address on the Lambeth Conference resolution relating to marriage, the Bishop of London asked: "Am I misrepresenting public opinion generally when I say it is the prevailing opinion that every young man will sow his wild oats?"
The Bishop went on to say_ it was generally urged by many that they could not expect a young man to live a pure life. Some went so far as to say they must not be too hard on a man for one or two lapses after his marriage.
The resolutions of the Lambeth Conference sought to combat such dangerous doctrines and enunciated the true Christian spirit, The idea that marriage is a kind of licensed prostitution," he proceeded, "is one of those horrible ideas that we must fight against. Married life must have the same self-control] as unmarried life, and purity before married life is essential to true happiness. In half the divorces that take place there collusion, and the Church must take a clear and firm lino. If the Church does not you will have young men getting married on trial. The last argument, for indissolubility' is the children—the children have the right of protection."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.