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5. But, if they will not do as they should, and if the innocent have
forfeited the legal right to a divorce by living with the guilty after
his guilt is known, we do not see that sin rests upon the innocent in
remaining, and her moral right in departing seems questionable if her
health and life be not greatly endangered in so remaining.
6. As in the days of Noah, one of the signs of these times is a
passion for injudicious and hasty marriages. Satan is in this. If Paul
could remain single, and recommend the same to others, that he and
they might be wholly the Lord’s, why not those who would be wholly
His, and wish to make a sure thing of avoiding the cares, trials, and
bitter anguish so frequent in the experiences of those who choose the
married life, remain as he was? And more, if he chose to remain so,
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and could recommend it to others, eighteen centuries since, would
not to remain as he was be a commendable course for those who are
waiting for the coming of the Son of man, unless evidences were
unquestionable that they were bettering their condition, and making
heaven more sure by so doing? When so much is at stake, why not
be on the sure side every time?—
The Review and Herald, March 24,
1868
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