Marriage

The First Beatitude

Matthew 5:3

… But for nothing else should a man be divorced from his wife. Marriage is for life and cannot be loosed except by the one great crime which severs …

One of the Master's Choice Sayings

Matthew 14:16

… We admit that a young woman does well to enter the marriage state—a young man is safer and better for having a wife—but, my dear young …

Faith's Firm Resolve

Psalm 71:16

… And on her marriage day he gave her all that he could afford, namely, five pounds, and that was put into the bank. Her husband, on that day …

The Final Separation

Matthew 25:32

… Why is it that a wife is so kind to her husband? Because it is her duty, you say. All very well, but the real reason is because …

"The Wedding Was Furnished with Guests"

Matthew 22:10

… Jesus takes His Church into marriage union with Himself. The incarnate God calls a chosen company, the bride, the Lamb's wife and celebrates thus early in the …

Anecdotes from the Pulpit

… THE HUSBAND AND HIS WITTY WIFE “The husband told his wife, that he had one ill quality, he was given to be angry without cause; she wittily replied …

Love's Complaining

Rev 2:4

… It is idle for the wife to say that she is obedient, and so forth: if love to her husband has evaporated, her wifely duty cannot be fulfilled …

Morning, September 2

Mk 1:30

Morning, September 2 Go To Evening Reading “But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her.” Mark 1:30 …

Jesus, The Substitute For His People

Romans 8:34

… No sooner is the marriage ceremony performed than she is, by that very act, clear of debt because her debts are her husband's, and in taking her …

The Parent's and Pastor's Joy

… Next to a woman who is bound to an ungodly husband, or a man who is unequally yoked with a graceless wife, I pity the father whose children …

Are You Prepared To Die?

Jeremiah 12:5

… As the bridegroom longs for the marriage day, and as the bride waits until she is joined unto her husband in wedlock, even so our spirits wait for …

A Double Silver Wedding

… There was some intention of holding a special meeting at the Tabernacle, to congratulate the Pastor and his wife, on Monday, January 10, 1881, — two days after the …

The Sympathy of the Two Worlds

… Oh, never was husband nearer to his wife, and never head nearer to the members, and never soul nearer to the body of this flesh, than Christ is …

Constancy And Inconstancy—a Contrast

Hosea 6:3

… us! If a husband were unstable in his marriage love, there were some excuse for the unfaithful wife—but the firmness of our Great Husband's love to …

The People's Christ

Psalm 89:19

… husband. “Thy maker is thy husband; the Lord of hosts is his name.” It rejoices the wife to lean her head on the broad breast of her husband …

Job's Sure Knowledge

Job 19:25

… this cause," it is said concerning marriage, "shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one …

A Miniature Portrait Of Joseph

Genesis 39:2

… Pharaoh gave him, in marriage, the daughter of a priest. And the priests were the highest class throughout Egypt—so Joseph was thus promoted to nobility by marriage …

The Great Pot and the Twenty Loaves

2 Kings 4:38

… Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the Prophets unto Elisha, saying, Your servant, my husband, is dead; and you know that …

Return! Return!

Jeremiah 3:12

… Then turn to the 20th and 21st verses—"Surely as a wife treacherously departed from her husband, so have you dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel …

Holy Song From Happy Saints

Isaiah 5:1

… The first is when our soul first perceives the Infinite Love of Jesus to us, when we receive the pardon of sin, when we enter into the marriage …

The Old Way of the Wicked

Job 22:15-17

… She would be as a God—that was her ambition and the same thought had entered into her husband's mind. He was not content to be what …

A Prospect of Revival

Isaiah 51:3

… A man leaveth father and mother, and cleaveth to his wife, and they become one flesh; but what shall I say of the great mystery of this glorious …

To Die Or Not To Die!

2 Corinthians 5:8

… I would not believe that a woman loved her husband if she never cared for his society. The affianced one has seen her betrothed husband but for a …

"Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled"

John 14:1-4

… It is to be our marriage day and the glorious Bridegroom will come in person! When the Bride is prepared for her Husband, will He not come to …

Watching For Christ's Coming

Luke 12:37

… The world does not expect Him—it goes on with its eating and drinking, its marrying and giving in marriage—but His own family should expect Him. When …

"My Beloved Is Mine"

Solomon 2:16

… does, and all He ever will be, is all mine! When a wife takes a husband to be hers, he becomes all hers, and she reckons that she …

The Dejected Lover

Solomon 3:1-4

… Let your heart be the marriage bed and keep it chaste for Him who is your Husband and your Lord! Or possibly, dear Brothers and Sisters, you have …

The Lambs And Their Shepherd

Isaiah 40:11

… Sisters, who have walked in the faith of God, united in marriage—the husband and the wife both fearing and loving God. It is a delightful spectacle and …

Hindrances to Prayer

1 Peter 3:7

… motive why, in their marriage relationships and household concerns, they should behave themselves with great wisdom. He bids the husband "dwell" with his wife "according to knowledge," and …

The King In His Beauty

Isaiah 33:17

… Husband. He loves and cares for us, but the wife's business is to be obedient to her lord. Let us not prove unfaithful to the marriage bond …

Warning and Encouragement

Genesis 27:38

… It was a bad thing for the household to be divided as it was—the husband and wife at cross purposes—Rebekah seeking the blessing for her favorite …

Memories of my Father (Continued)

… at dear mother, he said:—”I know one minister’s wife who has greatly strengthened her husband in the Lord.” Never shall I forget the beautiful prayer in …

A Persuasive to Steadfastness

Hebrews 3:14

… Furthermore, it is as the union of the husband with the wife, they are participators the one with the other. All that belongs to the husband the wife …

The Believer's Death Day Better Than His Birthday

Ecclesiastes 7:1

… the marriage supper of the Lamb, not to look at His guests, but to be ourselves part and parcel of that blessed bride, the Lamb's wife, in …

Urging Lot

Genesis 19:15

… Should it ever be hard, good woman, for a wife to put her arms about her unconverted husband's neck and plead with him to see to his …

The Good Man’s Life and Death

Philippians 1:21

… brother clasps brother to his arms, and husband meets with wife, no more to be married or given in marriage, but to live together, like the angels of …

Memories of my Father

… I do not like to compare the two, and say which title is to be preferred,—whether Husband or Father;—they are both unutterably sweet when they are …

Fountains of Repentant Tears

Mark 14:72

… But what a change has come over you! Surely, as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so have you departed from Christ—and in going astray from …

Five Links in a Golden Chain

Titus 1:4

… if any are blameless, the husband of one wife. For there were many converts, there, who had two or three wives. Whatever position they might be permitted to …

Consecration to God—Illustrated by Abraham’s Circumcision

Genesis 17:1-2

… to the sons of men than want of chastity to the marriage-bond made with one wife. Disguise that unchastity by what name you will. All these thirteen …