Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-08-21

- polygamist, was
descendant of Cain, who founded a
,civilization of city-building, music and
mechanical arts without any recogni'
stion Of God, whose authority he had
erepudiated, and polygamy, which, like
other sins, God endured but never ap-
proved, was In direct opposition to his
law.
q. The marriage of one man and
& Htitution, but a DIVINE ACT, WHAT
GOD HATH JOINED TOGETHER"
4(MAtt. 1850 The fact that marriages
aurn out badly is not proof that God
did not have part in the ceremony.
The first marriage did not turn out
Svery well. The husband was enticed
by the wife into sin, and both hus-
band and wife learned to know what
n broken heart means when they
stood over the corpse of their son,
ssiaan by the murderous hand of his
brother.
- q. The marriage of one man and one
woman by this divine institution and
WIFE IN A RELATION CLOSER AND
MORE BINDING THAN THE RELA-
TON BETWEEN PARENT AND
CHILD. We read In Genesis 2:24:
Therefore shall a man leave his ia
ther and mother and cleave unto his
wife" Jesus quotes these words with
approval. Matt. 1879
{. The marriage of one man and one
woman by divine institution and di-
vine act, Joining them in a relation
closer and more binding than the re-
1ation between parent and child, so
UNIFTES HUSBAND AND WIFE
THAT THEY CEASE TO BE TWO,
AND BECOME ONE FLESH. Jesus
declares that they are no more two,
but one flesh. Matt. 1850 do
not know all that this means, but it
plainly teaches the duality of husband
and wife, and makes this duality the
unit OF home life, treating husband
and wife never as individuals, but as
one. The duality of husband and wife
makes living organism, of which
Paul says the husband is the head
and the wife is the body. To unmarry
them is to destroy this living organ
ism; and that is murder. The word
"asunder" Is very suggestive. Some
early Christians were "sawn asun-
der" and that is the kind of work the
divorce courts are doing. They are
saving asunder those who in Gods
sight are organically one and are thus
numbering the home life of our land.
8. The marriage Of one man and one
woman by divine institution and
divine act, joining them in relation
closer and more binding than the rela-
ton between parent and child and so
unifying them as to make them no
longer two but one flesh, CAN BE
DISSOLVED ONLY BY DEATH.
When under the orange blossoms you
pledge before God and man to take
each other "for better or worse till
death do you part" you echo the
teaching of Christ.
/. Jesus says: 1T hath been said,
whatsoever shall put away his wife, let
him give her writing of divorce
ment. But l say unto you that who
soever shall put away his wife, saw
ing for the cause of fornication,
eauseth her to commit adultery"
.(Matt. 31:32) The word ''fornica-
Gon" means uncleanness between
those who are unmarried, and adul-
terry means uncleanness between per-
sons one Of whom at least is married.
Turn to the law of Moses in Deut.
Sal and you will see that the hus-
band was permitted to put away his
wife, II she found no favor in his eyes,
because he had found some unclean-
ness in her, which evidently referred
90 sin committed before marriage. If
he discovers that he has married bad
woman he may put her away. But
Che words of Jesus give no permission
70 remarry, for the phrase, ''her that
is divorced" is only one word in the
Greek, and means "a divorced wom-
an" SO that Jesus really says who
soever shall put away his wife and
marry divorced woman" commit
teth adultery.
The Universal Law.
Matthew's Gospel, written specially
for the Jews, mentions the one excep-
ton which Moses suffered" on account
of the hardness Of their hearts, but
when Mark and Luke write for the
Gentiies there Is no mention of any
exception, but plain statement of the
teaching of Jesus concerning marriage
and divorce. "Whosoever putteth
away his wife and marrieth another
.committeth adultery against her. And
IL woman shall put away her hus-
band and be married to another, she
committeth adultery" whatsoever put
teth away his wife and marrieth an
other committeth adultery, and whose
ever marrieth her that is put away
from her husband committeth adul-
terry" These words give us the law
Of God for all ages.