The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-08-30

~''o7s "asHOu1 q CORES ondlng growth
of knowldge in system Of Divine truth
would Of necessity workcorruption. The
contact Of refinement alone would soon
reduce them 10 the level of their Southern
usighbors. Happily for them, happily
for Us. with the coming Of those events
which broke up their pastoral habits.
came also Christianity; and to her protec-
ton thencegorth was committed whatever
OF good was found in their customs.
With the highly cultivated nations of the
South, Christianity had widely different
Office to perform. Between the two ma.
tons there vas deep and broad gulf,
and so it has remAined to the present dav.
History teaches US that where the mar.
rage relation is trampled upon, thers
anarchy and ruin are sure to follow.
Since the revival of letters, the oorrupe
tons of refinement aud the purity Of the
Gospel have been in conflict, and as one
or the other has prevailed, has evil or good
ensued. We see now what was the rela-
ton of women to society in the earliest
institutions of our Teutouio family. The
inquiry is hence very short: How does
this compare with her true relation? And
what is modern progression doing to
modify il? And first, what is her trus
relation? Human reason. swaysd BY
thousand varying influences and varying
passions. must not be trusted for an an
swer. But The word OF Divine revelation
las made all sufficiently clear. It is said
that HE who made them at the begin.
ming made them male and female" The
family relation was intended by the AL
mighty. In every community there
must be government or head and the
apostle says man was created first, and
that the woman is, thsrefors, in fact of
authority and responsibilities subordinate.
This implies no infsriority, or any defect
of rights and privileges, but only diver
sity Of office. And what further. "And
they twain shall be one flesh" that is, in
all that pertains to the interests Of this
life, they are oNE-quality-of interests,
objects, plans. operations. motives, every
thieg-gives place to identity. One word
further completes the most perfect chapter
on ethics the world has ever known. It
is this-the Gospel says it-"What,
therefore, God hath joined together let no
man put asunder.' Beautiful picture of
a domestic society, repeating from gsne-
ration to generation the image more or
less perfect of the primitive paradise.
While we have been dreaming of happi-
ness in obscurity, few pseudo reform
ers have been telling the world that this
is the nineteenth century, day of re-
forms-a day of experiments-a day of
PROFESSIONS, and are putting forth
ceaseless efforts, through their organs of
revolution and skeptioism, to stir up I'M
holy elements. Were these doctrines left
solely to the advocacy of such persons as
are engaged in it, we would have but little
to fear. But between that "high styls
ola Christian" who receives the whole
gospel, and the wandering Atheist, there
is wide range, and every unsanctifed
heart inclines rather to error, than to
truth. and here it is that these rabid de-
structionists gain the countenancs of
many good men.
It is unnecessary to detail here the pro-
life brood of social evils that would fol-
low from such state of things. Suffice
It to recall certain induces of the nature of
his reform. It demands of US first, TO
revise certain portions of our church rite
Ial and of holy Scripture. We must
strike out from the marriage service those
and touching words, ''The holy
Estate of wedlock,'' and read henceforth,
i'the equitable contract of counubial part
nership." You shall Grace from the BIZ
BILE those solemn and binding words,
'They twain shafl bs one fesh," and
You shall read in their stead, "They twain
are yet two, separate and independent
You shall lay violent hands on that aw-
,ul injunction, "What therefore God hath
oihed together let no man put asunder,"
md you shall substitute, "The contract
which civil authority or private conve-
nience has formed. the same authority or
he same convenience can annul. And
go on I'D infnitUna
But we forbear. We leave the subject
With this reflection: it is not reform
hat concerns the true interests Of women;
t is not breaking up aud remodeling
he elements of society; but patient cul-
iyat!ou of the Wholesome institutions
Ehich our forefathers have transmitted,
md which Christianity seeks 10 secure us.
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