DIVORCE
Ah! there is no divorce court in heaven, there is no division, no separation bill
possible, for he “hateth putting away.” If chosen, he will not reject, if once embraced,
he will never cast out; his she is, and his she shall be evermore. 374.211
When should a man forget or forsake his spouse? Never under any conceivable
circumstances, but certainly not when she is sick or sorrowful. Shall he sue in the
Divorce Court against her because she is afflicted, and full of pains and griefs? Is she
to be cast out of doors because her spirits are broken? Villany alone could dictate such
an argument, and rest assured, beloved, such an argument should have no tolerance
with the Wellbeloved. 794.82
It was like the putting away of a wife with a writing of divorcement, of which the
Saviour said that “Moses suffered it because of the hardness of their hearts.” It was
not right in itself, but it was simply endured because of the low moral state of the
people when they came as a herd of slaves from Egypt’s brick-kilns, not having been
trained and educated to understand the value of liberty as you and I happily have
been in these later times for these many years. 3337.26