| Show mI Mgr Martinelli Is quoted In harpers as arguing In favor taVOr of the tho celibacy C cy of the clergy lie says the church has hili taken its Is stand on the words word of the tho have made themselves un for forthe the kIngdom of heavens sake lie Ho that can It let him receive It and a a single life on her ministers There I Ino is no other oilier Scripture quoted in support ot of the doctrine but tt It Is pointed out that the tho church from the earliest ages has hast t celibacy liS as the tho highest Ideal ot of hUman exl To ro an or ordinary student of the ScrIpt Scrip tOtes tOrell It seema difficult to find any ony cat connection between the tho InspIred word ot l and the Roman doctrine of single holiness As AIS will bu Ee seen n by the c cOntext Our bur discoursed upon the I and inviolability of the soar 1111 riago In so doing lIe came iii ht conflict with some popular notions sanctioned by the law lie against the divorce evil and iio therefore remarked that it IC the be its 18 ot forth by th the T Teacher it Is not good to marry To this the Lord ant gave the reply quoted All As Asbe I Is be dens by tM the orIginal text the U lter Would say Iny that nil all are not nol callable able ot of this yet ret there thero are Aro some lomo who can for there sire some a e who from L a desire to furth further r the In Interest crests terest of lit itt celibacy Our Savior mOst probably alluded lo 0 the tho who sho did not marr marry Irs In proof hot of the statement tnt of the tho disciples that It I Is not goOd to tb marf marry but n as nfl of HI Own 0 t teaching IIi aS aSto to tue tho sin ot of n except for the tho cause caUlle stated ted IM 1510 ot of the tho COVe coVenant nant Is 18 clearly taught lit in till tIle Scriptures The rhe Inculcated in I 1 Cot Cor 11 U 11 is II cl clearly arly this that the are hi bt Dt Divine vine made no 10 edt that neither Is 18 without IndissolUble Union salon It f thIs is II tr true how hown n be IL a e tit 01 holiness Is II It not rither a violation or of a divIne law lawIt It Is io h not l a c ly to tM this to Stir say that the lie Apo Ue In a 11 ot of this Isle letter some of the members of the church to For or In inthe the first n a special rule mue laid down downto to meet the emergency ot of persecution ILl as Is clear prom I Car Cor 7 j G 6 cannot be beIt beof of It g general application Not only were the is at that time limo entering up upOn tin On a cerles crl ot of but their thelt so much lit at with the ot of tb the orld l involved them In pec inseparable with the ot of the heW order ot of things In inthe tM the society In such a lion marriage often added to the tribu and ond the Apostle consequently for tor the being advised those thoe who were unmarried to tb to It seems to me ale I say lAY rood good is II the e pr he heuel uses uel But Dut that can hAve hare hf no ape ap atlon and nd abote all It hal hai ito no bur bear bearing ing on th the question of clerIcal celibacy But Dut the opinion of at the i UI b ll that rt I 15 bm understood when It Ii 1 tl that the latter thero ther shOuld Lb ho Osh front faith lind that one ot of Ih tho fn tk ot of thu ty tyIs Is td t if fl thAt thatis II is a departure from faith I 1 4 14 it Il cannot at th the name time be a amM mM mOtif sit bt there faith But perhaps nowhere I is t the e sacred lil S i or of the union r taught lit Its the figura figurative live tive speech In which the tho final of at the tho of tied jolt III Ia et el to forth th Ito the marriage ot of the Lamb When hen that groat tt t find glorious ot of oil 1111 t things shall take j the fled flod their will shout with lIh joy jot again anti aM again Amen 41 i For or the says And AndI I 1 heard as lJ It wore Ne the j ot of R h great end and as the olce ot of mOhy WIL WILter a aters ter and as 81 the tho voIce of mighty huh All lot for the tho God Ut Lt US be glad and rejoice and give honor to him fur lar tho of th the Lamb I lb come corne And his wife hath inside malle herself ready to 10 iDs 7 1 No o ho how that beautiful pan Ils sage JOke Is that could hever have been used Were VHO the marriage g considered r d W liy Interior to a AlgIe existence It is used to typify thc tho highest anti ami exaltation and must mut therefore It itself self nit be the lbs perfect condition of this lIto lite Imp can typify lion |
