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December 8, 1909. , ye one another, as Christ als tie returns to the fact that 1 desideratum. To be like hin on his image here as far as share his glory hereafter, wl is and be like him. THE ORDINANCE Its Purpose i TU. ~?i: C i iic uiuiiidiitc ui mm nay so many and so great, that i it, and do regard it from its we may easily overlook its Its earthly value is evidi nation in which the marriaj served is characterized by h in every respect. On the co country in which it is despi man of ordinary intelligence But this is one of the low relation. Its heavenly aspec Before Eve W In. the creation of the w< Eden was constituted, God was "very good." In his ph perfect health. His intellec And his moral nature was His character was that of ' and true holiness." (See Eph 3:10.) But prior to the moi and put him" into the gardei the world?without a help-n Then God "took the man put him into the garden."' the sign and symbol of th< posed to Adam. Under thi have the opportunity of secu for himself and all his post< pret the suggestions of Scr visions, under its operation would have secured happin were represented by him. It was in Eden, under tl nant that Eve was formed ii us consider the object of ma I. To Develop Love in thi Adam had bodily develop free from sickness; death ant was intellectually vigorous; animals and he named and there was no one ?n earth Ai cise of his affections. Love < or beasts. It was "not good development of his higher growth of love. Then God formed Eve ai At once the impulse of love child for parent?stirred his "Therefore shall a man leav er, and shall cleave unto his There are three things 01 hope, love: the greatest of t earthly object lesson God w THE PRESBYTER1 o received us." The aposChristlikeness is the great 1, to have his spirit, to take we can will be to fit us to ten we shall see hint as he ! nrr mappta md Object. ^e has earthly advantages, nen are tempted to regard earthly side. In so doing, heavenly aspects, ent. The family and the je relation is sacredly obappiness and development ntrary, the family and the sed is under a blight. No can fail to see this, er aspects of the marriage ts are vastly higher, fas Formed. orld before the garden of created Adam. And he ysical constitution, he had tual nature was vigorous, absolutely free from sin. 'knowledge, righteousness esians 4:24 and Colossians nent when God "took him rl of Eden, he was alone in leet. whom he had formed and The garden of Eden was i covenant that God pros covenant, Adam was to iring everlasting happiness :rity. If we rightly interipture concerning its prothe obedience of one man ess unending for all who le operation of this cove n tne ngnt 01 tms tact, let .rriage. e Heart. ment, and was absolutely i no relation to him. Adam to him God brought the characterized them. But vho could evoke the exerdoes not flow out to plants for man to be alone." The nature must be by the nd brought her to Adam. ?love deener than that r>f > heart. Hear him say, e his father and his mothwife." i earth that abide, "faith, hese is love." And by an as teaching Adam to love. "'-i ' t 4 AN OF THE SOUTH. By the same object lesson God day to love. II. The Subordination of L< l?pfnrp thp rnvenint Arlim ? tion that arises from duty. Al ercised the control of love and obeyed Adam) the subordinat they learn the true relations of tween God and those who are III. To Symbolize the Cove The covenant of works whi Eden was on God's part irrevc as the basis and groundwork ol Christ. For Christ fulfilled th In Eden God instituted marri; covenant, a type in this regar works. That Adam understo clear from the phrase "leave hi< cleave unto his wife." To him of marriaee was a svmbol anc would abide by his covenant a of men provided only that Ad< sin. IV. To Symbolize the Cov< Through Adam's sin, came under the covenant of works w propounded the Covenant of Gi vide the Second Adam, who the first covenant,?both payi and by obedience earning what But in this Covenant of Gra marriage the symbol and the phraseology of matrimony. 1 "I have betrothed thee unto m husband." In Ephesians 5:31, of Adam in Eden, "cleave unt "This is a great mystery, but 1 /-m U " T ? . v^ui isi auu iiic v-iiuiLH. Ill I says: "The husband is the he Christ is the Head of the chur the church and gave himself fc present it to himself." And i ter of Revelation we read of t the Lamb." "The marriage of his wife hath made herself read; Thus by an earthly institutic istic is love, whose continual whose outcome is the highest would represent to us the hap through the Covenant of Grac V. The Type Must Be Che The wedding ring is a map's \xr:it _i- _ a: .1- - v* hi sue nmg it into tne gutter Christ's pledge, sign and symbc ion to him in earth and in hea marriage our plaything? Yet divorce as if it were not a matt Redeemer. Young men and y their betrothals without thinki ing a heavenly type. Dare w< VI. A Godly Seed. Only under the bonds of ind the seed be trained unto cndlin 3 1 teaches the men of to ive. xercised the subordinafter marriage Adam ex1 Eve exercised (as she ion of love. Thus did : a covenant of love beunder his covenant. :nant of Works, ch was constituted in >cable. It stands today the redeeming work of e covenant with Adam, igc as an irrevocable d of the covenant of od it as irrevocable is > father and mother and therefore the institution I a guarantee that God nd cleave unto the race im should abstain from enant of Redemption. the fall. Man's claim as forfeited. Then God race, that he would proshould come and keep ing the penalty of sin Adam failed to earn, ce, God specially made type. He uses the "o his church he says: e." "Thy maker is thy Paul cites the language o his wife," and adds: : I speak concerning he same connection he ad of the wife, even as ch." "Christ also loved >r it . . . that he might n the nineteenth chaphe "marriage supper of the Lamb is come and y" in whose one characterise is irrevocable and earthly happiness, God piness that flows to us e. rished. pledge to his betrothed. ? Marriage on earth is >1 of our inseparable unven. Dare we make of men do so. Men seek er of abhorrence to the oung women break off ng that they are marr ? r lissoluble marriage will ess and piety. Only as