Thus man, among all other created things, became a recipient of the divine gift of FREE AGENCY, and with it the accompanying RESPONSIBILITY. As a principle ever to be kept in mind, to the tens of thousands assembled tonight I repeat to each one: “You are the person who has to decide Whether you'll do it or toss it aside; You are the person who makes up your mind Whether you’ll lead or will linger behind— Whether you’ll try for the goal that’s afar Or just be contented to stay where you are.’—Edgar A. Guest, Selections for Public Speaking, Scribner’s, 1930.) In the Doctrine and Covenants, the Lord clearly sets forth the significance of marriage: “And again, verily I say unto you . marriage is ordained of God unto man.’ It is, therefore, not a ceremony to be entered into lightly, to be terminated at pleasure, or a union to be dissolved at the first difficulty that might arise. To members of the Restored Church, marriage is a divine ordinance, and when directed by intelligent parenthood, the surest and safest means for the improvement of mankind. “To build a happy fireside clime for weans and for wife, That’s the true pathos and sublime O’ human life.’”— (Robert Burns) When Jesus referred to marriage, studies among college students, He Desire With few exceptions, marriage is a universal desire. Every young person at asked the young women such questions as: “ “What career in life is most important to you? Do you consider marriage and helping a husband in his career more important, less important, or equally as important than a career of your own?’ “From 90 to 95 per cent of the college women have answered that a career as a wife and mother is their primary aim, and that helping a husband in his career is more important than a career of their own. The growing belief among college women that the making of a home, the raising of a family and furthering the career of a husband are in themselves a career of major importance, indicates a wholesome return to fundamentals.” I believe that condition prevails gener- ally among our young people of the Church, notwithstanding prevailing economic changes that are threatening the permanence of the home, necessitating Wives to work and mothers to leave their children with babysitters. Let us never lose sight of the fundamental fact that home is the basis of civillization and that members of the Church have the obligation to build ideal homes and to rear exemplary families. associated with it the lofty command: “What God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.” Universal some time or another looks forward to the consummation of that event. Professor Henry C. Link, psychologist, corroborates this as follows: “Within the past three years I have, in connection with certain nationwide With this obligation in mind, I now name five conditions contributing to a successful marriage: I. An Unsullied Reputation A successful marriage begins before you even approach the marriage altar. It begins when you are accepting invitations