The New York herald., 1870-05-09
NEW YORK HERALD MONDAY, MAY g. ls7o-TRIPLE SHEET

more or receiveth It with good viii at your hand.
Yet ye say, wherefore2 Because the Lord hath
been witness between thee and The wife OF thy
youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherousy;
yet Is she thy companion and the wife Of thy cove.
nant" After representing the dark and
gloomy spiritual state OF the Jewish Church
az the time the text was written, fning
us elimination In the repudlation OF the marriage
contracl ne showed that the true bass OF national
power was IN the perfection OF the family reat on
ana tnat half the world were polygamists, ana only
cnrstianty the great regulator OF human passions,
nsecrates marriage aud builds mp the state through
monogamy, which is The stinu at + Of industry,
economy ana education. He then called attention TO
ne u y VICE. ~ suaIeass s seeAE
the result Of choice All other relations were IN
voluntary. MARRIAGE thus becomes the fountain or
H. as It's own life depended its purty and perpe-
chosen ss wife holds beansiful re ationshp to the
husband. "she is thy companin.,' God does
man. nsSs Sas slave Gndsr sr the the
polished Greeks the wife was telueathed
rs Or s ye % scres ss
enter the mosques but this soulsss drudge os % Of
paganism becomes mans equal In Christianity.
Paul wrote TO the Galatians that lin Christ there Is
neither male nor female" The equal Of man In mo-
rality, IN mind and In immortality also constI.
tutes his true supplement- To prevent confusion
the man was appointed to govern; but win le he
Wesley her sa hoey y me
6ure:-
Not from his head was woman took,
Az made her husband to o'erlook;
Tie oosstooi oi of tis stronger SSs Ssssnsa sSa
But fashioned for himself, a bride,
Her place intended to maintain
70 rest =. :i,Il Beneath sa his his arm. a%nn'
Protected BY her lord harm,
And only less than God beloved.
God said 1t was not good for man to be alone,
thereby cOndemning celibacy and Solomon had said
that HE that hndeth q wife 1ndeth good thing,
Happiness or misery for life depended on mar isxe,
ana the greatest care and circumspecti0n TO be
used in the choice OF husband or wife, Moral quail.
Ties should alone govern In the choice. Good tenn
per was absolutely necessary On both Sides He
further said that this companion is called the wife
oi thy YOUTH selected IN the earlier years OF man
declared IN favor Of early marriages. When
the affections were strongest and purest
in destiny Of abor sorrow ana oy Et the hasbana
feels that he has indeed secured the greatest prize Of
me. Too many marry iOr wealth in these days.
HapltS OF extravaganza in dress aud living, ever
curse upon marriage and our matrimonial market,
Is u iuli blast To marry some OF our fashionable
for nurse, Others for money; and DR.. Clarke de-
clared that the man who married for money lived In
husband, feeling mis- heart has found its true mate
noble, self-denying, trustful, faithful wire-can
And / as rich in having such Jewel
As twenty seas, If all their sands pearls,
The water nectar ana the rocks gold.
He then showed that 'wife Of thy covenant sig-
nifed the sacredness and irmness Of the relationn
IL did not depend caprice for man to cast of his
wife was not only to wrong her. but society also
Dante had pac cd In his lowest hell the Derayers of
women. The CullOm bill had been passed condemn
Ing poygamy In Utah, but no bill had been passed
against
INDIANA POLYGAMY.
The State-the Gretna Green for vow-breaking--
whose mission seemed to be tlat Of turning Chris
tians into MormOns In every State In our and When
the National Assembly, In the reign OF terror gave
Lust the reins, and passed its easy divorce law,
al er year and q half under its operation,
Abbe Gregore declared that 10000 divorces had
been granted and he Justly said at chat rate the law
would soon ruin the whole nation. Rome fell
through the lack OF family sanctty and purlt- ana
may soon sink to the effeminacy and sensuality OF
the Turk. 1t was, said the speaker, high time for
that great c0nseryat0r OF morals the pulpit, to
speak out in thunder tones on this subject.
He then spoke Of marriage religious rite,
arguing Its sacredness and holy character from the
fact that its origin was divine, God having soemnZed
tne rte and declared that ye twain snail be one
had declared that what God had joinel together no
man should put asunder. That the cries and tears
Of wronged wives and husbands were brought to
Gods altar. He asserted that marriage by any one
save clergyman was improper, and tended to
strengthen the mfdel and dangerous idea that mar
Its holy dues reciprocal In their character and IN
fuence. In conclusion he showed how Il was
typical OF the relation between Christ and The
Church, which was cal ed His bride, and closed by
parallel drawn between the marriage feast in Cana
and the marriage sapper or the lamb