shed with the qualifications for doing good. The Word of God is
all that is needed for reproof, correction, and instruction, that a man
may be thoroughly furnished unto all good works. 2 Tim. 3:16, 17. A man
need not seek membership in some secret organization in order to be
provided for in his old days, or his family in case of his death. The
Psalmist says, "I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the
righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread." Paul says, "But my God
shall supply all your need." Phil. 4:19. "Wherefore come out from among
them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing;
and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my
sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty." 2 Cor. 6:17, 18. "They are
not of the world, even as I am not of the world." John 17:16.

Chapter XIII. The Domestic Relation.

When we speak of home life with its relations and duties we are not
digressing from the subject of gospel light. Nowhere does the light of
Christianity shine so peaceful and beautiful as in the home. Nowhere is
the power of its influence so felt as in the home circle. The public
worship of Christians is an inspiring scene, but nothing apparently is so
heavenly as the sacred family altar. A father and mother whose hearts are
filled with holy love together with happy, obedient children bowing
together at the shrine of devotion is the most imposing scene the eye and
heart can witness.

Marriage.

The union of man and woman in marriage is the work of the Creator. God saw
after he had created man that it was not good for him to be alone. Such
was his constitution. So he made a helpmeet for him. God from the rib of
man made woman and brought her unto him, who said, "This is now bone of my
bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was
taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother,
and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh." Gen.
2:22-24.

In conjunction with the divine institution of marriage there is also a
legal institution. While the civil contract is acceptable unto God by way
of preventing promiscuous sexual intercourse, it is powerless to make both
one flesh and bone. It is only the power of God that can make two hearts
to beat as one. By the power of his grace he makes Christians of "one
heart and one soul," and of man and woman he makes "one flesh and bone."
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