The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1893-09-15
Religious Department.

Religious Department.
rUoder this heading will hereafter Be found
such religious news and editorial utteranees -
the manager Of the GLoBE-REPuBLIcAu shall see
&c 70 publish. Auy one who feels like eootribut-
Ing anything for publication 10 ct perfect liberty
10 do %. In fact, We shall be glad 70 receive
anything in that line from any one, regardless Of
what denomination the writer may chance 10 b
In fellowship with. provided It 70 t ~ the ma
ture Of argument or eonte ,tio, concerning mat
teEs on which sincere followers of Christ diferin
opinion or belief, which We regard mere matters
Of expedieney. We expect to have much more
Of this kind Of literature than our limited space
will admit, and shall doubtless hold many accep-
table articles until long time after they are re-
ceived. Therefore those who send manuscript
need not expect to see it appear Immediately
Some may be delayed for months, and even long
or, and some will NO doubt be rejected altogeth-
er.l
Last Sunday afternoon most inter-
esting service was held at the Episcopal
Rectory, consisting in the administering
of the rite of baptism to three infants by
Bishop Thomas. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Todd presented their son Gail Titus; Mr..
and Mrs. Sumersby presented their son
John James; and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Shaw presented their daughter Mildred
Theresa.
These with their god-parents made a
happy party at the Rectory. and several
homes were made brighter by the hea-
venly blessing.
A constant reader inquiries whether the
article entitled 'Choosing a Compan-
ion," which we copied from the Free
Methodist week before last, advised
christians to separate from unsaved com.
panions. The portion of the article
which gave rise to this inquiry reads as
follows:
'.You must remember that great impor-
lance attaches to the act of choosing at
companion. At the peril of your souls
do not marry unsaved persons. You can.
not afford it. The cost is too great and
the pleasure is too trifling. 1t will Grip
pie your usefulness for life, and endan-
ger your happiness for eternity. Better
by far endure the pain of separation; for
Christ says, If thy right eye offend thee,
pluck it out and cast it from thee; for it
is better to enter into life with one eye.
than having two eyes be cast into hell
fire; where the worm dieth not and the
fire is not quenched.''
We have no hesitation in answering
that the writer does not mean separa-
ton of married people, but of those who
are contemplating matrimony. In other
words, that man and woman. one only
being a christian, who have such an at
tachment for each other as would cause
them to endure pain by being deprived
of each other cOmpanionship l.. mat
rimonial alliance, but who have not yet
been so united. The reason we speak so
positively on this matter, is because we
know the Free Methodist church elders
Invariably teach that it is against Gods
law for married people to separate for
any other reason than that given by Jesus
Christ. Two wrongs never improve
matters, and even though marriage may
haye been contracted in such manner
as to be- violation of Gods command
that christian S shall not be united or
evoked" to unbelievers. the christian.
who by this act forfeits the right to be
called by the name of Christ, if again
reclaimed through repentance and re-
mission of sins, would be obliged to
consider the circumstances prevailing
at the time of renewal, and could not
without condemnation separate from
lawfully welded companion. 1t would,
In fact, be precisely the same as where
two people who never had been con-
verted should marry and afterward one
become converted, the latter would be
under the solemn command of Christ
''Whom God hath joined together let
not man put asunder' and must respect
the marriage bond. The fact of dis
obedience in the determination to marry
an unsaved person places the christian
outside the pale of salvation, and such
person enters the matrimonial state in
the same lost condition as one who has
never been converted.
The Cause And Cure OF VacillatiOn
Among Our People Regarding