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there may indeed still be failure, but it will not be 

 failure due to neglect. No doubt, in matrimony, 

 as in the kitchen, " Too many cooks spoil the 

 broth." Children often really know more than 

 their parents in matters of the heart. It is folly, 

 of course, to make rigid rules concerning what 

 in its nature is not amenable to rules ; but still 

 these principles as principles are of fundamental 

 importance, much more important than legislation 

 concerning divorce. The real problem is not, 

 how those who are joined in name, but are as 

 separate as the poles in heart, can be compelled 

 to keep up the mockery of a union, but, how the 

 union can be made so real and vital that the 

 suggestion of a divorce would be regarded as 

 an insult. To this end marriage should not be 

 left as a theme for sensational preachers to use 

 as a means for filling empty churches. Neither 

 should it be classed with the insoluble problems. 

 We should not be content to do nothing, because 

 love will brook no rules ; but, as those who have 

 to deal with life and immortal destinies, we should 

 study facts in the light of the latest and most 

 thorough science, and do all that is possible to 

 help the young to realize that marriage is for 

 health, for morality, and for ever-increasing hap- 

 piness in the most beautiful of relationships. If it 



