Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-03-18

tien OF man and wife is nearer than that
of parent aud offspring. Fur, "for this
cause shall a man leape father and moth.
er." To do what? To take to himself
wife. And now I ask where is the
man or nation that shall assume authori.
ty to put apart these whom "God hath
Joined together" save for one cause,
without offending tho Ruler and Father
OF all men, who has said: "And I say
unto you, whatsoever shall put away his
wife, except it be for fornication, and
shall marry another, committeth adultery !;
and whose marrieth her that is put away
doth commit adultery" "And If 4 woman
shall put away her husband and be mar.
rled to another, she committeth adultery"
therefore he that puttith away, and she
that 10 put away, if they marry, both, or
either one, commit adultery. 1.-THE wo.
man." saith Paul, which hath an hus-
band, is bound by the law to her hus-
band" How long Is shs bound? Hisan-
aver, $50 long a. he liveth." "But if the
husband be decd, she is loosed from the
law OF her husband. So then, if while
her husband liveth she be married to an.
other man, she shall be called an adult
eress, but if her husband be dead, she is
free from that law, so that she is no adul-
teresS, though she be married ia another
man." This passage is 80 plain q CON-
ment on the marriage relation, that way.
farlng man though fool, need not ere
therein.
But let US listen once more to the voice
OF the great apostle: "Unto the married
l command, yet not I, but The Lord, Let
not the wife depart from her husband :;
but and If sho depart, lot her remain un-
married, or be reconciled to her husband :;
and let not the husband put away his
WIFE" Here, then, the apostle, author
lied to speak for the Lord, shows us dis.
tinctly that, should the wife depart from
the husband, she should "remain uumar-
RED, or be reconclled to her husband"
Which, l think, strictly forbids either
party marrying again while both remsin
alive. For the language, "let her remain
unmarried, or be reconciled to her hus.
band" shows that the husband should
remain also in an unm arried relation. 30
that the wife might be again reconciled
to her husband; which would not be.
were he married to another woman.
without putting her away. Therefore if
. man were married to a second woman
he must put that second woman awav. or
the woman the second husband, and b. rec.
onciled to the first, who was and il. the
only lawful wife or husband, according
to tho Scriptures, 80 long az they both
do live.
II. I will now present the Views of
some of the leading writer's in the Chris.
lian Church.
Wesley, on Matt. xix: 9, says: "Mos.s
permitted. not commanded, because of
the hardness of your hearts, 1 revoke
that Indulgence tiom this day, so that
from hencsforth whosoever putteth away
bis wife, except 1t be for fornic alton, and
shall marry another, committeth adult.
cry; and whose marrieth her which 10 put
away, doth commit adultery" DR.. A..
Clark, In his Commentary, has the follow
ing: ut does not appear that there is any
other case in which Jesus Christ admits of
divorce" -on Matt. xix: 9, 1.-THE decision
of our Lord must he very unpleasant to
these men; the reason why they wished
to put away their wives was, that they
might take others whom they liked bet
ter; but our Lord here declares that they
could not be remarked while the divorced
person was alive; and that those who did
marry during the life of the divorced per-
son were adulterers. In this discourse
our Lord shows that marriage, except in
one case, is indissoluble, and should be 90.
list, by Divine institution, verse 4. I'd, BY
express commandment, verse 5. 3D., Be-
cause the married couple become one
and the same person, verse 6. 18th, BY
the example Of The first pair, verse 8; and
9th, because Of the evil consequent on
separation, verse g."
Watson's "Theo. Institutes" vol. Q,
page 549, h a. the following: 1.-THE founda.
ton Of the marriage union is tho will of
God that the human race should increase
and multiply, bnt only through a chaste
and restricted conjunction Of one man
and one woman, united by their free 70 ws
in . bond made by the Divine law indis.
soluble except by death or BY adultery"
DR.. Wayland, in his elements of Nor
al Science says: I'm the act of marriage,
two persons, under the most solemn cir
cumstances, are thus united, and they en-
ter into mutual contract thus to live in
respect to each other. This relation,
having been established by God, tho con
tract thus entered into has al the solem.
NIFTY OF an oath. Hence, he who violates
it, 10 guilty of twofold crime: first. the
violation of the law Of chastity, and sec.
"AAAS ~ VIC 40" VI VCl0V4kE-VCIACltV
pledged under the most solemn circum-
stances. lot. The contract il for life,
and Is dissoluble for one cause only; tho
cause of adultery" Referring to The text
he says: I'VE are here taught that mari.
age, being an institution of God, 10 subject
to His laws alone, and not to the laws of
man. Hence, the civil law is binding
upon the conscience only, in 30 far as it
corresponds to the law OF God"
Matthew Henry's testimony is, "Christ
allows of divorce in case OF adultery; He
disallows it in all Others"
Olshausen says: This union Is to be
considered indissolubie, one which man
cannot, and only God Can dissolve, and
In which the Omnlscient does really dis.
sever only In cases Of adultery"
Such, then, is the testimony of the
Scriptures; and such are the opinions of
some OF the most learned and pious
Biblical scholars.
CTo be concluded next week.