The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-08-18

csis, H., 24-"And they shall 10 one reshn Matthew
XIX, 5-.The twain shah lie one nesh." Mark, X,
Sand they twain shall be one flesh" Ephesians
Y, si-"And they Two shall be one uesh.n 1, Corfu
thans, vi. I6-"For two. saith He, shall be one
nesh." reference 10 each or these texts Will sus
tain the assertion that IN each the express
sion Is expressive Of wedlock. No amount OF skill
or dexterlty Of 'play on words win be sufficient to
destroy the force o. the word "twan, I" or "two as
the two persons are two persons Is like saying that
Twice Geo. one make two L. rs not SAID they two shall
pressive OF the common fortunes incident to we'd
lock and the act OF population IN the procreation OF
But 1T Is objected-now mark you.-that II zone
4es9" exclusively expressive OF wed!ock then ST.
marriage For Argument accept the conclusion D.
and affirm that the apostle so states The passage In
Know he not that he which Is Joined 70 narOt Is
one body; for two saith He, shall be one mesh. But
the the apostle SHOWING
true relation OF the believer to Christ. And this
The design Of this figure is to show that the believer
becomes one with Christ or as Is expressed In the
jet Of Paul is to demonstrate TO- the Oorlntnian
Christians that idolaters lornicaters and aduerers
S The o. na
fS for but for the Lord. and the Lord for
bodies aps ne no rs sks
changes me form as and hat
dissuade the Corinrhlan believers from association
with forntcators, adulterers and idoaters he re-
minds them that BY such associations they become
one with them, and this discussion Is enforced by
| the consideration that man who marrles o hariOt
And that the I Sne
predcated OF marriage is clear from the fact that
lation to Christ, elsewhere called marriage, Is the
exact term used to express the relation 10 harl0t
| OF man who marries harlot.
| POLyGAMY VIOLATION OF MARRIAGE.
NOW we are prepared for our second proposition
namely that polygamy Is violation OF the nstitu-
ton or marriage as originally established by the
Almighty at the time of mans innocency, and subse
| quently defined In HIS word i'll the following
rlage by modifying the natural measure Of capa-
city for compromising and procreation between
that which subsisis between one pair oniy-one
male and one female. TINS Is disturbed and dis.
ey @ sese ao
beings. Marriage Is not the mere qualification OF
81, Men are not 10 treat women
the nock. THIS Ia prostitution, and polYgamy is Or
ganized whoredom, baptized into the name OF re-
lgion. .Polygamy violates physiological law.
Where it prevails there is preponderance OF one
sex over the other. Some authorities say males,
fact Is admitted therefore, polygamy tends to the
destruction Of the race. Second. Polygamy
remedy Tor ''tne social evil" 1t Is tsel: '.Ihe
llshed it, 1t is the criminal device OF corrupt and
fallen nature OF the bitter fruits OF human apps.
Wad Ged and aepy @
furious to man. IN It's yeTTy nature Y
connga In Other Wors is c ana
dition Of promiscuous bestiaty on the part OF the
| man and OF shameful degradation on the part OF
the woman. And 80 1t Is essentially violation OF
the lawful institution and natural state Of matr.
mony. In oil pOlygamic countries divorce is fire.
| qlent. Polygainy and divorce 60 hand In hand;
they are twin daughters of the evl one Third. 1t is
clearly yiolative q the obligations Of marriage
| bed. When man and woman become by marriage
zone hesh" they have each right to claim the other
party man found In In the bed Of any VI second
woman during the lifetime OF his only lawful welded
can De- an a. for marriages in s
rightfui sense Is impossible under such clrcum-
sances Fourth. is equally voiatlve OF the essen,
choice necessary 1t destroys the integrity OF mutual
affection necessary and dlsregards the exclusive re-
quirenent OF one man for one woman, ana Uice |
versa. 1t Is breach CT the marriage covenant; 1t
Is mockery OF the form and wanting wholly In the |
entirely Of human deyisement and papable usur-
patton, seeking to make lawful that which God has
Ing on the Divine preroEativs ahd impairing the
natural and proper limitation Of one man for one
woman 1t impalrs the powers Of cohabilation aKs-
tive duties and relations Of husband and wife, and
defeats the highest ideal Of mat, matrimony and the
Counter Of lies vcissitudes. Filth. It violates the
rights Of marriage BY Sndsly Increasing the right
portion imparing or denying the rights Of prosec-
ton in the wife, sixth IL casts down all the NUM-
ments Of marriage: For Innocence, 1t gives dehle.
marriage state OF all protection OF law, human and
divine; Or rather, by corrupting and destroying the
Of it not only Without the protection but exposed 10
the penalty Of every just law both OF God and man.
with respect to 1t. 1t Is denial OF the inspired doc
trinc OF marriage, abuse Of the affinity Of the
sexes. and an outrage on their approximate hume.
view, evM and only evil and that continually. Thus
we unhesatngly declare that the institution OF pc.
lygamy Il viOlatve OF the institution Of marriage
establishe by the Almighty In the times OF mans
innocency, and handed down 10 US by the prophets,
Now We are for our Dra
which Is that 1g t
What Is adultery AS adultery is distinguished In
Scripture from whoredom and f0rnicatI0n, 1t Is
proper TO ascertain the exact meaning OF these words
whOredom Is from the Hebrew root za,saE and the
Greek posnefa, and means pollution, denlement
whoredom Is the prostitution of the person for
gain. The word translated forncation Is from the
lies criminal sexual intercourse without the
formatss q marriage; In Scripture II Is
Mite mted between Unmarried persons p Cornthans
viii. Nevertheless, to avoid iorncation, let every
sr ayi s et asels
entice mad that is not betrothed and lie with her.
nc shall surely endow her to be his wife" second
1t is taken for the sin OF adultery when both
Of the persons are married. Matthew, ", 80. "But
say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his
to commit adultery: and whatsoever shall marry her
that IL divorced committeth adultery" Third
Inc sin Of incest l. Corinthians ", l. sit Is COM
monty reported that there is rornicaton among you
and such fornication as Is not so much as named
among the Gentes that one should have his fathers
wife," adultery Is translation of the Hebrew
word aaddph and the Greek motc'eia, and is tho
criminal intercourse Of q married woman with
any other man than her husband, or OF a married
man with any other woman than his wife. This Is
indicated by the pathological significance of the term
aduterate, which Is compounded OF two words adj TO-
and alter, understanding to another; as the mix
ture Of pure ana impure liquors. or OF an alloy with
mar hat
mltteth adultery with another mans wife, even he
that commttetn adultery with his neighbours wife,
the adulterer and the aduteress shall surely be put
to DEATH" Prov, vi, 80. "But whose committeth
adultery with woman, acketh understanding; he
that doeth It deStroyeth MS own soul" Aduterer
nl0tCtOS, which mean as above. The material cues.