For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. —Romans 11:36
Marriage
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Great should be our concern to have our heart filled with the Holy Ghost, and to live always under his comforting influences—in everything giving thanks to Christ, and to God through him. Earnestly should we labor to fulfil the duties of every station, from a principle of faith and filial fear of God. And happy…
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The husband stands to the wife in the same relation as Christ stands to the church, and the meaning then is, not as if she were doing a religious duty, but “in like manner as to the Lord”—the duties of the church to Him being the same in Spirit as those of a wife to…
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The traditional power of the family is incalculable. The sacrifice offered by Noah in the bosom of his family on Mount Ararat has by this power impressed itself upon the nations, and continues to affect their religious views and rites to the present hour. The usages of Abraham’s family are observed by the Jews to…
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The wife was made out of Adam’s rib, not out of his head, nor the foot to stoop, but out of his bosom–near his heart–to be held as close to him as his very rib.
