Royal wedding
Sir, — Why do persons such as J. W. Barley and M. R. Saul (July 26) want to spoil the pleasure of millions of TV viewers who still appreciate a truly Christian marriage? If there were more such Christian marriages/there would be fewer divorces, broken homes and oneparent children. A true marriage is not just a partnership, it is a triple alliance of a man, a woman and God, and I hope that more and more, of our young people will turn back to the Christian marriage, not just for the wedding, but at the time of their engagement. If they have no church affiliation at that time, I am sure any priest or minister would welcome them at his door. Perhaps we could feel sorry for radical feminists who seem to have attracted such terrible dominating men. Perhaps they have not looked in the right places. Apart from the grandeur, the wedding of Sarah and Andrew was a joyful, real and meaningful occasion. — Yours, etc. JOYCE SUMPTER. July 27, 1986.
Sir,—Replying to J. W. Barley and M. R. Saul (July 26), the word "obedient” should be retained in a truly Christian marriage. Many church marriages are only half-hearted gestures towards lifetime commitments and all kinds of modifications to the traditional ceremony are introduced. But, to a true Christian, the sacrament of marriage is a serious whole-of-life commitment and should not be undertaken with any thought of exception. Space being restricted I can only recommend deep study of Ephesians, Chapter 5. Obviously no truly Christian woman should vow, before God, to obey her husband unless she knows him thoroughly, trusts him utterly, and has sufficient evidence to be sure that he loves her in the way expressed by St Paul. Otherwise she should not be entering into a Christian marriage; it is as serious as that. The same conditions, of course, apply to the man.— Yours, etc., P. B. WYE, Blenheim. July 27, 1986.
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