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According to our Diocesan Ordinances each Pastor is bound, once a year, to give an instruction to hh parishioners on the holy Sacra- ment of Matrimony. This year, I in.dertake to perform this duty myself. Ihis blessed source of a Christian Society, in those unhappy times, 'is at- tacked by the enemy of all j^rood, and even so called laws are enacted to place that Divme Institution on a level with merely civil contracts. I wish to remind you that this Most Solemn Enga-emont that can be entered nito in this life has for Autlior God the Father Himself. That He instituted it with Solemn Ceremonies and Covenants in the Garden of Paradise, between our first pnrcnts before their fall ; that he made it an indissoluble union between two persons, a man and a woman ; but that in course of time, through the hardness (,f the hearts of the people. Our Heavenly Father tolerated divorce for adultery. His Divine Son, Jesus Christ, who came to repair, aiul to re-cdity the shattered constitution of fallen humanity, and to make all things new (Apoc) recalled the union ofman and woman to its primitive Sanctity, and indissolubility ; and raised that union to the dignity of a Sacrament in His Holy Church, that the offspring of such marriages might be a holy nation, a Sanctified people, a royal priesthood; (1 Peter, ii, 9.) 2 God from whom all i^aternity proceeds on heaven and on earth, (Eph. lii, 15.) Created our first parent to his own image and likeness. He formed his body from the clay of the earth, but his Soul He created from His own Spirit. (Gen. xi. 7.) " And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth, and breatheth into his face the breath of life, and man became a living »oul." [Gen. ii, 7.] He breathed into him the breath of life ; and a life so fruitful as to be transmissible throughout all generations to the end of time, by the ever acting agency of our Great Creator, God. The dignity of human nature therefore is sublime, and no wonder that the Son of God would die to save it from death. It pleased the Divine Providence of God to provide Adam, the first parent and head of the human family, with an assistant and a companion to share his joys and happiness, or "his misery, should he disobey the Divine commands. " And the Lord said : It is not good for man to be alone ; let Us make him a helpmate like unto himself." [Gen. ii. 18.] And that this helpmate might be an integral part of himself, and that the unity might be complete. " Then the Lord God cast a deep sleep upon Adam ; and when he was fast asleep He took one of his ribs and filled up flesh for it ; and the Lord God built the rib which He took from Adam into a woman, and brought her to Adam. And Adam said : This now is l)one of my bone, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called wonian, because she was taken out of man. Wherefore a man shall leave ftither and mother and cleave to his wife ; and they shall be two in one flesh." [Gen. ii, 22.] The idea of leaving father and mother proves that if our first parents had not fallen, the earth would be peopled with a sinless and happy gen- eration. Rema.k, also, that God Himself gavo away the bride, "He brought Eve to Adam, and blessed their union." Two in one flesh marks unity ; and the leavin" of father and mother to cleave to his vAte marks, also, the breaking sacred and natural tie.s, to become a corporate body, consisting of a male and female. Such is the history of matrimony before sin and shame entered the world. It was between one and one, and was indis- soluble, inasmuch as that when two are made one this one is indissoluble, except by death; and from this unity, as a rivulec from its source, springs the entire human family. Thus God instituted matrimony as a perman- ent state for life, till death should break the tie. Our Divine Saviour came on earth to make all things new, and He called to its primitive condition the most solemn engagement for life, upon which depends the happiness of the married couple, and the proper education of their offspring. For a man and woman do no enter into the holy state of matrimony solely for their own individual happi- ness or advantage, but for that of their offspring also ; and hence the Divine founder of matrimony did provide for both, by a permanent mar- riage tie, one with one exclusively and for life. ? I I i 3 At the time ofC rist the marriage tie was too often broke •. T] r Jews sent away their wives without sufficient reason, often uecause another pleased them better. Our Lord Jesus Christ reproved the dis- orders and irregularities o( the day, and especially that of divorce In this He excited againt Himself and His doctrine the prejudices of the people whom He came to convert, and especially that of the Pharisees. " And they came to Him, tempting Him, and saying : Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause ?» Our Divine Redeemer answered them by laying down the primitive law of His Heavenly Father on mar- riage. Have ye not read that He who made man in the beginning, made them male and female ? And He said : For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh. Wherefore they are no more two, but one flesh. What, therefore God hath joined together let no man put asunder. They objected to* to Him the permission of Moses, and said to Him why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put away one's wife. But Our Lord said to them ; Moses, in the old dispensation, " because of the hard- ness of your hearts, permitted you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it was not so." No divorce was permitted then ; and I, pro- mulgating a new law, say unto you "whosoever shall put away his Wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committcth adul- tery, and he who shall marry her that is put away committeth adulterv " His disciples say unto Him, " If the case of a man with his wife be so' *it IS not good to marry." He said to them : •* All receive not this word but they to whom it is given." Matt. xix. 2 11. v. This Divine legislation on matrimony has been accepted by Christians who pretend loyally to foj- low all the teachings of Christ. It is a sad reflection, however, to think that many legislators pretend to interfere with this legislation on marriao^e by Christ, and with sacrilegious temerity try to undo the work of God by disjoining those whom (Jod hath joined, thus introducing amongst a Chris- tian people the Jewish dispensation of divorce, granted to those carnal peo- ple on account of the hardness of their hearts. It is alleged by some iiat when Christ said that, " whosoever shall ])ut away his wife, except it be for fornication," He pennitted divorce for fornication ; or, in of *^r words that the crime broke the marriage tie. This is false,— Christ did not say so. He restricted the many causes which might induce a man to put away his wife to that of fornication. The Jews dismissed their wives for the most trivial causes, whereas only one was allowed by the law. (Deut xxiv.) Then, tempting Him, they ask Him, " C:an a man put away his wife for every cause ?" This question evidently contains two distinct clauses. First. Can a man put away his wife for every cause? To this Jesus Christ answers, No ; unless for fornication. Second. Can a rnau marry again after sending away his wife for the crime of foniication '» or, in other words, does the sending away on arcotnit of fornicalioii break I the marriage tie, thus leaving either party free to marry ? To this our Divine Lord answers, " And he who shall marry lier that is put away com- mitteth adultery," which would not he the case if the marriage tie had been broken by the divorce ; for a p'rjrson who is free could not commit adultery by re-marrying. Hence Christ restores matrimony in the New Law to its primitive sanctity and oneness, and pronounces, "What, there- fore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder." St. Mark narrates nearly in the sanie words as St. Matthew, tliis conversation with the Pharisees on matrimony, but makes no mention of the dismissal for for- nication. St. Luke, in the xvi. chaj)., verse 18, gives a synopsis of the whole doctrine in one verse. " Every one," says he, " that pntteth away his wife and marrieth another committeth adultery, and he that marrieth her that is put away committeth adultery." Here we must remark that Christ promulgates His new doctrine in contradistinction to the old, and condescends to give lengthened explana- tions in a matter ot such great importance, involving, as it does, the happiness of the human family. The disciples became almost alarmed about the doctrine, and, apart from the multitude, privately in a house, asked Him (jonccrning the same thing; but our Divine Lord reiterates His new doctriii >, and said to them : " W osever shall put away his wife, and marry another. comn)itteth adultery ngainst her. And it the wife shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery." (St. Mark X. 10-) The apostles received this doctrine from Christ, and preached it to their converts in its entirety Notwithstanding their prejudices in favor oi divorce which they had enjoyed for so many centuries by the toleration of God Himself in tlu' o!d law, St- Paul, writing to the Romans, in chap, vii., 2, 3 v., enforcing the doctrine of His Divine Master, expressly says, "For the woman that hath a !iu,!>band, whilst her husband liveth, is bound to the law; lint if her husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. Wherefore, whilst her husband liveth, she shall be called an adultress if she be with another man ; but if her husband be dead, she is free from the law of her huslxHuI ; so that she is not an adulteress if she be with another man." This law of not permitting divorce agitated all newly converted Christians. Tlic Corinthians wrote to St. Paul, demand- ing explanations concerning tlie new doctrine of Matrimony and virginity. The holy Apostle answers all their questions. He commences by saying (1 Cor. vii.) " Now concerning the things whereof you wrote to :7ie,".&c. " But to them that are marri(!ii," continued the Apostle, " not I but the Lord commandeth that the v\iib depart not from her husband ; and if she depart, that she remain uiunarried, or be reconciled to her husband : And let not the husband put &\v:\y his wife." These words of the holy Apos- tle of the (ientiles need no coninient; they are plain and clear. The woman is to remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. This indissohd)le union of man aiul wife was not left by its Divine Author de- I 5 ( Void offrrace. inent in His M miracles by which He manifestoa His glory and jrainpH hvpI Hi ^ cio es to belifv(> in Him «* L> i , 'r'v'j'' **"" Seined over His dis- S declares Lir uni^^^ to h. ' explaining the dnty of husband and wiic, uccidres ineir union to be a sacramont ( P r>ii it \ u r 4. 1 subject to their husbands as to the Lord For H p hLk "i T'l H the wife, as Christ is Head of the Church He is'lp'' S''^ '^ of his body. Therefore, as the (hurcht s";ct\*1;hrtrt""o et the wives be subject to their husbands in all things Husbands bve your wives, as Christ also loved the Chur h ?nd Sered Himselfupfor It tha He might sai.ctify it, cleansing it by the W of water, in the word of life; that He might present it to^ Himself a dorLs Church, no haying spot, or wrinkle, or any s.ich thing; but that it shouM be holy and without blemish. So also on^ht men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife^loveth himself. For no man "hHs'ti'h'cTurch'V '"^ """'^^r^^ '-^"^ eherishcth it,Ts" o T V I . '"^^"^,^h = , for we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. For this cause shall a man leave his k°her a„d mo! her, and shall adhere to his wife, and they .hall be two in one rtesh S IS a great ^armm..^- but I speak in ( hrist and in the Church " T e Apost e here speaks only of n.arria<.e between ( hristians duly baptised ,1 hrist and members of H,s body, the ( hurch ; but a marriage between a Christian and an unbaphzed pei>on may be dissolved for cfrtain n'asons mentioned by the Apostle in the same Chapter. The fore-oing texts ^nnlv prove the unity and indissolubility of matrimony; and Cwonder he f that sacramenta or special graces are required by married peZn» to ena- ble them to perform their several important duties for a Ufe "me vv th the same party. They must love and cherish each othtVvvith ChHrnn chariy; they must carry each other's burdens, aLp^ ochcK's humors, and weaknesses: for no two persons hale similar disposi t^ns: it IS so ordained by Almic^htv God Th^.. .v,.,..f 1 .^^^"^^ aisposi and educau. properly th/„fl-.p„!^',L?God n^^Tie^^H^^o c3uTt le velmwortr'fw' if """'""', ^-i«-"><'<'' °f "fe. as no, '.o IXr hem! selves unworthy tl e honor and r»veionre due to them from their children And as natural and moral defects are transmissible through naUvity toThe ly, in a-i sell restra nt, that those children maybe fitted f.jr aood citizeu'i of our^earUily habitation, and for saints in the rklms of our Father who is "1 drenT„ig,.ti;en'or''n!'''tTl,;;;if r2\?"S iroiT""'"'' t: """'' »-"• and his^ife has all thl coi'iSitVeinVart'oTa sSaZ^t" ''""" ' """" 1st tt has Ood for its author, minister aiul witness, Uis Divino Son Jesus Chri»t con kn,ea it in the now law, and raised ,t to the dignity of a Sl„t! ara said '• what God hath joined let no man separate. 2nd. The -™ase -"'-U^nirn tZ'l t^i:!tJ'^^Z blessed state. Patholies on entcrinK into this responsible and honorable position, shouwtavrpVp^rlnfentiLs, have their^onsciences ele.^^^^^^^^ ^r.A h(- in the state of grace, in friendship with (jod. 1 ney snouiu say wl the'ou'; tobiasf .ii, 5.] "we are children of Sa n^s. and we mu^t not be ioined together like heathens, who kaow not God. ^^'l^^"^^^^^ ?n the iiame of t hrist imparts special blessings on the marriage contract, nd^Vrp'X actuil worlds of^e venerable RagueU-n.ni^ his daughter Sara to the young Tobias, vii, 15.] J^"^ taking the ng SofAtr^:':::d\heTod'o"t^^^ e ae^iaCdTSX^:;^ T^ p^r'-g's/Ei ' He prajea inai ne nn^ni im commencement of the master's son. [Gen. xxiv, 44.] ^rom the very comrn rVinrch marriage was considered honorable and satiec. i u^ U™ otCpS, the minister of God, was aHjays sousht, when possibl to bless it ; and divoree was «;w»y» '^""^'''"^tulS e it, a hort phra^^^^ asked from carnal and wicked motives, bt. Augustine, in a siiuri p , :haracSes it; " Marriage from G«l, divorce from he^devi. In the ^aSiJ^tfTe^Srt^a^^^ fr^m the one fold, and true shepherd, rather «'>-' j-^'-f^^^^ttTnllnrfrom of our Divine master, who has removed the bond "f «™J"'''.";"°7i ', ,1. a iTegislation of thi; world, when he said : " what God has joined let n. man "separate." There are social reasons o the highest order agains divorce^ The general laws for the good of a are not to be abro ated tor occasional personal grievances. Scandals will come, [Mat. xvili,7.1 18 the fmniowork oi' society to be shattered that individuals iJiHy be pleased? This, no wise legislation will permit. We will now adveit to the natural contract to see does divorce enter into it. A man and woman, after much deliberation, pledge their faith to One another under the most solemn circumstances, before the altar of God, and in presence of friends and relations. At that solemn moment they pledge for life. Would the) pledge only for a time? What parent would give away the daughter of his heart to a man for a while, as long as she pleased him? In the Episcopal Church service and,Wo presume, in that of other Protestant denominations which have sprung up after them, the words of the marriage promise are substantially the same. ^*/ take you for my wedded wife, ^c, ^c, till death us do part, according to God's holy ordi- nance." The minister having asked them previously the question wilt thou have, &,c., &c., and keep thee only unto him or h(r as long as ye both shall live. '{ he answer is " I will." These words : " as long as both shall UvCf* and "until death vs do part," sound like a Catholic contract of marriage, dissoluble only by death. A divorce permitted after this has a parallel in Protestant doctrine. When they interpret the text : This is my body, to mean This is not my body. Let divorce be put as a condition in thf' rnarriage contrac,tand We ask what lady would accept it ? The doctrin j-,/)! divorce keeps the marriage bond in a continual state of uneasiness. There is no [)assion stronger and more capricious and fickle than carnal love. We hear of mothers aban- doning their husbands and children for other men, and fathers acting the same unnatural part towards their wives and offspriag. This unholy and cruel flame of unnatural love is fanned by the unhallowed Legislative per- mission of divorce. Were marriage indissoluble, the first assaults of for- bidden love would be repelled — its approach would receive no encourage- ment — there would be no yielding little by little to the tempter, since doing so, would entail misery and disgrace upon them and their children in this world, and eternal unhappiness on the guilty party in the next. It is easy to see that the idea < vorce encourages adultery, cruelty, deser- tion, &c. ; now the idea of non-divorce deadens all, by a flat denial. An- other social reason may be drawn from the injury divorce inflicts, especially on the weaker sex — the woman. Our Lord " wonderfully fashioned human nature, and more wonderfully restored it." He raised up woman to a high dignity in making the Immaculate Mary his own mother, and woman on paradisial terms with man. In the new law, woman is, by matrimony, ennobled in the eyes of God and man. The cluldren of a good mother rise up and call her blessed (Prov. xxxi. 28) ; but let her be divorced from her husband, she loses the respect of all— she is deteriorated, she falls from a dignified condition. The fate of children of divorced parents is rendered dishonored and miserable. Of all creatures, man comes into this world in a most helpless condition, and remains so for a long time. The child re- 8 quires the close attt'ntiou of the molhor, and hoth re(|iiin' the care and labor of the fiither. Let divorce .separate (he narents, tl. '(how unhappy is the h)t of the chihh To which oi' his parents will he turn for support., or how is he to render tlie honor due to parents ? We have lieard of enrag<