The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-10-29
Sunday School
Lesson In Brief

of Marriage.
Bible Passages: Genesis 2:18-24:
Matthew 1885; John 2:1-5.
Golden Text: Marriage is
honorable in lp'.-Hebrew 1874
This is the first of a series OF
four lessons on the family. The
widom of the International Coun-
ell of Religious Education in Civ
ing this series of lessons on the
family is apparent to all. For
the family is the first and pri-
mary unit of society. The union
of man and woman in marriage
is not only the primary unit OF
society, but is the foundation OF
all family life, of the community,
of the church, of the school, and
of the state. The stability and
spirituality of civilization depend
upon the home. It is impossible
for the community, the state and
the nation to rise above the fami-
ly life of it's citizenship.
! Marriage is divinely ordained
and has the blessing of God. II
it is to endure and fulfill its high
est purpose it must have a spirit
ual basis which is to be found in
the religion of Jesus Christ; and
therefore is not to be entered in
to unadvisedly or lightly; but
reverently, discreet1y, advisedlyi
soberly, and in the fear of God
Marriage is intended to unite two
hearts and lives, blending all
their interests, and sympathies
and hopes. Wherefore they are
no more twain. but one flesh"
Matthew 1867. They are to be
united in their love for Christ, ir
their love for one another, ir
their reverence for God, in theil
appreciation of right ideals anC
the sacredness of the marriage
VOW.
The marriage relationship i:
permanent. This is the Christian
view. In the wedding ceremony
the man and woman are asked tt
pledge their troth each to the 9th.
er as long as they both shall live
In this Christian ceremony both
| man and woman promise to love
: honor, sustain and cherish each
T other, in joy and sorrow, in health
and sickness, in prosperity anc
: adversely, and to be faithful un
to each other becometh a gooc
/ husband or a good wife, SO long
as they both shall live. It i!
: clearly seen that the permanenct
: of marriage is involved in the
, very nature of this self-surrend
er and self-giving of man anc
woman to each other. This self
surrender and self-giving of mar
and woman in marriage sounds
, the not of finality and perman-
; ncy. ''This note of finality which
, is always present in the love OF
man and woman at its best is
emphasized by the fact that mar
riage is expected to issue in chill
dren. Man, woman, and child
are bound together in a trinity of
being which cannot be dissolved.
This is basic human fact which
men and women can neither deny
nor ignore. When the home
breaks up, the children of the
home inevitably feel that the
bottom has dropped out of their
! existence. adult Uniform Les
sons). Probably most Christians
would agree that the following
statement sets forth the only
Christian basis for dissolving the
marriage bond. ALTHOUGH the
corruption of man be such as is
apt to study arguments, unduly
to put assunder those whom God
hath joined together in marriage;
yet nothing but adultery, or such
wilful desertion as can in no way
be remedied by the church or civ
il magistrate, is cause sufficient
of dissolving the bond of mar
riage"..
"The hottest VOW that man can
make,
The golden thread in life,