Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-06-08
BEDINGToN NEWS.

1t was fully Edmund's intention to
drop the marriage a-failure" subject
but the jelly editor had to burlesque
him in his last issue, so we must touch
up couple points again. He wants
Edmund to stop preaching on the
subject and go to practicing subjec-
ton. Edmund never breaches any
thing that he will not practice, hence
the subsection part will come in nat
ural order of human events and at the
appointed time. We always thought
he was conscientious man, now we
know it, for he by his frank admis-
sions says that we told the truth. He
admits that marriage is all that Ed
mund claimed for it. He also says
that marriage as an Institution is not
responsible for all the decentralization
of divorce court records, &c. But
"man and woman are,n just exactly
what we said in our first article so
have no more to prove that marriage
is not failure. But the "does wrong
part" is what / want to touch up. He
quotes st. Paul, and asks about Christ
himself, &c.
Evidently the editor was only
studying one side of his subject or he
would have quoted st. Paul a little
further when he says ait is better to
marry than to burn" which is the di-
rect outcome of failure to marry in
nine cases out of ten. Now why did
st. Paul say she who giveth her in
marriage doeth we'll, but he who CIV
eth her not doeth better?" He had
an object in view, the state of affairs
warranted him in doing so, the Corin-
thians were ground down by the iron
heel of oppression, and surrounded by
the environment of religious persecu-
ton and were constantly compelled to
fee from place to place, and st. Paul
knowing this, and knowing also what
an encumbrance small children and
infants were to older persons in max
ing these flights, wrote this at time
when it was very proper such advice
should have been needed. The de-
struction of the City of Jerusalem had
been prophesied to occur in twelve
years from the time of writing these
famous words. And that he was ac-
tuated by such an impulse is most
clearly eXemplified by what he said
previous to these words, viz: lowing
to the present distress.n Surely st.
Paul did not mean that people should
not marry. For does he not recon-
mend marriage as remedy against
fornication. Could 90 much further
on this point but would make my ar
ticle too long. Next, what of Christ
himself &C., and the sweethearts?
Well now dear editor do you intend
to intimate that Christ didn't want
those creatures whom you are pleased
to term the "aowers of the landn TO
follow him also, certainly not. Christ
didn't think it necessary to tell man
to bring the ''sweet- hearts.p He
didn't think man was so selfish as to
follow and leave the sweet-hearts be-
hind. He knew they would be forth
coming, and you know that no man
is complete without woman. she IL
part of him, at least you at one time
thought you were incomplete without
one.
Ofcourse Christ was meyer married.
1t was divinely ordained that he
should never be married. He came
to perform mission. He did II we'll.
Neither was it ordained that Paul
should marry. ] was not speaking Of
Christ nor Paul, nor any divine ser.
wants. We have none of them now
Il mean the first two) on earth. or
course there are cranks-mere pre-
tenders. or the aunts, uneIes &c.
doubt not your word, s'there are ex-
ceptions to all rules"
And now i am done with the sub
ject and may the editor give me an
other and put himself In the lead
again that he may regale himself in
the happy thoughts Of victor stand.
ing triumphantIy over a vanquishcd
foe.
To Hedgesville Cor. will say Ed
mund has already pleaded guilty to
your charge, Give us your views on
the subject, would like to read them.
EDMUND.