BROOKLYN, N.Y., ABOUT 1944

BROOKLYN, N.Y., ABOUT 1944

My Dear Brother, — I duly received your letter of the 2nd instant.

It is somewhat difficult to write of the matter you mention, but Scripture affords ample and clear instruction for the saints as to it. Indeed our faithful Creator furnished His creation directly with instincts and intelligence as to marital relationships and responsibilities. Thus husbands are enjoined to “dwell with their wives according to knowledge”. In measure this knowledge is acquired in relation to nature for nature teaches — but also on creature lines as from Him in “whom we live and move and have our being”.

Of the man who tills the land it is said, “His God doth instruct him” (Isaiah 28: 26).

^[p. 362] But to fathers, mothers, husbands, wives and children, who are God’s children, Scripture adds the instruction that they need, and especially as to what you and others with you are concerned about. Among the sections to be consulted are 1 Corinthians 7; 1 Peter 3; Ephesians 5 and 6; 1 Timothy 2: 14, 15; Genesis 1: 28; Psalm 127 and 128.

The knowledge these scriptures and others afford should govern us before entering into marital relations involving also financial circumstances.

Affectionately in Him,
James Taylor.