Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-05-04
rbr eonitor. No. LXX.

sE-;tEey shat tAc1 MAKE marriages lIth He7!I.
such was the direction Of Noses 70 the
chosen tribes Ut Israel when rhsy we're about
20 enter the lsnd Of promise. Ia various
Da-,s tie Bible the same sentiment IS e.
iher expressly declared, Or may be found by
fair Inference. Thus the Apostle says " be
~, unr7uaLy r.tc4 together" Upon tLls phrase
however, q t'Ich. constructions have Oeeh
put. IN lie slKln chapter 20 = Htcia We h"d
he effect II III m.ed mortgages, IOr when
the sons of Cod, dat =. ,hoSe witihl he
r..I. oF Lhr covenant, took !i'es % DC dau5h-
IRIS OF nt-n DC such as WrIc noi even Oud
s.-,i5c elA-, giants w~Te produced 4"
the thirty fourth chspter Oh tie same b"CN
~. have anO her example. She Chcm would
have married. the daughter u cob bui
,be sons Ic"b heSi'o,ed SAVING " We cH
-3t III tlg .r.ry- % give cur .ister 70 cht nat
= urc. c:.Ulo.sel, '2r thar S,e7e i rep'odch 10
rs" Ia, true hey wcrc decolttul Ia this
thing, but il shews the respect which WAS
paid 10 Gods covenant, and 90 the mere pro.
fession If religion. F.om these and some
other passages Of scripture. many pious poo
ole have supposed that it was not lawtui Tor
q professor of religion to marry one who wa
vet stranger 10 the power OF divine truth.
Oilers equally pious have thought that the
prohibition dil not extend 10 us in its ptlm.
hive meaning. 1t may be prohtablc~to ar
range and examine some Of the arguments
on both sides Of This question, leaving the
decision 10 be made by each InGiV dual &C
cordag to the best Judgment CT an enllght.
ened conscience and happy IS he that
condemneth not himself in the thing that lie
Allowe,h" l. is said by those good people
WHO dlsapprove Of intermarrageS with lhe
world, in addition TO the we gilt Of scripture
authority Isuch - IS qa0ted above aud ne
lke) there is great d~nger OF being contain
mated, and SO far from recldImilg IN lr.eh-
EiOu1 partner that they are rather IN danger
fife ~ themselves corrup e1 from the sim
plioi,y of the Gospel. and led 70 follow be-
loved object Sd far il thG way ofvanlty an
folly as 70 bring clouds of darkness over their
own minis, ill Up or wholly destroy the a.
venues Ut real sati stactiOn, and bring griev-
Gus stain Oh the christian profession. More
over, where a husband and wife are divided
IN opinion their prayers are hlndered con
trary to tde exhortl,ion Of the Apostle Fam.
i!y government is irregulSr, for the pious ex
ertiOns Of The one are checked by the ImmO-
raities and perhaps determined opposition
Uf The other.
To thls others would ans yer that all the
passages u scripture wnIch can be quoted 10
support the above seutim ent are thought by
some 10 pIat only al dividing line between
the CHristIan and Pagan world, and that in
RsInuch as there does not exist that specific
difference between those included within
she pale ct the Covenant anl The world 1t
large, as there did between ancien; Israel
snd the people Of CAnaan, tIt drtcl.n gwen
~ Moses III this case Cannot apply with G.
qI4i force 40 Us ; and turlherm re, that
When sptritualized, these cOmmaniS apply
yilA more force 70 Our cons llutlOnAl SIMS
mI unsubdued cOrrupIons th.n 20 the com
non relations of lite l. is i4rlGer argued
hat BY lntermarrlages with yhe world MOI
families Will DC sauc'jhed, agreeable 10 The
words Of h- Apostle "a ms Il q tpi,tie
the Q, rintti rs 7,k CDsp. 14ih Weiss, wuCt.
with its context such a. feel Interested maj
consult At their leisure. Such are Il " oi
the arguments on both sides Of he Question
Let people then hear, examine, ponder su1
Search for the truth, knowing that each Une
70 his own mas.er must stand or 81.