi.-.-; versa. The reason is clear. Religion and love of country coun-try are the deepest sentiments Avhen fully developed, devel-oped, and a mixed marriage of any kind simply introduces into thp household a very probable m,;r, j of discord, if not in the early years, later. Them are many cases Avherc it is not so, but taken in tho mass they are to be attributed rather to thc personal per-sonal qualities of the parties, to forbearance and restraint, and, it is fair to say, to a love endurinz. ' Apart from any religious quqesfion, the primary essential for a happy united life is a certain identity iden-tity of thought, interests and aspiratious; and th discordant element need not come solely from dif- : ferent views on religion, although that is likely t recur in the family in an acute form, whereas other questions may by common consent be placed ' in the background. ; Unless a couple are likely to agreo on the j . main questions of life, only a miracle can sav.j,f them from everlasting regret and self-reproach by 1 ; entering together on that journey which is to last. j |