Show A reflection upon bachelors N president benjamin ide wheeler wheller le of et california university created some sensation in san francisco some time ago in a discussion on on the subject of marriage in arriage and divorce his words kiven iven in in a prominent daily paper read as follows in the ion long run un lie he said what upholds the family upholds the state the state can not exist without the home if the home is left out none of that necessary solid moral fibre fabre can exist good morals are nothing less than the regularities and ordinaries of social life good morals are a constituent part of life eife individualism is a danger to the state bachelors and club men are bandits bandit guerrillas and outcasts I 1 would favor if suan a thin thing were lo logal loal im al a 0 special cial tax upon bachelors they dont talce take part in the moral work of society they are abnormalities and abnormalities should pay taxes boware beware of the doctrines which base themselves upon false conceptions of individuals in instead of a family which is the bhe only social unit upon the foregoing quotation joseph F smith sinith president of the mormon church makes comment as follows when it is remembered that one third of the tien men and women of this country do not nob marry and that the rate of those who either do not nol marry or postpone marria marriage e till very late in life is rapidly increasing there are reasons for grave apprehensions concerning the stability of both the home and the state the dangers to the home are ara further aggravated by the growing ten dency to eliminate children yom rom it or to limit their number to a point below what is necessary t to 0 bihy ihy paco i tiu ual editions are fruitful of humor aliby of the worst type bachelorhood Bachelor huon and small amali fam hies carry t to the ahe superficial 1 mind the idea that they the y art ar desirable lecause because they bring with them the minu mini rum muni of responsibility re s the sparil that ahot shirks responsibility shirks hi ha bor idleness and plea pleasure suro taki the place of industry and strenuous in efforts the love of pleasure and an easy life in turn lay demands upon M who kofusa ruse to look upon marri mar hugo jie ta and its consequent family enlargement 7 lar gement as a soared duty the real fault of the young man the license of the leals them th 1111 f from rom paths of duty and cespon sivility lity to the pitfalls pf af a pleas plas ure lovin loving world their ilsters ire are the victims of n neglect e elect it and u d of a great social and family wron wrong women would marry if they could ands and would accept cheer fully the responsibilities biliti cs of family life this loss to the hone home is a loss the mhd nation must just feel as c go go on time will vindicate the laws of god ani and the truth that individual rj hL hunam bap happiness is found in duty and not in pleasure and freedona freedom from f ruin care the spirit of the world is contagious coll S wo we can cal I 1 not lot live in i the midst of such s social conditions liti without Suffel suffering ilig ft from OM the effects of their allurements allure ments Ls our y young oun people will be tempted to follow the example of the world about them there is already ali eady a strong stron im tended tend edey cy to male make sport of the obligations to marry pretexts Pretext of ambition are set up as an excuse to postpone marriage ibarria e till some special object is attained some of our leading young men desire desir e tn corn com first a course lacourse of study at home or abroe aarond tid being natural leaders in society their e example ma in 1 1 e is dangerous excuse is is one of questionable propriety it were better far that many such young men never went to colle college collee e than that the excuse of colle college collee e life be made the re reason ison for foi postponing p marriage beyond the proper a age the example of students who take their wives with them is always pleasing 1 men 1 e n do not suffer by complying with god s holy laws the way is open it may require more faith but faith for a in an exalted manhood as well as study besides it is a pi of to young men who go abroad to study to have a family with them the ambition to accumulate means before assuming responsibilities of marriage is always ti a paltry excuse un worthy of a place in the breast of a courageous r man 1 I it t is of great consequence to the church whether or not its young men postpone unduly the duty of establishing for them thein selves homes it means a decline in faith and a distinct distin ct loss therefore of religious life j individuals and collectively rolled ively youir young men should everywhere be admonished that it ii is a duty dui they owe onye to to themselves tu I 1 J i society and to the church tp to marry at the proper age it will be asked what is the proper age that of course depends upon the matu maturity rity of the 3 on i in ami aa a rule twenty one to twenty five is not too young there phere is always ti a danger line beyond twenty five it is not claimed tha u there may not be 01 exceptions sometimes young 9 men are thwarted in love some times bodily infirmities deter them and sometimes ch circum cum st stances ances furnish partial excuse but as a rule young men who p pass as s twenty five in a sin single le state G have reason to question the wisdom of their course they can not claim that they have the interests of th the u church completely at heart admonitions admonitions that acha t will pro protect hect our young V people froni from false fal so and worldly notions respecting td the sacred dobli obligations r alcons of mar marriage biao are needed ne eded while we vie are comp free from f rom the cho evils of bachelorhood bachlor hood there are cies aes toward it which may W well e if r occupy our serious atten attention tion |