The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-12-16
THE FRIEND or MARRIAGE.

Il
church Rev, s. c. Ohmm spoke Q
t''The Friend OF Marriage He sal
\ In part:
The greatest friend that marliag
4 has ever had is the Ford Jesn
Christ. and his chief defense Is y
Matt. 1912, He answers the ques
ton about divorce by pointing ont tn
fundamental principles OF the origina
marriage institution,
Marriage IS lndissoluble.
Jesus shows this By his appeal K
the iirst marriage. whore he gives its
true nature
Marriage is the union Of two lives
into one, both soul and body, By tht
creating power 81 God He wht
made them from the beginning made
them male and female SAYS Jesus
and at Gen Ter. we read, And God
created man in his own image, IN the
image Of God created he him mae
and female created he them This
image OF God Is moral and spiritual
containing the variety OF qualities IN
the nature of God While these qrali'
ties are alike. In some respects, I'D
both man and woman. athe same
time there are other qualities of the
divine image which are partly IN man
ana partly IN woman This soul diff
ference is indicated by the female
and male voices. and il easily discoy
cred Iii the tender sympathy and keen
insight Of. the woman or In the
closer reasoning and study independ
ence OF the man This image OF God
was originally implanted in the ma
ture of the married pair, the one sup
rlementlng the other as husband and
wife. According to this nature OF
things the husband and wife are one
and the same in both soul and body.
and this oneness determines the char
meter OF their treatment OF one an
other.
Jesus calls attention also to the
law Of that first marriage.
For this cause shall man leave
bis father and mother, aud clfave
INTO his wife: and the two shall be
,one one flesh. No longer may any
xi.l from the outside have priority IN
he life Of marriage. The two hearts
ire locked together and the key is
brown away. And as one studies the
interests of the other. suffering and
'ei0icing together. there will come
1neness in experience as we'll as In
faet. This marriage law forever turns
he current of the two lives In the
same direction, and forbids their ever
irifting apart Gradually they both
earn to live and 10 work together
more fully that each II part
IT, the other Longfellow has ey
tI'essed this harmonious blending at
wo lives In his beautiful Illustrator
( the bow and the Bow-string
As unto the how the cord Is,
So unto man is woman
'hough she bend him. vet she follows
useless each without the other"
An then the arrow OF hope fiys
iraight to the goal II cannot fly in
he direction OF divorce; for its aim
1 ever towards heaven.
To this nature of marriage the Lord |
dds the weight OF his authoritative !
What therefore God hath Joined |
Dgether let no man PIT asunder."
esus ascends to the mount of divine |
and declares TO all the |
forid, that no man shall touch with
nfriendly hand this sacred shrine OF
larriage. for II was made bv God /
yer remaining the same. and is to.
ay under the guarding care of its
reator. Regardless Of what may |
G the custom of the world, God him.
Elf still joins together in marriage"
usband and wife This should be
by that agent OF hel
no is insinuating some evil report
ITO the too confiding ear of either
usband or wife. or when one party
} the marriage contract is weaken
w the bond by unknidness or neg
ct They are tampering with
wine institution; they are interfer
IL with the work OF God. There is
ally one way OF escape from such
nilt. and that is by the confession of
n and the changing Of the life. Thus
.ay the threatened home be saved.
Now IL marriage is indlssoluble
hat of divorce.
Divorce IS Unnatural.
Jesus declared that divorce in the
rst place was only permitted because
the peoples hardness OF heart"
The Israelites had been long in de-
Iorslizing slavery and hal learned
ans OF the vices OF the Egyptians.
he sacredness of the home was In
AIDED. aud marriage seriously i'm |
aired Moreover. these slaves of the
rickyards we're irritable and cruel
their wives. and home Was filled
ith discord and war The lot of the :
life was unfortunate in the extreme. /
ne unforgiving spirit tore up love [
y the roots and banished peace from k
ie home. Under such circumstances
.ere was nothing else left for Mos 3 q
, 30 except 10 permit the husband to
nj away his wife But this was an q
anatural procedure. for the wife had ?