The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-10-29

GOLDEN TEXT-Marriage is honorable in
all.-HebreWs 1874
The home is not just one of the
institutions of our social order, it is
part of Gods plan for man. 1t
thus holds a position Of greater i'm
portanCe than institutions of society,
and should take first place in our
thinking
Home and the life which centers
in it has lost much of its meaning
and value in recent decades. 1t is
appropriate and timely to study for
four weeks in our Sunday schools
the foundation principles of the
home and to learn how we may
hinder or help it in its influence.
Teachers will wish to make much
of this vital series.
We begin right when we inquire
what the Bible teaches about mar
riage, and we find the instruction
plentiful and to the point. Concern
ing marriage we learn of
/. Its Origin-Ordained by God
(Gen. 2:18-24).
Nations and states have marriage
laws, and certain civil requirements
must be met But true marriage
from the Christian viewpoint is far
more than a civil contract. 1t is an
ordinance which God Himself Or
dained from the beginning for the
welfare of man.
AS Adam gave names to the ami
mails (Which, incidentally, tells of
his intelligence and ability they
passed before him. Ii became evi-
dent to him that there was no true
fellowship between man and beast,
that there must be a help meet ,
for man, one of his own kind, with
his capacities Of personal being.
God quickly and adequately meets
every real need of man, so He Gre
ated out of Adam s own flesh one who
was to be his true companion. IF
man is the head, she is the crown, )"
said Matthew Henry. The man
was dust refined, but the woman was
dust doubly refined, one move fur
Their from the earth. She was not
taken out of his head to top him,
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man mas no authority to determine
such matters at all, that the union
OF lie IN true marriage IS by the
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Inc WhoIe trend OF thought on
marriage mas been away from It's
sacreohesS as a DIVINE institution,
ana we heeo 10 return 10 proper
appreciation OF 1t as such. All 100
o1teh' marriages are mere civil
agreements, hastily made before
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III. us Dlgnlty-Sancticned by
CHRIST (John z;I-5).
The wedding ceremony tells us
that marriage 'is an honorable
estate, instituted by God in the time
of man S innocency, confirmed by the
teaching and halloWed by the pres
ence of our blessed Lord, and
likened by St. Paul to the holy
union that exists between Christ and
the Church; and therefore is not by
any to be entered into unadvisedly.
but reverently, discreetly and in the
fear of God"
AT the very BEGINNING Of His n,,h-
lie ministry Jesus perforn7ed He
first miracle as His share Of = uod.