How can the unbeliever return, like David,
to bless his household? How can he bring up his children in the nurture and
admonition of the Lord? Can he be the head of a Christian home? And, tell
me, does the true Christian desire any other than a Christian home? "How
can two walk together, except they be agreed?" And are you, then, in your
marriage, agreed to walk with the unbeliever in the broad road of sin and
death? You are not, if you are a true Christian!
We see, therefore, the importance of a rigid adherence to the scripture
standard, "Be not unequally yoked, together with unbelievers." It is even
desirable that husband and wife belong to the same branch of the church,
that they may walk together on the sabbath to the house of God. There is
indeed something repugnant to the feelings of a Christian to see the
husband go in one direction to worship, and the wife in another. They
cannot be thus divided, without serious injury to the religious interests
of their family, as well as of their own souls. It is impossible for them
to train up their children successfully when they are separated by
denominational differences. It is a matter of very common observation that
when persons thus divided, marry, the one or the other suffers in religious
interest. From these and other considerations, we think it Is expedient to
marry, if possible, within the pales of our own branch of the church.
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