Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Matthew 19:6. The marriage vow … links the destinies of the two individuals with bonds which nought but the hand
A Cure for Idleness
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord. Romans 12:11. The life of Christ from His earliest years was a life of earnest activity. He lived not to please Himself. He was the Son of the infinite God,
Jezebel’s Blighting Influence
But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. 1 Kings 21:25. Ahab was weak in moral power. His union by marriage with
What an Epitaph!
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord. 2 Corinthians 6:17. Many who started out in life with as fair and promising a morning, in their limited sphere, as Solomon had in his exalted station,
No Apologies Needed
And he said unto them, The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. 1 Samuel 12:5. The dissatisfied longing for worldly power and display, is as
Seven Short Years
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. Genesis 29:20. How different his [Jacob’s] arrival from that of Abraham’s messenger nearly a hundred years before!
A Happy Marriage
The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall