The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-05-07

tbss Itself also establisaes IL harmonv
with al valid sgb0riiaate laws
What Is this lAE q natares Oar
best and wisess aCihors deS1e i q
b.
"A lsw prescribed by God % 81
men not By formal prouulgzfioa,
bu: disooTersble BY the light Of res-
soE-ii comprebe8ds al the duties
we owe either 70 the Supreme Being.
70 ourselves. Ct 70 Cur ueighbors-
Il Is superior % al 0shers. bi1diag
n al eo1ut-ies and a. al times :
al laws aud constitutions Which are
valid derive their authority directly
from i ard from the revealed izx q
God (tbe Bible. AID Al u violation
of either. O bo;h. are void
80 we read - LAWYERS. and % we
profess 70 believe. Does Cur fzIzh
2ud practice sgree , Let ue suppose
c2se SGppose : man ard : woman
q flil age. and free from aay Of the
legal bars 0r restraints which w0ald
UAke the marriage void mutually
agree that thev VII u-Ite - man
and wife. bat tia. the beng q the
husband. fJr the u0-t purp0se. shall
b merged Il THAI q Is wife, and
that under her V-oteetioa aod cover
BE shall perform everTthiBg Il sh5-t.
Ikzt lhe wife shall be lead q The
family. AID tie busbsad shall be
bDrga egrsrf. a. hv The existing rEle
me wife ; f-aNs cgr~Tf that she
shcGl3 be clothed ~i;k The zo-erniEg
st-ribz5es of The nan AID thai the
husband n The family. should ohev
tie wife. That. aspz-t q : marriage
contract They mutually agree thar
the nan shall 10T take tbe woman
zEzv from TIE nsizhborhcod e bsr
notber Eirh01t tie c11se1t q the
zife- ard thzttbs marriage vas So
erl1iEed By Incorporating this agree
ue1- N the ceremony. VII t1e al
vcezts= o. the CIV. contract tbeC-v
tell ne whether this c01-ac- g. raid
~ -1aT Ggd u r0ji Utg. / answer.
the eo1Tzct : void b1t The marriage
: nevertheless vzIi1- a-t tLis becz1se
marriage : Eot 3 civIl contrast uz-
Al institution Of the lzT of-1zt1-e.
which AK cau1C- b modified By
a1v co1trzc- 60 co1dlriC1 Wtlch nan
and womza O. s3cieTy ca1 make
ASSUME DoE. from al thai has ben
established. that marriage : 81 II
s-itutioa q the lsw q nature a-d =
such ssse-I i ez11o- be sanGi.e5
beczuSe.
Ist -Narrisze. 81 dei1ei 5v The
Roman lzE. and tEe definition every
Ebere accepted l. Its unioa q
nan and woman. c01slIf7Il1- -
united habitozi coarse q Efe. never
% be separated = partnership o; ne
whole lie. $ mutual sharing n al
rights human and Divine, - and TIE
Common lzE goes farther ard treats
them. fcr many purP5ses- a. one pr
s0n-
I'd Incepeadezt e ttis definition. (
which zccoris wIth the nature q the
ias1It1rion Itself L : plain thai i1as-
MEch a. TIE Institution = Zot BY c01-
uzc-- II cannot. Ike = contract,
he resciH6sd bv the parties .
the marriage; f0- thai onlv nav =
resci7ded Ehich vas made : e01EzeI
hT competent parties
Sd A. i ! Therefore par q tie
Law: and s. under C1r 1heorv q
government 10 lzE. n Whole . part &
nav be slaaIlsi @ repealed exeeYt
by The supreme power, s1d - TIE
sovereignty Of tbis STATE = o1lv 81
prsue whe1 Il ass n hzruo1v wi.L
the natural and reTezled l2E q God.
and / 70 Al inteuts and p1rposes sub
ordinate . thai laE. z1d = TIE al
1ulueat q marriage would @ thai
extent - eqasl 70 4111l1s1- O -
pea otIae az q nature. I follows
that a. contracts O laws having for
their ain TIE granting q dlvOrceS- by
which tie marriage bond : saa1lsd-
are vo5d. - i would II eE=ct be lie
eleTEsi1E q a subordinate power
over the supreme power TIE dec
larzti0l q Holy WrI- : therefore >
mere reflex q The law q nature
What God has j0i1ei together Iet 10
nan p1s zsua1s-
i this ueTe 6gDsl- q the III
sSia2tio1 ; Let - see a nza and
w01z1 unite i marriage. become
0ae sesh. sharing Il mutual joys
One Of The ends q marriage : . pro
create children and propagate tie
species. i uew era AID 1ew LIE
davis upon tben-the lz1 becomes
fa1he-. the Elfs mother ard this
aex relation ! Ike she pe-pergal
u8i0n itself; i runs through the .
whole h-e- Nothing blf death de-
str0vs TIE relation q f4-her . moth
er-1zv- not even TIE dsz1h q the
oEsp-iac-1othin- sk0rt q tie death .
q lie ka.hsr and mother themselves f
fo- Once having become : mother.
;h0gsh her child de. ard though her
husband desert bsr. yet cza sbe l0f
b-in- herself hack = lie a1te-1ug-izl
period. beso-e tie womb wzs opeaei .
II has beccne = part of
he- nature. : co-sx1e1sixe with
her LIE Can yoa dissolve the bond
AID pat TIE parties II the sane coa-
1ilioa ibev were before II - you
would have some reason ~ claiming
. deal with ]. a. : ciTIl contract II
y0a cannot and who : there here
bo,d enough 20 maintain such : doc
time. then oaly can y0a AZ through
violated lsE
Up % his P1ia: n the s-Eumeui |
have endezv0-ed. tho1-h y i Dis
joi1ted and rambling WzF, 10 prove
the truth q nv position. outside and
independent q Holy Wri- usinE
whstever / could fad IN legal and
m5raI science, vbich bore upon the
question. n o-der. Il possible. % con
vince those, Il sny there are. Eh0 Go
not believe that TIE Scriptures are d.
vi1ely inspired and biaiing upon the
eo1seienees q al mea- that the pTi1-
eipie involved IN the ame16neni i
founded IN truth. AID has 5ee1 es-sb-
hshed Independent q the laws Of
Moses aae Christ
And I an bold enoGEh . assert
thar 10 matter how iliogseAliy aud
axkrarssfx ex--e-Ss-1 the great truths