Arizona republican., 1917-01-15

mother ard shall clcave unto his wife. and they twain shall be one flesh Matt is. ,.
 Note that the statement is. they twain Vwo: no authority for the union of more than two in any one family How many le.Rrtaches in this old world woulc never have becn if man kind had lived in accord with the holy order of that first home in this re- spcet if every man who accepts the letter Of that holy law as being right. had lived up to the spirit of it with respect to his own home. the home of his ncighbor. and the prospective ma teiiai for homes yet unorganized. how much secret sin and open crime. blood shed and soul anguish would never have been.
 The Prohet Malachi e: ID warns man against ieallng treacherously eth his wife
 Is a preacher. who is called to pro- claim against sin. justified in passing this particular kind Of treachery bA in silence Where is the sane man who does not know within his better self that the interests of himself. his home and of society. are best con served when every man IS in reality as true. and pure, as he would like {" have lis wife. or mother. or sister or
 
 And yet how easy for people who know this to fall into the awful pit of this very sin. ard to drink the bitter dregs from the cup of damnation which Is the inevitable portion of the unrepentant who are engulfed in such treachery.
 Very early in the history of the race the people departed from the law of tho Lord in this matter. and ttH. 9ssf { D. sf 1.. ftf.-f af able violation by Lamech. who was first a iibertine and then a murderer.
 Cain wPs also a murderer. but in evidence that i.amech's sin must have been increased many fold by his liber- tinisn, the 2fth verse states that if Cain shall be avenged sevenfold. the severity of vengeance upon Lamech world ne seventy and seven fold
 Even Abraham became involved at ono time in the wickedness which corrupts homes. II was not by the cumranG or sanction of the Lord. however, but by the foolish advice ol sarah and when she began to realize that an awful sin had been committed she tried tc lay it all onto Abraham and said: My wrong be upon thee. Gen. 16 5.
 Then in Gen. 21: l0-12 we discover that God broke up the concubinage NN StfifttilE lNt SfCDlU Nbfnan tNdNs About two thousand years later we fird that the devil was still seeking the damnation Of souls through lust and it was even found needful to warn and admonish the church of Christ in such language as this: "Mortify your | members which are rpon the earth, fornicaton, uncleanness inordinate affection. evil concupiscence etc Col 5 ,.
 The members of a home which is regulated by the purity of true fidelity to the affections of each other ac cording to the original God-given pat tern, even though they should make no professicn of religion, have a bet ter chance for eternal salvation, than any who would profess great piety, but still persist in secret or open l transgression of the holy order or God as pertains to the home. As early as the year 1851 this church received, that which it ac- ccpted as the voice of the Spirit to tho church. which was published in the following language: Thou shalt love thy wife with all thy heart, and shall leave unto her. her and none else" That law of God never has been repealed