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March, 1937
Girls' Query Corner Conducted by M yrtle E. S cott
Your Father does not want your life to be unhappy or lonely. If we seek to remain in the center of His will, and if we learn to know Him well enough to delight in His will, we shall be happy. You have trusted Him with your soul; trust Him now with His program for your life. If you will forget your own desires and delight yourself in the Lord, you will soon find your life devoid of loneliness. You say you have made a mess of your life. Let God take hold of it to work out His plan for you. You will find His purpose to be “ abundantly above all that we ask or think.” With “Evangelism and Revival” as the theme selected for their Sixteenth Annual Conference, members of the Iowa Christian Fundamentals Association plan to gather April 26 to 28 at the Walnut Street Baptist Church, Waterloo, Iowa, where P. B. Chenault is pastor. William E. Kuhnle, associate pastor of the host church, will lead the opening song service at 2:00 P.M., April 26, and similar song services will occur at 9:30 a . m ., 2:00 p . m ., and 7:30 p . m . daily preceding the sessions for which the program is given below: MONDAY, APRIL 26 2:15 P.M. Address of Welcome — Pastor P. B. Chenault. 2:30 P.M. Response—President A. G. An nette, Grundy Center, Iowa. 2:45 P.M. Address—A. D. Mohr, Des Moines, Iowa. 3:30 P.M. Address—L. S a le -H a rriso n , Sidney, Australia. 8:15 P.M. Address—L. Sale-Harrison. TUESDAY, APRIL 27 9:45 A.M. Devotional Service—Ronald R. Kratz, Creston, Iowa. 10:15 A.M. Annual Election. 10:30 A.M. A d d r e s s — V. C. Oltrogge, Waverly, Iowa. 11:15 A.M. Address — D a v i d Alexander, Waterloo, Iowa , 2:15 P.M. D e v o t i o n a l Service — Mr. Thompson, Sully, Iowa. 2:30 P.M. Address—Paul H u t c h e n s , George, Iowa. 3:15 P.M. Business Session. 3:30 P.M. Address—L. Sale-Harrison. 8:15 P.M. Address—L. Sale-Harrison. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28 9:45 A.M. Devotional Service—Guy Fish, Des Moines, Iowa. 10:15 A.M. Address—Carl Sentman, Shef field, Iowa. 11:00 A.M. Business Session. 11:15 A.M. Address—Vaneé Webster, Mus catine, Iowa. 2:15 P.M. Devotional Service—Walter C. Berggren, Polk City, Iowa. 2:30 P.M. Address — J. R. McCullough, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 3:15 P.M. Business Session. 3:30 P.M. Address—L. Sale-Harrison. 8:15 P.M. Address—L. Sale-Harrison. Further information may be secured by writing to Rev. A. G. Annette, President of the Iowa Christian Fundamentals Asso ciation, Grundy Center, Iowa. Iowa Christian Fundamentals Association
Questions for answer in this corner should be sent to Miss Scott, 8961 Dicks St., West Hollywood, Calif., and a stamped envelope should be enclosed for reply. No name will appear with the questions chosen for publication. Dear Miss Scott :
pleasing to Him cannot be led by her own reasoning, or by the opinions of the world, or by what the law permits, or even by the example of other Christians. About this matter God has spoken explicitly. In a pamphlet, “ Divorce and Remarriage as Taught by Jesus,” A. C. Dixon states: “ The marriage of one man and one woman by divine institution and divine act, joining them in a relation closer and more binding than the relation between parent and child, so Unifies husband and w ife that they cease to be two and become one flesh (Matt. 19:6) . . . The duality of husband and wife makes a living organ ism, of which Paul says the husband is the head and the wife is the body. To unmarry them is to destroy this living or ganism; and that is murder. “ . . . Jesus says: ‘It hath been said, Who soever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery.’ (Matt. 5:31, 32). The word ‘fornication’ means uncleanness between those who are Unmarried; adultery means uncleanness be tween persons one of whom at least is mar ried. Moses never gave a writing of divorcement in the case of adultery, for the penalty of adultery was death, and there was no exception. ‘The adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death’ (Lev. 20:10). . . . “Matthew’s Gospel, written specially for the Jews, mentions the one exception which Moses ‘suffered’ on account of the hardness of their hearts, but when Mark and Luke write for the Gentiles there is no mention of any exception, but a plain statement of the teachings of Jesus concerning marriage and divorce. ‘Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be mar ried to another, she committeth adultery’ (Mk. 10:11, 12). ‘Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery’ (Lk. 16:18). “These words give us the law of God for all ages. There may be divorce for adul tery and it may be wise to separate for other causes, but remarriage never, and thus the way is open to repentance and reunion. When sin has broken up the home, it is possible for repentance and regeneration to restore it, but such a possibility is forever precluded by remarriage.” Go to the Lord in prayer, asking Him to guide your thinking. Be sure you are really wanting to know His will and are ready to obey it. While still on your knees, read the passages already cited; also 'Ro mans 7:2, 3, and 1 Corinthians 7:10, 11.
I seem to have made a mess of my life and am writing to you for advice. I mar ried young, but we soon found we had made a mistake. We were most uncongenial. I felt I would rather be dead than tied to that man for life. Perhaps he felt the same, for we were divorced and he married again and seems happy. Now I have fallen in love with a man with whom I am sure I should be very happy. I am a Christian and know the prejudice many have against divorce. I accepted that attitude as a matter of course until it touched my own life. Then I began thinking things through, and things look different to me. I do not feel it would be wrong for me to marry again. It does not seem to me that a lov ing Father would want a whole life to be spoiled because of a mistake of youthful folly. It was an innocent mistake, too. I do not believe a ceremony ever makes a couple truly married if the hearts are not really united in love, and I doubt whether we were ever actually married in God’s sight. Times have changed, too, and people do not look upon divorce as they once did. Some of the best Christians I know have been divorced and have married again. Our pastor marries divorced people and says that since the law permits separation, he merely is upholding the law of the country. I would not want to do it if it is wrong, but it would be hard to believe that God would want my whole life to be ruined and all my future unhappy and lonely. Please tell me whether I am right. — L o n ely . M y dear “ Lonely” '. My heart aches for you and for the multitudes who have made a like mistake. You have been trying to reason things out until you feel justified in taking the step you wish; but, my dear, have you not forgotten to consult your Guide Book to learn God’s will in the matter ? God does not change, and His Word remains the same. The Christian who wants to be well
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