MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.
TO THE EDITOB OP "THE PRESS." Sir,—As certain clergy and religious bodies in New Zealand are deploring and condemning the increased facilities for-divorce afforded by the Divorce Act of 1920, if' is well to observe that as true marriage may only be contracted by mutual consent so it may only be continued by the same. If ons. jjarty violates the marriage contract it is "pernicious" and "grossly unjust to maintain that the broken contract can be any longer binding except by mutual consent. Scripture warrant for these views is found in I. Corinthians, 7, 10, "But if. the unbelieving depart, let hiih depw*. A brother or. a jister is not-under 1 ,bondage in meaning is clearer in the Greek tnan in this translation. The idea is: It the one unfaithful (to the marriage union) disunites himself, let him (Let him divorce.) A brother or sister is not bound (by the marriage tie) in suctj cases. In the same letter (i-2) Paul writes: "To avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. refusal to grant divorce makes this impossible of observance in many worthy cases and leads to great immorality. Yours, eto. HUGHES, Th. D. Auckland,' October 26th.
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17291, 1 November 1921, Page 8
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