Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-10-16
THE FIRST MARRIAGE.


adam and FUe united IN Paradise
Pohgdmg not sanctioned by Holy
Writ- WonlGn mans com, oTter-
The clnb house .he foe Of mc * icge-
The doctrine Of true (oue-Our CiS-
graceful. divorce ldars-Sl4shy liter
0tufe-A7 example to emulate.
Special Disoatch to the Regis.
NEW YORK, October 8.
The Brooklyn Tabernacle was
thronged this morning With a
large and attractive audience. The
opening hymn was:
$50 let our lips and lives express
The Holy Gospel we pof J."
The following is a verbatim 'e-
port of the sermon
SUBJECT: "MAEcTAG g"
Tsxr-Geneise H., %: "Th;s is bone
of my bone and acsh of nv flesh"
Morning without a cloud, at
mosphe.e without a chill, foliage
without crumbled leaf, frrlts with
out cerculio, meadows without a
thorn. Fit morning for the worlds
first wedding. 1t Is to be in church
the temple of a world, skydom-
cd, mountein pillared, sapphire
rooted, sparkling waters of Hid
dekel and Gihon filing the bap-
tismal fonts. Larks and robins
and goldfinches to chant the we'd
ding march. Violet and lily and
rose burning incense in the morn
ing sun. LucUriant vines sweep.
ing their long trail through the
forest aisIes. Gorgeous upholstery
of a spring morning on all Sides
The wild beasts standing outside
like servants looking from the
back room upen the nuptials. The
eagle, king Of birds /; the locust,
king of insects; the lion, king of
waiting. Carpets of gr~ So
like emerald for the human pair
to walk on. Hum of expectation
as there always is before the Cere-
mony. All the leaves, and grass
field and branch whispering aud
birds a-chatter, each one with his
mate. But hush the winds /!
Hush all the birds Hush the
voices of the waters! The king Of
the human race is advancing and
his bride-perfect man leading to
the altar perfect woman. God,
her Fathe., gives the bride away
and angels hear the betrothal, and
fears of morning dew stand in the
eyes CT the viole;s as Adam TAX :
the round hand that had never
been worn of work or stung OF
pain in his strong grasp and says,
"This is now bone of my bone and
flesh of my flesh. Then tumults
Of Joy break fot,li and the trees
clap their hands, and all the gath
erings of the woods break forlh
with, carei aud chirp End chant,
and the circle of EGenic gladness
was complete. For while each
quail had answering quail, and
each fish is answering fish, and
each fow' its answering fowl, and
eve Y beast of The forest its appro-
pirate compapionship, at last man
immortal had for mate woman
immortal Married, on the second
Tuesday mo ming of May, in the
wear /, Aoana, the first man, to
Eve, the first woman, the Lord of
heaven and earth officiating
Away with the coarse idea that
marriage is mere civil con-
tractl 1t is a pa adisaical, six
thousand years old, divine insti-
tuition. and all the laws made he
fore and since Blackstone can new
er marry Two hearts till the AL
mighty God has married them.
PoLYGAMY.
/ propose to consider some o.
the deadly foes of this marriage
institution, FIRST of all craWls out
upon our observation polygamy.
More people in this country be-
lieve in it now than ever before
and in all parts of the land there
are many who, under one name
or another. or no name at all prac-
tice il. Not only do Mormons
but men who dispise that name,
sa , that the Bible sanctioned pip
rality of wives, and Christian peo-