BROOKLYN, N.Y., SEPTEMBER 10TH, 1919

BROOKLYN, N.Y., SEPTEMBER 10TH, 1919

My Dear Brother, — While I was on your side of the Atlantic, your father mentioned that you and Miss ——— were to be married soon, but I did not have time to write you. I judge your marriage has already taken place, and so my wife and I join in a line to send you both our congratulations and much love in the Lord. As we are so far away it is difficult to secure anything suitable to send as a token of our interest, so we enclose a cheque with the request that you accept it with our love, and that you will procure something for it on our behalf. You will be better judges of what to get than we.

I trust you both will find the Lord’s help and blessing in your union and that you will be found ever ranged on His side and devoted to His interests. The opportunity for young believers generally is very great, and those who are married especially, for they can use hospitality and this is of peculiar value to the people of God. Where the husband aims at headship as seen in Christ, and the wife reflects this in her place, there is an extension of the area in which the Lord’s influence is felt, and so an increase of the domain of His glory. This shows the great importance of marriage “in the Lord” and how essential it is that the husband and wife should occupy their respective positions in dependence and subjection.

Affectionately yours in Christ,

James Taylor.