Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-16
s e RMoNETTE.

q NWoNE ' e
o Solomon made affinity with
4 Pharaoh, king Of Egypt, and took
I Pharoah's daughter and brought
Y her into the city Of David" Here
9 was the first step In a course
q which was to work the ruin Of
I seiomon's life.
7 "se ye not unequally yoked to-
Y gether with u~nbellevers," 10 the
S%criptural admonition. Il was
4 one Of the laws Of the Jewish
/ d~ispensation on which great I'M
Y phasls was laid, and II Is one Of
. the admonltions OF the Chris
tian dispensation which 10 clear.
! Iy and positively set forth by the
Y Apostle Paul.
p Why should this be so7 Why
o cannot we have happy, success.
. full union between the Christian
I and the non-Christian7 The apos-
Y tie answers the question when
Q he goes on to ask: "for what
fellowship hath Righteousness
| with unrighteousness7 and what
Y communion hath light with dark
D ness7"
D There Is no relationship In life
. SO intimate and close as that Of
I husband and wife, and hence II
? such relationship 10 to be endur.
> ing there must be fellowship and
4 communion between the lives
| thus linked together.
= II 10 then a question as to
, what direction such fellowship
l and communion shall take. viii
| the Righteousness dominate the
7 unrighteousness, the light, the
, darkness7 Or will the heart Of
) the w%orIdling lead away from
| God the I'M who has pledged
I himself to God7 viii the world.
? Illness stifie and quench the light
, Of Gods truth which has shined
, In the heart?
| Almost invariably the mar
, rage Of the Christian with the
, non-christian works disaster to
, the faith Of the former.
| Soiomon's union with Phara-
7 obs daughter was a brilliant
, political marriage, with every
, reason from a human and world
. ly point Of view to commend II.
: II gave him a powerful ally to
, the south, assuring not only pro-
, lection from attack from that
quarter, but strengthening his
, hands with the nations to the
} north and east. II gave a bril-
, liant aspect to the reign Of King
Solomon and was the beginning
Of that splendor and magniH-
} cence which marked his entire
, reign. And further, II brought
, into the national life Of Israel a
liberal, progressive element
, which was broadening In It's In.
, %fiuence, commercially and so
, cialIy.
. And yet In spite Of all the tenn
> porary advantages which were
, to accrue, II was an unwlse, un-
, safe, and unhoiy alliance.
Unwise, because counter to
> the explicit command Of God,
} and certain II Is that violation
, Of Gods command ultimately
brings ruin.
: Unsafe, because II was not
, only weakening the national
!, ideals Of a people wholly set
, apart to God, but a weakening
also Of the individual ideals
7 which were going to make the
, second step away from God
, easier.
unholy, becau-e a violation
I Of a righteous principle absolute
, " essential to the moral and
, spiritual upllt Of the human
[ race. Not even a king could
I t%ranssress the sacred obliga-
, tons to God and escape the
) consequences.
| "Be not unequaIIy yoked to-
7 gether with unbeIlevers," 10 a
, command as binding upon those
) who occupy the exalted places
| Of life as II Is upon those Of
I more humble station.