The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 87
Rev. Canon Champneys
Rev. Canon Champneys.
"It appears to me, therefore, that first, as Scripture shows that there is nothing immoral in such a connexion; and, secondly, as it is obvious that much evil would be prevented, many poor children saved from misery and ruin by having that person over them who, in a majority of instances, would be the next best substitute for a mother, my own mind is led to believe that the law of man ought to tally in this respect with the law of God."