Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-01-13
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MARRIAGE.

The two oldest institutions in the world are
the Sabbath and marriage. The marriage
relation was instituted Immediately after the
creation of Eve and the Sabbath was institu
ted when the work Of creation was finished.
In many very important particulars, the in
stitution of marriage and the institution Of
the Sabbath are alike. They both are Of d.
vine origin, both are universal in their appli-
cation, and both are perpetually binding.
God made man moral being, and that his
moral nature might be cultivated and fully
developed, the Sabbath was instituted Man
was made social being; and in order that
his social nature might find full enjoyment
and be fully developed, the marriage relation
was instituted. Without the Sabbath, their
can beno religion. The thing is utterly i'm
possible. Without the marriage relation, sa-
credly observed, mans social nature never
can be fully developed. ..... ....
The Sabbath and the marriage relation are
inseparably connected. a people without a
Sabbath must be, not only very wicked
people, but all the social relations which ex-
ist amongst the different members Of the COM
munity must be only such as exist amongst
beasts, or even more degraded. Man, to be
social in the fullest sense of the word, must be
religious and to be religious, he must be so
cial. Religion, without society, must die, and
society without religion must die.
In a moral point of view, there is nothing
of greater Importance to the world than the
marriage relation. 1t is the foundation upon
which the whole superstructure of good gov
ernment is builded. To ignore the marriage
relation, is to open the door so that crime Of all
sorts may enter and destroy the peace of do
mestic happiness and sap the foundations of
government. 1t is, in one word, to court all
the filth and cruelty of beasts, and to trample
in the mire of pollution all the reGnements of
civilization. ..-..ss. .....
To get married is, with a multitude of the
human family, kind Of holiday past-time'
The contract is made and the bonds entered in
to without, apparently, a moments reflection.
An incalculable amount of injury is done to
society at large, and the individuals entail
upon themselves life of misery, if not Of dis
grace by such course. "Be ye not unequal
ly yoked together" is the instruction OF the
Bible. How many sore hearts might have
been avoided had this instruction been OBJ
served, the records of eternity only can tell.
No vows are more frequently broken than
marriage vows, and the breaking of no con-
tracts is attended with such fearful results.
The penal code attached to the marriage VOW
is awful 1t covers the violators with shame
as with a garment, and subjects them to a
living death. Many head has been made to
rend and many heart to break, by entering
into foolish, if not wicked marriage VOWS.
Horace Greeley says, "the worst use to
which a man can be put is to hang him." Be
this as it may surely, it seems the worst use
to which woman can be put is to marry her
for her money. The young man who would
do such thing is little to be trusted. There
is scarcely anything in the long catalogue OF
crime which he would not do for money.