432 ~ e t ~ a f t o t all! \Juter ~ t e b i g e t . 6. The nuptials constitute the public acknowledgment of the valid engagement and the permission of the civil authorities to make use of the privilege of cohabitation. Gen. 2, 24; 1 Cor. 7, 3. 4. 7. The purpose of holy wedlock is the mutual care and protection commanded in Scripture,!) cohabitation,2) and the procreation of children.3) 1) Gen. 2, 18. 20; Eph. 5, 28-33; 1 Cor. 7, 12. 13; Col. 3, 19; 1 Pet. 3,1-7. 2) Gen. 29, 21; 1 Cor. 7,2-5. 3) Gen. 30, 1; 38,16-18; 1,28; I Tim. 2,15; 5,14; 1'5.128,3-6; Luke 1, 5S. 8. The union of holy wedlock is ordinarily indissoluble except by death. Matt. 19, 6; Mark 10, 9; Rom. 7, 2; 1 Cor. 7, 39. 9. The right of the injured party in holy marriage to ask for a public dissolution, or divorce, is clearly granted in Holy Scripture in the case of adultery (fornication), although this step is not mandatory. Matt. 19, 9; 5,32; Luke 16, 18. 10. There is only one other solution of the marriage bond possible, namely, when an unbelieving spouse becomes guilty of malicious desertion (or rcfuses the distinctive duty of wedlock) and the other spouse makes use of the right to have such dissolution publicly acknowledged. When an unchristian spouse deserts the other maliciously and will not by any means be persuaded to return, the innocent party is no longer under bondage to the deserter and may, after having obtained a legal divorce, marry again. 1 Cor. 7, 2. 9. 15. P. E. RJlETZMANN. 4 III ~ ®in guter ~ a f t o r fjat mand)erIei ~ a r e n t e . ®r ift ein eifriger mif ~ fionar. ®5 Hegt iijm am ,\;Jeraen, feine ,\;Jerbe au mel)ren. 9Jlirool)I ex: rocii3, bai3 ber mefel)I Q:l)dfti; ,,@eijet ijin unb Ieijret aIle !Bolfer unb taufe± fie" uflu., IDla±±l). 28, 19, aIlen Q:ijrif±en girt, fo fiil)It er fiel) bod) a19 ein ~ i e n e r am jillort liefonber5 berpflid)tet, biefem mefel)I n a d ) a u ~ fommen. reio ludjt er benn neue