, 1876-09-30
Remarks or 1larrin.r.
srwnuNo, CITY Aug. 9S, ISIS


,i.nawroJ IN the su'5"ot Of mnr:mony'
s.a,rmr t,rcp'y t, you in one ortwo
short article, not @lu,' bat tree and
conversational. such Il, friend, may use.
Text. Heb. 1874, Marriage /, honor.
.b., In all and the bed mdcticd,but lcwl
pcrsou, cod will judge That is, mar.
ria-c j. not only the proper state OF man
uut it j. highly honorable, and any
breach of the seventh commandment
IS very offensive to God, and injurious to
Us. But let it he promised, that your re-
l,-ion makes you what you are; and
uinc makes me what am. | may mis-
take your religion then it will be for
You to set me right. and te! me precise
ly what your religion is, and not call me
dishonest or tool or anything of that
sort, tor that you know, won't bear
tC patientlyJ You must back up your
religion, and | will back mine. You
need not try to overtun me with your
reason I'd common sense in religious
matters. for my reason anl common sense
IN this line. is rs different from yours as
two things can well be; still yours does
for you, and mine does for me. Nlarri
ogc is not anything, or everything that
anyone chooses to make it; but it is
solemn contract entered into between one
man and one woman to live together as
husband and wife during life, infdclity
only excepted. This contract has stipu-
lations, or attributes, which 0re peculiar
and cannot enter into any other contract
such Ns First; Its ogcreyS, They twain |
shall be one flesh Second: The sa-
crcdness OF it priyacies Third; It's eX.
elusive right to propagate its species,
Fourth: The nature and extent Of its
obligation, &c.
Marriage is an ordinance of God, and
is doubtless one Of the most sacred and
valuable institutions on earth. 1t cannot
bc dispensed with by church or State,
and the idea of good society without
we'll regulated families, and the weekly
Sabbath is simply an impossibility.
Marriage has its foundation in the wants
Of our religious nature, it is therefore u
religious rite, and should always be eel
cbrated with due regard to the obliga-
tous ofrcligion. Marriage is also among
us a civil rite, and accordingly is regula-
ted and made honorable by statute law
But our right to marry isinate, or God |
granted right which no civil law or
church canon could either grant or take
away, so that under some peculiar CIR
cumstances being cut off from society |
snd law it might be lawful for a couple |
TO marry themselves and live together as
husband and wife Marriage and the
well ordered family are essential to good |
society in Church or State. Suppose
case. "True marriage makes the parties |
one; one heart; one interest one home
common interest in that home when |
the child is born the parents have COM
mon interest in it, and the friends have
no more doubt as to who the father is
than they have about the mother. Here
is purity, confidence and happiness,
This family is one of 100 families in a
compact community of like character all
married for life, In few years this
family have six children, the youngest 5
years old. All attending Sunday school
and church every Lords day. Two of
this household are now young men, well
educated and we're never known to swear
a protane oath, get drunk, or engage in
work to desecrate the Sabbath.
In this neighborhood there are no
family quarrels or lawsuits, no private
iealousies or public fueds. Their 5eauti-
tul church house stands in their centre,
well filed every first day. Their school
house yards and play grounds are well
kept and delightfully."- ornamental with
eyergrcens, shrubs and flowers; the
school houses are ample, well furnished
with desk, Bible, and other suitable
school books for each scholar, so that
the school houses with their furniture
and surroundings, with proper teaching