of body, mind and spirit. It further should be
associated with the love of and desire for children.

This complex is best secured by the institution of marriage.

All its constituent features, except two, are vividly realised in
intimate friendship, and above all, in that unique bond between mother
and son which with some of us is the most wonderful thing in our lives.

Its two exclusively distinctive features are: _sex love_ and _child
love_.

These are the real problems before us to-day, particularly the former,
and if in these remarks I seem to concentrate on the problems of sex
love, be it understood I do so from a desire to save the time of the
meeting and not because I think sex love should reign alone in
unbalanced supremacy.

And by sex love I mean that love which involves intercourse or the
desire for such.

It is necessary to my argument to emphasise that sex love is one of the
clamant dominating forces of the world. Not only does history show the
destinies of nations and dynasties determined by its sway--but here in
our every-day life we see its influence, direct or indirect, forceful
and ubiquitous beyond aught else.

AN IMPERIOUS INSTINCT.

Any statesmanlike review, therefore, will recognise that here we have an
instinct--so fundamental, so imperious--that its influence is a fact which
has to be accepted: suppress it you cannot. You may guide it into
healthy channels--but an outlet it will have, and if that outlet is
inadequate or unduly obstructed, irregular channels will be forced.

We uphold the control of sex love outside marriage by the individual--and
that we are right in so doing is incontestable. But let us realise that
in practice self-control has a breaking point, and that if in any
community marriage is difficult or late of attainment, an increase of
irregular unions will inevitably result.

That the Church recognises this is shown by the statement that marriage
was instituted to prevent sin. In considering the problem of illicit
intercourse and its attendant evils the social conditions that make for
a wholesome life are of more efficiency than Acts of Parliament to
suppress vice.

My desire, however, on this occasion is rather to consider sex love in
relation to marriage. The first point I wish to make is that people need
more knowledge of the scientific bearings of sex relations and more
clearly defined guidance of their rightful purport and practice. The