The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-12-16

ECHOES FROM CAIRO PULPITS I
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ssssSssyssssssss.sssss

Adam into her sin2 For she thoneh
that SHE had discovered somethn,
good for them botn and would nCi
lenjoy ii all alone, ana Adam re
t. enjoy with Eve every pleasure 81
the garden, They were like two limo
cent and loving children. ever ready
e. share each others joys And when
they were driven forth from the gar
den each to remember the weakness
% the other that had brought them
thoth 70 sin and shame the one re-
Ideeming feature az the situation II
their Kindness OF heart for each
ether which held them together in
the new struggle Of lifc This is seen
In the name which Adam gave to his
lwife calling here Eve, the mother
lof all living In response to the prom
Use Of God thar her seed Should brnse
1.-THE serpents head Though they had
lsa miserably failed in the garden. vet
lthey would not DESPAIR they wortd &c
North In love and hope. They would
lshare their sorrows together their
trials and their tears And Eve has
lrroyen worthy cf her husbands holy
love. Divorce is unnatural for human
feelings who were made IN the image
| of Cod
| But since there Is still hi the world
| such cruel hardness OF heart Is there
tnc way provided BY which the hus.
band may be separated from the
Iwife2
There Is Only One Excuse.
And this excuse Is fornication
This was the objectionable sin
among the Tsraelites, and to prevent
bloodshed the law allowed the guilty
lparty to be PUT away 1t violated the
heart Of marriage, and God consld
Icred il a sufficient excuse for divorce
Jesus allows divorce for this cause
land unlike the Jews. refused to grant
divorce for any other cause BUT
even In the case Of adultery divorce
Is not recommended. for If the guilty
party IL truly repentant Jesus Ii
feady to forgive, and the innocent
may forgive also If one wills 10. con
Itinuing 10 live with the saved and re
formed partner in marriage DO YOU
think that such divine Kindness OF |
heart would receive the glad approyal |
OF the iorgiving Saviour of sinners?
Divorce en- any other ground. for
tine sake Of remarriage. makes tine |
enc who marries guilty Of adultery
Since God admits nothing except /
fcrncation as sufficient excuse for
divorce. the two continue to be hus |
band and wife even though legally /
separated by the law Of the land: for
Gods original law OF marriage still /
holds and il superior to the law of /
man. Under such circumstances sup
posed marriage to another Is adultery
The husband who separates his wife I
end marries another. not only com
Tnits adultery himself but is also re-
sponsible for the adultery OF his wife /
when she marries another At Mark !
1919 We find that the same condition
prevails when the wife puts away the
husband. IL Is astonishing how many
other exct SEES are accepted in law for
divorce. and the Lord Jesus Christ is
positively against them all
Our Lord is no friend of divorce:
for he stands committed in his UNI
friendship for marriage
He stands by marriage as he Gre
ated it In the beginning, and seeks to
hold together the husband and the
wife. Jesus looks with adherence
rpon the divorce court with its Shiny
t@ail of restless and designing hearts.
and he has no more friendly feelings
towards any one who is a party to
separating husband and wife Jesus
+ the eternal friend of marriage. aud
be holds perpetually to the divine de.
free that marriage is indissoluble. So
cng as both do live. so long are they
1'isband and wife, whether living to.
3 Their or apart, and the only possible
excuse for divorce at all Is the soli-
airy sin Of adultery.
Nevertheless.
The disciples suggested that. II n
r arriaee is indissoluble it is ex-
lndient for one not TO marry.
They were in sympathy with the h
,cpular notion that divorce is a con \
nient escape from bad bargain in !
marriage. And this same opinion. =
al is abroad tCdaY is directly en- l.
l1ry t. the expressed opinion Of Col p
yho said at the beginning IT is rot
= od fer man to be alone: vii NAVE {
heipmeet for him" { @. one suifab'a Z
e. Tim Aud God OF ght to Fpow =
mat is hest for man for he create
i'm in the beginning IN
Jesus admits hcwever that Some q
= rs ms are not qualified frr mar r.
isge =.
Some arc born PHYSICALLY lis ua'i- q
81 for marriage and otse~s have r
cen mutilated BY man whTe still +.
thCrs have dsyf' i themselves "a
rreservedly to the work ri TIE Mas p
Pr that have no canacity left Ter ma ;.
Ilg1 OF this last class was Parl IS
T en- II J. Cor. - Each coldi To- AZ 81
-r's . sufficient excuse MT - marry. ~
uch people could not ncesihlv be >
apply married n married at all ald "
be- right thing for them to DO is 10
ntinue % five sin~le